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18 January 2007

Let's play Botticelli. I'm thinking of a person whose last name starts with D.
post by: Miko at: 14:03 | 163 comments
Are you a folksinger?
posted by box 18 January | 14:05
Are you a Russian writer?

(or do I have to wait until you've answered box's one, miko?)
posted by gaspode 18 January | 14:08
Are you a Dadaist?

('pode, I'm thinkin' multiple questions will be okay...)
posted by Specklet 18 January | 14:13
No, I'm not Bob Dylan, box.

No, I'm not Dostoevsky, gaspode.
posted by Miko 18 January | 14:15
And no, I'm not that fast, either - so go ahead and post multiples!

And no, Speck -- I'm not Salvador Dali.
posted by Miko 18 January | 14:15
Are you a sour mash whiskey?
posted by jonmc 18 January | 14:16
Are you an Italian painter/inventor/architect/mathemetician?
posted by brina 18 January | 14:16
Are you an economics journalist?
posted by cortex 18 January | 14:16
Are you a former Prime Minister of the UK?
posted by muddgirl 18 January | 14:18
Are you a British writer from the early Industrial Age?
posted by lonefrontranger 18 January | 14:18
Um, OK, I'm not Jack Daniels, jon, or Da Vinci, brina. But cortex...I can't think of any economics journalists -- so you get to ask me a yes or no question.
posted by Miko 18 January | 14:18
Stephen Dubner, Freakonomics.

Are you male?
posted by cortex 18 January | 14:19
I wasn't asking about Dali, it was Duchamp. Do I get a yes or no question?
posted by Specklet 18 January | 14:21
Are you a Ninja Turtle?
posted by deborah 18 January | 14:23
Specklet, I don't think so.
posted by cortex 18 January | 14:24
Ack! They're comin' thick and fast!

No, muddgirl, I'm not Disraeli; nor am I Charles Dickens, lfr...?
posted by Miko 18 January | 14:24
Are you a deconstructionist?
posted by gaspode 18 January | 14:26
Are you an office-bound cartoon character?
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 14:26
(Don't we get any hints other than slowly ruling out every famous person in the world with a surname that starts with D?)
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 14:27
you don't think you're male? You're not sure?
posted by brina 18 January | 14:29
mudpuppie, the idea is to (reasonably) stump the host, forcing them to answer a followup question. It's like 20 questions but with a pre-qualifier round each time.
posted by cortex 18 January | 14:29
Are you a 19th century naturalist?
posted by gaspode 18 January | 14:29
(still waiting for the yes/no answer?)
posted by gaspode 18 January | 14:30
Oh, cortex, I see. So we should stop with the obvious questions and start asking harder ones. Got it.
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 14:31
are you a wisconsin-based serial killer and cuisine enthusiast?
posted by jonmc 18 January | 14:31
Are you a corrupt California Congressman?
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 14:32
Are you a 27-year-old American actress whose parents are named Chris and Carla?
posted by brina 18 January | 14:33
Huh. I lost a post somehow.

Specklet does get a question. The reason is that she's right -- Dali's not a Dadaist, he was a Surrealist. If I had come up with the name of another Dadist besides Duchamp, I would have passed that question - but I got poor Dali in the wrong gang, so Speck gets to ask me a Y/N question.

Podey, I'm not Derrida or Dilbert or Darwin...but man, am I having trouble remembering the Ninja turtles, so deborah gets a question, too.
posted by Miko 18 January | 14:33
Whoops, and I'm female!

Jon, pup, and brina all get questions (I am being very strict with myself in not Googling anything, just for the record!)
posted by Miko 18 January | 14:34
(Dammit, it just came to me. Donatello. Too late, though, I still have to answer the question.)
posted by Miko 18 January | 14:35
So you're not Claire Danes ...
Are you currently living?
posted by brina 18 January | 14:35
(damn you brina, I was going to ask that one!)
posted by gaspode 18 January | 14:36
I understand you didn't get mine (John Doolittle), but you missed Dahmer (jon's).

My question: Are you American?
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 14:36
are you a chesty model fond of conrows?
posted by jonmc 18 January | 14:36
(sorry, 'pode)
posted by brina 18 January | 14:38
Argh!

A: No, I am no longer living.
A: Yes, I was an American.

No, jon, I'm not Bo Derek! (Not by a long shot.)

Pup, I am not good at serial killers. I couldn't remember the dude and all I could come up with was Ted Bundy...wrong letter.
posted by Miko 18 January | 14:39
Are you a Beat poet?
posted by box 18 January | 14:40
Damn, no, I take that back--missed the no-longer-living.
posted by box 18 January | 14:42
Are you a radical feminist?
posted by gaspode 18 January | 14:42
Did you star in the screen version of Porgy and Bess?
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 14:43
I'm not Simone De Bouvoir...and wow, I don't know any beat poets beginning with D! Whew, glad that one got cancelled (but I'm still curious).
posted by Miko 18 January | 14:45
...not Andrea Dworkin either! (Heh.)

