# 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:** 7
**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, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/121 "2007-03-13T21:01:53Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] No, I’m not Erich von Manstein. No, and I don’t know who you mean. [/QUOTE] Ed Meese dude! Man, I so totally own you! So, my DQ is, are you an American citizen? ---
**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, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/122 "2007-03-13T21:03:11Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Is a famous legal concept named after you? No, I’m not Ernesto Miranda. [QUOTE=Sternvogel] Were you involved in a famous scientific experiment? [/QUOTE] > [@Enginerd](#): > > Did you work in the aviation field? Yes, and yes. Is this where I tell the name? ---
**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, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/123 "2007-03-13T21:04:21Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Ed Meese dude! Man, I so totally own you! [/QUOTE] My EB (joke) is Earl Butz. Class act. ---
**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, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/124 "2007-03-13T21:04:26Z")
Edward Morley? ---
**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, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/125 "2007-03-13T21:04:32Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] No, I’m not Ernesto Miranda. Yes, and yes. Is this where I tell the name? [/QUOTE] I think a questioner has to say it. ---
**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, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/126 "2007-03-13T21:05:29Z")
I mean I don’t get to be the next IT person, just guessing. ---
**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, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/127 "2007-03-13T21:05:45Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Yes, and yes. Is this where I tell the name? [/QUOTE] Only if you’re tired of playing. We have to keep getting DQ’s until one of us knows your person. Your call, 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, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/128 "2007-03-13T21:08:07Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Did you do some writing about Spoon? [/QUOTE] No, and I don’t know who you mean. > [@Contranuptal](#): > > So, my DQ is, are you an American citizen? Yes. > [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > Edward Morley? No. ---
**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, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/129 "2007-03-13T21:10:25Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Only if you’re tired of playing. We have to keep getting DQ’s until one of us knows your person. Your call, though. [/QUOTE] So it’s okay to just say ‘yes’ to **Enginerd** and **Sternvogel**? Let’s see if they can get it. 😉 ---
**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, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/130 "2007-03-13T21:10:52Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] No, and I don’t know who you mean. [/QUOTE] Edgar (Lee) Masters – Spoon River Anthology DQ: Was your scientific experiment done in outer space? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/131 "2007-03-13T21:11:04Z")
Ed Musick? ---
**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, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/132 "2007-03-13T21:12:55Z")
[QUOTE=Enginerd] Ed Musick? [/QUOTE] No. > [@Zeldar](#): > > DQ: Was your scientific experiment done in outer space? No. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/133 "2007-03-13T21:18:41Z")
Darn, I had Morley in mind. Did you do your most famous work while a member of the Armed Services? ---
**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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/134 "2007-03-13T21:19:05Z")
Are you Ernst Mach? ---
**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, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/135 "2007-03-13T21:20:09Z")
Sorry. Let me get a question in there first. ---
**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, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/136 "2007-03-13T21:20:26Z")
EM Are you an athlete famous for a 107 match winning streak? ---
**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, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/137 "2007-03-13T21:21:22Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] So it’s okay to just say ‘yes’ to **Enginerd** and **Sternvogel**? Let’s see if they can get it. 😉 [/QUOTE] “Yes” is all that’s required of a DQ. The less additional info the longer the IQ’s have to keep coming. However, **Sternvogel** ’s IQ (wasn’t it?) requires you either to name **another** EM involved in an experiment and say “No, I’m not \ EM” OR ELSE, if you can’t think of another EM, to say “Yes, I’m \” thus allowing that Guesser to win. The key issue here is: Was **Sternvogel** ’s a DQ or an IQ? ---
**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, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/138 "2007-03-13T21:21:41Z")
EM Did you perform essential research into compressible flows? ---
**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, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/139 "2007-03-13T21:25:57Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Did you do your most famous work while a member of the Armed Services? [/QUOTE] Yes. > [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > Are you Ernst Mach? No. > [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Are you an athlete famous for a 107 match winning streak? No, and I don’t know who you mean. > [@Zeldar](#): > > However, **Sternvogel’s** IQ (wasn’t it?) requires you either to name **another** EM involved in an experiment and say “No, I’m not \ EM” OR ELSE, if you can’t think of another EM, to say “Yes, I’m \” thus allowing that Guesser to win. It would be easy _now_ for me to say ‘Np, I’m not Edward Morley’, but I didn’t have another person in mind so I guess that would have to be ‘No, and I don’t know who you mean.’ ---
**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, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759/140 "2007-03-13T21:28:36Z")
[QUOTE=MonkeyMensch] Did you perform essential research into compressible flows? [/QUOTE] Hm. I don’t know that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-botticelli/395759.md?page=8)