# Botticelli
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932
**Category:** Thread Games
**Created:** [May 3, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932 "2008-05-03T21:23:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 10
### Author:  [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/181 "2008-05-04T23:57:38Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]
I was thinking of Mark Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape; but fair enough.
IQ: Were you the grandson of Leopold and were you nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor?
[/QUOTE]
No, and I don’t know who you mean.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/182 "2008-05-05T00:01:39Z")
[QUOTE=WF Tomba]
No, and I don’t know who you mean.
[/QUOTE]
Mischa Auer was nominated for _My Man Godfrey_. He was born Mischa Ounskowsky but renamed himself after his grandfather Leopold Auer.
DQ: Were you an actor?
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### Author:  [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/183 "2008-05-05T00:04:11Z")
Did you drive really, really fast?
BTW: thanks for starting the game **Johnny L.A.**
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### Author:  [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2008, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/184 "2008-05-05T00:07:19Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]
DQ: Were you an actor?
[/QUOTE]
No, I was not an actor.
**MA is** [ul]
[li]male[/li][li]not fictional[/li][li]not alive[/li][li]not an actor[/li][/ul]
> [@HongKongFooey](#):
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> Did you drive really, really fast?
No, I am not Mario Andretti.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/185 "2008-05-05T00:27:21Z")
Are you a stand-up comedian who was born in Pittsburgh and became a regular on _Hollywood Squares_?
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### Author:  [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2008, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/186 "2008-05-05T00:42:47Z")
Were you on the _Columbia_?
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### Author:  [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/187 "2008-05-05T00:43:33Z")
Have you been in movies with Kevin Spacey and Kevin Costner, but not Kevin Bacon?
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### Author:  [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/188 "2008-05-05T01:01:19Z")
[QUOTE=WF Tomba]
No, and I don’t know who you mean.
[/QUOTE]
I was thinking of TNT Basketball Announcer Marv Albert.
DQ: Are you associated with sports, but not an active athelete?
Unrelated Note: I tried this game out with my family at dinner just now. It bombed. :mad: any ideas why?
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### Author:  [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/189 "2008-05-05T01:17:44Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]
Are you a stand-up comedian who was born in Pittsburgh and became a regular on _Hollywood Squares_?
[/QUOTE]
No, and I don’t know who you mean.
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### Author:  [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/190 "2008-05-05T01:19:18Z")
[QUOTE=ArizonaTeach]
Were you on the _Columbia_?
[/QUOTE]
No, and I don’t know who you mean.
Wow, you guys are kicking my ass. 🙂
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### Author:  [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/191 "2008-05-05T01:26:56Z")
[QUOTE=bufftabby]
Have you been in movies with Kevin Spacey and Kevin Costner, but not Kevin Bacon?
[/QUOTE]
No, and I don’t know who you mean.
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### Author:  [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/192 "2008-05-05T01:30:58Z")
[QUOTE=Meeko]
DQ: Are you associated with sports, but not an active athelete?
[/quote]
No, I am not associated with sports at all.
**MA is** [ul]
[li]male[/li][li]not fictional[/li][li]not alive[/li][li]not an actor[/li][li]not associated with sports[/li][/ul]
> [@](#):
>
> Unrelated Note: I tried this game out with my family at dinner just now. It bombed. :mad: any ideas why?
Possibly because you tried using relatively obscure people like we are doing here? Traditionally you’re supposed to pick someone “at least as famous as Botticelli”. I think for a non-internet game it would be best to follow that guideline.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/193 "2008-05-05T01:35:40Z")
[QUOTE=WF Tomba]
No, and I don’t know who you mean.
[/QUOTE]
Marty Allen.
DQ: Are you a political figure?
**Meeko** : What do you mean ‘It bombed’? Did it go [like this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8OEhsr5AKw) (7:25 into it) and picked up again [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6SQWUxeU6E) (until 2:15)?
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### Author:  [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/194 "2008-05-05T01:42:56Z")
Are you an oft-quoted emperor?
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### Author:  [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/195 "2008-05-05T01:50:26Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]
Marty Allen.
DQ: Are you a political figure?
[/QUOTE]
No, not in the usual sense.
**MA is** [ul]
[li]male[/li][li]not alive[/li][li]not fictional[/li][li]not an actor[/li][li]not associated with sports[/li][li]not a political figure[/li][/ul]
> [@HongKongFooey](#):
>
> Are you an oft-quoted emperor?
No, I am not Marcus Aurelius.
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### Author:  [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/196 "2008-05-05T01:56:11Z")
Are you one of Canada’s greatest literary figures?
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### Author:  [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/197 "2008-05-05T02:02:00Z")
[QUOTE=HongKongFooey]
Are you one of Canada’s greatest literary figures?
[/QUOTE]
No, and I don’t know who you mean.
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### Author:  [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/198 "2008-05-05T02:04:23Z")
[QUOTE=WF Tomba]
No, and I don’t know who you mean.
[/QUOTE]
Margaret Atwood
Are you a political figure?
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/199 "2008-05-05T02:06:17Z")
[QUOTE=HongKongFooey]
Are you a political figure?
[/QUOTE]
Psst. **HKF**. See above. 😉
IQ: Are you a Russian sculptor who created a Faustian statue?
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### Author:  [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/200 "2008-05-05T02:07:59Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]
Marty Allen.
DQ: Are you a political figure?
**Meeko** : What do you mean ‘It bombed’? Did it go [like this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8OEhsr5AKw) (7:25 into it) and picked up again [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6SQWUxeU6E) (until 2:15)?
[/QUOTE]
EXACTLY!
They played with the rule that you only needed the Initial of the Last Name. Does that help or hurt the game?
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