Botticelli - Dec 2020

IQ1: Were you defeated and killed by the Goths at Adrianople?
IQ2: Were you a Swedish king who figures prominently in Flint’s 1632 series?

DQ: Roman?

IQs:
1. Was your role in a classic 1978 film first offered to Jack Webb?
2. Are you the most famous person from the former Wirsitz, Germany?
3. Are you Angelina Jolie’s father?

DQs:
1. born west of Vienna?
2. born before 1000?

Not Vercingetorix or Vasa.

Dunno, dunno and not Jon Voight.

V.

  1. real
  2. dead
  3. known for military or politics
  4. last name starts with V
  5. not American
  6. in the armed forces
  7. died prior to 1970
  8. male
  9. European
  10. born before 1900
  11. born before 1700
  12. not born in or south of Vienna
  13. not (a bloody) Roman
  14. born west of Vienna
  15. born after 1000

IQs:

  1. Did you, according to legend, wipe the brow of Jesus with your veil on his way to Golgotha?
  2. Were you an explorer lauded by the cartographer Martin Waldseemuller?
  3. Are you aka Eddie Brock (more or less)?

Emperor Valens.
:white_check_mark: Gustavus Adolphus Vasa.


DQ: Died in battle?

1 was John Vernon, in Animal House; 2 was Wernher Von Braun.

DQ: from England, Scotland, Ireland, or Wales?

One DQ reserved.

Not St. Veronica (or St. Betty) or Amerigo Vespucci, and dunno.

V.

  1. real
  2. dead
  3. known for military or politics
  4. last name starts with V
  5. not American
  6. in the armed forces
  7. died prior to 1970
  8. male
  9. European
  10. born before 1900
  11. born before 1700
  12. not born in or south of Vienna
  13. not (a bloody) Roman
  14. born west of Vienna
  15. born after 1000
  16. did not die in battle
  17. from England, Scotland, Ireland, or Wales

Correct, Correct, and Venom.

DQ: Born after 1400?

V.

  1. real
  2. dead
  3. known for military or politics
  4. last name starts with V
  5. not American
  6. in the armed forces
  7. died prior to 1970
  8. male
  9. European
  10. born before 1900
  11. born before 1700
  12. not born in or south of Vienna
  13. not (a bloody) Roman
  14. born west of Vienna
  15. born after 1000
  16. did not die in battle
  17. from England, Scotland, Ireland, or Wales
  18. born after 1400

IQs:

  1. Did you discover methane?
  2. Did you play the lead in The Man Who Laughs?
  3. Are you the title character of a song by the Monkees?

IQ1: Did you paint The Astronomer and The Milkmaid?
IQ2: Were you a military engineer famous for your fortress designs?
IQ3: Did you paint a triple portrait of an English king?

IQs:
1. Were you played by Bert Lahr in drag?
2. Did you sue Samsung over an ad with a nonhuman character referencing you?
3. In the classic 1931 film adaption of the novel in which you appear, are your and your best friend’s first names switched?

Dunno, not Valentino and not Valerie.

Not Vermeer, Vaudemilles (sp?) or Van Dyck.

Dunno, dunno and not Viktor von Frankenstein.

#1 was Alessandro Volta.
#2 was Conrad Veidt.
#3 was Valleri, but close enough.

DQ: Born before 1600?

1 DQ reserved.

V.

  1. real
  2. dead
  3. known for military or politics
  4. last name starts with V
  5. not American
  6. in the armed forces
  7. died prior to 1970
  8. male
  9. European
  10. born before 1900
  11. born before 1700
  12. not born in or south of Vienna
  13. not (a bloody) Roman
  14. born west of Vienna
  15. born after 1000
  16. did not die in battle
  17. from England, Scotland, Ireland, or Wales
  18. born after 1400
  19. born after 1600

:white_check_mark:
Vauban.
:white_check_mark:


One DQ reserved.

IQ1: Were you a British admiral after whom a traditional rum drink was named?
IQ2: Did you play Mini-Me?
IQ3: Were you a female senior Brit intel officer during WW II?

DQ: Best known for naval matters or campaigns?

Dingdingding! Yes, I am “Old Grog,” better known as

Admiral Edward Vernon

Also known as the namesake of George Washington’s estate, Mount Vernon: Edward Vernon - Wikipedia
Mount Vernon - Wikipedia

Well done, SCAdian!