# Wanna play Botticelli? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 13, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759 "2007-03-13T16:18:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/1 "2007-03-13T16:18:46Z")
Check out Wikipedia’s version of the rules for [Botticelli](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botticelli_(game)) if you’re unfamiliar with it. The variation I propose in this thread is to use TWO initials rather than the one in the Wiki article. Otherwise, those rules are how we play it on car trips or when we’re otherwise killing time. My first person has initials FC. Your guess? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/2 "2007-03-13T17:15:00Z")
Did you direct _Lost Horizon_? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/3 "2007-03-13T17:19:28Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Did you direct _Lost Horizon_? [/QUOTE] No, I’m not Frank Capra. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/4 "2007-03-13T17:22:27Z")
Did you write _Trio In G minor_? ---
**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:** [March 13, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/5 "2007-03-13T17:26:35Z")
What about Jelly Botty, where you have to eat eighteen curries? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/6 "2007-03-13T17:26:46Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Did you write _Trio In G minor_? [/QUOTE] No, I’m not Frederic Chopin. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/7 "2007-03-13T17:29:41Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] What about Jelly Botty, where you have to eat eighteen curries? [/QUOTE] Not the first clue! You get a Direct Question. Must be for a yes/no answer, please. But you must name your FC first. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/8 "2007-03-13T17:31:40Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Not the first clue! You get a Direct Question. Must be for a yes/no answer, please. [/QUOTE] Sorry. Couldn’t resist a _The Young Ones_ reference. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/9 "2007-03-13T17:32:02Z")
Does your visage shine down from atop a Chevy distributorship at the corner of Jefferson St. and Figueroa St. in LA? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/10 "2007-03-13T17:34:38Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Does your visage shine down from atop a Chevy distributorship at the corner of Jefferson St. and Figueroa St. in LA? [/QUOTE] Haha! Good one. Identify your FC and gimme a Direct yes/no question. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/11 "2007-03-13T17:36:31Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Sorry. Couldn’t resist a _The Young Ones_ reference. 😃 [/QUOTE] I even did a lookup to see if I could spot an FC there. No luck. So if there is one, name it and get your DQ. Otherwise, fire again. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/12 "2007-03-13T17:40:59Z")
Are you an ailing communist dictator? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/13 "2007-03-13T17:43:07Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Are you an ailing communist dictator? [/QUOTE] No, I’m not Fidel Castro. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/14 "2007-03-13T17:45:19Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Haha! Good one. Identify your FC and gimme a Direct yes/no question. [/QUOTE] I got sneaky. You decide whether or not to allow: Felix the Cat. 😛 Direct question (if allowed): Are you currently among the living? ---
**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:** [March 13, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/15 "2007-03-13T17:46:10Z")
Are you male? ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/16 "2007-03-13T17:48:07Z")
Did you star in “Coronet Blue?” ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/17 "2007-03-13T17:49:16Z")
Were you a key figure in American foreign policy during the 1970s, and the only Democrat ever to win reelection to the U.S. Senate from your state in that state’s history? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/18 "2007-03-13T17:51:12Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] I got sneaky. You decide whether or not to allow: Felix the Cat. 😛 Direct question (if allowed): Are you currently among the living? [/QUOTE] Hey, I’m in a generous mood, and would love to get somebody to guess who I am, so Felix is cool. DQ: Unfortunately, no longer. I.E., No. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/19 "2007-03-13T17:52:17Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Are you male? [/QUOTE] Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/20 "2007-03-13T17:54:20Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Did you star in “Coronet Blue?” [/QUOTE] No, I’m not Frank Converse. (Had to check IMDB – which is an okay cheat in this version of the game – I mean how could we not!) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759.md?page=2)