Botticelli Feb. 2022

Thread Games
141

1 was Vance DeGeneres; 2 was Valerie Biden Owens; 3 was Vinny.

DQs:
1. known from writing?
2. from England, Ireland, Scotland, or Wales?
3. born before 1700?

DAMMIT! “Aura Lee” turns out to be in my copy of World’s Favorite Folk Songs.

(I’ve been teaching myself the piano/keyboard on and off, see. Last night I attempted “Funiculi, Funicula”.)

142

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Not American
  4. Last name starts with V
  5. Born before 1950
  6. Best known for the Arts
  7. European
  8. Born before 1900
  9. Dead
  10. Known from writing
  11. From continental Europe
  12. Born after 1700
143

IQ1: Are you associated with a neurological disorder usually triggered by rheumatic fever?
IQ2: Are you the author of Candide?
IQ3: Did you replace Glen Matlock in the Sex Pistols?

144

#1. I am not St. Vitus.
#2. I am not Voltaire.
Take 1 DQ.

145

yes, yes, Sid Vicious

DQ: Born after 1800?

146

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Not American
  4. Last name starts with V
  5. Born before 1950
  6. Best known for the Arts
  7. European
  8. Born before 1900
  9. Dead
  10. Known from writing
  11. From continental Europe
  12. Born after 1700
  13. Born after 1800
147
  1. Did you compose the concerto The Four Seasons?
  2. Did you compose Rigoletto?
  3. Are you the title woman Steve Winwood sang about in a 1982 song?
148

IQs:
1. Are you one of King Zog’s silent, diminutive attendants on Disenchantment, who kind of resemble Akbar and Jeff?
2. Are you the other one?
3. Did you popularize the white wedding dress?

149
  1. I am not Vivaldi.
  2. I am not Verdi.
    3.Take a DQ.
  1. I am not Queen Victoria.
    Take 2 DQs.
150

Correct, correct, Valerie.

One DQ reserved

151

1 was Vip; 2 was Vap.

DQs:
1. born west of Vienna?
2. born south of Vienna?

152

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Not American
  4. Last name starts with V
  5. Born before 1950
  6. Best known for the Arts
  7. European
  8. Born before 1900
  9. Dead
  10. Known from writing
  11. From continental Europe
  12. Born after 1700
  13. Born after 1800
  14. Born west of Vienna
  15. Born south of Vienna, but not by much
153

IQ1: Did you write Around the World in 80 Days and 20000 Leagues Under The Sea?
IQ2: Are you a pig that can’t dance, who had a name change after a threatened lawsuit?
IQ3: Did your ex-husband and son play in a band together?

154

Previous IQs:

Were you AKA Mr. Ulyanov? - Yes, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Did you switch jobs with the guy who held the job you now do? - Vladimir Putin
Were you a Wallachian who was no fan of the Turks? - Vlad the Impaler

No DQs asked, because…

155

Yes! I am

Jules Verne!

Well played, CFOHG!

156

Yes, good job, CFOHG!

157

Cool!

Next up…
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158

IQs:

  1. Did John Adams call you “the most important American”?
  2. Were you a founder of the Georgia colony?
  3. Did you write Metamorphosis and The Art of Love?
159

Take 2 DQs
Not Ovid

160

#1 was James Otis.
#2 was James Oglethorpe.
Correct on Ovid.

DQs:

  1. Real?
  2. Male?