# 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:** 2
### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/21 "2008-05-03T23:03:35Z")
[QUOTE=twickster]
I was thinking of Saddam Hussein – do I get another direct question?
[/QUOTE]
No, Saeed Hanaei was a male ‘SH’ who was executed by hanging so he fits the criteria.
> [@Contrapuntal](#):
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> Do you blow a mean tenor?
The second thing to pop into my head was a little disturbing.
No (AFAIK), and I don’t know who you mean.
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### Author:  [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/22 "2008-05-03T23:07:15Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]
No (AFAIK), and I don’t know who you mean.
[/QUOTE]
Tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton.
(Direct) Are you an artist?
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/23 "2008-05-03T23:08:09Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal]
(Direct) Are you an artist?
[/QUOTE]
No, I am not an artist.
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/24 "2008-05-03T23:09:46Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]
No, Saeed Hanaei was a male ‘SH’ who was executed by hanging so he fits the criteria.
[/QUOTE]
Oh, right, sorry – I obviously haven’t played in a while. :smack:
Were you a lead singer for a classic rock band?
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/25 "2008-05-03T23:11:25Z")
[QUOTE=twickster]
Were you a lead singer for a classic rock band?
[/QUOTE]
No, I’m not Sammy Hagar.
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### Author:  [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/26 "2008-05-03T23:13:20Z")
Do you spin like a spinning top?
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### Author:  [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/27 "2008-05-03T23:16:11Z")
Are you a politician?
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### Author:  [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/28 "2008-05-03T23:17:28Z")
[QUOTE=bump]
Are you a politician?
[/QUOTE]
Ya gotta stump him first, **bump**.
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/29 "2008-05-03T23:18:51Z")
Are you getting married in the morning?
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/30 "2008-05-03T23:20:36Z")
**SH is…**
[ul][li]Male[/li][li]Not a fictional character[/li][li]Not an artist[/ul][/li]
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal]
Do you spin like a spinning top?
[/QUOTE]
That sounds like a good clue! But I don’t know who you mean, and I don’t spin a top.
> [@bump](#):
>
> Are you a politician?
No, I’m not Rep. Steny Hoyer.
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### Author:  [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/31 "2008-05-03T23:23:58Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]
That sounds like a good clue! But I don’t know who you mean, and I don’t spin a top.
[/QUOTE]
Dude, it’s ice skater Scott Hamilton. 😉
(Spin \*like \*a spinning top.)
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/32 "2008-05-03T23:23:59Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal]
Ya gotta stump him first, **bump**.
[/QUOTE]
You’re right. He should have given a clue (no matter how obscure) to differentiate his guess. But when I ready it I took it as an IQ. (It’s been a while since I’ve played too.)
> [@twickster](#):
>
> Are you getting married in the morning?
No, I’m not Stanley Holloway. (Ha! Thought you’d stump me by asking about an actor, didn’t you!)
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/33 "2008-05-03T23:25:02Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal]
Dude, it’s ice skater Scott Hamilton. 😉
[/QUOTE]
:smack: When I saw the answer to the sax question, I thought ‘Isn’t he a skater?’
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### Author:  [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/34 "2008-05-03T23:28:45Z")
Direct : Are you an author?
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/35 "2008-05-03T23:30:31Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal]
Direct : Are you an author?
[/QUOTE]
No, I’m not an author.
**SH is…**
[ul][li]Male[/li][li]Not a fictional character[/li][li]Not an artist[/li][\*]Not an author[/ul]
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### Author:  [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/36 "2008-05-03T23:39:06Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]
No, I’m not an author.
**SH is…**
[ul][li]Male[/li][li]Not a fictional character[/li][li]Not an artist[/li][li]Not an author[/ul][/li][/QUOTE]
Point of order. We’re not restricted to those criteria in our initial questions, are we?
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### Author:  [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/37 "2008-05-03T23:46:52Z")
Did you translate _Beowulf_?
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### Author:  [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/38 "2008-05-03T23:50:38Z")
Are you a Scottish snooker player?
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/39 "2008-05-03T23:50:49Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal]
Point of order. We’re not restricted to those criteria in our initial questions, are we?
[/QUOTE]
I think for this round I’m going to say yes.
> [@WF Tomba](#):
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> Did you translate Beowulf?
No, I’m not Seamus Heaney.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/40 "2008-05-03T23:52:01Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja]
Are you a Scottish snooker player?
[/QUOTE]
No, I’m not Stephen Hendry.
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