# Botticelli--Round 4

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 8, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552 "2008-05-08T13:06:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 2

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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 8, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/21 "2008-05-08T15:58:07Z")

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[QUOTE=as\_u\_wish]  
Despite painting primarily abstracts, were you quoted as saying “There’s no such thing as a good painting about nothing”?  
[/QUOTE]

No, I am not **Mark Rothko**.

> [@HongKongFooey](#):
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> Did Montrealers ever riot on your behalf?

No, and I don’t know who you mean. Ask a DQ.

> [@Elendil's Heir](#):
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> Are you a British Tory MP of Jewish ancestry?

No, and I don’t know who you mean. Ask a DQ.

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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, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/22 "2008-05-08T16:03:42Z")

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[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew]  
No, and I don’t know who you mean. Ask a DQ.  
[/QUOTE]

Maurice “Rocket” Richard

Are you American?

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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 8, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/23 "2008-05-08T16:06:00Z")

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[QUOTE=HongKongFooey]  
Are you American?  
[/QUOTE]

Yes. MR is

• Someone alive in the 20th century  
• Female  
• 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 8, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/24 "2008-05-08T16:10:21Z")

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Are you a celebrity known for risqué fashion and antics as much as for your performing?

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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, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/25 "2008-05-08T16:18:24Z")

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Do you have a .313 career batting average and a lackadaisical approach to life?

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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 8, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/26 "2008-05-08T16:25:02Z")

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[QUOTE=HongKongFooey]  
Are you a celebrity known for risqué fashion and antics as much as for your performing?  
[/QUOTE]

No, I am not **Madonna Ritchie**. But you had me puzzling for a while before I remembered that she had married.

> [@WF Tomba](#):
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> Do you have a .313 career batting average and a lackadaisical approach to life?

No, and I don’t know who you mean. Ask a DQ.

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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 8, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/27 "2008-05-08T17:51:19Z")

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Is all you need is a miracle, all you need is you?

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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 8, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/28 "2008-05-08T18:02:58Z")

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[QUOTE=TommyTutone]  
Is all you need is a miracle, all you need is you?  
[/QUOTE]

No, I am not **Mike Rutherford**.

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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 8, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/29 "2008-05-08T18:25:15Z")

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The Tory MP of Jewish ancestry is Malcolm Rifkind.

DQ: Are you best known as an entertainer (singer, actress, etc.)?

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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 8, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/30 "2008-05-08T18:36:02Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
DQ: Are you best known as an entertainer (singer, actress, etc.)?  
[/QUOTE]

Boy, you guys are good. So far every DQ answer has been Yes.

**MR** is

• Someone alive in the 20th century  
• Female  
• American  
• An entertainer

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/31 "2008-05-08T18:50:23Z")

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[QUOTE=HongKongFooey]  
Were you married to Tom Cruise?  
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Let’s see if it counts first. I meant Mrs. Robinson. I wasn’t sure if that counted - it IS how she is referred to, but isn’t a proper name…

(Here’s to you Mrs. Robinson, Jesus loves you more than you will know.)

If it counts: Are you an actor?

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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 8, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/32 "2008-05-08T18:59:12Z")

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[QUOTE=Khadaji]  
If it counts: Are you an actor?  
[/QUOTE]

Nope. MR is

• Someone alive in the 20th century  
• Female  
• American  
• An entertainer  
• Not an actor

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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, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/33 "2008-05-08T19:01:06Z")

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[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew]  
No, and I don’t know who you mean. Ask a DQ.  
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Manny Ramirez.

Are 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:** [May 8, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/34 "2008-05-08T19:04:10Z")

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[QUOTE=WF Tomba]  
Are you a musician?  
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Yes. **MR** is

• Someone alive in the 20th century  
• Female  
• American  
• An entertainer  
• Not an actor  
• A musician

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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 8, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/35 "2008-05-08T19:56:25Z")

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Are you a former President of Ireland?

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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, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/36 "2008-05-08T20:02:25Z")

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Did you play a character involved with an insomniac in the Pacific Northwest?

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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 8, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/37 "2008-05-08T20:12:01Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Are you a former President of Ireland?  
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No, and I don’t know who you mean. Ask a DQ.

> [@HongKongFooey](#):
>
> Did you play a character involved with an insomniac in the Pacific Northwest?

No, and I don’t know who you mean. Ask a DQ.

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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, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/38 "2008-05-08T20:16:17Z")

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[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew]  
No, and I don’t know who you mean. Ask a DQ.  
[/QUOTE]  
Meg Ryan in _Sleepless in Seattle_  
Are you living now?

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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 8, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/39 "2008-05-08T20:24:11Z")

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Mary Robinson is the former President of Ireland.

DQ: Are you a singer?

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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 8, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/40 "2008-05-08T20:24:44Z")

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[QUOTE=HongKongFooey]  
Are you living now?  
[/QUOTE]

No. **MR** is

• Someone alive in the 20th century  
• Female  
• American  
• An entertainer  
• Not an actor  
• A musician  
• Deceased

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