Author Topic: Botticelli (an intellectual game of guessing identities)  (Read 37048 times)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botticelli_%28game%29

I am thinking of a famous person, real or fictional, living or dead. The last initial of this person is B. Your goal is to deduce the identity of this person.

To play Botticelli, you must ask me questions whose answers are also people with the last initial B. For example, you might ask, "Were you succeeded by Barack Obama as President of the United States?" requiring me to answer, "I am not George W. Bush." If I am stumped and cannot give a valid answer, the rest of the forum will be given 48 hours and one chance to give a valid answer; if they succeed, then you have earned the right to ask me a general yes/no question about my identity (such as "Are you alive?", "Are you real?", "Are you male?", or "Are you most well-known for your contributions to politics?"). If your question is so easy that I can answer it, or so hard that nobody else can give the right answer within 48 hours, then you do not earn the right to ask me a general question.

Nobody in this game is allowed to use outside resources, except that I am allowed to use them to answer general yes/no questions if I do not know the answer myself.

Any one person may only ask one indirect question at a time.

I think that's it for rules. Ask away!

(17:35:45) * (PineapplesOfAmbiguity) wonders what cannibalism tastes like
(17:36:13) mathgrant: Soylent Yellow is pineapple!
(17:36:23) (PineapplesOfAmbiguity): ...NOOOOOOOOOOOOO)


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Reply #1 on: August 05, 2011, 02:59:13 PM
Are you the hoaxmaster who is responsible for the 'Fiji Mermaid'?

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Reply #2 on: August 05, 2011, 03:00:56 PM
"Are you the current driver of the Joe Gibbs No 18 car?"



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Reply #3 on: August 05, 2011, 03:03:40 PM
Jonas: Are you the hoaxmaster who is responsible for the 'Fiji Mermaid'? I am not William Blindguess?
Kenku: Are you the current driver of the Joe Gibbs No 18 car? I am not Dale Burnheart Jr.?

Since I am clearly not intellectual enough to answer either of these questions, the other members of the forum can now try to answer them.
« Last Edit: August 05, 2011, 03:05:57 PM by mathgrant »

(17:35:45) * (PineapplesOfAmbiguity) wonders what cannibalism tastes like
(17:36:13) mathgrant: Soylent Yellow is pineapple!
(17:36:23) (PineapplesOfAmbiguity): ...NOOOOOOOOOOOOO)


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Reply #4 on: August 05, 2011, 03:09:52 PM
Are you a cartoon character? [;)

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Reply #5 on: August 05, 2011, 03:18:37 PM
Virmir: Are you a cartoon character? I am not Brain [of Pinky and the Brain]. (I can think of several valid answers, but I only need to provide one to deny you the right to ask a general.)

Unanswered stumpers:
Jonas: Are you the hoaxmaster who is responsible for the 'Fiji Mermaid'?
Kenku: Are you the current driver of the Joe Gibbs No 18 car?

(17:35:45) * (PineapplesOfAmbiguity) wonders what cannibalism tastes like
(17:36:13) mathgrant: Soylent Yellow is pineapple!
(17:36:23) (PineapplesOfAmbiguity): ...NOOOOOOOOOOOOO)


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Reply #6 on: August 05, 2011, 03:26:24 PM
Are you a cartoon rabbit?

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Reply #7 on: August 05, 2011, 03:28:13 PM
Geary: Are you a cartoon rabbit? I am not Buster Bunny [of Tiny Toons Adventures].

(17:35:45) * (PineapplesOfAmbiguity) wonders what cannibalism tastes like
(17:36:13) mathgrant: Soylent Yellow is pineapple!
(17:36:23) (PineapplesOfAmbiguity): ...NOOOOOOOOOOOOO)


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Reply #8 on: August 05, 2011, 05:13:32 PM
Are you a cartoon rabbit from the show Loony Toons?

Geary: That means you get a companion for four levels, then it gets an upgrade.
Draykin: A very PAINFUL upgrade.
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Reply #9 on: August 05, 2011, 05:16:51 PM
Geary: Are you a cartoon rabbit from the show Loony Toons? I am not Bugs Bunny. Also, it's spelled Looney Tunes.


(17:35:45) * (PineapplesOfAmbiguity) wonders what cannibalism tastes like
(17:36:13) mathgrant: Soylent Yellow is pineapple!
(17:36:23) (PineapplesOfAmbiguity): ...NOOOOOOOOOOOOO)


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Reply #10 on: August 05, 2011, 05:19:18 PM
Are you a character off of Sesame Street?

Geary: That means you get a companion for four levels, then it gets an upgrade.
Draykin: A very PAINFUL upgrade.
* Digital_Vulpine eeps, since the rules don't specify that I'm exempt from the psychic link that Wizards have with their familiars. o_o;
Geary: GET YOUR PET DRUNK.


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Reply #11 on: August 05, 2011, 05:21:51 PM
Geary: Are you a character off of Sesame Street? I am not Big Bird.

(17:35:45) * (PineapplesOfAmbiguity) wonders what cannibalism tastes like
(17:36:13) mathgrant: Soylent Yellow is pineapple!
(17:36:23) (PineapplesOfAmbiguity): ...NOOOOOOOOOOOOO)


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Reply #12 on: August 05, 2011, 05:41:40 PM
Are you a character from the game Final Fantasy Tactics?

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Reply #13 on: August 05, 2011, 05:51:29 PM
Congrats on your 100th post, Trask. :3

Trask: Are you a character from the game Final Fantasy Tactics? I am not. . . Choco Bo?

Unanswered stumpers:
Jonas: Are you the hoaxmaster who is responsible for the 'Fiji Mermaid'?
Kenku: Are you the current driver of the Joe Gibbs No 18 car?
Trask: Are you a character from the game Final Fantasy Tactics?

(17:35:45) * (PineapplesOfAmbiguity) wonders what cannibalism tastes like
(17:36:13) mathgrant: Soylent Yellow is pineapple!
(17:36:23) (PineapplesOfAmbiguity): ...NOOOOOOOOOOOOO)


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Reply #14 on: August 05, 2011, 06:13:30 PM
Ffamran mied Bunansa - AKA Balthier who makes an appearance in Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions.

I'm pulling your leg, Trask likely means the main character, Ramza Beoulve of House Beoulve.