# Botticelli, June 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 2, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118 "2025-06-02T19:30:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/161 "2025-06-20T16:09:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Keith Urban, not that Urban actor guy, and dunno. Correct; correct, Karl Urban (he played Eomer in the _LOTR_ trilogy); and Pope Urban VIII Urban x3! 2 DQs reserved ---
**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:** [June 20, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/162 "2025-06-20T16:51:31Z")
And swept me again! IQs: 1. Did you win the Indianapolis 500 four times? 2. Were you #1’s brother, who won the Indianapolis 500 three times? 3. Are you #1’s son, who won the Indianapolis 500 twice? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/163 "2025-06-20T18:02:49Z")
DQs: Best known from movies/TV? First name begins A-M? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/164 "2025-06-20T18:04:58Z")
IQs: 1. Were you executive director of the NFLPA until your death? 2. Are you the namesake founder of a premium Cuban cigar brand? 3. Do magicians consider you a fraud because you claim to have psychic powers? ---
**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:** [June 20, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/165 "2025-06-20T19:40:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Did you win the Indianapolis 500 four times? > 2. Were you #1’s brother, who won the Indianapolis 500 three times? > 3. Are you #1’s son, who won the Indianapolis 500 twice? Not Al Unser or the other two Unsers. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you executive director of the NFLPA until your death? > 2. Are you the namesake founder of a premium Cuban cigar brand? > 3. Do magicians consider you a fraud because you claim to have psychic powers? Dunno x3. U. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with U 5. not known from prose 6. alive after 1950 7. American 8. alive after 2000 9. known from the arts 10. best known from movies/TV 11. first name doesn’t begin with A-M ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/166 "2025-06-20T23:06:04Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you executive director of the NFLPA until your death? > 2. Are you the namesake founder of a premium Cuban cigar brand? > 3. Do magicians consider you a fraud because you claim to have psychic powers? 1. Gene Upshaw 2. H. Upmann 3. Uri Geller 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:** [June 22, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/167 "2025-06-22T19:08:31Z")
DQs: Alive after 2015? Known for fantasy/scifi? 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:** [June 23, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/168 "2025-06-23T01:46:39Z")
U. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with U 5. not known from prose 6. alive after 1950 7. American 8. alive after 2000 9. known from the arts 10. best known from movies/TV 11. first name doesn’t begin with A-M 12. died before 2015 13. not known for fantasy/scifi ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/169 "2025-06-23T03:52:17Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Dan Tanna? 2. Were you a Secretary of the Interior? 3. Were you his US Representative from Arizona brother? ---
**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:** [June 23, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/170 "2025-06-23T15:16:51Z")
Correct on the Unsers: Al, Bobby, and Al Jr. IQs: 1. Did you write _Romanov and Juliet_? 2. Were you a late 19th century artist best known for your Parisian street scenes? 3. Were you one of the best known ukiyo-e (Japanese color woodblock print) artists of the early 20th Century? ---
**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:** [June 23, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/171 "2025-06-23T17:55:04Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Dan Tanna? > 2. Were you a Secretary of the Interior? > 3. Were you his US Representative from Arizona brother? I am neither of the Udalls, but yes, I am indeed # Robert Urich I especially liked him on _Spenser: For Hire._ Gone too soon, and may he rest in peace. For more: [Robert Urich - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Urich) Good job, **kitap**! ---
**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:** [June 23, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/172 "2025-06-23T20:14:31Z")
Good one, **kitap!** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/173 "2025-06-23T23:52:28Z")
I thought it might be him, after I saw the _Vegas_ character. Also _SWAT_. Good job **kitap**! ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/174 "2025-06-24T02:10:31Z")
Thanks. I remember him in **Vegas** the best. Now… Onto **M** As in mushrooms, mop and midnight. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/175 "2025-06-24T02:48:04Z")
IQ1: Were you called “King Philip”? IQ2: Did you tell your mother not to go down to the end of the town without you? IQ3: Were you a Jewish tax collector? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/176 "2025-06-24T03:21:58Z")
Good one, @kitap ! On to M: 1. Did you have the highest starting salary of all UNC geography graduates in 1986? 2. According to _Weird: The Al Yankovic Story_, did you write a parody of one of Al’s original songs? 3. Were you introduced by saying the phrase “Face it, Tiger, you just hit the jackpot!”? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/177 "2025-06-24T04:40:24Z")
IQs: 1. Were you, a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, memorialized at your funeral by JFK? 2. Did you skip college and “go pro” out of high school? 3. Are you a revered figure among many world religions? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/178 "2025-06-24T04:50:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you called “King Philip”? > IQ2: Did you tell your mother not to go down to the end of the town without you? > IQ3: Were you a Jewish tax collector? I am not Metacomet and take 2 DQs. > [@SunUp](#): > > Good one, @kitap ! > > On to M: > > 1. Did you have the highest starting salary of all UNC geography graduates in 1986? > 2. According to _Weird: The Al Yankovic Story_, did you write a parody of one of Al’s original songs? > 3. Were you introduced by saying the phrase “Face it, Tiger, you just hit the jackpot!”? Take 3 DQs > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you, a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, memorialized at your funeral by JFK? > 2. Did you skip college and “go pro” out of high school? > 3. Are you a revered figure among many world religions? Take a DQ, I am not Michael Jordan and I am not Mohammad. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/179 "2025-06-24T04:53:54Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Were you, a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, memorialized at your funeral by JFK? > > 2. Did you skip college and “go pro” out of high school? > > 3. Are you a revered figure among many world religions? > > Take a DQ, I am not Michael Jordan and I am not Mohammad. 1. Grandma Moses 2. Moses Malone 3. Moses, but I’ll give you that one Moses x3! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/180 "2025-06-24T04:54:09Z")
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