# Botticelli Game 14

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [May 18, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713 "2008-05-18T02:46:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
**Page:** 6

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/101 "2008-05-20T10:44:58Z")

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[QUOTE=glee]  
[Barry Sheene](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sheene).

Thanks for being straight about the health care reference. 🙂

Are you famous for making a discovery?  
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A Discovery? Hmmm… not exactly. And I’m not trying to b tricky or evasive.

I’m not a scientist or explorer… but I did SORT of discover something that made me famous.  
SUMMARY:

Dead  
French  
Female  
Lived in the 19th century  
Not an author  
Not in politics  
Sort of related to health care (but not a doctor or nurse)  
Real person, not fictional  
Not an explorer or scientist… but SORT of “discovered” something famous

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/102 "2008-05-20T13:34:46Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Are you a Pennsylvania congressman noted for his taste for pork?  
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Bud Shuster.

DQ: Was your husband or boyfriend more famous than you?

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/103 "2008-05-20T15:34:20Z")

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Did you find … water especially refreshing?! 🆒😃

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/104 "2008-05-20T23:31:03Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Bud Shuster.

DQ: Was your husband or boyfriend more famous than you?  
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I never had a boyfriend, let alone a husband.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/105 "2008-05-21T00:07:57Z")

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[QUOTE=glee]  
Did you find … water especially refreshing?! 🆒😃  
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I’m pretty sure you’ve nailed it… but just to be sure, ask a more clealry yes-and-no questions

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/106 "2008-05-21T07:33:32Z")

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[QUOTE=astorian]  
I’m pretty sure you’ve nailed it… but just to be sure, ask a more clealry yes-and-no questions  
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Did you find … water miraculously refreshing?! 😉

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/107 "2008-05-21T11:22:03Z")

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[QUOTE=glee]  
Did you find … water miraculously refreshing?! 😉  
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Yes, I am Bernadette Soubirous (aka St. Bernadette), who helped Jennifer Jones win an Oscar!

Nice job.

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**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/108 "2008-05-21T11:30:13Z")

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Good game. I’ve never heard of her, so would never have won, but I enjoyed playing. Congrats, **glee**.

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**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/109 "2008-05-21T12:28:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Dead Cat]  
Congrats, **glee**.  
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Yes, congrats, and thanks to **astorian** that was a toughie.

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/110 "2008-05-21T14:46:19Z")

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There were good questions from the others, and astorian was very fair when discussing the health angle.

Hey, I get to start a game of my own! 🙂

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