# Botticelli March 2023

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**Created:** [March 1, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525 "2023-03-01T03:54:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**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:** [April 3, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/601 "2023-04-03T03:12:49Z")

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**A**

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name begins with A
4. Not American
5. Known for the arts
6. Claim to fame overlaps 20th century
7. European by birth
8. Dead
9. Best known as a performing artist
10. Born in the British Isles
11. Did some acting, but not best known for acting
12. Died before 1990
13. Singer/musician
14. Died after 1960
15. Considered a heartthrob, which I guess could be the male equivalent of a beauty
16. Known for pop music
17. Born in the British Isles, but not best known as an American - although did live in America for a while.
18. Nominated for but never won a Grammy
19. Best known as a solo artist.
20. Nominated for a Grammy before 1979
21. Did not play an instrument
22. Common first name
23. First name does not start with Aa -to- Ai
24. Born in the British Isles, but best known as an Australian

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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:** [April 3, 2023, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/602 "2023-04-03T10:20:36Z")

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Final Firstname Lastname DQ: Are you Andy Gibb?

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**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:** [April 3, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/603 "2023-04-03T16:33:23Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> DQ: Are you Andy Gibb?

**DING DING DING!!**  
**YES!!** I am the _other_ Gibb brother, **Andy Gibb!!**

> **[Andy Gibb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Gibb)**
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> Andrew Roy Gibb (5 March 1958 – 10 March 1988) was an English singer-songwriter and actor. He was the younger brother of Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb, musicians who had formed the Bee Gees during the mid-1960s.
> Gibb came to prominence in the late 1970s through the early 1980s with eight singles reaching the Top 20 of the US Hot 100, three of which went to number one: "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" (1977), "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" (1977), and "Shadow Dancing" (1978). In the early...

Well done, Prof., and don’t forget to start a new thread for April.

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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:** [April 3, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/604 "2023-04-03T16:37:46Z")

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Thanks. Link to new thread: [Botticelli - April 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093)

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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/605 "2023-04-03T17:08:27Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > [@Buck\_Godot](#):
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> > 1. Are you famous as an example of romantic love despite the fact that you were castrated and you paramour was a nun?
> > 2. Did one of your sons murder the other in a fit of jealousy?
> > 3. Is your best friend a Possum?
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> DQ  
> Not Adam  
> Not Albert

1. Peter Abalard lover of Heloise  
Other two correct.

Congrats Professor

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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:** [April 3, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/606 "2023-04-03T17:39:08Z")

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Hear, hear!

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