# 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:** 3
**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 2, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/41 "2026-06-02T14:56:02Z")
**L** 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. As best known, only name begins with L 5. Living 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Not known for appearances in media 8. Not born after 1970 9. Not known for sports 10. Caucasian 11. Born after 1950 12. Known for politics, or other form of leadership 13. Not known for fashion 14. Not best known for political activism 15. Name is usually accompanied by a title, such as Dr. or Sir 16. Not from a famous family 17. **Not** known for social activism 18. Became most famous after 2000 19. Best known from a single event or incident and its aftermath 20. Name starts with La - Le **Note correction to #17.** **knoodler** has 1 remaining DQ, and **EH** has 2. ---
**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 2, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/42 "2026-06-02T16:21:35Z")
Final DQ: known from religion? ---
**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 2, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/43 "2026-06-02T20:07:59Z")
My apologies. I see my error. **L** 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. As best known, only name begins with L 5. Living 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Not known for appearances in media 8. Not born after 1970 9. Not known for sports 10. Caucasian 11. Born after 1950 12. Known for politics, or other form of leadership 13. Not known for fashion 14. Not best known for political activism 15. Name is usually accompanied by a title, such as Dr. or Sir 16. Not from a famous family 17. Not known for social activism 18. Became most famous after 2000 19. Best known from a single event or incident and its aftermath 20. Name starts with La - Le 21. Known from religion **knoodler** has 1 remaining DQ, and **EH** has 2. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2026, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/44 "2026-06-02T21:48:42Z")
I’ll give up my final DQ if someone wants to use it. ---
**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 3, 2026, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/45 "2026-06-03T01:04:13Z")
**knoodler’s** DQ: Protestant? ---
**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 3, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/46 "2026-06-03T02:35:39Z")
**L** 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. As best known, only name begins with L 5. Living 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Not known for appearances in media 8. Not born after 1970 9. Not known for sports 10. Caucasian 11. Born after 1950 12. Known for politics, or other form of leadership 13. Not known for fashion 14. Not best known for political activism 15. Name is usually accompanied by a title, such as Dr. or Sir 16. Not from a famous family 17. Not known for social activism 18. Became most famous after 2000 19. Best known from a single event or incident and its aftermath 20. Name starts with La - Le 21. Known from religion 22. Not Protestant @Elendil_s_Heir has thirty minutes left… . ---
**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 3, 2026, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/47 "2026-06-03T03:03:31Z")
“Firstname Lastname” questions – ask 'em if you’ve got 'em.. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/48 "2026-06-03T06:32:31Z")
Are You Pope Leo? ---
**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 3, 2026, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/49 "2026-06-03T12:34:28Z")
Good call, **Eureka**! ---
**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 3, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/50 "2026-06-03T16:19:17Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > Are You Pope Leo? Yes – I am Robert Francis Prevost, known to the world as Pope **L** eo XIV. Well done, Eureka! (I was actually expecting DLR to get it, after DQ21.) ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/51 "2026-06-03T16:44:19Z")
Well, I was awake in the middle of the night, and went "no clue ". "I could search but what would I even search for . " (lightbulb) Pope Leo! ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/52 "2026-06-03T19:13:51Z")
I am **B.** ---
**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 3, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/53 "2026-06-03T19:28:50Z")
The Pope, ugh, shoulda gotten that! Good one. On to B. IQs: Did you lose the Battle of Saratoga? Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? Did you lose the Battle of Franklin? ---
**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 3, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/54 "2026-06-03T20:20:25Z")
IQs 1. Did you play the title role on TV’s _The Magician_? 2. Are you remembered for your large painting of villagers hunting a wolf in the winter? 3. Didvyou accompany St. Paul on his early missions? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/55 "2026-06-03T20:42:04Z")
1, not general Burgoyne 1. DQ 2. DQ ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/56 "2026-06-03T20:45:39Z")
1. DQ 2. DQ 3. Not Barnabus ---
**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 3, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/57 "2026-06-03T20:53:11Z")
Previous IQs: Did you lose the Battle of Saratoga? - Correct, Gen. John Burgoyne, in 1777 Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? - Gen. Ambrose Burnside, in 1862 Did you lose the Battle of Franklin? - Gen. John Bell Hood (he always used his middle name), in 1864 DQs: Male? Real? IQs: Have you played a computer expert, a concierge, a TV network executive and an unscrupulous Federal prosecutor? Did the Capitol Steps sing a song about your curious habit of referring to yourself in the third person? Were you born in London but grew up in Cleveland? ---
**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 3, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/58 "2026-06-03T20:56:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you play the title role on TV’s _The Magician_? > 2. Are you remembered for your large painting of villagers hunting a wolf in the winter? > 3. Didvyou accompany St. Paul on his early missions? 1 was Bill Bixby. 2 was Peter Brueghel. 3 is indeed Barnabas. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/59 "2026-06-03T21:50:04Z")
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 3, 2026, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/60 "2026-06-03T21:50:50Z")
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