# Botticelli--Round 3

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 7, 2008, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415 "2008-05-07T10:58:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415/21 "2008-05-07T15:56:27Z")

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[QUOTE=TommyTutone]  
Were you at one time both preceded and succeded by William Gladstone?  
[/QUOTE]  
No, and I don’t know who you mean.

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**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415/22 "2008-05-07T15:59:40Z")

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[QUOTE=HongKongFooey]  
No, and I don’t know who you mean.  
[/QUOTE]

Two time prime minister of the United Kingdom, **Benjamin Disraeli**.

Were you known for the arts?

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**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415/23 "2008-05-07T16:04:54Z")

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[QUOTE=TommyTutone]  
Two time prime minister of the United Kingdom, **Benjamin Disraeli**.

Were you known for the arts?  
[/QUOTE]  
No, not known for the arts.  
**BD is…**  
[ul][li]Male[/li][li]Not a fictional character[/li][li]Not alive in the 20th century[/li][li]Not known for my brainpower[/li][\*]Not known for the arts[/ul]

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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:** [May 7, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415/24 "2008-05-07T16:11:22Z")

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Did you advise Billy not to be a hero?

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**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415/25 "2008-05-07T18:24:04Z")

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[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew]  
Did you advise Billy not to be a hero?  
[/QUOTE]  
No, and I don’t know who you mean even though I know the song.

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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:** [May 7, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415/26 "2008-05-07T18:36:38Z")

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[QUOTE=HongKongFooey]  
No, and I don’t know who you mean even though I know the song.  
[/QUOTE]

Then you are not **Bo Donaldson** of Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods.

DQ: Are you American?

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**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415/27 "2008-05-07T18:47:09Z")

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[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew]  
Then you are not **Bo Donaldson** of Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods.

DQ: Are you American?  
[/QUOTE]  
Never heard of _him_!  
I am not American.

**BD is…**  
[ul][li]Male[/li][li]Not a fictional character[/li][li]Not alive in the 20th century[/li][li]Not known for my brainpower[/li][li]Not known for the arts[/li][\*]Not American[/ul]

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**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415/28 "2008-05-07T21:46:34Z")

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Do you come from Mississippi and have a beat named after you?

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**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 7, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415/29 "2008-05-07T21:53:14Z")

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Do kids dare each other to try and run up to your porch?

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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:** [May 7, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415/30 "2008-05-07T21:54:47Z")

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Were you a teammate of The Kid in The Hub?

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**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415/31 "2008-05-07T22:20:44Z")

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Is there a video of you committing suicide in front of an audience?

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**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415/32 "2008-05-07T22:42:55Z")

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[QUOTE=WF Tomba]  
Do you come from Mississippi and have a beat named after you?  
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No, and I don’t know who you are.

[QUOTE=Freudian Slit]  
Do kids dare each other to try and run up to your porch?  
[/QUOTE]  
No, and I don’t know who you are.

[QUOTE=Sternvogel]  
Were you a teammate of The Kid in The Hub?  
[/QUOTE]  
A teammate of Ted Williams?? Damn you, I don’t know who you are.

[QUOTE=Roland Orzabal]  
Is there a video of you committing suicide in front of an audience?  
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I suck at this, you’re a politician from Pennsylvania but no, I don’t know who you are.

DQs all around.

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**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 7, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415/33 "2008-05-07T22:59:03Z")

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Okay, I stupidly realized that mine was BR, not BD…withdrawn. Sorry!

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**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 7, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415/34 "2008-05-07T23:13:42Z")

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Are you a Czech race walker?

And do my two unused DQs from the previous thread carry over here? 😛

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**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415/35 "2008-05-07T23:21:40Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Are you a Czech race walker?

And do my two unused DQs from the previous thread carry over here? 😛  
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No, and I don’t know _any_ race walkers never mind Czech ones.  
The Botticelli exchange rate is one DQ per two left-overs; 2 DQs for you but don’t go telling all your friends 😉

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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:** [May 7, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415/36 "2008-05-07T23:27:53Z")

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[QUOTE=Freudian Slit]  
Okay, I stupidly realized that mine was BR, not BD…withdrawn. Sorry!  
[/QUOTE]

Boo! 😛

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**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415/37 "2008-05-08T00:11:13Z")

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Bo Diddley.

Direct: are you British?

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**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415/38 "2008-05-08T00:13:49Z")

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[QUOTE=WF Tomba]  
Bo Diddley.

Direct: are you British?  
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Nope.  
**BD is…**  
[ul][li]Male[/li][li]Not a fictional character[/li][li]Not alive in the 20th century[/li][li]Not known for my brainpower[/li][li]Not known for the arts[/li][li]Not American[/li][\*]Not British[/ul]

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**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415/39 "2008-05-08T01:35:20Z")

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Mine was Budd Dwyer. Are you an athlete?

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**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-3/448415/40 "2008-05-08T01:45:11Z")

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[QUOTE=Roland Orzabal]  
Mine was Budd Dwyer. Are you an athlete?  
[/QUOTE]  
Budd Dwyer, I remember the video, had no clue on the name. Nope, no athlete here.

**BD is…**  
[ul][li]Male[/li][li]Not a fictional character[/li][li]Not alive in the 20th century[/li][li]Not known for my brainpower[/li][li]Not known for the arts[/li][li]Not American[/li][\*]Not an athlete[/ul]

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