Botticelli September 2012

Thread Games
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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.

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Her gold medals were as an American, and she has no PED ties.

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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-”?

64

Nope, her last name does not start “De-”.

65

I’ll give a hint: You’re all making an assumption that is untrue.

66

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.

67

I give up. Might as well just tell us, etv.

68

Jeanne Driscoll, the Paralympian marathoner. The assumption you all made: able-bodied.

69

I have never heard of Jeanne Driscoll, so I learned something new today.

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Never heard of her - she has no Wiki page - and I don’t think the Paralympics are the Olympics.

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Try Jean Driscoll - she’s listed. Paralympians are Olympians, they just don’t get all the air time as ablebodied Olympians.

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She’s so well-known the OP misspelled her name?

Sorry. It’s late. I’m tired.

73

It’s Okay. My ignorance fought on the spelling. :o (My defense-my aunt spells it Jeanne)

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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!!

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Since I stumped you all, is it still my turn?

76

I guess it is. Nobody got it–carry on with the next one.

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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.

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