# Botticelli--Round 26

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-26/454045>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 24, 2008, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-26/454045 "2008-06-24T12:38:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 3

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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 24, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-26/454045/41 "2008-06-24T21:22:56Z")

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[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew]  
No idea. DQ to you.  
[/QUOTE]

[Don Mossi,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Mossi) one of the first pitchers to gain fame as a reliever.

DQ: Were you a painter?

IQ: Were you a cutthroat lawyer who plunged down an elevator shaft to her death?

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**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:** [June 24, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-26/454045/42 "2008-06-24T21:28:34Z")

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[QUOTE=Kid\_A]  
Did Your Best Friend attempt to ruin your Wedding?  
[/QUOTE]

Dermot Mulroney almost got his wedding ruined by his best friend (Julia Roberts) in _My Best Friend’s Wedding_.

DQ: Were you a musician?

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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:** [June 24, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-26/454045/43 "2008-06-24T21:36:46Z")

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[QUOTE=Sternvogel]  
DQ: Were you a painter?  
[/QUOTE]

No.

> [@](#):
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> IQ: Were you a cutthroat lawyer who plunged down an elevator shaft to her death?

I’ve heard of this episode but am not familiar with the show. Another DQ to you.

> [@Kid\_A](#):
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> Were you a musician?

Yes.

**DM** is:

- Not fictional
- Male
- Deceased
- Alive during the 19th century
- Involved in the arts
- Not American
- European
- Not a painter
- A musician

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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 24, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-26/454045/44 "2008-06-24T21:42:00Z")

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[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew]  
I’ve heard of this episode but am not familiar with the show. Another DQ to you.  
[/Quote]

[Diana Muldaur](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Muldaur#Career) in the role of Rosalind Shays.

DQ: Were you primarily known as a composer?

IQ: Were you known as “The Dream” on the basketball court?

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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:** [June 24, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-26/454045/45 "2008-06-24T22:03:08Z")

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[QUOTE=Sternvogel]  
Were you primarily known as a composer?  
[/quote]

Yes.

> [@](#):
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> Were you known as “The Dream” on the basketball court?

Don’t know, take another DQ.

DM is:

- Not fictional
- Male
- Deceased
- Alive during the 19th century
- Involved in the arts
- Not American
- European
- Not a painter
- A musician
- A composer

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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 24, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-26/454045/46 "2008-06-24T22:13:20Z")

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[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew]  
Don’t know, take another DQ.  
[/Quote]

[Dean Meminger.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Meminger)

DQ: Were you Italian?

IQ (my last of the day): Did you set the all-time career scoring record at UCLA?

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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:** [June 24, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-26/454045/47 "2008-06-24T22:22:06Z")

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[QUOTE=Sternvogel]  
Were you Italian?  
[/quote]

No.

> [@](#):
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> Did you set the all-time career scoring record at UCLA?

Obviously I’m pretty useless at sports figures. DQ.

DM is:

- Not fictional
- Male
- Deceased
- Alive during the 19th century
- Involved in the arts
- Not American
- European
- Not a painter
- A musician
- A composer
- Not Italian

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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 24, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-26/454045/48 "2008-06-24T23:29:56Z")

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Did you dance around with Emmy Jo, Freddie the Frog, Charlie the Owl and Henrietta Hippo?

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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 24, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-26/454045/49 "2008-06-24T23:35:25Z")

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Do you steal lupines from the rich and give them to the poor?

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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:** [June 24, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-26/454045/50 "2008-06-24T23:41:19Z")

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[QUOTE=astorian]  
Do you steal lupines from the rich and give them to the poor?  
[/QUOTE]

No, I’m not Dennis Moore. 😃

> [@](#):
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> Did you dance around with Emmy Jo, Freddie the Frog, Charlie the Owl and Henrietta Hippo?

I know I’m gonna :smack: when I hear the answer. Take a DQ.

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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 25, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-26/454045/51 "2008-06-25T02:43:53Z")

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[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew]  
No, I’m not Dennis Moore. 😃  
I know I’m gonna :smack: when I hear the answer. Take a DQ.  
[/QUOTE]

Doug Momary, creator and star of the kiddie TV show “New Zoo Revue.”  
DQ: Were you primarily a classical musician/composer?

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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 25, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-26/454045/52 "2008-06-25T02:45:12Z")

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Were you a thinly disguised version of Jack Kerouac’s pal Neal Casady?

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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:** [June 25, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-26/454045/53 "2008-06-25T02:52:47Z")

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[QUOTE=astorian]  
Were you a thinly disguised version of Jack Kerouac’s pal Neal Casady?  
[/QUOTE]

Nope, not Dean Moriarty.

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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:** [June 25, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-26/454045/54 "2008-06-25T02:55:05Z")

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[QUOTE=astorian]  
Were you primarily a classical musician/composer?  
[/QUOTE]

Yes.

**DM** is:

- Not fictional
- Male
- Deceased
- Alive during the 19th century
- Involved in the arts
- Not American
- European
- Not a painter
- A musician
- A composer
- Not Italian
- Primarily a classical musician/composer

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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 25, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-26/454045/55 "2008-06-25T02:56:20Z")

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Are you a Texas rocker who claims (probably inaccurately) to have taught John Lennon to play the harmonica?

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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:** [June 25, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-26/454045/56 "2008-06-25T03:01:08Z")

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[QUOTE=astorian]  
Are you a Texas rocker who claims (probably inaccurately) to have taught John Lennon to play the harmonica?  
[/QUOTE]

I am not Delbert McClinton.

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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 25, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-26/454045/57 "2008-06-25T03:02:34Z")

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Is a roach your most lasting legacy?

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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:** [June 25, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-26/454045/58 "2008-06-25T03:06:35Z")

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[QUOTE=astorian]  
Is a roach your most lasting legacy?  
[/QUOTE]

i am not don marquis.  
(But a big YAY for bringing him 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:** [June 25, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-26/454045/59 "2008-06-25T03:06:52Z")

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Did you have to be rescued by Ace Ventura?

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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:** [June 25, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-26/454045/60 "2008-06-25T03:16:11Z")

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[QUOTE=astorian]  
Did you have to be rescued by Ace Ventura?  
[/QUOTE]

Don’t know this one; take a DQ.

So far, we know I am not: Douglas MacArthur, Dolly Madison, Draco Malfoy, Diego Maradona, Don Marquis, Dean Martin, Dick Martin, Don Martin, Don Mattingly, Darth Maul, David McCallum, Delbert McClinton, Dylan McDermott, Don McLean, David Mellor, Dean Meminger, Debra Messing, Doug Momary, Dennis Moore, Dean Moriarty, Don Mossi, Danger Mouse, Diana Muldaur, Dermot Mulroney, or Dave Mustaine.

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