# Botticelli Game #34 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 10, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-34/456058 "2008-07-10T23:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-34/456058/21 "2008-07-11T03:33:10Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] Raymond Poincaré, whom, after serving as President of France from 1913-1920, served as Prime Minister from 1922 to 1924 and from 1926 to 1929. DQ: Are you real? IQ: Are you an American music critic who shares a name with a British musician? [/QUOTE] Yes, I’m real No, I’m not Robert Palmerthe nattily dressed rocker (nor Robert Palmer the dweebish moron music critic). ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-34/456058/22 "2008-07-11T03:35:56Z")
Would you be the current Shah if the title still existed? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-34/456058/23 "2008-07-11T03:38:15Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Would you be the current Shah if the title still existed? [/QUOTE] Not Reza Pahlavi, but again- a name I hoped I’d see. You guys are goooood! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-34/456058/24 "2008-07-11T03:43:37Z")
Are you the author of the Spenser novels? ---
**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:** [July 11, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-34/456058/25 "2008-07-11T03:45:36Z")
Did you play a role on Broadway later played in film by Peter O’Toole? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-34/456058/26 "2008-07-11T03:49:08Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Are you the author of the Spenser novels? [/QUOTE] Not Robert B. Parker ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-34/456058/27 "2008-07-11T03:51:04Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] Did you play a role on Broadway later played in film by Peter O’Toole? [/QUOTE] Hmmm.. I ought to know this, but I can’t think of it. Ask a DQ. (I’ll kick myself later.) ---
**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:** [July 11, 2008, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-34/456058/28 "2008-07-11T03:55:15Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] Robert Powell, from Franco Zeffirelli’s “Jesus of Nazareth”? Nope… [/QUOTE] Yup, that’s the guy. Are you a British politico, lately Baron [name] of Northampton? ---
**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:** [July 11, 2008, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-34/456058/29 "2008-07-11T04:03:37Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] Hmmm.. I ought to know this, but I can’t think of it. Ask a DQ. (I’ll kick myself later.) [/QUOTE] Robert Preston, Henry II in the Broadway production of _The Lion in Winter_. DQ: Were you alive at any point after 1900? IQ: Did you run recently for Governor of Virginia? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-34/456058/30 "2008-07-11T04:06:54Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Yup, that’s the guy. Are you a British politico, lately Baron [name] of Northampton? [/QUOTE] No idea who this is- ask a DQ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-34/456058/31 "2008-07-11T04:07:55Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] Robert Preston, Henry II in the Broadway production of _The Lion in Winter_. DQ: Were you alive at any point after 1900? IQ: Did you run recently for Governor of Virginia? [/QUOTE] Yes, I was alive after 1900 **SUMMARY:** Real person Alive after 1900 I don’t know who ran for governor of Virginia. Ask a DQ ---
**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:** [July 11, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-34/456058/32 "2008-07-11T04:12:40Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] I don’t know who ran for governor of Virginia. Ask a DQ [/QUOTE] H. Russell Potts, longtime State Senator, ran as an Independent in 2005. DQ: Was your fame in any way connected to the arts, fine or otherwise? IQ: Did you have to settle with Huey Lewis to resolve a plagiarism suit? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-34/456058/33 "2008-07-11T04:21:35Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] H. Russell Potts, longtime State Senator, ran as an Independent in 2005. DQ: Was your fame in any way connected to the arts, fine or otherwise? IQ: Did you have to settle with Huey Lewis to resolve a plagiarism suit? [/QUOTE] Not Ray Parker Jr. (what a joke! BOTH “Ghostbusters” and “I Want a New Drug” were ripped off from M’s “Pop Muzik”, so Huey had a lot of nerve suing!). No, I was not involved in the arts. **SUMMARY:** Real person Alive after 1900 Not involved in the arts ---
**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:** [July 11, 2008, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-34/456058/34 "2008-07-11T11:37:52Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] Not Reginald Perrin- but I was HOPING someone would ask that one! [/QUOTE] I was about to until I saw it was covered. Are you (sadly no longer) Live and Smokin’? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-34/456058/35 "2008-07-11T11:49:15Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Cat] I was about to until I saw it was covered. Are you (sadly no longer) Live and Smokin’? [/QUOTE] Not Richard Pryor ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-34/456058/36 "2008-07-11T11:58:41Z")
Are you living a long and happy life in Durham? Daniel ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-34/456058/37 "2008-07-11T12:13:02Z")
Were you the first female composer to win an Oscar for Best Original Score? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-34/456058/38 "2008-07-11T12:45:00Z")
Do you think a bird in the book is worth two in the bush? Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-34/456058/39 "2008-07-11T13:04:49Z")
Do you look ‘fabulous’ in a gown? ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-34/456058/40 "2008-07-11T13:15:59Z")
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