# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/221 "2026-06-17T01:57:27Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. [quote=“knoodler, post:212, topic:1030504, full:true”] > 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 [/quote] Siouxsie Sioux (Siouxsie & the Banshees, “Kiss Them for Me”) Correct Correct DQ: Known for prose? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/222 "2026-06-17T02:03:38Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play a Terminator sent back to protect a younger John Connor? 2. Did you play a different Terminator sent back to protect and younger John Connor? 3. Did Pedro ask you to go to the high school dance with him? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/223 "2026-06-17T02:39:40Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Chuck Yeager in _The Right Stuff_? 2. Were you played by Scott Glenn in _The Right Stuff_? 3. Did you once keep time on an accordion case on the show _Tomorrow_? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/224 "2026-06-17T09:57:32Z")
1. Suzanne Bottle of _Check., Please_\* 2. Suzanne Somers, correct 3. Oh, Susannah, correct Suzanne(ah) x 3! 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, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/225 "2026-06-17T13:58:51Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play a Terminator sent back to protect a younger John Connor? > 2. Did you play a different Terminator sent back to protect and younger John Connor? > 3. Did Pedro ask you to go to the high school dance with him? I am not Arnold Schwarzenegger, I am not Summer Glau and,take another DQ. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Chuck Yeager in _The Right Stuff_? > 2. Were you played by Scott Glenn in _The Right Stuff_? > 3. Did you once keep time on an accordion case on the show _Tomorrow_? Taje 2 DQs and I am not Doc Severinson ---
**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, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/226 "2026-06-17T13:59:31Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with S 4. Known for the arts 5. American 6. Dead 7. Not known for the performing arts 8. Known for prose ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/227 "2026-06-17T14:12:20Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you play a Terminator sent back to protect a younger John Connor? > > 2. Did you play a different Terminator sent back to protect and younger John Connor? > > 3. Did Pedro ask you to go to the high school dance with him? > > I am not Arnold Schwarzenegger, I am not Summer Glau and,take another DQ. Correct Correct Summer Wheatley (_Napoleon Dynamite_) DQ: Known for sci/fi or fantasy genres? ---
**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, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/228 "2026-06-17T14:12:25Z")
IQs 1. Did you write _The Grapes of Wrath_? 2. Did you write _The Book of Swords_? 3. Did you write _Kidnapped_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/229 "2026-06-17T14:32:00Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Brad Pitt’s character’s handler in _Bullet Train_? 2. Did you play Bunny in a spoof of _Pulp Fiction_? 3. Did you play an educator in _The Princess Diaries_? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/230 "2026-06-17T14:55:11Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you play Chuck Yeager in _The Right Stuff_? > > 2. Were you played by Scott Glenn in _The Right Stuff_? > > 3. Did you once keep time on an accordion case on the show _Tomorrow_? > > Taje 2 DQs and I am not Doc Severinson Sam Shepard, Alan Shepard, and Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz. 3 DQs reserved, assuming **Prof.Pepperwinkle** hasn’t gotten it already… ---
**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, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/231 "2026-06-17T21:49:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you write _The Grapes of Wrath_? > 2. Did you write _The Book of Swords_? > 3. Did you write _Kidnapped_? I am not Steinbeck, Saberhagen or Robert Louis Stevenson > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Brad Pitt’s character’s handler in _Bullet Train_? > 2. Did you play Bunny in a spoof of _Pulp Fiction_? > 3. Did you play an educator in _The Princess Diaries_? 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 17, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/232 "2026-06-17T21:51:22Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with S 4. Known for the arts 5. American 6. Dead 7. Not known for the performing arts 8. Known for prose 9. Not known for the fantasy or sci-fi genres. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/233 "2026-06-17T22:05:00Z")
1 were you known for your oversized red glasses? 1. Were you the first American woman in space,? 2. Did you play Miranda in _Mrs. Doubtfire_? ---
**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, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/234 "2026-06-17T23:13:45Z")
Swept me! IQs 1. Were you a fat, bloated Welsh idiot portrayed by the illustrious Harry Secombe on the highly acclaimed, magenta-scented, all-leather 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 2. Are you aka the Human Torch? 3. Did you tell Rudolph where his folks and Clarice went? 4. ---
**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, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/235 "2026-06-17T23:35:06Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > 1 were you known for your oversized red glasses? > > 1. Were you the first American woman in space,? > 2. Did you play Miranda in _Mrs. Doubtfire_? I am not Sally Jesse Raphael, Sally Ride or Sally Field > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you a fat, bloated Welsh idiot portrayed by the illustrious Harry Secombe on the highly acclaimed, magenta-scented, all-leather 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > 2. Are you aka the Human Torch? > 3. Did you tell Rudolph where his folks and Clarice went? I am not Neddy Seagoon, Johnny Storm or Santa Claus. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/236 "2026-06-18T00:00:59Z")
DQ: Known for fiction? DQ: Died after 1950? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/237 "2026-06-18T00:03:13Z")
Yup, swept me ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/238 "2026-06-18T00:06:04Z")
1. Are you a writer probably best known for a documentary on the Civil War,? 2. Did you write _Where the Sidewalk Ends_? 3. Were you the bride in a wedding where the Grooms cake was shaped like an armadillo (and made from red velvet cake)? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/239 "2026-06-18T00:43:08Z")
I am not Shelby Foote, Shel Silverstein and take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/240 "2026-06-18T00:45:34Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with S 4. Known for the arts 5. American 6. Dead 7. Not known for the performing arts 8. Known for prose 9. Not known for the fantasy or sci-fi genres. 10. I’m not sure if you mean the category or fiction vs. Non-fiction. He wrote fiction vs. Non-fiction 11. Died after 1950. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504.md?page=13)