# 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:** 4
### Author:  [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/61 "2008-05-04T00:24:16Z")
Are you an American olympic weightlifting champion?
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/62 "2008-05-04T00:25:07Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal]
**Johnny,** I’ve enjoyed it, but I’m on East Coast time, and the dogs wake me up early in the morning. _Adios!_
[/QUOTE]
Come on back when you can!
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/63 "2008-05-04T00:26:19Z")
[QUOTE=HongKongFooey]
Are you an American olympic weightlifting champion?
[/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 4, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/64 "2008-05-04T00:28:20Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]
No, and I don’t know who you mean.
[/QUOTE]
[Shane Hamman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Hamman)
Are you American?
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### Author:  [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/65 "2008-05-04T00:29:45Z")
Are you a conservative radio host?
(How specific do Indirect Questions have to be?)
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/66 "2008-05-04T00:30:08Z")
[QUOTE=HongKongFooey]
Are you American?
[/QUOTE]
Yes, I’m American.
**SH is…**
[ul][li]Male[/li][li]Not a fictional character[/li][li]Not an artist[/li][li]Not an author[/li][li]Not an entertainer[/li][\*]American[/ul]
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/67 "2008-05-04T00:34:52Z")
[QUOTE=WF Tomba]
(How specific do Indirect Questions have to be?)
[/QUOTE]
From Wiki:
> [@](#):
>
> The bar for guesser choices is lower than that for the chooser’s identity; it is not essential for the chooser to have heard of the person, or to know the relevant biographical detail, but guessers should not deliberately exploit this provision. The ideal guesser question is one where the chooser says “Doh! I should have gotten that.” when the answer is revealed.
So there should be a reasonable opportunity to identify the guess, but the question can be asked in a tricky way so that the chooser might not make the connection until the answer is revealed (and the guesser gets a DQ).
[QUOTE=WF Tomba]
Are you a conservative radio host?
[/QUOTE]
Alas! I don’t listen to talk radio! You get a DQ.
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### Author:  [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/68 "2008-05-04T00:40:10Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]
So there should be a reasonable opportunity to identify the guess, but the question can be asked in a tricky way so that the chooser might not make the connection until the answer is revealed (and the guesser gets a DQ).
[/quote]
OK. As a rule of thumb, I’m just going to try to include two details in every IQ.
> [@](#):
>
> Alas! I don’t listen to talk radio! You get a DQ.
Sean Hannity.
Direct: are you living now?
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/69 "2008-05-04T00:45:41Z")
[QUOTE=WF Tomba]
OK. As a rule of thumb, I’m just going to try to include two details in every IQ.
[/quote]
That’s sporting of you. But not necessary. 😉
[QUOTE=WF Tomba]
Sean Hannity.
[/quote]
:smack: D’OH!
[QUOTE=WF Tomba]
Direct: are you living now?
[/QUOTE]
Yes, I’m living now.
**SH is…**
[ul][li]Male[/li][li]Not a fictional character[/li][li]Not an artist[/li][li]Not an author[/li][li]Not an entertainer[/li][li]American[/li][\*]Alive[/ul]
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/70 "2008-05-04T00:59:59Z")
Were you the voice of Winnie the Pooh?
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/71 "2008-05-04T01:01:56Z")
[QUOTE=astorian]
Were you the voice of Winnie the Pooh?
[/QUOTE]
No, I’m not Sterling Holloway.
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/72 "2008-05-04T01:17:36Z")
Were you the original bandleader on “The Tonight Show”?
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/73 "2008-05-04T01:19:47Z")
[QUOTE=astorian]
Were you the original bandleader on “The Tonight Show”?
[/QUOTE]
No, I’m not Skitch Henderson.
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### Author:  [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/74 "2008-05-04T01:27:07Z")
Were you “Movin’ on up to a deluxe apartment in the sky” ?
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/75 "2008-05-04T01:29:15Z")
[QUOTE=divemaster]
Were you “Movin’ on up to a deluxe apartment in the sky” ?
[/QUOTE]
No, I’m not Sherman Hemsley.
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### Author:  [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/76 "2008-05-04T01:30:57Z")
Were you responsible for the sarcastic “7 strikes and you’re out” reference?
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/77 "2008-05-04T01:34:45Z")
[QUOTE=divemaster]
Were you responsible for the sarcastic “7 strikes and you’re out” reference?
[/QUOTE]
Argh! Political guy, right? I don’t know who you mean.
You get a DQ.
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### Author:  [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/78 "2008-05-04T01:37:50Z")
That was the late MLB pitcher Steve Howe.
DQ: Are you over 50 years old?
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### Author:  [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/79 "2008-05-04T01:39:21Z")
FYI: The “7 strikes” refers to how many times he was reinstated after being suspended from baseball on drug charges
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/80 "2008-05-04T01:39:38Z")
[QUOTE=divemaster]
That was the late MLB pitcher Steve Howe.
DQ: Are you over 50 years old?
[/QUOTE]
Well then, I was way off.
I’m under the age of 50.
**SH is…**
[ul][li]Male[/li][li]Not a fictional character[/li][li]Not an artist[/li][li]Not an author[/li][li]Not an entertainer[/li][li]American[/li][li]Alive[/li][\*]Under 50 years old[/ul]
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