# Botticelli -- Round 12 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 16, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545 "2008-05-16T13:17:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545/21 "2008-05-16T14:12:18Z")
Kid A: I am alive. **MC is** :[ul] [li] **not male** [/li][li] **not American** [/li][li] **is alive** [/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545/22 "2008-05-16T14:13:25Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Did you discover radium? [/QUOTE] No, I am not Marie Curie. HKF: I am not Eurpoean. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545/23 "2008-05-16T14:48:54Z")
Did you compose over 100 piano sonatas? ---
**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:** [May 16, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545/24 "2008-05-16T14:55:17Z")
Are you a pornstar/gubernatorial candidate? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545/25 "2008-05-16T14:56:05Z")
Did you recently do your best work under severe time pressure? ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545/26 "2008-05-16T14:59:18Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Did you compose over 100 piano sonatas? [/QUOTE] I’ll probably kick myself when I hear the answer. I’m a casual classical music enthusiast and can run down the names of more than a few composers that have written piano sonatas. But none match “MC.” 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:** [May 16, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545/27 "2008-05-16T15:00:31Z")
[QUOTE=divemaster] I’ll probably kick myself when I hear the answer. I’m a casual classical music enthusiast and can run down the names of more than a few composers that have written piano sonatas. But none match “MC.” DQ for you. [/QUOTE] Muzio Clementi. Are you an entertainer? ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545/28 "2008-05-16T15:01:30Z")
[QUOTE=Kid\_A] Are you a pornstar/gubernatorial candidate? [/QUOTE] I remember hearing about her! Don’t know the name, though. Wargamer: give me a few minutes; I might be able to come up with what you’re going for. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545/29 "2008-05-16T15:03:56Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Muzio Clementi. Are you an entertainer? [/QUOTE] Oooh, didn’t know him. Now I don’t feel so bad. I am an entertainer. **MC is** :[ul] [li] **not male** [/li][li] **not American** [/li][li] **is alive** [/li][li] **is not Eurpoean** [/li][li] **is an entertainer** [/li][/ul] ---
**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:** [May 16, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545/30 "2008-05-16T15:07:21Z")
Mary Carey. (Nothing interesting here since I don’t want to wiki her at work.) Are you a musician? ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545/31 "2008-05-16T15:08:58Z")
[QUOTE=Wargamer] Did you recently do your best work under severe time pressure? [/QUOTE] Ah! I figured you were going for a basketball shot. I started running down the NBA playoffs and then remembered the NCAA championship. As a HUGE Memphis fan I’ve been trying to repress that. No, I am not Mario Chalmers. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545/32 "2008-05-16T15:11:42Z")
[QUOTE=Kid\_A] Mary Carey. (Nothing interesting here since I don’t want to wiki her at work.) Are you a musician? [/QUOTE] I am not best known for being a musician. **MC is** :[ul] [li] **not male** [/li][li] **not American** [/li][li] **is alive** [/li][li] **is not Eurpoean** [/li][li] **is an entertainer** [/li][li] **not best known for being a musician** [/li][/ul] ---
**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:** [May 16, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545/33 "2008-05-16T15:20:36Z")
Are you currently an inmate at the Toledo Correctional Institution and a former college football star? ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545/34 "2008-05-16T15:33:47Z")
Were you a second baseman for the Yankees? ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545/35 "2008-05-16T15:36:28Z")
[QUOTE=Kid\_A] Are you currently an inmate at the Toledo Correctional Institution and a former college football star? [/QUOTE] No, I am not Maurice Clarret. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545/36 "2008-05-16T15:37:08Z")
Are you associated with Apollo? ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545/37 "2008-05-16T15:42:07Z")
[QUOTE=HongKongFooey] Were you a second baseman for the Yankees? [/QUOTE] No, and I don’t know who you mean. Ask a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545/38 "2008-05-16T15:47:43Z")
[QUOTE=Fretful Porpentine] Are you associated with Apollo? [/QUOTE] Hmmm, I’ve gone through the Greek God Apollo, the Apollo space program, the Apollo performance hall and even Apollo Creed. Drawing a blank. Ask your DQ! ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545/39 "2008-05-16T15:48:04Z")
[QUOTE=divemaster] No, and I don’t know who you mean. Ask a DQ. [/QUOTE] **Miguel Cairo** Are you younger than fifty? ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545/40 "2008-05-16T15:52:44Z")
[QUOTE=divemaster] Hmmm, I’ve gone through the Greek God Apollo, the Apollo space program, the Apollo performance hall and even Apollo Creed. Drawing a blank. Ask your DQ! [/QUOTE] Michael Collins. Are you an actor? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-12/449545.md?page=3)