# New Boticelli

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 7, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169 "2012-05-07T14:49:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/21 "2012-05-08T03:53:47Z")

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Wargamer  
I’m a famous former athlete  
3 more DQs

To all: I promise she’s not obscure!

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/22 "2012-05-08T04:18:20Z")

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IQ: Are you married to a former Red Sox shortstop?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/23 "2012-05-08T04:24:34Z")

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Enginerd-I’m not Mia Hamm

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/24 "2012-05-08T04:30:48Z")

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IQ: Were you the youngest player ever to make the cut for a major LPGA event?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/25 "2012-05-08T04:32:16Z")

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Enginerd-I’m not Wiesie (if it’s someone else DQ)

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**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/26 "2012-05-08T11:38:54Z")

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1. Mylia Obama (sp?), who’s father got them a dog after winning the Presidential election.

2. Maria Shriver - married to The Governator.

3. Mark Spitz, who won seven gold medals at the Olympic Games in Munich.

DQ: Is your sport contested at the Olympics?  
DQ: Is your sport a team sport?  
DQ: Do you play your sport professionally?

DQ Summary

1. Real person
2. Last name does not begin with ‘M’
3. Not male
4. Alive today (asked twice)
5. Famous former athlete
6. Born in the USA
7. Born after 1980
8. Not in the arts.

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/27 "2012-05-08T11:48:09Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> ]IQ1: Were you a Queen in a Jailhouse?  
> IQ2: Were you in two bird named shows?  
> IQ3: Do people hang out without you?

1: Mamie Smith was a singer, known as the Queen of the Blues. Acted in _Jailhouse Blues_  
2: Morgan Fairchild, actress, starred in _Falcoln’s Crest_ and _Flamingo Road_  
3: Mindy Kaling, actress, stars in _The Office_, author of “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?”  
DQ1: Is your sport played on a grass field?  
DQ2: Have you won a medal in the Olympics?  
DQ3: Are there any implements used in your sport (ie, a ball, puck, club)?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/28 "2012-05-08T14:37:58Z")

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My individual Olympic sport, in which I did medal, is not contested on grass, though it does use impliments (of a sort)

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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/29 "2012-05-08T16:26:59Z")

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IQ1: Did you claim your piano didn’t have any wrong notes?

IQ2: Were you the leader of a big band whose plane went missing in action en route to Paris?

IQ3: Were you the bass player and producer of Miles Davis’ hugely successful album ‘Tutu’?

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**Author:** ![PacifistPorcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PacifistPorcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PacifistPorcupine)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/30 "2012-05-08T16:39:03Z")

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IQ1: Did you have to return five Olympic medals because of doping?

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/31 "2012-05-08T16:52:38Z")

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IQ1: Did you have a rough transition when you moved from sand to hardwood?  
IQ2: Have you recently been inducted into a Hall of Fame?  
IQ3: Have you ever been attacked by a knife-wielding person?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/32 "2012-05-08T18:05:33Z")

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Mistre  
1-DQ for you  
2-I’m not Jimmy Dorsey (?!) otherwise DQ  
3-Yet another DQ

Pacifist-I’m not Marion Jones

MissTake  
1-DQ  
2-DQ  
3-I’m not Monica Seles

Misstake might have it, but I forgot she’s a HoFer

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/33 "2012-05-08T18:36:21Z")

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I’m a what?

1: Misty Mae-Treanor, sand volleyball player who didn’t do so well on “Dancing With the Stars”  
2: Michelle Kwan was just inducted into the Skating Hall of Fame

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/34 "2012-05-08T18:49:20Z")

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Knew MissTake probably had it! I am:

Michelle Kwan!

All bow to MissTake!

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/35 "2012-05-08T18:59:12Z")

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I won my first time playing? Sah-weet!

If you don’t mind, I’m not going to start a new thread.

**Your letter is R**

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/36 "2012-05-08T19:00:59Z")

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Are you the mascot for the world’s leading burger chain?

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/37 "2012-05-08T19:08:12Z")

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No, I’m not Ronald McDonald 🙂

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/38 "2012-05-08T19:10:17Z")

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Does “Everybody Love” you?

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/39 "2012-05-08T19:17:14Z")

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No, I’m not Ray Romano

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**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/40 "2012-05-08T19:48:18Z")

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IQ1: Did you tell your successor to “win one” for you, quoting your famous movie role?  
IQ2: Is Hollywood inordinately concerned with the movement of your opposable appendages?  
IQ3: Are you the central character in the foundation myth of a major ancient civilization?

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