Now, Porgy and Bess...ummmm...drawing a blank. Ask away, pup.
posted by Miko 18 January | 14:47
Are your closest friends named Porthos, Athos and Aramis?
posted by mygothlaundry 18 January | 14:47
Simone de Beauvoir's not American!

The way I've played this game, all of our future questions must refer to dead American women. If that's not the case, though, I'll ask again: are you a Beat poet?

posted by box 18 January | 14:48
rats, I missed those too! Take mine back!
posted by mygothlaundry 18 January | 14:48
Are you a smoldering German chanteuse from the 1930's?
posted by chococat 18 January | 14:48
My yes or no: were you a writer?
posted by Specklet 18 January | 14:48
Did you die when your long scarf caught in the wheels of a sportscar in which you were riding?
posted by brina 18 January | 14:49
(you're right, box. people are just missing comments that clarify)
posted by gaspode 18 January | 14:50
oops missed the American part. i need a recap.
posted by chococat 18 January | 14:50
My Porgy & Bess question was the dead American woman Dorothy Dandridge.

My question: Were you an actress?

(And I think the German chanteuse question gets disqualified, no?)
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 14:50
Box is right -- but I never played that as a hard rule, just strategy. Other questions might be fun but won't lead to the answer. I am definitely a dead American woman (and not a Beat poet).

A: I am not a writer.

Chococat: You got me! Ask away.
posted by Miko 18 January | 14:51
Were you the adopted child/conflicted blonde in a TV family of monstrous types, including a grandfather who later went on to open a pizza place in the West Village?
posted by mygothlaundry 18 January | 14:51
Still waiting on were you an actress?
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 14:53
Marlene Dietrich, but you already said she was American, so I'll decline a question, in fairness.
posted by chococat 18 January | 14:54
Did you write a bunch of poems that can be read to the tune of 'The Yellow Rose of Texas'?
posted by box 18 January | 14:56
Recap:

female
not living
American
not a writer
posted by Specklet 18 January | 14:56
Also still waiting on this: Did you die when your long scarf caught in the wheels of a sportscar in which you were riding?
posted by brina 18 January | 14:57
Thanks, Specklet. This is going fast. Never mind Emily Dickinson, then.

(The Beat poet, very much alive, is Diane Di Prima.)
posted by box 18 January | 14:59
Did you push Joan Crawford down the stairs in her wheelchair, tie her up in her bed, and feed her rats from the cellar?
posted by chococat 18 January | 15:02
*giggles at chococat*
posted by Specklet 18 January | 15:03
Were you the alleged first born child to European parents in the Americas?
posted by rainbaby 18 January | 15:04
*obsessively refreshes*
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 15:07
*obsessively refreshes; thinks Miko has decided this isn't fun any more, and has stopped playing*
posted by brina 18 January | 15:08
*obsessively refreshes, gets disappointed when there's a new comment that's not by Miko*
posted by Specklet 18 January | 15:11
*obsessively refreshes, just to be like the cool kids*
posted by gaspode 18 January | 15:12
*obsessively refreshes*

Were you a Factory Girl?

(That's a great question, by the way, brina.)
posted by box 18 January | 15:12
OMG! Had to step away for a minute to do actual work. This is fun, but timing can be a problem.

Brina got it --

I AM ISADORA DUNCAN!

Now (if we so choose) Brina gets to pick someone and take questions.
posted by Miko 18 January | 15:13
WHOOOO!!!!

... I am thinking of a person starting with the letter M.
posted by brina 18 January | 15:15
Aww, man!

But yay, Brina!

I really wanted to post my next question: Were you a famous civil war nurse, just so I could post a link to this Wiki page before it's edited.

Aw, man, it's already been edited. Fifteen minutes ago, the first line of the bio read "Dorthea Dix was a mother fucking bitch."
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 15:17
Letter M.

Are you a cult leader?
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 15:18
Ahaha. That's brilliant, mudpuppie.
posted by brina 18 January | 15:18
I am not Reverend Moon.
posted by brina 18 January | 15:18
Are you a Florentine political philospher of the Renaissance era?
posted by Miko 18 January | 15:19
Are you a film noir actor?
posted by Specklet 18 January | 15:19
[Hahaha -- who's got it in for Dorothea? I imagine someone regretting their entry into nursing school]
posted by Miko 18 January | 15:20
(Is that too non-specific/hard?)
posted by Specklet 18 January | 15:20
I am not Machiavelli.
posted by brina 18 January | 15:20
Okay, Specklet -- you get a yes/no. I don't know any film noir actors. Le sigh.
posted by brina 18 January | 15:21
Are you a sexy 1960s pop idol?
posted by Miko 18 January | 15:22
Did you commit suicide by seppuku?
posted by box 18 January | 15:23
[hm, I have to retract that question, I think. It's not really the last name that begins with M.]

