# 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:** 9

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### Author: ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/161 "2008-05-04T23:01:58Z")

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[QUOTE=WF Tomba]  
No, and I don’t know who you mean.  
[/QUOTE]

Mike Anderson of the Baltimore Ravens.

DQ: Are you male?

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### Author: ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/162 "2008-05-04T23:03:50Z")

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Were you executed by guillotine during the French Revolution?

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### Author: ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/163 "2008-05-04T23:09:13Z")

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[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]  
Mike Anderson of the Baltimore Ravens.

DQ: Are you male?  
[/QUOTE]

Dammit, and I’m even a Ravens fan.

Yes, I am male.

**MA is**  
[ul]  
[li]male[/li][/ul]

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### 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: [May 4, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/164 "2008-05-04T23:12:46Z")

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Congrats, **WF Tomba**! I’ve never even heard of Sig Hansen.

As for MA… were you a world leader once played by Richard Harris?

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### Author: ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/165 "2008-05-04T23:13:35Z")

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When it comes to Basketball, Are you **TNT** , are you Dynamite?

[[I hope I did that right, and well enough]]

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### Author: ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/166 "2008-05-04T23:17:30Z")

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[QUOTE=HongKongFooey]  
Were you executed by guillotine during the French Revolution?  
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No, I am not M. Avogadro, and you get a DQ because I can’t remember his first name. :smack:

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### Author: ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/167 "2008-05-04T23:26:42Z")

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[QUOTE=WF Tomba]

No, and I don’t know who you mean.  
[/QUOTE]

Max Abramovitz.

Are you fictional?

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### Author: ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/168 "2008-05-04T23:27:46Z")

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[QUOTE=WF Tomba]  
No, I am not M. Avogadro, and you get a DQ because I can’t remember his first name. :smack:  
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I was thinking of Marie Antoinette anyhow, I think it was Lavoisier who was executed during the revolution.

DQ - Are you alive?

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### Author: ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/169 "2008-05-04T23:30:05Z")

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Did you cast a net on the Internet?

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### Author: ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/170 "2008-05-04T23:34:32Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
As for MA… were you a world leader once played by Richard Harris?  
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No, I am not Marc Antony.

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### Author: ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/171 "2008-05-04T23:37:22Z")

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[QUOTE=Meeko]  
When it comes to Basketball, Are you **TNT** , are you Dynamite?

[[I hope I did that right, and well enough]]  
[/QUOTE]

Has to be a yes-or-no question.

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### Author: ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/172 "2008-05-04T23:39:43Z")

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[QUOTE=MadTheSwine]  
Max Abramovitz.

Are you fictional?  
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So?

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### Author: ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/173 "2008-05-04T23:40:05Z")

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[QUOTE=MadTheSwine]  
Max Abramovitz.

Are you fictional?  
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No, I am not fictional.

**MA is**  
[ul]  
[li]male[/li][li]not fictional[/li][/ul]

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### Author: ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/174 "2008-05-04T23:41:10Z")

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[QUOTE=WF Tomba]  
Has to be a yes-or-no question.  
[/QUOTE]

Ah.

Are you a Basketball Commentator, on a certain TV network?

(How on earth can you ask a yes no, and KNOW that its specific enough, with out giving it away then?)

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### Author: ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/175 "2008-05-04T23:43:24Z")

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Did you miss mine?

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### Author: ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/176 "2008-05-04T23:45:40Z")

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[QUOTE=HongKongFooey]  
I was thinking of Marie Antoinette anyhow, I think it was Lavoisier who was executed during the revolution.

DQ - Are you alive?  
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You’re probably right about Avogadro vs. Lavoisier.

I am not alive.

**MA is** [ul]  
[li]male[/li][li]not fictional[/li][li]not alive[/li][/ul]

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### Author: ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/177 "2008-05-04T23:48:07Z")

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[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]  
Did you cast a net on the Internet?  
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No, I am not Maryam Abacha.

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### Author: ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/178 "2008-05-04T23:51:41Z")

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[QUOTE=Meeko]  
Ah.

Are you a Basketball Commentator, on a certain TV network?  
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No, and I don’t know who you mean.

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### Author: ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/179 "2008-05-04T23:53:05Z")

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[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]  
Did you miss mine?  
[/QUOTE]

I’m answering posts in the order in which they were made.

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### Author: ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932/180 "2008-05-04T23:53:59Z")

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[QUOTE=WF Tomba]  
No, I am not Maryam Abacha.  
[/QUOTE]

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?

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