# 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:** 7
**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 27, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/121 "2008-05-27T13:07:11Z")
Are you an Australian Test batsman? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/122 "2008-05-27T16:22:37Z")
Were you known for circling the bases with “one flap down”? ---
**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 27, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/123 "2008-05-27T17:39:39Z")
I’m not David Cornwell’s _nom de plume_ (John le Carre), prone to droning “Coming, Mother!” (Jimmy Lydon), an Australian Test batsman (Justin Langer), or known for circling the bases “one flap down” (Jeffrey Leonard). JL is: - not alive - not American - male - not alive in the 20th century - not European - a fictional character - not a native English speaker - not an artist - not a character in a movie - not a character in a TV show - a character in a novel or short story - not a character in a play - not from Asia - someone who first appeared in a book or story written within the past 50 years - someone who’s killed another sentient being - over age 18 - not in a novel or short story occurring primarily in the 20th century - not of this Earth - not killed in a book or story - a character in a series of several books - not adventuring in the future - created by an American writer ---
**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 27, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/124 "2008-05-27T19:14:53Z")
Are you the actress daughter of a billionaire? ---
**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 28, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/125 "2008-05-28T00:04:58Z")
[QUOTE=Darryl Lict] Are you the actress daughter of a billionaire? [/QUOTE] Hmmmm. Dunno. Ask a DQ. ---
**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 28, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/126 "2008-05-28T00:23:52Z")
Are you the father of the Quiet Revolution? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/127 "2008-05-28T02:55:56Z")
Was your boss always yelling “Great Caesar’s Ghost”? ---
**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 28, 2008, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/128 "2008-05-28T05:29:11Z")
[QUOTE=Kid\_A] Are you the father of the Quiet Revolution? [/QUOTE] No, I’m not Jean Lesage. **astorian** , I can only think of Clark Kent, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen, none of whom are “JLs”. Ask a DQ. ---
**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 28, 2008, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/129 "2008-05-28T07:37:56Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] And Joan Lunden (whose bus devotion I was unaware of, if it indeed exists) was the answer to my overlooked question about _Mother’s Day_, which was the name of a show she hosted from 1983 to '89 [/QUOTE] As far as i can tell, Joan Lunden is not a bus enthusiast. I think I deserve a DQ. Are you the actress daughter of a billionaire? **Julia Louis-Dreyfus**. DQ: Has your character occurred in a Hugo or Nebula winning story or novel? ---
**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 28, 2008, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/130 "2008-05-28T08:11:20Z")
Are you a British department store-founder? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/131 "2008-05-28T11:59:11Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] No, I’m not Jean Lesage. **astorian** , I can only think of Clark Kent, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen, none of whom are “JLs”. Ask a DQ. [/QUOTE] Jack Larson played Jimmy Olsen opposite George Reeves on the old “Superman” series. (And played a bartender in the Brandon Roush movie a few years back.) DQ: Might you yet appear in another book/story by your creator? ---
**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 28, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/132 "2008-05-28T13:10:23Z")
Were you the only rookie pitcher in American League history to start and win Game 7 of the World Series? ---
**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 28, 2008, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/133 "2008-05-28T13:12:45Z")
One more… Did you no-hit lymphoma? ---
**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 28, 2008, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/134 "2008-05-28T14:03:08Z")
**Darryl** , if I’m wrong about Joan Lunden, ask a DQ. **Kid\_A** , you stumped me twice, so ask two DQs. **Dead Cat** , you get another DQ, too. JL is: - not alive - not American - male - not alive in the 20th century - not European - a fictional character - not a native English speaker - not an artist - not a character in a movie - not a character in a TV show - a character in a novel or short story - not a character in a play - not from Asia - someone who first appeared in a book or story written within the past 50 years - someone who’s killed another sentient being - over age 18 - not in a novel or short story occurring primarily in the 20th century - not of this Earth - not killed in a book or story - a character in a series of several books - not adventuring in the future - created by an American writer - has appeared in a Hugo- or Nebula-winning story or novel - might yet appear in another book or story by his creator ---
**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 28, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/135 "2008-05-28T15:49:44Z")
John Lackey (Anaheim Angels; 2003 World Series) and Jon Lester (Lymphoma survivor and threw a no-hitter in 2008) 1. Is the writer who created a man? 2. Do you have a romantic interest in any of the books? ---
**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 28, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/136 "2008-05-28T19:00:48Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] **Darryl** , if I’m wrong about Joan Lunden, ask a DQ. [/QUOTE] DQ: Does your character appear in a Hugo Award winning novel or story? ---
**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 28, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/137 "2008-05-28T19:05:55Z")
[QUOTE=Kid\_A] 1. Is the writer who created **you** a man? [/QUOTE] Fixed my question. ---
**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 28, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/138 "2008-05-28T19:29:08Z")
JL is: - not alive - not American - male - not alive in the 20th century - not European - a fictional character - not a native English speaker - not an artist - not a character in a movie - not a character in a TV show - a character in a novel or short story - not a character in a play - not from Asia - someone who first appeared in a book or story written within the past 50 years - someone who’s killed another sentient being - over age 18 - not in a novel or short story occurring primarily in the 20th century - not of this Earth - not killed in a book or story - a character in a series of several books - not adventuring in the future - created by an American writer - has appeared in a Hugo- or Nebula-winning story or novel - might yet appear in another book or story by his creator - created by a male author - has a romantic interest in the books - in a Hugo Award-winning novel or story ---
**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 28, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/139 "2008-05-28T19:39:49Z")
Were you a Romulan who played in the NBA? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101/140 "2008-05-28T19:40:55Z")
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