# 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:** 4

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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, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/61 "2008-06-20T04:32:57Z")

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[QUOTE=Governor Quinn]  
Were you the last governor of Hong Kong before the transfer?  
[/QUOTE]

No, and I don’t know who was. Ask a DQ

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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, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/62 "2008-06-20T06:38:47Z")

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Are you the mistress of the dark?

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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 20, 2008, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/63 "2008-06-20T09:03:16Z")

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[QUOTE=astorian]  
No, and I don’t know who you are. Ask a DQ

[/QUOTE]

[Craig Pickering](http://www.ukathletics.net/press-centre/news/january-2007/article-22/) is a top British sprinter.

DQ: Are you European?

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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 20, 2008, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/64 "2008-06-20T09:09:15Z")

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Did you play 9 holes on a PGA event in just 26 strokes?

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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 20, 2008, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/65 "2008-06-20T10:16:25Z")

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The answer to my last IQ is [Chris Powell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Powell).

DQ: Are you alive today?

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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, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/66 "2008-06-20T11:22:28Z")

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[QUOTE=Darryl Lict]  
Are you the mistress of the dark?  
[/QUOTE]

Not Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson

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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, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/67 "2008-06-20T11:23:38Z")

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[QUOTE=glee]  
[Craig Pickering](http://www.ukathletics.net/press-centre/news/january-2007/article-22/) is a top British sprinter.

DQ: Are you European?  
[/QUOTE]

Yes  
**SUMMARY:**

Female  
real person  
European  
Alive after 1900  
Not a native English speaker  
Involved in politics  
Not involved in sports or 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 20, 2008, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/68 "2008-06-20T11:28:20Z")

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[QUOTE=glee]  
Did you play 9 holes on a PGA event in just 26 strokes?  
[/QUOTE]

No, and I don’t know who you are. 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 20, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/69 "2008-06-20T11:31:27Z")

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[QUOTE=Dead Cat]  
The answer to my last IQ is [Chris Powell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Powell).

DQ: Are you alive today?  
[/QUOTE]

No  
**SUMMARY:**  
Female  
Real person  
Not alive today  
Alive after 1900  
European  
Not a native English speaker  
Involved in politics  
Not in sports or the arts

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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 20, 2008, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/70 "2008-06-20T12:11:42Z")

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> [@glee](#):
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> Did you play 9 holes on a PGA event in just 26 strokes?

[QUOTE=astorian]  
No, and I don’t know who you are. Ask a DQ  
[/QUOTE]

[Corey Pavin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey_Pavin)

DQ: Were you married?

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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 20, 2008, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/71 "2008-06-20T12:21:02Z")

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Were you a leader of the Suffragette movement?

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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, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/72 "2008-06-20T15:03:53Z")

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Were you married to a totally hot Italian woman?

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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 21, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/73 "2008-06-21T01:15:51Z")

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[QUOTE=glee]  
[Corey Pavin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey_Pavin)

DQ: Were you married?  
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No  
**Summary:**

Female  
Real person  
Not alive today  
Was alive after 1900  
European  
Not a native English speaker  
Unmarried  
Involved in politics  
Not involved in sports or 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 21, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/74 "2008-06-21T01:16:57Z")

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[QUOTE=glee]  
Were you a leader of the Suffragette movement?  
[/QUOTE]

No, and I don’t know who you are. Ask a DQ

And Darryl, I am not Carlo (Sophia Loren’s hubby) Ponti

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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 21, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/75 "2008-06-21T01:50:11Z")

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Were you the guy before Tiger Woods?

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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 21, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/76 "2008-06-21T02:25:05Z")

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[QUOTE=astorian]  
No, and I don’t know who was. Ask a DQ  
[/QUOTE]

Chris Patten filled that role.

DQ: Did you ever serve in a Cabinet in a government?

IQ: Did you confess to killing 21 people before your execution in 1930?

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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 21, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/77 "2008-06-21T04:13:25Z")

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[QUOTE=Darryl Lict]  
Were you the guy before Tiger Woods?  
[/QUOTE]

If it’s not Corey Pavin again, 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 21, 2008, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/78 "2008-06-21T04:16:16Z")

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[QUOTE=Governor Quinn]  
Chris Patten filled that role.

DQ: Did you ever serve in a Cabinet in a government?

IQ: Did you confess to killing 21 people before your execution in 1930?  
[/QUOTE]

No, I never held a Cabinet-level position in any government  
And I don’t know who that killer is. Ask another DQ

Summary:  
Female  
Real person  
European  
Not Alive  
Was alive after 1900  
Not a native English speaker  
Not married  
Involved in politics  
Never held a Cabinet level position in a government  
Not involved in arts or sports

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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 21, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/79 "2008-06-21T05:21:17Z")

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[QUOTE=Darryl Lict]  
Were you the guy before Tiger Woods?  
[/QUOTE]

Calvin Peete was the most successful African-American on the PGA Tour, with 12 wins, before Tiger Woods.

DQ: Did you die before 1970?

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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 21, 2008, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-25/453302/80 "2008-06-21T09:21:59Z")

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Were you a singing 70’s sitcom sibling?

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