# Botticelli -- June 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 31, 2026, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504 "2026-05-31T02:12:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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 15, 2026, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/201 "2026-06-15T01:33:43Z")
Yeah, no. I’m stumped. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/202 "2026-06-15T01:49:06Z")
With 72 minutes left to go, I am bereft of answers. ---
**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 15, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/203 "2026-06-15T03:04:14Z")
As am I. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/204 "2026-06-15T15:49:39Z")
Okay, I was **Arnold Vosloo.** Best known for the Mummy movies. With any luck he’ll be in the new one. So, I am **S** As in silver, swan and storage. ---
**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 15, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/205 "2026-06-15T16:09:30Z")
Yes, I know him. My grandson was a huge fan of the Mummy movies, and I saw them often. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/206 "2026-06-15T17:37:43Z")
Was not on my radar. I know the face but not the name. IQs: 1. Are you behind the FiveThirtyEight website? 2. Did you vie for best hitting record against Ken Griffey, Jr? 3. Were you known publicly as “Soupman” before changing your moniker? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/207 "2026-06-15T17:41:32Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you behind the FiveThirtyEight website? > 2. Did you vie for best hitting record against Ken Griffey, Jr? > 3. Were you known publicly as “Soupman” before changing your moniker? Take 3 DQs.Oh, wait. Is #1 Nate Silver? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/208 "2026-06-15T17:45:54Z")
S it is. Arnold Vosloo, great choice! IQs: 1. Are you the commissioner of the NBA? 2. Were you played by Peter O’Toole in _My Favorite Year_? 3. Were you a filthy-mouthed comedian who somehow became a dad on a classic family sitcom? ---
**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 15, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/209 "2026-06-15T19:11:34Z")
IQs 1. Did you always carry the Luck Magnet with you? 2. Did you write _The Vampire: Its Kith and Kin_? 3. Next month on HBO are you and your friends going to fail to save the universe? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/210 "2026-06-15T19:22:32Z")
1. Are you the mother of a (fictional) hockey-playing, pie baking college student? 2. Did you star on the tv show “Step by Step”? 3. Did Stephen Foster write a song about you? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/211 "2026-06-16T13:54:30Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. [quote=“knoodler, post:206, topic:1030504, full:true”] > 1. Are you behind the FiveThirtyEight website? > 2. Did you vie for best hitting record against Ken Griffey, Jr? > 3. Were you known publicly as “Soupman” before changing your moniker? Take 3 DQs.Oh, wait. Is #1 Nate Silver? [/quote] #1 is indeed Nate Silver. Your example put his name in my head (and it appears, yours as well) Sammy Sosa (they also competed against Mark MaGwire) Soupy Sales DQs: Real? Male? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/212 "2026-06-16T14:04:39Z")
IQs: 1. Did you front a band that had a hit song based on Jayne Mansfield? 2. Were you the Half Blood Prince? 3. Were you and your brother early pioneers in the automotive industry before internal combustion engines took over? ---
**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 16, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/213 "2026-06-16T18:36:47Z")
I remember Vosloo well in the _Mummy_ movies, but didn’t know his name. Good one. On to S! IQs: Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? Were you his second? Were you his one and only SECSTATE? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/214 "2026-06-16T20:20:17Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the commissioner of the NBA? > 2. Were you played by Peter O’Toole in _My Favorite Year_? > 3. Were you a filthy-mouthed comedian who somehow became a dad on a classic family sitcom? Take 2 DQs and I am not Bob Sarlatte > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you always carry the Luck Magnet with you? > 2. Did you write _The Vampire: Its Kith and Kin_? > 3. Next month on HBO are you and your friends going to fail to save the universe? Take 3 DQs > [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Are you the mother of a (fictional) hockey-playing, pie baking college student? > 2. Did you star on the tv show “Step by Step”? > 3. Did Stephen Foster write a song about you? Take a DQ, I am not Suzanne Somers, I am not Oh, Susannah > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you front a band that had a hit song based on Jayne Mansfield? > 2. Were you the Half Blood Prince? > 3. Were you and your brother early pioneers in the automotive industry before internal combustion engines took over? Take a DQ, I am not Snape and I am not Stanley > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > On to S! > > IQs: > > Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? > Were you his second? > Were you his one and only SECSTATE? Take 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/215 "2026-06-16T20:20:50Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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 16, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/216 "2026-06-16T20:22:57Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs > > > > 1. Did you always carry the Luck Magnet with you? > > 2. Did you write _The Vampire: Its Kith and Kin_? > > 3. Next month on HBO are you and your friends going to fail to save the universe? > > Take 3 DQs 1 was the Shaggy Man of Oz. 2 was Montague Summers. 3 is Stuart from _The Big Bang Theory_: 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/217 "2026-06-16T21:46:21Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you the commissioner of the NBA? > > 2. Were you played by Peter O’Toole in _My Favorite Year_? > > 3. Were you a filthy-mouthed comedian who somehow became a dad on a classic family sitcom? > > Take 2 DQs and I am not Bob Sarlatte #1 was Adam Silver. #2 was Alan Swann. I’m not aware of a sitcom that Sarlatte did; I was thinking of Bob Saget. Silver, Swan(n) and 5/7 of **St** or **age**. DQs: First name begins with S? Known for the arts? 1 DQ reserved?? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/218 "2026-06-17T00:29:35Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with S 4. Known for the arts ---
**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 17, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/219 "2026-06-17T00:41:58Z")
DQs 1. American? 2. Living? 3. Known for the performing arts? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/220 "2026-06-17T01:15:54Z")
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