# Botticelli – July 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 30, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301 "2026-06-30T15:08:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/201 "2026-07-13T14:44:56Z")
I am J! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/202 "2026-07-13T16:13:49Z")
Good job! IQs: 1. Were you once linked to Ben Affleck? 2. Were you also once linked to Ben Affleck? 3. Were you a character of the DCU who made a surprise appearance in a movie with Ben Affleck? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/203 "2026-07-13T16:25:33Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Lucky guess. I was thinking Aunt Eller as well, but also the yearly spring musicals we did in middle school, and _The Music Man_ seemed more likely than _Oliver!_, _Guys and Dolls_, _South Pacific_, or _Cinderella_. Ah. I didn’t get really interested in theatre until tenth grade. Our musical that year was _Guys and Dolls_; the next year we did _Brigadoon_, and then came _The Music Man_. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/204 "2026-07-13T16:34:53Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Fifty Shades of Grey_? 2. Did you play Dr. Vesalius in _The Abombinable Dr. Phibes_? 3. Were you very close to Clyde Tolson? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/205 "2026-07-13T17:54:37Z")
1. Not Jenifer Aniston 2. Not Jennifer Garner 3. Not the he Joker ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/206 "2026-07-13T17:54:53Z")
Take 3DQs ---
**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:** [July 13, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/207 "2026-07-13T18:11:20Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you write _Fifty Shades of Grey_? > 2. Did you play Dr. Vesalius in _The Abombinable Dr. Phibes_? > 3. Were you very close to Clyde Tolson? > [@Eureka](#): > > Take 3DQs 1 was E.L. James; 2 was Joseph Cotten; 3 was J. Edgar Hoover. DQs: 1. real? 2. male? 3. last name begins with J? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/208 "2026-07-13T19:00:48Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Not Jenifer Aniston > 2. Not Jennifer Garner > 3. Not the he Joker Correct Correct Technically correct; I didn’t think Joker appeared in either movies with Affleck as Batman, but according to IMDB he did, in the Justice League movie. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/209 "2026-07-13T19:32:42Z")
1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with J ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/210 "2026-07-13T19:36:12Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a regular on “Hee Haw”? 2. Were you a former teammate of Marques Johnson and Bob Lanier? 3. Were you an all-pro linebacker for the San Diego Chargers? ---
**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:** [July 13, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/211 "2026-07-13T19:47:26Z")
IQs: 1. Did you voice a mental patient who claimed to be you on _The Simpsons_? 2. Were you a British beer expert? 3. Were you played by Stockard Channing in _Meet the Applegates_? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/212 "2026-07-13T20:00:14Z")
Take 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/213 "2026-07-13T20:00:47Z")
Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/214 "2026-07-13T20:10:08Z")
IQs: 1. Was your character bound and determined to bust the title character as a lesson for all the other kids? 2. Were you a star running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1960s? 3. Did you play Monroe on _Too Close for Comfort_? ---
**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:** [July 13, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/215 "2026-07-13T20:17:31Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you voice a mental patient who claimed to be you on _The Simpsons_? > 2. Were you a British beer expert? > 3. Were you played by Stockard Channing in _Meet the Applegates_? > [@Eureka](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1 was Michael Jackson; 2 was Michael Jackson; 3 was Jane Applegate. DQs: 1. American? 2. living? 3. last name begins from A-M? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/216 "2026-07-13T20:29:24Z")
Take 3 DQs ---
**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:** [July 13, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/217 "2026-07-13T20:31:11Z")
IQs: 1. Did you ask the Lord to buy you a Mercedes-Benz? 2. Are you the patron saint of lost causes? 3. Were you a character on a 1999-2006 TV drama that starred Stockard Channing? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/218 "2026-07-13T20:31:21Z")
1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with J 4. American 5. Not living 6. Last name begins with A-M ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/219 "2026-07-13T20:32:54Z")
1. Jim Baker 2. St. Jude 3. DQ ---
**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:** [July 13, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/220 "2026-07-13T20:39:31Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Jim Baker > 2. St. Jude > 3. DQ 1 (Mercedes-Benz) was Janis Joplin; 3 (Channing show) was President Jed Bartlet, on _The West Wing_. DQs: 1. died after 1926? 2. known from the arts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301.md?page=12)