Are you a sexy 1950s film actress whose death is still the subject of speculations of conspiracy?
posted by Miko 18 January | 15:23
Were you the 25th president of the US?
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 15:24
box, I have no idea. You get a yes/no.

I am not Jane Mansfield or Marilyn Monroe.
posted by brina 18 January | 15:25
Yukio Mishima.

Are you female?
posted by box 18 January | 15:26
Are you an Austrian statesman?
posted by muddgirl 18 January | 15:27
I am male, and this is so much harder than I thought. I am having sudden brain worms. Can't remember 25th president. 25th president. 25th!

mudpuppie, you get a yes/no.

specklet, you still have a yes/no.
posted by brina 18 January | 15:27
(perhaps I should say "Were you an Austrian statesman?")
posted by muddgirl 18 January | 15:28
Twenty-fifth president was McKinley.

Question: You dead?
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 15:28
Oh, good lord. There are statesmen in Austria? Umm. I'm not Captain von Trapp, but I can't think of any "M" statesmen. Why does everybody have to get yes/no questions!?

muddgirl, you're on.

I'm dead.
posted by brina 18 January | 15:29
Were you beheaded?
posted by box 18 January | 15:30
Were you the long-time television announcer for the Olympics?
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 15:31
Robert Mitchum.

I'm not sure I deserve the y/n due to my unspecificness, but I'll take it.

Question: were you in the entertainment industry?
posted by Specklet 18 January | 15:32
I was thinking of Metternich.

Were you USAian?
posted by muddgirl 18 January | 15:32
Are you a nonfiction writer?
posted by Miko 18 January | 15:35
box, your yes/no is was I beheaded? The answer is no.

Specklet, the entertainment industry is a very broad circle, but I would not consider myself an entertainer.

muddgirl, I was not from the United States.
posted by brina 18 January | 15:35
Not from the US means you don't have to answer the question about the Olympic announcer (Jim McKay).

Were you a foreign head of state?

[Heh, Box is on a violent death kick.]
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 15:37
Miko: I'm not Thomas More.
posted by brina 18 January | 15:37
I apologize for the confusion, brina. My yes/no is are you female? And, since you weren't beheaded, that must mean that you're not Thomas More.
posted by box 18 January | 15:37
I am not Slobodan Milosevic.
posted by brina 18 January | 15:39
Oh dear. Okay, to recap:

I am male, dead, not head of any state, not an entertainer, not American.
posted by brina 18 January | 15:40
So far:
Dead
Not from the US
Not an entertainer
posted by box 18 January | 15:41
Did Falco sing a song about you?
posted by box 18 January | 15:42
Oops, nix that one. Entertainer.
posted by box 18 January | 15:42
BTW: I would not call myself an entertainer. However, as I said, the entertainment industry is a vast thing that can only be defined by the individual.
posted by brina 18 January | 15:42
Specklet, if you rephrase that entertainment industry question to include a number of categories of entertainers, I will revise my answer.
posted by brina 18 January | 15:45
Did you (reportedly) recieve enlightnement from the angel Gabriel?
posted by muddgirl 18 January | 15:46
Was your business partner visited by three ghosts?
posted by box 18 January | 15:46
Did you have a passion for water lillies?
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 15:46
muddgirl, I'm not Moses. (guessing!?!)

box, umm ... I am not Jacob Marley.

And finally, mudpuppie, I am not Monet.
posted by brina 18 January | 15:48
Were you a surrealist?
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 15:50
I was thinking Mahommed. But if Moses talked to Gabriel then that one would work too, I guess. I don't really know.
posted by muddgirl 18 January | 15:51
Are you a deity whose purview relates to bellicose activities?

Are you a painter and sculptor who likes to make people's heads look long and skinny?

posted by Miko 18 January | 15:52
mudpuppie ... I'm not sure you'd call me a surrealist. At least, I'm not Magritte.
posted by brina 18 January | 15:54
I don't think Moses was valid, so I'll ask a yes/no question.
Were you an artist?
posted by muddgirl 18 January | 15:55
I am not Mars, Miko. But I don't know about the pointy heads, so you get a yes/no.
posted by brina 18 January | 15:55
Entertainment industry as defined by Specklet: actors, musicians, people in TV.
posted by Specklet 18 January | 15:55
muddgirl, yes. And you are so very, very close.
posted by brina 18 January | 15:55
To entertainment industry as defined by Specklet, no.
posted by brina 18 January | 15:56
Thanks for answering the Magritte question. Now I can post a link to his bizarrely defaced Wiki page (scroll all the way down).

