# Botticelli--Round 4 **URL:** \ **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:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**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, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/41 "2008-05-08T20:26:25Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] DQ: Are you a singer? [/QUOTE] Yes. **MR** is • Someone alive in the 20th century • Female • American • An entertainer • Not an actor • A musician • Deceased • A singer ---
**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, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/42 "2008-05-08T20:26:40Z")
Were you pretty in pink? ---
**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, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/43 "2008-05-08T20:28:36Z")
[QUOTE=HongKongFooey] Were you pretty in pink? [/QUOTE] No, I am not **Molly Ringwald**. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/44 "2008-05-08T20:31:25Z")
Are you “The Mother of the Blues?” ---
**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, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/45 "2008-05-08T20:33:55Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Are you “The Mother of the Blues?” [/QUOTE] Yes! I am \*\* Ma Rainey\*\*. Congratulations, **silenus**. I’m only disappointed that no one asked me if I could turn the world on with my smile. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/46 "2008-05-08T20:45:16Z")
KEWL! Given that my students have their AP test tomorrow, and we are going to be rather frazzled, I’ll see if I can start another round on Saturday. Thanks for the good game. ---
**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, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/47 "2008-05-08T23:55:56Z")
Congrats, **silenus**! I really thought my next guess was going to clinch it… but it wasn’t Ma Rainey. ---
**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 9, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/48 "2008-05-09T05:43:26Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] I’m only disappointed that no one asked me if I could turn the world on with my smile. [/QUOTE] I actually did consider asking something to that effect. > [@Elendil's Heir](#): > > Congrats, silenus! I really thought my next guess was going to clinch it… but it wasn’t Ma Rainey. Who were you thinking of? ---
**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 9, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/49 "2008-05-09T13:41:36Z")
Another noteworthy black female singer: Martha Reeves. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552/50 "2008-05-09T13:52:27Z")
Actually, I was betting it was Minnie Ripperton. Ma Rainey was just the set up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-4/448552.md?page=2)