Botticelli - February 2023

Thread Games
81

Swept me.

IQs:

  1. Are you generally considered to have been the first Abstract painter?
  2. Were you a noted disabled early 20th Century advocate for Socialism?
  3. Were you California’s first black female district attorney?
82

I am not Kandinsky or Helen Keller, but I am indeed Kamala Harris! Next game goes to the Prof.

83

Blink. Blink. Whaaa?

Okay.

Correct on all three.

Next:

I am

V.

84

Quick round! OK, on to V.

IQs:

Were you Jimmy Smits’s TV breakout role?
Were you a notable mariner of Numenor?
Did you with great reluctance surrender to Julius Caesar, and eventually die for it?

85
  1. I am not Jimmy Valentine.
  2. I am not Vulysses.
  3. I am not Vercingetorix.

Take 2 DQs.

86

IQs:
1. Were you an anonymous anarchist vigilante who dressed like Guy Fawkes?
2. Have you played a rock singer, a writer, a pilot, and a Batman?
3. Are you sister-in-law of the founder of Reddit?

87
  1. I am not V.
  2. I am not Val Kilmer.
  3. Take a DQ.
88

Victor Sifuentes, Valandil (in the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien), and yes, Vercingetorix.

DQs:

Real?
Male?

IQs:

Were you the first white child born in North America?
Were you the first to play Princess Irulan on screen?
Did Nicole Kidman play you with a prosthetic nose?

89

Congrats!

  1. Were you the title woman of a Steve Winwood song?
  2. Were you actor Kristoffer Tabori’s mother?
  3. Did Susan Oliver play you on the original Star Trek?
90

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
91
  1. I am not Virginia Dare.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. Take a DQ.
  1. I am not Valerie (??)
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not the planet Vulcan (Take a DQ).
92

Correct, Viveca Lindfors, Vina (the green lady!).

DQs:

  1. Living?
  2. American?
93

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Living
  4. American
94

Previous IQs:

Were you the first white child born in North America? - Yes, Virginia Dare
Were you the first to play Princess Irulan on screen? - Virginia Madsen, in David Lynch’s Dune
Did Nicole Kidman play you with a prosthetic nose? - Virginia Woolf, in The Hours

Virginia x3!

DQs:

First name start with V?
Best known for the Arts?

IQs:

Are you an American actress with the same last name as the only President of the CSA?
Were you one of the young beauties on Dallas?
Does a performing space in London honor your much-mourned husband?

95

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Living
  4. American
  5. First name starts with V
  6. Known for the Arts
96

Yes, I am

Viola Davis,

who last week won a Grammy, making her one of the select few to be an EGOT.

Well done, EH!

97

Watched it a couple nights ago ($2.99 to rent on Prime) – enjoyed it, though I could have done without the two music-hall numbers in Boracho. And now I have that stupid “Sweetheart Tree” song stuck in my head… :frowning:

98

Yeah, at 2 hours, 40 minutes, it could have used some trimming.

99

Maybe I should see it again? I very vaguely remember it from when I was a lad.

Updated: Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #100 by Elendil_s_Heir

And our next letter is

S

100

IQs:

  1. Are you running for a Senate seat in California in 2024?
  2. Did you sing the “Black National Anthem” at the Super Bowl last Sunday?
  3. Have you made a number of movies with Nick Frost?