Botticelli, Round 16

Thread Games
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[QUOTE=glee]
I wish I had paid more attention in School!

[/QUOTE]

Antoine Lavoisier.

Were you married to a famous person?

42

[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]
Alice Roosevelt Longworth.

DQ: Are you American?
[/QUOTE]

  • I was not alive in the 20th century
  • I am female
  • I am not fictional
  • I am not American
43

[QUOTE=glee]
I think this is Chris Lowe of the Pet Shop Boys - but I have no idea who his daughter is…

:confused: - so have a question!
[/QUOTE]

That was Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron’s daughter (and a pioneer of computer science in her own right)

Direct question: Are you European?

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[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew]
Antoine Lavoisier.

Were you married to a famous person?
[/QUOTE]

  • I was not alive in the 20th century
  • I am female
  • I am not fictional
  • I am not American
  • I was not married to a famous person*
  • I was married though
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[QUOTE=astorian]
That was Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron’s daughter (and a pioneer of computer science in her own right)

Direct question: Are you European?
[/QUOTE]

Ah. This is a bit :o !

I am Ada Lovelace!

(I knew I was Byron’s daughter, but not that he wrote Don Juan … :eek: )

46

Good job, astorian! Game over.

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[QUOTE=glee]
(Was Art Linkletter right?!)
[/quote]

Yes.

Liddell, actually, but you were correct on the identification. Is “Chuck” not used as a nickname in Britain? During the Royal Wedding hullabaloo (yes, it extended to the erstwhile “Colonies”) of 1981, references to “Chuck and Di” were common in gossip columns and tabloid headlines.

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[QUOTE=Sternvogel]
During the Royal Wedding hullabaloo (yes, it extended to the erstwhile “Colonies”) of 1981, references to “Chuck and Di” were common in gossip columns and tabloid headlines.
[/QUOTE]

I always thought that was just for the sake of being able to make the toast “Drink up, Chuck and Di.”