# Botticelli Game #35 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 21, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282 "2008-07-21T18:15:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282/41 "2008-07-22T18:36:01Z")
I’m stumped on the Canadian astronaut, the baseball player and the philanderer killed by a jealous husband. Kid A gets two DQ’s. Biffy gets one. ---
**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 22, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282/42 "2008-07-22T18:38:22Z")
**Matty Groves** was killed by Lord Donald, Arlen, Arnold, or Bernard, depending on which version of the ballad you know. Are you a character on a television series? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282/43 "2008-07-22T19:16:13Z")
Have you ever called a cop “sugartits”? ---
**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 22, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282/44 "2008-07-22T19:19:56Z")
Marcus Giles (Played with his brother Brian in San Diego) Marc Garneau (Astronaut) DQ1: Are you an adult (18+)? DQ2: Were you created after 1980? ---
**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 22, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282/45 "2008-07-22T19:32:00Z")
Are you a top-scoring, Slovak-born hockey player now in the U.S.? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282/46 "2008-07-22T23:19:06Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] **Matty Groves** was killed by Lord Donald, Arlen, Arnold, or Bernard, depending on which version of the ballad you know. Are you a character on a television series? [/QUOTE] Yes, I have been a character on a TV show **SUMMARY:** Fictional Male Created after 1950 Created by an American Was not created for the printed page Did not make debut in a movie Has never died A “good guy”/sympathetic character Has been a character on a TV show ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282/47 "2008-07-22T23:20:08Z")
[QUOTE=ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness] Have you ever called a cop “sugartits”? [/QUOTE] Not the naughty Mel Gibson! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282/48 "2008-07-22T23:21:36Z")
[QUOTE=Kid\_A] Marcus Giles (Played with his brother Brian in San Diego) Marc Garneau (Astronaut) DQ1: Are you an adult (18+)? DQ2: Were you created after 1980? [/QUOTE] Yes, I’m an adult No, I was not created after 1980 **Summary:** Fictional Male Created after 1950 Created before 1980 Created by an American Was not created for the printed page Did not make debut in a movie Has never died A “good guy”/sympathetic character Has been a character on a TV series An adult ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282/49 "2008-07-22T23:23:07Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Are you a top-scoring, Slovak-born hockey player now in the U.S.? [/QUOTE] Sigh. I’m almost as bad with the current NHL as with British cricket players. Ask a DQ ---
**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 23, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282/50 "2008-07-23T01:34:23Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Are you a top-scoring, Slovak-born hockey player now in the U.S.? [/QUOTE] Marian Gaborik of the Minnesota Wild. DQ: Are you a funny (comedy or sitcom) character? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282/51 "2008-07-23T02:26:26Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Marian Gaborik of the Minnesota Wild. DQ: Are you a funny (comedy or sitcom) character? [/QUOTE] Yes **SUMMARY:** Fictional Male Created after 1950 Created before 1980 Created by an American Was not created for the printed page Did not make debut in a movie Has never died A “good guy”/sympathetic character Has been a character on a TV series An adult A funny (comedy or sitcom) character ---
**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 23, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282/52 "2008-07-23T04:11:01Z")
Are you a female German biathlete? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282/53 "2008-07-23T04:17:41Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Are you a female German biathlete? [/QUOTE] Sigh… tell you what: from now on, just write “Foreign athlete” and ask a DQ Seriously, I couldn’t name ANY biathletes of either gender from ANY country. Ask your DQ ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282/54 "2008-07-23T16:24:24Z")
Did you play a hero who defended against Graboids, Shriekers, and Ass-Blasters? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282/55 "2008-07-23T16:45:17Z")
[QUOTE=ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness] Did you play a hero who defended against Graboids, Shriekers, and Ass-Blasters? [/QUOTE] Not Michael “Tremors” Gross (I loved the original movie… was less fond of sequels and TV series) ---
**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 23, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282/56 "2008-07-23T17:03:34Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] Sigh… tell you what: from now on, just write “Foreign athlete” and ask a DQ Seriously, I couldn’t name ANY biathletes of either gender from ANY country. Ask your DQ [/QUOTE] Heh. Foreign athlete. Foreign athlete. Foreign athlete. Foreign athlete. Foreign athlete. Five DQs! 😃 Naw, I wouldn’t do that to you. But it was Martina “Molly” Glagow. DQ: Are you _best_ known for appearing in a TV show? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282/57 "2008-07-23T17:13:52Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Heh. Foreign athlete. Foreign athlete. Foreign athlete. Foreign athlete. Foreign athlete. Five DQs! 😃 Naw, I wouldn’t do that to you. But it was Martina “Molly” Glagow. DQ: Are you _best_ known for appearing in a TV show? [/QUOTE] Hmmm… the answer is PROBABLY yes. I’m not being evasive. If you knew who I’m thinking of, you’d probably agree that most people know him as a TV character. But that’s not all he is. **SUMMARY:** Fictional Male Created after 1950 Created before 1980 Created by an American Was not created for the printed page Did not make debut in a movie Has never died A “good guy”/sympathetic character Has been a character on a TV series An adult A funny (comedy or sitcom) character PROBABLY best known to most people as a TV character ---
**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 24, 2008, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282/58 "2008-07-24T01:09:30Z")
When people make fun of the armed forces of France, are you one of the people they have in mind? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282/59 "2008-07-24T02:13:30Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] When people make fun of the armed forces of France, are you one of the people they have in mind? [/QUOTE] Hmm… I enjoy a good French-bashing joke as much as the next guy, but I can’t think of many truly cowardly or disgraceful French military officers (save for the collaborators, like Petain). 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 24, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282/60 "2008-07-24T02:24:53Z")
I was thinking of Maurice Gamelin, and, to be fair, his problem wasn’t “coward”, but “too old (and not just in age) for the job”. DQ: Were you a character used in sketches as part of a program, rather than as the sole focus? IQ: Were you a television quizmaster and the provost of a major university at the same time? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-35/457282.md?page=4)