# 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:** 19
**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:** [June 25, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/361 "2026-06-25T17:31:39Z")
IQs: 1. Did you direct a 1980 movie adaption of a Stephen King work? 2. Did you direct a 1986 movie adaption of a Stephen King work? 3. Did your husband write a letter from a Birmingham jail? ---
**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 25, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/362 "2026-06-25T18:23:00Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > Mr. Knightl[e]y in Emma was already used by me. Ah, right you are, thanks. I’ll drop that reserved DQ, then. Previous IQs: Were you told by a Capitol Police officer that you couldn’t use phones reserved for Members of Congress? - A young John F. Kennedy, not long after he was elected Were you that person’s later spouse? - Jackie Kennedy Were you their eldest son? - JFK Jr. DQs: White? Greatest fame since 2000? One DQ reserved. IQs: Have you served as US ambassador to two Pacific Ocean countries? Did US Sen. Joe Biden plagiarize a speech of yours? Did _Doonesbury_ joke that the Hippocratic Oath once saved you? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/363 "2026-06-25T19:34:09Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > 1. Did you slap your boss in “Diversity Day”? > 2. Did you play #1? > 3. Did you star in _Too Close For Comfort_? I am not Kelly Kapoor I am not Mindy Kaling Take a DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you direct a 1980 movie adaption of a Stephen King work? > 2. Did you direct a 1986 movie adaption of a Stephen King work? > 3. Did your husband write a letter from a Birmingham jail? I am not Martin Luther King, Jr. Take 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/364 "2026-06-25T19:35:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Have you served as US ambassador to two Pacific Ocean countries? > Did US Sen. Joe Biden plagiarize a speech of yours? > Did _Doonesbury_ joke that the Hippocratic Oath once saved you? Take 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/365 "2026-06-25T19:36:50Z")
# K 1. Real 2. Living 3. Male 4. Not known for the Arts 5. Last name begins with K 6. American 7. Born before 1950 8. Born after 1935 9. Not known from politics 10. White 11. Greatest fame before 2000 ---
**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:** [June 25, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/366 "2026-06-25T19:45:06Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you direct a 1980 movie adaption of a Stephen King work? > 2. Did you direct a 1986 movie adaption of a Stephen King work? > 3. Did your husband write a letter from a Birmingham jail? > [@knoodler](#): > > I am not Martin Luther King, Jr. > Take 2 DQs 1 was Stanley Kubrick, director of _The Shining_; 2 was Stephen King, director of _Maximum Overdrive_; 3 was Coretta Scott King. DQs: 1. known from science? 2. born after 1942? 3. first name begins from 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 25, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/367 "2026-06-25T19:52:25Z")
Coretta! /smh I misread the question… # K 1. Real 2. Living 3. Male 4. Not known for the Arts 5. Last name begins with K 6. American 7. Born before 1950 8. Born after 1935 9. Not known from politics 10. White 11. Greatest fame before 2000 12. Not known from science 13. Not born after 1942 14. First name does not 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 25, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/368 "2026-06-25T19:56:44Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > I am not… Kathleen Quinlan? > > Take 2 DQS > > 1 was technically correct; Ohh… I just got the direction of your inquiry. Very nice. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/369 "2026-06-25T20:05:00Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 1. [quote=“SunUp, post:360, topic:1030504”] > 1. Did you slap your boss in “Diversity Day”? > 2. Did you play #1? > 3. Did you star in _Too Close For Comfort_? I am not Kelly Kapoor I am not Mindy Kaling Take a DQ [/quote] Correct on both. #3 was Ted Knight. DQ withdrawn, overlapped with **D\_L\_R** ’s. 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 25, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/370 "2026-06-25T20:56:04Z")
Previous IQs: Have you served as US ambassador to two Pacific Ocean countries? - Caroline Kennedy, to Japan and Australia Did US Sen. Joe Biden plagiarize a speech of yours? - British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock Did _Doonesbury_ joke that the Hippocratic Oath once saved you? - Dr. Henry Kissinger (his doctor was tempted to murder him during his open-heart surgery, but then remembered the oath) DQs: Best known for a single incident? Married to someone famous? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Did your friend fortunately ignore your request to destroy what you’d left behind? Were you almost certainly JFK’s clone? Did you love the smell of napalm in the morning? ---
