Botticelli - January 2026

[kitap]

Heard of the book, not the name.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

I know the book (which I’ve read several times) and the name, and now I’m kicking myself. Woulda shoulda got this. Good one, SunUp!

[SunUp]

Okay, looks like I host again!

This time, I am

V

Give it a go!

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Are you the captain of The Flying Dutchman?
2. Are you one of the main characters voiced by voice actress Gloria Rocha, who passed away this week?
3. Are you remembered as the Grandfather of Op Art?

[De_La_Rue]

IQs:
1. Did you write Orlando?
2. Did you voice the Iron Giant?
3. Did you work at Peenemuende?

[knoodler]

IQs:

1. Are you a professional letter turner?
2. Did you play a fictionalized version of yourself on the TV series Ally McBeal?
3. Were you named the MVP of Super Bowl LV?

[SunUp]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Are you the captain of The Flying Dutchman?
2. Are you one of the main characters voiced by voice actress Gloria Rocha, who passed away this week?
3. Are you remembered as the Grandfather of Op Art?

I am not Vandervecken.
Take 2 DQs.

@De_La_Rue

IQs:

1. Did you write Orlando?
2. Did you voice the Iron Giant?
3. Did you work at Peenemuende?

Take a DQ.
I am not Vin Diesel.
I am not Werner Von Braun. (That’s not my department!)

@knoodler

IQs:

1. Are you a professional letter turner?
2. Did you play a fictionalized version of yourself on the TV series Ally McBeal?
3. Were you named the MVP of Super Bowl LV?

I am not Vanna White.
Take 2 DQs.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

Correct on Vandervecken.
2 was Velma Dinkley.
3 was Victor Vasarely.

DQs:

1. Real?
2. Male?

[De_La_Rue]

@SunUp

Take a DQ.
I am not Vin Diesel.
I am not Werner Von Braun. (That’s not my department!)

1 (Orlando) was Virginia Woolf.

DQ: first name begins with V?

[SunUp]

W

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name begins with V

[kitap]

1. Are you the mother of actor Kristoffer Tabori?
2. Are you Mike Hammer’s secretary?
3. Did you write Dreamsnake?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Are you a noted SF author who passed away in 2025?
2. Did your daughter become Empress of Germany?
3. Did E. Gary Gygax base the Dungeons & Dragons magic system on your books?

[De_La_Rue]

IQs:
#1. Were you Virginia Woolf’s lover, and the inspiration for Orlando?
#2. Did you hire Eddie Gaedel to play for the St. Louis Browns?
#3. Were you enemy of the Animorphs?

[knoodler]

@SunUp

@knoodler

IQs:

1. Are you a professional letter turner?
2. Did you play a fictionalized version of yourself on the TV series Ally McBeal?
3. Were you named the MVP of Super Bowl LV?

I am not Vanna White.
Take 2 DQs.

Correct
Vonda Shepherd
Von Miller

DQs:

American?
Alive?

[knoodler]

IQs:

1. Are you the founder of the XFL?
2. Are you a small-time criminal played by Walter Matthau?
3. Did you begin your career working at the Mercury Theater in New York City?

[SunUp]

@kitap

• Are you the mother of actor Kristoffer Tabori?
• Are you Mike Hammer’s secretary?
• Did you write Dreamsnake?

Take 3 DQs.

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Are you a noted SF author who passed away in 2025?
2. Did your daughter become Empress of Germany?
3. Did E. Gary Gygax base the Dungeons & Dragons magic system on your books?

Take a DQ.
I am not Queen Victoria.
I am not… Jack Vance?

@De_La_Rue

IQs:
#1. Were you Virginia Woolf’s lover, and the inspiration for Orlando?
#2. Did you hire Eddie Gaedel to play for the St. Louis Browns?
#3. Were you enemy of the Animorphs?

Take a DQ.
I am not Bill Veeck (as in Wreck).
Take another DQ.

@knoodler

IQs:

1. Are you the founder of the XFL?
2. Are you a small-time criminal played by Walter Matthau?
3. Did you begin your career working at the Mercury Theater in New York City?

I am not Vince McMahon.
Take 2 DQs.

[SunUp]

W

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name begins with V
4. Not American
5. Not living

[De_La_Rue]

@SunUp

Take a DQ.
I am not Bill Veeck (as in Wreck).
Take another DQ.

1 was Vita Sackville-West; 3 was Visser Three.

DQs:
1. known from the arts?
2. died after 1945?