Botticelli - August 2024

Thread Games
241

#1 is Sredni Vashtar.
#2 is Jimmy Valentine.
Correct on Victoria.

DQs:

  1. Known for the Arts?
  2. Died after 2000?
242

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. First name begins with V
  4. Dead
  5. Not American
  6. Was European
  7. Died after 1924
  8. Known for the Arts
  9. Died after 2000
243

1 (Philo Vance) was S.S. Van Dine; 2 (Ahasuerus) was Vashti; 3 was correct.

DQs:
#1. died after 2010?
#2. from continental Europe?

244

IQs:

  1. Are you the last Britsih woman to have won a Wimbledon singles title?
  2. Were you a Confederate colonel and the wartime governor of North Carolina?
  3. Did you play “Weird Al” Yankovic’s love interest in UHF?
245

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. First name begins with V
  4. Dead
  5. Not American
  6. Was European
  7. Died after 1924
  8. Known for the Arts
  9. Died after 2000
  10. Died after 2010
  11. From continental Europe (if not already covered by #6)
246

IQs:
1. Were you the first producer of Doctor Who?
2. Do you belong to a select group of people with (among others) Thomas Edison, Joyce Kilmer, and Molly Pitcher?
3. Were you Wendy’s emo boyfriend in Gravity Falls?

247
  1. I am not Virginia Wade
  2. Take a DQ
  3. I am not Victoria Jackson
248

Take 3 DQs

249

Correct on 1 & 3; #2 was Zebulon Vance.

DQ: From north of Vienna?

(Note that the DQ you answered for 11 is meant to distinguish continental Europe i.e. the mainland from Ireland, the British Isles or Iceland. If that DQ was answered incorrectly, i.e. you are from non-continental Europe, my DQ should change to: Irish?)

250

1 was Verity Lambert; 2 was fellow NJ rest stop honoree Vince Lombardi; 3 was Robbie Valentino.

DQs:
1. known for the performing arts?
2. born west of Vienna?

1 DQ reserved.

251

OK, let me change my reply. The person in question is from Europe, but NOT continental Europe. Sorry for misunderstanding.

252

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. First name begins with V
  4. Dead
  5. Not American
  6. Was European
  7. Died after 1924
  8. Known for the Arts
  9. Died after 2000
  10. Died after 2010
  11. Not from continental Europe
  12. Known for performing arts
  13. North of Vienna (conditionally)
  14. West of Vienna (conditionally)
253

“Conditionally”?

Previous IQs:

Did you escape from Larkhill detention center? - V, in V for Vendetta
Were you one of the early ship-kings of Gondor? - Valandil, in the writings of JRR Tolkien
Were you a friend of “Stinky” Mahmoud? - Valentine Michael Smith, in Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land

DQs:

From the British Isles?
Best known for music?
Has won a top award in her field?

IQs:

Did you appear in a TV ad with Jennifer Aniston, but not onscreen at the same time?
Did you once play Princess Irulan?
Did you repeatedly play the mother of a woman much older than you?

254

IQs:
1. Were you a Gallic chieftain?
2. Were you Mr. Hands, the frequent assailant of Mr. Bill (and has your sister also worked in TV)?
3. You’ve got it–yeah baby, you’ve got it. Are you our you, are you our fire, at our desire?

255
  1. Take a DQ
  2. I am not Virginia Madsen
  3. Take a DQ
256
  1. Take a DQ
  2. I am not Vince Degeneres
  3. I am not your Venus
257

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. First name begins with V
  4. Dead
  5. Not American
  6. Was European
  7. Died after 1924
  8. Known for the Arts
  9. Died after 2000
  10. Died after 2010
  11. Not from continental Europe
  12. Known for performing arts
  13. North of Vienna (conditionally)
  14. West of Vienna (conditionally)
  15. I am from the British Isles*
  16. I am best known for music
  17. I held a top award in my field

*“conditionally” because the British Isles aren’t exactly north nor west, but they are northwest.

258

1 was Vercingetorix. Close enough on Vance DeGeneres.

DQ: known for singing?

259

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. First name begins with V
  4. Dead
  5. Not American
  6. Was European
  7. Died after 1924
  8. Known for the Arts
  9. Died after 2000
  10. Died after 2010
  11. Not from continental Europe
  12. Known for performing arts
  13. North of Vienna (conditionally)
  14. West of Vienna (conditionally)
  15. I am from the British Isles*
  16. I am best known for music
  17. I held a top award in my field
  18. I am known for singing
260

IQs:

  1. Were you a British Music Hall singer of the early 20th Century, who popularized Won’t You Come Home, Bill Bailey in England?
  2. Were you a leader of the Suffragette movement in the U.S.?
  3. Did you play King Tut on the 1960’s Batman TV show?