# Botticelli Round 24

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-24/452971>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [June 15, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-24/452971 "2008-06-15T01:47:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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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:** [June 17, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-24/452971/81 "2008-06-17T03:00:52Z")

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[QUOTE=Darryl Lict]  
Royal Robbins.

DQ: Were you created by an American?

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No.  
Male  
Fictional  
Appear in a theatrical piece  
Do not appear in a novel, comic book or movie  
Not created in past 50 years  
Not created by an American  
Appear in a work written in English

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-24/452971/82 "2008-06-17T03:03:53Z")

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[QUOTE=astorian]  
I don’t know who you are- ask a DQ  
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Richard Reeves

DQ: Did you originate in the nineteenth century?

IQ: Does pill-popping give you atomic power?

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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:** [June 17, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-24/452971/83 "2008-06-17T03:06:27Z")

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[QUOTE=Darryl Lict]

IQ: Did you get nominated for an Academy Award and win a Golden Globe for portraying an aunt?  
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Not Rosalind (Mame) Russell

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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:** [June 17, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-24/452971/84 "2008-06-17T03:08:31Z")

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[QUOTE=Governor Quinn]  
Richard Reeves

DQ: Did you originate in the nineteenth century?

IQ: Does pill-popping give you atomic power?  
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Yes, I first appeared in the 19th century  
Summary  
Male  
Fictional  
First appeared in 19th century  
Appear in a theatrical work  
Appear in a work written in English  
Not created by an American  
Not created in past 50 years  
Not in a novel, movie or comic book

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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:** [June 17, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-24/452971/85 "2008-06-17T03:09:48Z")

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[QUOTE=Governor Quinn]

IQ: Does pill-popping give you atomic power?  
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Not Roger Ramjet

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-24/452971/86 "2008-06-17T03:22:43Z")

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Did you ever have to deal with a unqualified First Lord of the Admiralty?

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**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:** [June 17, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-24/452971/87 "2008-06-17T03:40:26Z")

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Are you an artist famous for “combines” and who also designed a Talking Heads album cover?

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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:** [June 17, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-24/452971/88 "2008-06-17T04:00:23Z")

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[QUOTE=Governor Quinn]  
Did you ever have to deal with a unqualified First Lord of the Admiralty?  
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**YES! I am Ralph Rackstraw,** handsome but dim sailor on HMS Pinafore.

Congratulations, Governor Quinn.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-24/452971/89 "2008-06-17T18:41:22Z")

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[QUOTE=Sternvogel]  
Are you famous for running the wrong way on a football field?  
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You overlooked this question, which was inspired by [Roy Riegels.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Riegels)

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