# 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:** 5
**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, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/81 "2007-03-13T20:02:52Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] We’ve moved well past it, but… \*Quote: Originally Posted by **Elendil’s Heir** Are you the scion of a famous Ohio political family, now serving as an appellate judge? I have no idea. Name your FC and get a DQ.\* Frank Celebrezze. Do I get a DQ in this go-round, or has that ship sailed? [/QUOTE] Sorry. The DQ must be in the same round as your stumper. No carry-over DQ’s. ---
**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, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/82 "2007-03-13T20:05:31Z")
[QUOTE=Plynck] Sorry to step out; the person was guessed so a DQ does nothing for me. However, to satisfy curiosity: Frank Church. Oh, and the state was Idaho. [/QUOTE] Thanks for filling the gap. I had a suspicion about Church but didn’t go searching to verify it. Here’s what we know about EM: Male? Y In acting? N Living? N Artist? N In sports? N ---
**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:** [March 13, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/83 "2007-03-13T20:10:19Z")
Are you (EM) a noted American historian and biographer? ---
**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, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/84 "2007-03-13T20:10:31Z")
For EM: Are you a poet with middle initials SV? ---
**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, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/85 "2007-03-13T20:12:37Z")
**Zeldar** , Are questions that are obviously off point (for example, if I were to ask about a woman, when it has been established that the person is a male) allowed for their stump-the-chooser value? ---
**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, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/86 "2007-03-13T20:19:55Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Are you (EM) a noted American historian and biographer? [/QUOTE] No, and I don’t know who you mean. > [@Zeldar](#): > > Are you a poet with middle initials SV? No, I’m not Edna St. Vincent Millay. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/87 "2007-03-13T20:21:32Z")
EM: Are you a tv newsman? ---
**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, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/88 "2007-03-13T20:21:45Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] **Zeldar** , Are questions that are obviously off point (for example, if I were to ask about a woman, when it has been established that the person is a male) allowed for their stump-the-chooser value? [/QUOTE] Exactly so! It’s the main goal of the Guesser to ask questions that will stump the Chooser so as to be able to get DQ’s to narrow down the universe (20Q style). It’s mostly luck to guess the Answer (as happened with my FC) before getting the DQ’s to make that possible. But – to reiterate – IQ’s are no holds barred. See **silenus** and Felix the Cat. 😃 As long as the entity involved does indeed have the initials, the Guesser can refer to anybody. Thus far we haven’t ventured into fictional characters as being legal Guesser identities, and I think we should continue to avoid them. Let’s stick with real life people – dead or alive though. ---
**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, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/89 "2007-03-13T20:22:48Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Are you known for your involvement in a famous United States Supreme Court case? [/QUOTE] Sorry, I missed this one. No, I’m not Ernesto Miranda. ---
**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, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/90 "2007-03-13T20:23:50Z")
[QUOTE=MonkeyMensch] EM: Are you a tv newsman? [/QUOTE] No, I’m not Edward R. Murrow. ---
**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, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/91 "2007-03-13T20:28:03Z")
EM: Have you played the same character as Alec Guinness? edited to spell the name right ---
**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, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/92 "2007-03-13T20:28:15Z")
ETA: Answered my own 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, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/93 "2007-03-13T20:29:43Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Felix was real? [/QUOTE] Good catch! I spotted that faux pas after I had submitted it. ---
**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, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/94 "2007-03-13T20:34:17Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Have you played the same character as Alec Guinness? [/QUOTE] No, I’m not Ewen MacGregor. ---
**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, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/95 "2007-03-13T20:36:30Z")
Have you been higher than almost anyone else who ever lived? ---
**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, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/96 "2007-03-13T20:36:31Z")
EM: Did you write the music for some Eastwood movies? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/97 "2007-03-13T20:36:33Z")
Are you a noted Broadway performer? ---
**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, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/98 "2007-03-13T20:37:39Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Have you been higher than almost anyone else who ever lived? [/QUOTE] Hey, wasn’t that EH? ---
**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, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/99 "2007-03-13T20:38:55Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Hey, wasn’t that EH? [/QUOTE] I dunno. Perhaps for a different meaning of “higher.” ---
**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, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/100 "2007-03-13T20:40:16Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] I dunno. Perhaps for a different meaning of “higher.” [/QUOTE] Edmund Hillary – ME = Mount Everest. Just how do you measure “high” then? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759.md?page=6)