# Botticelli September 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 2, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480 "2012-09-02T21:37:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/41 "2012-09-17T17:20:02Z")
Yes, if not for her athletic achievement, she’d be completely unremarkable. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/42 "2012-09-18T00:38:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …Please update the DQ answers, **etv78**. A reminder. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/43 "2012-09-18T06:57:49Z")
STILL can’t find the DQs I’ve left unaswered. (are they staring me in the face?) ---
**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:** [September 18, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/44 "2012-09-18T13:23:57Z")
I meant, in a numbered list, so that we can all see what’s been answered so far in one place, as you last did in post #19. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/45 "2012-09-18T18:25:30Z")
**Elendil** -Now I know what you wanted. 😉 To review what you’ve learned: 1.Real 2.Female 3.Living 4.Last name begins w/“D” 5.Born after 1950 6.Not in Arts 7.Not a Politician 8.Not known for specific incident 9.American 10.Olympian 11.Retired by 2000 12.Not in sprint events 13.Doesn’t use ball-like implements ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/46 "2012-09-18T19:39:35Z")
Correction: > [@](#): > > 13.Doesn’t use ball-like implements, except the shot, which is still up in the air ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/47 "2012-09-18T20:02:55Z")
To further clarify: I included the shot in “ball” definition. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/48 "2012-09-18T20:03:03Z")
“Up in the air.” Heh. You also told us, **etv** , in post 25, that she won gold medals in track. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/49 "2012-09-18T20:22:11Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > **Elendil** -Now I know what you wanted. 😉 > > To review what you’ve learned: > > 1.Real > 2.Female > 3.Living > 4.Last name begins w/“D” > 5.Born after 1950 > 6.Not in Arts > 7.Not a Politician > 8.Not known for specific incident > 9.American > 10.Olympian > 11.Won gold medals > 12.Retired by 2000 > 13.Not in sprint events > 14.Doesn’t use ball-like implements Thank you **Elendil** for the reminder about #11. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/50 "2012-09-19T14:37:06Z")
Gold medals _in track_, you said. And, as you wrote in post 41, “if not for her athletic achievement, she’d be completely unremarkable.” Grr. I’m still coming up blank. Oh, well, I think I still have five DQs banked, so I’ll roll the dice: DQ: Is the second letter of your last name “a”? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/51 "2012-09-19T20:44:46Z")
Nope, her last name does not start “Da”. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/52 "2012-09-20T00:03:54Z")
To review what we’ve learned: D. 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. Last name begins w/ “D” 5. Born after 1950 6. Not in Arts 7. Not a Politician 8. Not known for specific incident 9. American 10. Olympian 11. Won gold medals in track 12. Retired by 2000 13. Not in sprint events 14. Doesn’t use ball-like implements 15. If not for her athletic achievement, would be completely unremarkable 16. Last name doesn’t start “Da-” ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/53 "2012-09-23T21:29:06Z")
I’ll borrow a DQ, if I may. DQ - did this person win a Gold medal in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/54 "2012-09-23T22:17:31Z")
**Ministre** -Yes she did win Gold in Sydney ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/55 "2012-09-24T01:10:43Z")
Baffled - all I have is Gail Devers and Stacy Dragila, and they’ve both been eliminated. I give up! ---
**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:** [September 24, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/56 "2012-09-24T02:00:51Z")
Anyone else? I’m stumped. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/57 "2012-09-24T12:47:04Z")
I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/58 "2012-09-24T17:50:41Z")
No idea here, either. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/59 "2012-09-24T18:15:17Z")
I’ll burn a DQ, if I may: Did this person earn a gold medal \*for the United States \*in the 2000 Olympics? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/60 "2012-09-24T18:20:57Z")
And if a DQ isn’t allowed… Was this person who ran for the Bahama Olympic team awarded a gold medal in Sydney because the person who actually finished first was disqualified for testing positive for performance enhancing drugs? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480.md?page=4)