**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:** [June 25, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/371 "2026-06-25T21:06:42Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have to sadly tell your daughter that Funtown was closed to children like her? 2. Did your sitcom get mocked in “Deep Space Homer”–and then a few years later did you star on Matt Groening’s next show, in 1999? 3. Flash Gordon : Ming the Merciless :: Buck Rogers : you? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/372 "2026-06-25T21:28:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did your friend fortunately ignore your request to destroy what you’d left behind? > Were you almost certainly JFK’s clone? > Did you love the smell of napalm in the morning? Take a DQ I am not JFK, Jr. I am not Col. Kilgore > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you have to sadly tell your daughter that Funtown was closed to children like her? > 2. Did your sitcom get mocked in “Deep Space Homer”–and then a few years later did you star on Matt Groening’s next show, in 1999? > 3. Flash Gordon : Ming the Merciless :: Buck Rogers : you? 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:** [June 25, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/373 "2026-06-25T21:30:41Z")
1. Was Kumar, correct 2. I was thinking of Kevin Smith, but I was wrong it was Danny Leiner 3. Was Kevin Costner 1 DQ reserved ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/374 "2026-06-25T21:31:07Z")
# K 1. Real 2. Living 3. Male 4. Not known for the Arts 5. Last name begins with K 6. American 7. Born before 1950 8. Born after 1935 9. Not known from politics 10. White 11. Greatest fame before 2000 12. Not known from science 13. Not born after 1942 14. First name does not begin with A-M 15. Not best known for single incident 16. Not married to someone famous ---
**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:** [June 26, 2026, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/375 "2026-06-26T01:44:47Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you have to sadly tell your daughter that Funtown was closed to children like her? > 2. Did your sitcom get mocked in “Deep Space Homer”–and then a few years later did you star on Matt Groening’s next show, in 1999? > 3. Flash Gordon : Ming the Merciless :: Buck Rogers : you? > [@knoodler](#): > > Take 3 DQs 1 was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; 2 was Katey Sagal, of _Married with Children_ and _Futurama_; 3 was Killer Kane. DQs: 1. first name begins from N-T? 2. greatest fame after 1980? 3. known from sports? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/376 "2026-06-26T02:24:31Z")
# K 1. Real 2. Living 3. Male 4. Not known for the Arts 5. Last name begins with K 6. American 7. Born before 1950 8. Born after 1935 9. Not known from politics 10. White 11. Greatest fame before 2000 12. Not known from science 13. Not born after 1942 14. First name does not begin with A-M 15. Not best known for single incident 16. Not married to someone famous 17. First name begins N-T 18. Greatest fame after 1980 19. Known from sports, but not entirely known from sports This brings us up to 20, including outstanding DQs. Please ask remaining DQs by Friday, 6 PM CDT. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/377 "2026-06-26T02:52:45Z")
DQ: Known for a team sport? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/378 "2026-06-26T02:58:52Z")
# K 1. Real 2. Living 3. Male 4. Not known for the Arts 5. Last name begins with K 6. American 7. Born before 1950 8. Born after 1935 9. Not known from politics 10. White 11. Greatest fame before 2000 12. Not known from science 13. Not born after 1942 14. First name does not begin with A-M 15. Not best known for single incident 16. Not married to someone famous 17. First name begins N-T 18. Greatest fame after 1980 19. Known from sports, but not entirely known from sports 20. Not known for team sport This brings us up to 20, including outstanding DQs. Please ask remaining DQs by Friday, 6 PM CDT. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/379 "2026-06-26T15:05:43Z")
If anyone has a good question. Use my DQ. I don’t have enough brain today. ---
**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 26, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/380 "2026-06-26T16:09:42Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 1. [quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:341, topic:1030504”] > 1. Are you the Elegant Elephant of Oz? > 2. Were you the model for Disney’s Tinker Bell, who passed away this week? > 3. Are you George Herriman’s best known character? Take 3 DQs [/quote] 1 was Kabumpo. 2 was Margaret Kerry. 3 is Krazy Kat. DQs: 1. Also known for business? 2. Known for a sport with a ball? 3. Last name starts with Ka-Ke? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504.md?page=20)