I swear it's not me doing the defacing.

Did you paint a bunch of now-historical landmarks?
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 15:58
Did you paint "The Scream" (originally entitled "Despair")?
posted by Specklet 18 January | 15:58
Oops, missing wiki link.
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 15:59
Were you a French Impressionist?
posted by muddgirl 18 January | 15:59
POOP!
posted by Specklet 18 January | 15:59
I am not Edvard Munsch.
I am not Monet.
I am not Michelangelo.
I am not poop.

posted by brina 18 January | 16:02
brina, there's another French impressionist who starts with "M"...
posted by Specklet 18 January | 16:04
... wait. If I answered a question that is open to interpretation, should I give my identity away?
posted by brina 18 January | 16:05
Were you a Dutch pointillist?
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 16:06
Were you a Fauvist who liked to paint women?
posted by Specklet 18 January | 16:07
I was thinking of Modigliani

Are you a real, historical person?
posted by Miko 18 January | 16:09
I can rephrase, no?

Were you the French Impressionist who painted Olympia (to the delight of junior high school art students everywhere)?
posted by muddgirl 18 January | 16:09
If we do another game, and I hope we do, can we start a new thread? 130 comments takes a while to load, especially when you're obsessively refreshing. Hey--that'd be a great tagline for a cola. Obsessively refreshing.
posted by box 18 January | 16:09
Agreed.
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 16:10
I so should not have chosen an artist. I am now in very hot water.

mudpuppie, Specklet, each take a yes/no.

I am not Manet, either.
posted by brina 18 January | 16:11
My Dutch pointillist was Mondriaan.

Yes/no: Were you French?
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 16:12
Oh, good lord. How could I forget Mondrian???


I was not French.
posted by brina 18 January | 16:13
Good idea, box.

This is very fun to play with you MetaChatters.

I guess knowing that you are an artist answers my question about real vs. historical.

posted by Miko 18 January | 16:13
(but i've never thought of mondrian as a pointillist.)

fuck ... maybe i AM a surrealist. I don't think so, but ... some would probably say I am.
posted by brina 18 January | 16:15
Did you sculpt David?
posted by Miko 18 January | 16:18
I have completely run out of painters whose names begin with M.
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 16:18
i am not michelangelo.

i did join the surrealists, but i also participated in other art movements and am thus cross-categorized.
posted by brina 18 January | 16:20
Did you paint White on White?
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 16:20
mudpuppie, you get a yes/no. make it good -- you guys are so so so close. i thought i chose an easy one!
posted by brina 18 January | 16:24
This is really fun. "I am not poop!"
posted by deborah 18 January | 16:25
Artist, neither French nor US-ian, dead, arguably-Surrealist--what am I missing?
posted by box 18 January | 16:26
White on White was Malevich (whom I stumbled across accidentally, had never heard of him).

Don't even know what kind of Yes/No to ask, I'm so stumped.

Were you a 20th century artist?

Box: You're missing 'not beheaded.'
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 16:27
I was a 20th century artist, yes. A brilliant artist whose works you have almost certainly seen. You love me! My work is so pretty!
posted by brina 18 January | 16:29
I was thinking of Matisse. Mondrian's early days did have some pointalism going on...)

I don't know what to ask as my y/n... Anyone?
posted by Specklet 18 January | 16:30
(mudpuppie: I've actually seen White on White but I had no idea who did it.)
posted by brina 18 January | 16:30
OMG! Are you a Catalan who produces colorful, ebullient artworks?
posted by Miko 18 January | 16:30
Ah, yes, not beheaded.

(And not Monet, Manet, Modigliani, Mondrian or Michelangelo.)
posted by box 18 January | 16:31
Ooh ooh are you Franz Marc?!?
posted by Specklet 18 January | 16:31
Miko WINS! Yes, I am Joan Miro.
posted by brina 18 January | 16:33
Good god, that was hard.
posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 16:34
Good job, Miko!
posted by box 18 January | 16:34
I was just about to guess Masson.
posted by chococat 18 January | 16:34
I was thinking Mucha.
posted by deborah 18 January | 16:35
/me exhausted.
posted by brina 18 January | 16:36
Are you a Spanish painter and sculptor who use organic shapes and bright colors and in nor subscribing to surrealism was called "the most surreal of us all"?
posted by Specklet 18 January | 16:36
That WAS hard!

What a fun game. (Might work well in IRC where loading is not a problem...) But I have to leave work now, so I must beg off 'til later. Less'n someone else wants to start a new game in a new thread.
posted by Miko 18 January | 16:36
On preview: damn! Too late!
posted by Specklet 18 January | 16:36
I want to start a new game in a new thread.
posted by box 18 January | 16:39
is it a pumpkin?!
posted by Hellbient 18 January | 16:57
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