# Botticelli - June, 2014

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [June 1, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766 "2014-06-01T13:20:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/301 "2014-07-08T13:12:04Z")

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Are you Ed Burton of the Harlem Globetrotters?

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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:** [July 8, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/302 "2014-07-08T14:32:33Z")

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I am not.

“Performer” is a very elastic concept, I think, and doesn’t fully describe this person’s shtick, but all of the DQ answers are as accurate as I could make them, given the questions posed.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/303 "2014-07-09T14:58:06Z")

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I’m blank, and just waitin’ for the big reveal…

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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:** [July 10, 2014, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/304 "2014-07-10T13:07:36Z")

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It was hard to answer some of those DQs, because he’s practically in a category all by himself, but I was thinking of daredevil stunt guy

Evel Knievel

> **[Evel Knievel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evel_knievel)**
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> Robert Craig Knievel (October 17, 1938 – November 30, 2007), known professionally as Evel Knievel (/ˈiːvəl kəˈniːvəl/), was an American stunt performer and entertainer. Throughout his career, he attempted more than 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps. Knievel was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999. He died of pulmonary disease in Clearwater, Florida, in 2007, aged 69.
> Evel Knievel was born in Butte, Montana. Raised by his paternal grandparents, Knievel was inspired to become a mot...

I’ve now done two rounds in a row. If someone else would like to start us off in a new July thread, be my guest. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/305 "2014-07-10T14:37:07Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> I’ve now done two rounds in a row. If someone else would like to start us off in a new July thread, be my guest. Thanks!

Okay - I will.  
ETA: [New thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=728082).

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