# Botticelli Game #25

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [June 18, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302 "2008-06-18T04:14:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/41 "2008-06-19T04:40:13Z")

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[QUOTE=Darryl Lict]  
Are you a singer songwriter whose real name is Chan Marshall?  
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Cat Power.

DQ: Are you a native English speaker?

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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:** [June 19, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/42 "2008-06-19T04:41:13Z")

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[QUOTE=Darryl Lict]  
Cat Power.

DQ: Are you a native English speaker?  
[/QUOTE]

No

**SUMMARY**

Female  
A real person  
Alive after 1900  
Not a native English speaker

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**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/43 "2008-06-19T04:59:18Z")

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Did you interrogate Verbal Kint?

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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/44 "2008-06-19T05:14:57Z")

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[QUOTE=astorian]  
No, and I don’t know who you mean. Ask a DQ  
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That was actress Cindy Pickett, aka Ferris Bueller’s mom (who did, as I said, marry the man who played her husband).

DQ: Are you known primarily as a contributor to the arts (any aspect, any art - a painter, writer, actress, producer, etc.)?

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**Author:** ![WoodenTaco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@WoodenTaco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WoodenTaco)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/45 "2008-06-19T06:49:20Z")

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Are you the more-famous brother of a Cincinnati Bengals quarterback?  
(man, sometimes I feel like all I know is sports with this game…)

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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:** [June 19, 2008, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/46 "2008-06-19T11:26:33Z")

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[QUOTE=Darryl Lict]  
Did you interrogate Verbal Kint?  
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Not Chazz Palmintieri

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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:** [June 19, 2008, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/47 "2008-06-19T11:29:35Z")

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[QUOTE=Leaper]  
That was actress Cindy Pickett, aka Ferris Bueller’s mom (who did, as I said, marry the man who played her husband).

DQ: Are you known primarily as a contributor to the arts (any aspect, any art - a painter, writer, actress, producer, etc.)?  
[/QUOTE]

Actually, that wasn’t Charlie’s first movie! But even if you’d rephrased things, I wouldn’t have known who played Bueller’s Mom. So, I answer the DQ anyway,

No, I am not known as any kind of artist.

**SUMMARY:**

Female  
A real person  
Alive after 1900  
Not a native English speaker  
Not involved in any of “the arts”

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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:** [June 19, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/48 "2008-06-19T11:31:21Z")

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[QUOTE=WoodenTaco]  
Are you the more-famous brother of a Cincinnati Bengals quarterback?  
(man, sometimes I feel like all I know is sports with this game…)  
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Either that question is awkwardly phrased or there’s a not-so-obvious answer I’m missing.

If the answer is Carson Palmer, we’re finished. If it’s not, ask a DQ.

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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:** [June 19, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/49 "2008-06-19T11:33:23Z")

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WoodenTaco- I apologize profusely. Your question was fine. I had no idea Carson Palmer’s brother was himself on the Bengals’ roster.

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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:** [June 19, 2008, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/50 "2008-06-19T11:59:15Z")

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Mine was [Carlton Palmer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlton_Palmer).

DQ: Were you involved in politics?

IQ: Are you current chairman of the Professional Footballer’s Association?

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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:** [June 19, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/51 "2008-06-19T12:15:20Z")

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[QUOTE=astorian]  
No, and I don’t know who did. Ask a DQ  
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[Clive Ponting](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/216868.stm) was acquitted on charges of breaking the Official Secrets Act.

DQ: Are you involved in sports?

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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:** [June 19, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/52 "2008-06-19T12:22:13Z")

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Are you one of the top British sprinters (at 60 and 100 metres)?

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**Author:** ![WoodenTaco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@WoodenTaco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WoodenTaco)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/53 "2008-06-19T16:55:40Z")

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[QUOTE=astorian]  
WoodenTaco- I apologize profusely. Your question was fine. I had no idea Carson Palmer’s brother was himself on the Bengals’ roster.  
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No problem. I thought it might be a little _too_ tricky, but good catch.

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**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/54 "2008-06-19T17:36:47Z")

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Are you the sort of guy with whom, “Anything Goes”?

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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:** [June 19, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/55 "2008-06-19T23:24:11Z")

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[QUOTE=Dead Cat]  
Mine was [Carlton Palmer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlton_Palmer).

DQ: Were you involved in politics?  
Hmmm… yes, I was involved in politics

**SUMMARY:**

Female  
A real person  
Alive after 1900  
Not a native English speaker  
Involved in politics  
NOT involved in the arts

IQ: Are you current chairman of the Professional Footballer’s Association?  
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I have no idea who that is (surprise, surprise!)- ask a DQ

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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:** [June 19, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/56 "2008-06-19T23:25:40Z")

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[QUOTE=glee]  
[Clive Ponting](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/216868.stm) was acquitted on charges of breaking the Official Secrets Act.

DQ: Are you involved in sports?  
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No.

**SUMMARY:**

Female  
Real person  
Alive after 1900  
Not a native English speaker  
Involved in politics  
NOT involved in the arts  
NOT involved in sports

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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:** [June 19, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/57 "2008-06-19T23:26:57Z")

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[QUOTE=glee]  
Are you one of the top British sprinters (at 60 and 100 metres)?  
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No, and I don’t know who you are. Ask a DQ  
(I really need to bone up on UK athletics!)

And Darryl: I’m not Cole “Anything Goes” Porter

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**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/58 "2008-06-20T01:04:23Z")

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You’re not Carl Palmer, Catherine Parr, Charlie Parker, Carl Perkins,Camille Paglia, Christopher Plummer, Charles Parnell, Chris Patterson, Chuck Palahniuk, Camille Pissarro, a different Carl Perkins, Carl Pohlad, Cat Power, Cindy Pickett, Christine Perfect, Chazz Palmintieri. Carson Palmer, Carlton Palmer, Clive Ponting, Cole Porter.

Are you a pro quarterback who went to Marshall University?

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/59 "2008-06-20T01:12:10Z")

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Were you the last governor of Hong Kong before the transfer?

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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:** [June 20, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/60 "2008-06-20T04:26:30Z")

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[QUOTE=Darryl Lict]  
You’re not Carl Palmer, Catherine Parr, Charlie Parker, Carl Perkins,Camille Paglia, Christopher Plummer, Charles Parnell, Chris Patterson, Chuck Palahniuk, Camille Pissarro, a different Carl Perkins, Carl Pohlad, Cat Power, Cindy Pickett, Christine Perfect, Chazz Palmintieri. Carson Palmer, Carlton Palmer, Clive Ponting, Cole Porter.

Are you a pro quarterback who went to Marshall University?  
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Not Chad Pennington

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