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18 January 2007
Let's play Botticelli! II Let's do it again. Who'd like to pick somebody?
danf, you have to ask a question to which the answer would only be one person (unless you stump her and she has to give you a yes/no question).
Example: you can't ask "Are you a blonde bombshell actress?" because there are many of them. You should ask "Are you a blond bombshell actress who thought diamonds are a girl's best friend?" because the answer could only be Marilyn Monroe.
And if pup couldn't tell who you were asking about, you would have stumped her, and have been granted a general y/n question.
I was thinking of Banacek. He was employed by insurance companies and played by George Peppard. You're right that Baretta could've been Polish on his mother's side, though. Dang.
danf: And, now that we've established that mudpuppie's thinking of a female, all future questions and answers must refer to a female. Also, the Wikipedia entry for Botticelli (the game) has examples, which might help.
As I've played this in the past, it is okay to ask questions to which there is more than one possible answer. For instance, in the last game, I asked about a 50s sexy movie actress, and I was thinking Marilyn Monroe. But if the host answered "Not Jane Mansfield," that would be perfectly acceptable because the host found an answer that satisfied the question. It gives a little benefit to the host to loosen up a tiny bit. Still, the questions are more fun when they are really specific.
Hurray!
Unfortunately I must actually cook the dinner now as well as kick out the two seven year-old girls my daughter has over for a playdate, so I can't claim my prize.
Ayn Rand (the novel is 'We The Living.' I read it when I was a teenager, and thought it was slightly worse than the other second-person novel I've read, 'Bright Lights, Big City.')
I've got a feeling that Specklet guessed it, but did you write a captivity narrative?
Chococat: No, I'm not Diana Ross (that's a complete guess)
Box: That's technically a yes/no question, so I'll say no, but you can ask 2 yes/no questions now, because I don't know that one either.
The captivity narrative was written by Mary Rowlandson. And thanks--as you might expect, that wasn't supposed to be a yes/no question. These two are, though.
Were you an entertainer (per Specklet's film/tv/theater/music definition)?
Sorry, alleged lesbian First Lady. Pretty famous for the allegations. And I really can't accept Nancy Reagan, muddgirl. (And danf, just because a woman's husband cheated on her, she has short hair, and political ambition does not mean she's a lesbian.)
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