# Botticelli, Round 15

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [May 21, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101 "2008-05-21T14:32:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/21 "2008-05-21T21:01:56Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
I’m not John Lee or Jack London.

**glee** and **Dead Cat** , I don’t know who you mean. Ask your DQs.  
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[Jonah Lomu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Lomu) is my one (and I wouldn’t be surprised if Jim Laker popped up too 🆒 )

Are you alive?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/22 "2008-05-21T22:36:42Z")

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Did you burst onto the Hollywood scene in 1976 as the new Fay Wray?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/23 "2008-05-21T22:37:43Z")

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Did you have to listen to bachelorettes ask questions like “If I were asleep and you were my alarm clock, how would you wake me up?”

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/24 "2008-05-21T22:38:44Z")

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Did you ever win a Tony for playing Edith Piaf?

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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:** [May 21, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/25 "2008-05-21T22:45:54Z")

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**Biffy** , I don’t know who you mean. Ask your DQ.

**Freudian** , I’m not Julian Lennon (“Hey Jude”).

**Sternvogel** , I’m not Jesse Owens - if that’s who you meant, since he’s not a “JL.” If that’s not who you mean, I don’t know; ask a DQ.

**astorian** , I’m neither Jessica Lange, Jim Lange nor Jane Lapotaire.

I am not alive.

JL is:

- not alive

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/26 "2008-05-21T22:48:03Z")

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ETA: Nevermind.

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**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 21, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/27 "2008-05-21T22:49:24Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
**Biffy** , I don’t know who you mean. Ask your DQ.

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**Jack Lord**. (“Book 'im, Dan-o!”)

Are you American?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/28 "2008-05-21T22:52:15Z")

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Are you one of only 3 men to produce a Beatles record?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/29 "2008-05-21T22:53:17Z")

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Did you win a Heisman for old Notre Dame?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/30 "2008-05-21T22:54:22Z")

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Did Alec Baldwin order you to put down that coffee? (After all, that’s for closers!)

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/31 "2008-05-21T23:00:32Z")

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Did you overcome a sugar addiction as a child by transforming your life through good nutrition/exercise?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/32 "2008-05-22T01:01:00Z")

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Did you warn Robert E. Lee that Pickett’s Charge was a bad idea?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/33 "2008-05-22T01:03:01Z")

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Did you retire in 1966 as the winningest jockey in horse racing history?

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/34 "2008-05-22T01:32:56Z")

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Have you voiced both a cartoon cat and the superhero known as the Crimson Chin?

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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:** [May 22, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/35 "2008-05-22T01:54:17Z")

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I am not a Beatles producer (Jeff Lynne), a Heisman winner (Johnny Lujack), a _Glengarry_ character (James Lingk), an exercise nut (Jack LaLanne), uneasy about Pickett’s Charge (James Longstreet), a jockey (Johnny Longden), or an occasional cartoon voice actor (Jay Leno).

I’m not an American.

JL is:

- not alive
- not American

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/36 "2008-05-22T02:55:39Z")

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Did you co-author a book about spectacular chess?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/37 "2008-05-22T03:02:36Z")

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Were you the most famous P.O.W. of the Iraq War?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/38 "2008-05-22T03:03:41Z")

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Did you offer to have sex with The 40 Year Old Virgin?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/39 "2008-05-22T03:05:05Z")

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Did you play Edina’s best friend?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/40 "2008-05-22T03:06:37Z")

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Did you ask your audience, “Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?”

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