# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/241 "2026-07-14T19:49:33Z")
Take three DQs, but that’s it. No one else gets any new ones. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/242 "2026-07-14T19:50:26Z")
Ok, I’ll let you have 3 DQs, but no one else. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/243 "2026-07-14T19:53:35Z")
Oops, sorry, I missed your “No more IQs” post. I won’t take any. Thanks anyway. (FYI, that was JFK, Jackie and JFK Jr.) ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/244 "2026-07-14T19:54:52Z")
1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with J 4. American 5. Not living 6. Last name begins with A-M 7. Died before 1926 8. Not known from the Arts 9. Known for politics or military 10. Died after 1865 11. Known for politics, but think activism, not elected office. 12. Wrote an autobiography, but not really memorialized in prose as far as I know 13. Caucasian 14. A progressive reformer (Prohibition, antitrust, corporate regulation, **etc.** ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/245 "2026-07-14T20:02:03Z")
DQ: First name begins with Ja-Ji? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/246 "2026-07-14T20:05:18Z")
I have a guess as to this person, if I may. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/247 "2026-07-14T20:22:00Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 1. Were you known for your many voices? June Foray > 2. Did you appear in _Lost in Space_ (1965) June Lockhart > 3. Were you the main antagonist in the Netflix reboot of the above? June Harris June x3! 3 DQs reserved ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/248 "2026-07-14T20:25:14Z")
DQs: Married? Lived on the East Coast during their claim to fame? 3 DQ reserved ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/249 "2026-07-14T20:39:43Z")
1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with J 4. American 5. Not living 6. Last name begins with A-M 7. Died before 1926 8. Not known from the Arts 9. Known for politics or military 10. Died after 1865 11. Known for politics, but think activism, not elected office. 12. Wrote an autobiography, but not really memorialized in prose as far as I know 13. Caucasian 14. A progressive reformer (Prohibition, antitrust, corporate regulation, **etc.** 15. First name does not begin with Ja-JI 16. Married 17. I feel like this person had more than one claim to fame, but one of them took place during a period of time in which they lived on the East Coast ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/250 "2026-07-14T20:40:01Z")
Fine by me. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/251 "2026-07-14T20:41:41Z")
DQ: Spouse more famous than her? 2 DQs reserved ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/252 "2026-07-14T21:02:22Z")
Husband (whom you are guessing) more famous than wife ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/253 "2026-07-14T21:07:04Z")
I feel I’m not drilling to the root here. I’ll offer up my last 2 DQs. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/254 "2026-07-14T22:15:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I have a guess as to this person, if I may. > [@Eureka](#): > > Fine by me. Thanks. Are you labor-movement martyr Joe Hill? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/255 "2026-07-14T22:19:21Z")
1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with J 4. American 5. Not living 6. Last name begins with A-M 7. Died before 1926 8. Not known from the Arts 9. Known for politics or military 10. Died after 1865 11. Known for politics, but think activism, not elected office. 12. Wrote an autobiography, but not really memorialized in prose as far as I know 13. Caucasian 14. A progressive reformer (Prohibition, antitrust, corporate regulation, **etc.** 15. First name does not begin with Ja-JI 16. Married 17. I feel like this person had more than one claim to fame, but one of them took place during a period of time in which they lived on the East Coast 18. More famous than his wife ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/256 "2026-07-14T22:19:40Z")
No, I am not. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/257 "2026-07-15T08:14:16Z")
@SunUp still has one question, @knoodler has two that are up for grabs Or anyone playing can ask Firstname Lastname questions before Thursday 6 pm Eastern daylights time. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/258 "2026-07-15T19:20:45Z")
Unless I get questions or objections, I will reveal my identity “first” thing tomorrow morning (probably after six am Eastern) ---
**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 15, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/259 "2026-07-15T19:36:47Z")
Knoodler’s DQ: greatest fame before 1900? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/260 "2026-07-15T19:41:56Z")
Yes, greatest fame before 1900 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301.md?page=14)