# 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:** 20
**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, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/381 "2026-06-26T16:21:36Z")
Eureka’s DQ: Known as a sports announcer or commentator? ---
**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, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/382 "2026-06-26T17:31:44Z")
# 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 21. Also known for business 22. Not known for sport with a ball, although could have influenced a sport with a ball 23. Last name does not start with Ka-Ke 24. Not known as a sports announcer or commentator ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/383 "2026-06-27T02:29:47Z")
Ask First Name/Last Name. ---
**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 27, 2026, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/384 "2026-06-27T04:41:20Z")
Previous IQs: Did your friend fortunately ignore your request to destroy what you’d left behind? - Franz Kafka Were you almost certainly JFK’s clone? - Not JFK Jr., but Joshua F. Kellogg in Nancy Freedman’s sf/political thriller _Joshua Son of None_ Did you love the smell of napalm in the morning? - Yes, Lt. Col. William “Bill” Kilgore in _Apocalypse Now_ Hmm. Can’t figure out who this person is. ---
**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 27, 2026, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/385 "2026-06-27T12:57:53Z")
Boxer, wrestler, martial artist, Olympian, horse racing, auto racing. Hmmm. ---
**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 27, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/386 "2026-06-27T13:51:25Z")
Skier, sailor, swimmer, runner ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/387 "2026-06-27T14:45:13Z")
You should focus on the business clue, with sports added. ---
**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 27, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/388 "2026-06-27T17:49:54Z")
Are you Nike co-founder Phil Knight? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/389 "2026-06-27T18:31:51Z")
YES!! I am **Phil Knight**!! Co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of Nike, a global sports apparel enterprise that influenced many sports enthusiasts and pro athletes of what to wear while “sporting.” Good job **DLR**! ---
**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 27, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/390 "2026-06-27T18:53:15Z")
Great work, **DLR!** I don’t know him. ---
**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 27, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/391 "2026-06-27T19:11:42Z")
OK: I am **G**. [![](https://i.ibb.co/nM9ZbLxw/botticelli-G.png) ](https://i.ibb.co/nM9ZbLxw/botticelli-G.png) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/392 "2026-06-27T19:18:40Z")
Phil Knight, good one! I thought of sports, and of business, but I failed to think of sports businesses. IQs: 1. Were you the final commander of the Army of the Potomac? 2. Were you the commander of IV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, at the assault on Missionary Ridge? 3. Were you a librarian with a crimefighting alter ego? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/393 "2026-06-27T20:56:47Z")
I’ve heard of him. IQs: 1. Did Lance LeGault play you for many seasons on the original **Magnum, P.I.**? 2. Did you play Ruby in the 4th season of **Supernatural** and yourself in a 6th season episode? 3. Did Cary Grant play you in 1937’s **Topper**? ---
**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 27, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/394 "2026-06-27T21:07:26Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the final commander of the Army of the Potomac? > 2. Were you the commander of IV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, at the assault on Missionary Ridge? > 3. Were you a librarian with a crimefighting alter ego? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Barbara Gordon. > [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Lance LeGault play you for many seasons on the original **Magnum, P.I.**? > 2. Did you play Ruby in the 4th season of **Supernatural** and yourself in a 6th season episode? > 3. Did Cary Grant play you in 1937’s **Topper**? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not George Kirby. ---
**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 27, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/395 "2026-06-27T22:02:12Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > YES!! I am **Phil Knight**!! Never heard of him. IQ1: Were you the pilot of _Faith 7_? IQ2: Were you the pilot of _Friendship 7_? IQ3: Were you the pilot of _Liberty Bell 7_? ---
**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 27, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/396 "2026-06-27T22:07:28Z")
IQs 1. Did you play Norm on _Cheers_? 2. Did your band have a hit with _Karma Chameleon_? 3. Were you the voice of Sneezy in Disney’s cartoon _Snow White…_? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/397 "2026-06-27T22:13:33Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you the final commander of the Army of the Potomac? > > 2. Were you the commander of IV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, at the assault on Missionary Ridge? > > 3. Were you a librarian with a crimefighting alter ego? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Barbara Gordon. Correct on #3. #1 was MGen George Gordon Meade and #2 was MGen Gordon Granger. Gordon x3!!! DQs: Real? Female? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/398 "2026-06-27T22:43:05Z")
Count me on the might have heard of Phil Knight. Would not have come up with his name IQs 1. Did you and your brother find a witch living in a house made of candy? 2. Did you direct the Barbie movie? 3. Are you famous for diving? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/399 "2026-06-27T23:12:19Z")
IQs: 1. Did you famous declare you wanted to be left alone? 2. Did you costar in a sitcom that was canceled in “the rural purge” on CBS? 3. Were you #2’s sister? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2026, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/400 "2026-06-28T02:27:10Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I’ve heard of him. > > IQs: > > 1. Did Lance LeGault play you for many seasons on the original **Magnum, P.I.**? > 2. Did you play Ruby in the 4th season of **Supernatural** and yourself in a 6th season episode? > 3. Did Cary Grant play you in 1937’s **Topper**? Buck Greene, Genevieve Cortese Padalecki, correct. 2 DQs reserved [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504.md?page=21)