# Botticelli - January 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 1, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448 "2025-01-01T18:09:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/341 "2025-02-03T01:17:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you coach the Seattle Supersonics in the NBA Finals? > > 2. Did you play Todd Packer on _The Office_? > > 3. Did you play a horse-punching villain who was “only pawn in game of life”? > > Not Bobby Knight, not Ted Knight and not Alex “Mongo” Karras. #1 was George Karl. #2 was Dave Koechner. Correct on #3 (AFAICT he punched all the buttons! A Hail Mary to try for the win.) 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/342 "2025-02-03T03:43:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Remember, **knoodler** , that you may rephrase your question and ask again, if I give a correct answer but not for the person you were thinking of. After I posted I looked up the wiki, and Doug Kenney was mentioned in the first issue of the magazine, in 1970, whereas Kroger is first mentioned in the Yearbook (1974). So I messed up twice. I appreciate the advice but I think it’s better I let that one go. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/343 "2025-02-03T03:47:45Z")
DQ: Did you play in a professional sport? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2025, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/344 "2025-02-03T04:55:22Z")
K. 1. real 2. last name begins with K 3. male 4. American 5. dead 6. not known for the Arts, I’d say, but YMMV 7. died after 1900 8. not known for politics/military 9. died after 1950 10. first name begins from A-M 11. not known from science 12. died after 1990 13. not known for having something named after him 14. not really known as a businessman 15. last name begins Ka - Kn 16. made semi-regular TV appearances 17. arguably best known from TV appearances 18. arguably also known for sports 19. first name begins from A-F 20. did not play in a professional sport Please ask all earned DQs by 10pm EST Monday. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/345 "2025-02-03T14:30:18Z")
DQ: Olympic athlete? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/346 "2025-02-04T02:29:32Z")
Final DQs: DQ1. known from basketball or football? DQ2. known from coaching? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/347 "2025-02-04T02:50:29Z")
DQs: 1. Known from TV talk or variety shows, rather than series TV? 2. Sports announcer? ---
**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:** [February 4, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/348 "2025-02-04T03:47:14Z")
K. 1. real 2. last name begins with K 3. male 4. American 5. dead 6. not known for the Arts, I’d say, but YMMV 7. died after 1900 8. not known for politics/military 9. died after 1950 10. first name begins from A-M 11. not known from science 12. died after 1990 13. not known for having something named after him 14. not really known as a businessman 15. last name begins Ka - Kn 16. made semi-regular TV appearances 17. arguably best known from TV appearances 18. arguably also known for sports 19. first name begins from A-F 20. did not play in a professional sport 21. not an Olympic athlete 22. not known from basketball or football 23. not known from coaching 24. not known from TV talk or variety shows, rather than series TV 25. not a sports announcer Tawk amongst yourselves, and please ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by 10pm EST Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/349 "2025-02-04T16:25:02Z")
No idea. Maybe someone from a commercial? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/350 "2025-02-04T18:41:50Z")
That would make sense, but apparently it would be someone pretty obscure in a sporting sense, which isn’t usually the type of pitchman a product marketer would be interested in. Would any golfers fit the bill? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/351 "2025-02-04T20:37:46Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Would any golfers fit the bill? No, because the person didn’t play a professional sport. What else is there? Commentator? Manager? I can’t believe I’ve been here for twenty years. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/352 "2025-02-04T21:16:57Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Commentator? Manager? Team owner? I think they sometimes show the owner’s box during NFL telecasts, not sure if that happens in other sports… > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > I can’t believe I’ve been here for twenty years. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/353 "2025-02-04T21:29:22Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > > Commentator? Manager? > > Team owner? I think they sometimes show the owner’s box during NFL telecasts, not sure if that happens in other sports… I know he’s not the answer, just hoping to jog a memory… > [@](#): > > **Rollen Fredrick Stewart** (born February 23, 1944), also known as **Rock’n Rollen** and **Rainbow Man** , is a man who was a fixture in American sports culture best known for wearing a [rainbow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow)-colored [afro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro)-style [wig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wig_(hair)) and, later, holding up signs reading “[John 3:16](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_3:16)” at [stadium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadium) sporting events around the United States and overseas in the 1970s and 1980s.[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollen_Stewart#cite_note-1) He was convicted of multiple kidnapping charges following an incident in 1992 and is now serving three life sentences in [Mule Creek State Prison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mule_Creek_State_Prison). Arguably known from sports; not a coach, not an announcer, etc. Someone like him? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/354 "2025-02-04T21:36:11Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > Arguably known from sports; not a coach, not an announcer, etc. Someone like him? Some kind of superfan? The Orioles had “Wild Bill” Hagy for a while in the 70’s & 80’s, leading cheers from the bleachers. Wrong letters, but otherwise a good idea… ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/355 "2025-02-04T22:01:36Z")
Right, and the John 3:16 guy is still alive. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/356 "2025-02-04T22:10:39Z")
So is Don King. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/357 "2025-02-05T02:49:24Z")
Are you Evel Knievel? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/358 "2025-02-05T03:28:36Z")
Now that’s a great guess! ---
**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:** [February 5, 2025, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/359 "2025-02-05T03:44:42Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Are you Evel Knievel? Dingdingding! Yes, I am # Evel Knievel Stunt performer, entertainer and hero to lots of American boys (including me, for awhile): [Evel Knievel - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evel_Knievel) Well done, **DLR**! ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/360 "2025-02-06T02:53:06Z")
New thread is here: [Botticelli February 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448.md?page=17)