# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/101 "2026-06-06T01:56:16Z")
Real 1. Male 2. Alive 3. Known for the arts 4. Last name does not begin with B 5. Known from the performing arts, but not a performer 6. American 7. Born after 1970 8. Born before. 1990 9. Not Known mostly from TV 10. Not known from any role 11. Not Caucasian 12. Not born before 1970 13. Probably known from the dramatic arts 14. Not Black 15. Not an actor 16. Best known since 2000 17. Part-asian 18. Known for music 19. A composer, arranger or producer 20. Last name begins with A-L 21. Not best known for pop music ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/102 "2026-06-06T02:33:05Z")
Last DQ: A composer? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/103 "2026-06-06T02:39:47Z")
Yes. A composer ---
**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 6, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/104 "2026-06-06T04:26:11Z")
Hmm. I don’t know anyone who fits these clues. I release my two reserved DQs to other players, one per person. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/105 "2026-06-06T13:03:14Z")
Real 1. Male 2. Alive 3. Known for the arts 4. Last name does not begin with B 5. Known from the performing arts, but not a performer 6. American 7. Born after 1970 8. Born before. 1990 9. Not Known mostly from TV 10. Not known from any role 11. Not Caucasian 12. Not born before 1970 13. Probably known from the dramatic arts 14. Not Black 15. Not an actor 16. Best known since 2000 17. Part-asian 18. Known for music 19. A composer, arranger or producer 20. Last name begins with A-L 21. Not best known for pop music 22. a composer ---
**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 6, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/106 "2026-06-06T13:42:51Z")
EH DQ: Known for film scores? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/107 "2026-06-06T13:56:49Z")
1. real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. Known for the arts 5. Last name does not begin with B 6. Known from the performing arts, but not a performer 7. American 8. Born after 1970 9. Born before. 1990 10. Not Known mostly from TV 11. Not known from any role 12. Not Caucasian 13. Not born before 1970 14. Probably known from the dramatic arts 15. Not Black 16. Not an actor 17. Best known since 2000 18. Part-asian 19. Known for music 20. A composer, arranger or producer 21. Last name begins with A-L 22. Not best known for pop music 23. a composer 24. Known for songs from films, not for whole orchestral scores ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2026, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/108 "2026-06-07T12:05:59Z")
Twelve hours left for that one stray DQ. How much time do you want for Firstname Last name guesses? ---
**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 7, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/109 "2026-06-07T14:15:23Z")
Usually that’s one day. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/110 "2026-06-08T00:01:44Z")
Anybody got a Firstname Lastname guess? Deadline 8 p.m. Eastern, Monday. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/111 "2026-06-08T00:15:34Z")
I got nothing. ---
**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 8, 2026, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/112 "2026-06-08T02:31:42Z")
Good thing I’m not playing this time – I suspect this will turn out to be somebody I’ve never heard of. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/113 "2026-06-08T08:20:50Z")
Not a clue. ---
**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 8, 2026, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/114 "2026-06-08T12:36:55Z")
Are you Bob Lopez? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/115 "2026-06-08T13:14:16Z")
Yes! I am Bobby Lopez, songwriter for _Frozen_, _Avenue Q_, and _The Book of Mormon\*_ and youngest winner of an EGOT-- Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award. (He was on _Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me_ a couple weeks ago, because _The Book of Mormon_ has been running on Broadway for so long, talking about the celebrations they have planned, and low their expectations were). ---
**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 8, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/116 "2026-06-08T13:45:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I suspect this will turn out to be somebody I’ve never heard of. Yes, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/117 "2026-06-08T14:27:03Z")
Not for me - though I had always heard his name as “Robert” before. Good hosting and good guess, **Prof**! ---
**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 8, 2026, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/118 "2026-06-08T14:52:51Z")
I had always heard it as Robert, but figured it was worth a shot. Gotta think up somebody… ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/119 "2026-06-08T15:19:53Z")
I fear this may have been a classic " you see what you expect to see", I don’t know why I first heard Bobby, maybe it was because the first I heard of him was an interview with Terri Gross, and it was with wife Kristin, talking about the songs from _Frozen_. But in my head he was Bobby Lopez, and when I did research, sure it also used Robert, but that didn’t really register. It was harder than I expected to answer questions like performing arts? composer vs. songwriter? ---
**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 8, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2026/1030504/120 "2026-06-08T15:41:16Z")
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