Correct on Tattoo.
#1 was Erich von Daniken. #3 is Captain Vandervecken.
DQ: Died before 1950?
3 DQs remaining.
SUMMARY
- Real person
- Male
- First name starts with V
- Dead
- Not American
- European
- Died after 1950
- From the UK
- Not involved in the arts, though there was an element of artistry in my profession
And Victor Mature was a tubercular dentist in My Darling Clementine, and Samson in Samson and Delilah.
DQ: Politician?
2 DQs reserved.
IQs:
- Did you have a hit with Be-Bop-A-Lula?
- Did you have a hit with Mr. Lonely?
- Did you have a hit with Tom’s Diner?
SUMMARY
- Real person
- Male
- First name starts with V
- Dead
- Not American
- European
- Died after 1950
- From the UK
- Not involved in the arts, though there was an element of artistry in my profession
- Not a political figure
Neither Gene Vincent nor Bobby Vinton nor Suzanne Vega
Correct on all 3.
DQs:
- Known for Science?
- Died after 2000?
IQs:
- Were you married to Eddie Van Halen?
- Did you portray Lex Luthor’s girlfriend in Superman?
- Did you star in the one-woman show Golda’s Balcony?
IQ1: Are you the 17th Earl of Oxford, an Elizabethan courtier nicknamed “The Italian Earl,” who some think actually wrote the plays of William Shakespeare?
IQ2: Were you the bassist for the Sex Pistols?
IQ3: Did you have a radio show during WWII called Sincerely Yours, where you sang songs for soldiers overseas such as “We’ll Meet Again” and “The White Cliffs of Dover”?
SUMMARY
- Real person
- Male
- First name starts with V
- Dead
- Not American
- European
- Died after 2000
- From the UK
- Not involved in the arts as commonly defined, but there was an element of artistry in my profession
- Not a political figure
- Not involved in science or technology
Previous IQs:
Were you an avuncular guy in a Russian play? - Yes, Uncle Vanya
Were you a hotshot Latino lawyer on TV? - Victor Sifuentes (Jimmy Smits), on L.A. Law
Married to a former ambassador, did you find yourself unexpectedly in the news? - Yes, Valerie Plame
DQ:
Often seen on TV?
IQs:
Did you refer to an older scientist as “Stinky”?
Did you play the Titanic’s builder?
Did your best-known character ruefully wonder why she was even eating that candy bar?
Not Valerie Bertinelli or Valerie PErrine
Take a DQ for Valerie #3
Not Edward de Vere or Sid Vicious
DQ for #3 (I know it’s Vera something…)
SUMMARY
- Real person
- Male
- First name starts with V
- Dead
- Not American
- European
- Died after 2000
- From the UK
- Not involved in the arts as commonly defined, but there was an element of artistry in my profession
- Not a political figure
- Not involved in science or technology
- Not best known for TV, but did have my own TV show at one time and did numerous TV commercials
Did you refer to an older scientist as “Stinky”?
Did you play the Titanic’s builder?
Did your best-known character ruefully wonder why she was even eating that candy bar?
Not Victor Garber (the hippie Jesus in Godspell) in Titanic
Take two DQs for 1 and 3
Correct, correct, and Valerie Harper (better known for playing Rhoda).
DQ: Known for business?
IQs:
- Were you “a sentimental crook” with “sandpaper fingers”?
- Did John Leguizamo play you in Spawn?
- Were you a scientist who was admired by Napoleon?
Not safecracker Jimmy Valentine or Alessandro Volta
Take a DQ for 2
SUMMARY
- Real person
- Male
- First name starts with V
- Dead
- Not American
- European
- Died after 2000
- From the UK
- Not involved in the arts as commonly defined, but there was an element of artistry in my profession
- Not a political figure
- Not involved in science or technology
- Not best known for TV, but did have my own TV show at one time and did numerous TV commercials
- Had a large business empire, though “businessman” may not be the first noun used to describe me
What!? You got Jimmy Valentine??? Correct on him and Volta.
#2 was The Clown, aka The Violator.
DQ: Known as a criminal?