# Botticelli, Round 15 **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 4
**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 22, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/61 "2008-05-22T21:54:31Z")
Does your nickname suggest that you are from the Scandinavian branch of the thrush family? ---
**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, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/62 "2008-05-22T22:09:21Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] Did you have a very fast time in high school? [/QUOTE] No, I’m not Jennifer Jason Leigh. **Biffy** , you stumped me. Ask a DQ. ---
**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 22, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/63 "2008-05-22T22:26:58Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] **Biffy** , you stumped me. Ask a DQ. [/QUOTE] **Jenny Lind** , the Swedish Nightingale. Are you a fictional character? ---
**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, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/64 "2008-05-22T22:45:08Z")
Are you an actress who once played a film character whose eating habits were compared to that of a bird’s? ETA: For clarity ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/65 "2008-05-23T00:22:03Z")
Were you fired in a humiliating manner by Arthur Godfrey? ---
**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 23, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/66 "2008-05-23T03:27:35Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] Are you an actress who once played a film character whose eating habits were compared to that of a bird’s?.. [/QUOTE] Dunno - ask a DQ. **astorian** , I’m not Julius LaRosa. JL is: - not alive - not American - male - not alive in the 20th century - not European - a fictional character ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/67 "2008-05-23T03:41:45Z")
Did you take over an anti-terrorist commando team after the unexpected death of Steven Seagal? ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/68 "2008-05-23T07:16:19Z")
Are you Michael Scott’s ex-boss? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/69 "2008-05-23T12:01:02Z")
Are you an Open-winning golfer? ---
**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 23, 2008, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/70 "2008-05-23T12:11:30Z")
Are you the bass player in a long-lived classic rock band? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/71 "2008-05-23T12:32:37Z")
Did you go from singing Sixties bubblegum hits to singing “Trust the Gorton’s Fisherman”? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/72 "2008-05-23T13:09:26Z")
[QUOTE=Wargamer] Do you make Bill Simmons uneasy with your fixation on your groin? [/QUOTE] Julio Lugo - shortstop for the red Sox of Boston. Did you speak English as your native tongue? Edit - Lugo is noted for his penchant to grab his crotch in between pitches when he is at bat, as noted by Simmons, a writer for [ESPN.com](http://ESPN.com). ---
**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 23, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/73 "2008-05-23T15:16:20Z")
I’m not an _Executive Decision_ character (John Leguizamo), Michael Scott’s ex-boss (Jan Levinson), or a U.S. Open winner (Joe Lloyd). **Biffy** and **astorian** , you got me. Ask DQs. JL is: - not alive - not American - male - not alive in the 20th century - not European - a fictional character - not a native English speaker _A clarification:_ Now that you know he’s fictional, the “not alive” reference simply means that he’s not a real person. In the work of fiction in which he appears, he _is_ alive. ---
**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 23, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/74 "2008-05-23T15:34:46Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Dunno - ask a DQ. **astorian** , I’m not Julius LaRosa. JL is: - not alive - not American - male - not alive in the 20th century - not European - a fictional character [/QUOTE] I was thinking of Janet Leigh (the movie in question was Psycho). Are you an artist? ---
**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 23, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/75 "2008-05-23T15:46:45Z")
The bass player is **John Lodge** of the Moody Blues. Are you a character in a movie? [QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] _A clarification:_ Now that you know he’s fictional, the “not alive” reference simply means that he’s not a real person. In the work of fiction in which he appears, he _is_ alive. [/QUOTE] Can you further clarify whether or not this also applies to the “not alive in the 20th century”? That is, am I wrong in thinking I should eliminate fictional characters from stories set in the 20th century? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/76 "2008-05-23T16:41:47Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] I’m not… …a U.S. Open winner (Joe Lloyd). [/QUOTE] Sorry, I said “Open”. There is only one golf Open, and it ain’t held in the U.S. :). I’m not angling for a DQ, just clarifying my question for you. Have another go. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/77 "2008-05-23T19:47:23Z")
Do you know any tricks that would help someone remember that you were a Buckeye, a Warrior, and a Knickerbocker? ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/78 "2008-05-23T20:26:43Z")
Were you Ozzy’s guitarist? ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/79 "2008-05-23T21:54:16Z")
Are you a sportscaster who covered about a jillion Olympics? **Elendil’s Heir** , do you mind if I post a list of previously guessed people as to make it easier for players? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/80 "2008-05-24T00:35:13Z")
The bubblegum singer was Joey Levine- he sang “Yummy Yummy Yummy (I’ve Got Love in My Tummy)” with the Ohio Express, then started doing commercial jingles like “Trust the Gorton’s Fisherman…” Direct Question: Are you a character on a TV show? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101.md?page=5)