# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**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, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/61 "2012-09-24T18:27:06Z")
Damn - you know what? I looked up the actual rules, and it seems I’ve been cheating! (And my hunch was WAY off.) Sorry all - I’ll bow out. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/62 "2012-09-24T20:21:38Z")
Her gold medals were as an American, and she has no PED ties. ---
**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 25, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/63 "2012-09-25T02:50:36Z")
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-” 17. Her gold medals were as an American 18. No use of performance enhancing drugs DQ: Does her last name begin “De-”? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/64 "2012-09-25T04:17:02Z")
Nope, her last name does not start “De-”. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/65 "2012-09-25T04:58:58Z")
I’ll give a hint: You’re all making an assumption that is untrue. ---
**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 26, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/66 "2012-09-26T01:47:22Z")
Hmmm. Can’t think what that might be. Well, we have one DQ earned but not asked. Anyone want to use it? Then we can all ask our “Are you [firstname lastname]?” questions and end the round. ---
**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 28, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/67 "2012-09-28T18:20:52Z")
I give up. Might as well just tell us, **etv**. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/68 "2012-09-28T18:29:16Z")
Jeanne Driscoll, the Paralympian marathoner. The assumption you all made: able-bodied. ---
**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 28, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/69 "2012-09-28T20:48:25Z")
I have never heard of Jeanne Driscoll, so I learned something new today. ---
**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 29, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/70 "2012-09-29T03:11:40Z")
Never heard of her - she has no Wiki page - and I don’t think the Paralympics are the Olympics. ---
**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 29, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/71 "2012-09-29T03:24:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Never heard of her - she has no Wiki page - and I don’t think the Paralympics are the Olympics. Try Jean Driscoll - she’s listed. Paralympians are Olympians, they just don’t get all the air time as ablebodied Olympians. ---
**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 29, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/72 "2012-09-29T03:30:25Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > Try Jean Driscoll - she’s listed. Paralympians are Olympians, they just don’t get all the air time as ablebodied Olympians. She’s so well-known the OP misspelled her name? Sorry. It’s late. I’m tired. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/73 "2012-09-29T03:56:55Z")
It’s Okay. My ignorance fought on the spelling. :o (My defense-my aunt spells it Jeanne) ---
**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 29, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/74 "2012-09-29T15:20:45Z")
A very interesting choice. To me, Olympic athletes and Paralympic athletes are two different things, but if you’d said she wasn’t an Olympic athlete, I don’t think I would have got to Paralympic without having exhausted every other athletic endeavour down to Parkour, Cricket and Lacrosse. Quite a challenge that reveals much about my preconceptions. On to the next round? Let’s go!! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/75 "2012-09-29T16:13:29Z")
Since I stumped you all, is it still my turn? ---
**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 30, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/76 "2012-09-30T00:20:32Z")
I guess it is. Nobody got it–carry on with the next one. ---
**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 30, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/77 "2012-09-30T04:20:34Z")
DQ answer #10 was “Olympian,” not “Paralympian.” Anyway. Since it’s almost October, **etv** , you might want to wait until Mon. to start the next thread. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/78 "2012-10-03T20:18:18Z")
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