# Botticelli - Rd 28 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 28, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539 "2008-06-28T03:27:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![fruitbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539/41 "2008-06-29T15:30:54Z")
Do you do work for the Innocence Project? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539/42 "2008-06-29T23:09:05Z")
[QUOTE=Wargamer] DQs for: Sternvogel - Did you win 15 games for the New York Yankees in 1960? [/QUOTE] [Art Ditmar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Ditmar), whom my Aunt Karen met through her job. He told her he had been a baseball player, but she had never heard of him, so she asked me to look him up in my _Official Encyclopedia of Baseball_ (this was years before the Internet made it to the mainstream). DQ: Are you a character in a poem? IQ: Continuing with the Yankees theme, did you start the 1939 campaign with a 12-0 record before finishing with a 13-3 mark for the Bronx Bombers that year? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539/43 "2008-06-30T00:09:40Z")
OK, DQ: did you appear in a work first made public in the latter half of the twentieth century? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539/44 "2008-06-30T02:01:07Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Antonin Dvorak. DQ: Do you belong to the science fiction/fantasy/horror genres? IQ: Speaking of which, did you publish the works of H.P. Lovecraft? [/QUOTE] No, I do not belong to any of those genres. I also don’t know who published Lovecraft, so another DQ for you. **fruitbat** - I am not Allan Dershowitz. **Sternvogel** - I am not a character in a poem. How many more AD Yankee pitchers can you pull out on me? So, another DQ for you. **Leaper** - Yes, I appeared in the latter half of the 20th century. Summary I am: Fictional Male First appeared in the second half of the 20th Century. Does not appear in TV or Movies. Not a character in a poem. Not a sci/fi, fantasy, horror genre character. DQs outstanding for: **want2know** , **tim314** , **Sternvogel** , **Biffy the Elephant Shrew** , **Kid\_A** I am not: Agnes DeMille, Anton Dvorak, Albus Dumbledore, Aberforth Dumbledore, Angelo Dundee, Art Ditmar, Andrea Doria, Angie Dickinson, Alexei Dobrinin, Arthur Dent, Annie Duke, Arthur Dimmesdale, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alistair Darling, Abner Doubleday, Alfred Dreyfus, Andy Dick, Andy Dufresne, Aynsley Dunbar, Adam Dalgleish, Alexandre Dumas, or Allan Dershowitz. ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539/45 "2008-06-30T02:18:40Z")
DQ: Are you under the age of 21? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539/46 "2008-06-30T02:21:20Z")
Were you the key figure in 1968’s “Prague Spring”? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539/47 "2008-06-30T02:22:24Z")
Did a star player you rejected try to join the Russian Olympic team? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539/48 "2008-06-30T02:24:20Z")
As a co-star of “L.A. Law,” did you take part in one of TV’s first lesbian kisses? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539/49 "2008-06-30T02:27:31Z")
Were you the raspy-voiced cowardly lawman in “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” (and the raspy voice of Friar Tuck in Disney’s “Robin Hood”)? ---
**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:** [June 30, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539/50 "2008-06-30T02:28:50Z")
Alexandre Daigle DQ: Are you a character in a novel? ---
**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:** [June 30, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539/51 "2008-06-30T02:55:50Z")
[QUOTE=Wargamer] I also don’t know who published Lovecraft, so another DQ for you. [/QUOTE] August Derleth. DQ: Have you appeared in more than one story? IQ: Did you and your husband share the 1968 Pulitzer prize for literature? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539/52 "2008-06-30T04:00:04Z")
[QUOTE=tim314] DQ: Are you under the age of 21? [/QUOTE] No. [Quote=Kid\_A] DQ: Are you a character in a novel? [/Quote] Yes > [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > DQ:Have you appeared in more than one story? Yes **astorian** , I must be tired, I got nothing for your 4 questions, so 4 DQs for you. Also **Biffy** gets a DQ. Summary I am: Fictional Male First appeared in the second half of the 20th Century. Does not appear in TV or Movies. Not a character in a poem. Not a sci/fi, fantasy, horror genre character. I am a character in a novel. I have appeared in more than one story. I am over 21. DQs outstanding for: want2know, astorian (x4), Sternvogel, Biffy the Elephant Shrew I am not: Agnes DeMille, Anton Dvorak, Albus Dumbledore, Aberforth Dumbledore, Angelo Dundee, Art Ditmar, Andrea Doria, Angie Dickinson, Alexei Dobrinin, Arthur Dent, Annie Duke, Arthur Dimmesdale, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alistair Darling, Abner Doubleday, Alfred Dreyfus, Andy Dick, Andy Dufresne, Aynsley Dunbar, Adam Dalgleish, Alexandre Dumas, August Derleth, Alexandre Daigle, or Allan Dershowitz. I’m off to bed. Night everyone! ---
**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:** [June 30, 2008, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539/53 "2008-06-30T13:03:15Z")
Were you a contestant in the first season of _Big Brother UK_? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539/54 "2008-06-30T13:43:26Z")
I don’t even watch _Big Brother USA_, so DQ for you. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539/55 "2008-06-30T14:50:36Z")
The Pulitzer winner is Ariel Durant. DQ: Is your author American? IQ: Are you a brilliant German renaissance artist and theoretician? ---
**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:** [June 30, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539/56 "2008-06-30T15:09:01Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Were you a contestant in the first season of _Big Brother UK_? [/QUOTE] Andrew Davidson. DQ: Are you American? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539/57 "2008-06-30T15:11:07Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] The Pulitzer winner is Ariel Durant. DQ: Is your author American? IQ: Are you a brilliant German renaissance artist and theoretician? [/QUOTE] IQ: No idea. I must have exhausted my knowledge of ADs. DQ: Yes. Summary I am: Fictional Male First appeared in the second half of the 20th Century. Does not appear in TV or Movies. Not a character in a poem. Not a sci/fi, fantasy, horror genre character. I am a character in a novel. I have appeared in more than one story. I am over 21. I was created by an American author. DQs outstanding for: want2know, astorian (x4), Sternvogel, Biffy the Elephant Shrew I am not: Agnes DeMille, Anton Dvorak, Albus Dumbledore, Aberforth Dumbledore, Angelo Dundee, Art Ditmar, Andrea Doria, Angie Dickinson, Alexei Dobrinin, Arthur Dent, Annie Duke, Arthur Dimmesdale, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alistair Darling, Abner Doubleday, Alfred Dreyfus, Andy Dick, Andy Dufresne, Aynsley Dunbar, Adam Dalgleish, Alexandre Dumas, August Derleth, Ariel Durant, Alexandre Daigle, or Allan Dershowitz. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539/58 "2008-06-30T15:32:16Z")
[QUOTE=Wargamer] want2know - Did you “kill the beast”? [/QUOTE] Ann Darrow (_King Kong_) DQ: Are you over 65? ---
**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:** [June 30, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539/59 "2008-06-30T15:34:50Z")
[QUOTE=Wargamer] IQ: No idea. I must have exhausted my knowledge of ADs. [/QUOTE] Me too; I don’t have an IQ for now. The artist is Albrecht Dürer. DQ: Are your stories in the detective/crime genre? ---
**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:** [June 30, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539/60 "2008-06-30T16:51:58Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Andrew Davidson. DQ: Are you American? [/QUOTE] Just to clarify, this DQ was about the character himself, not the author. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-rd-28/454539.md?page=4)