Botticelli - July, 2014

Not:
Vladimir Lenin
Valentina Tershenko (know I messed last name, but I know who you meant)
St Valentine

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IQs:

  1. Did you play Lenny Bruce’s wife in the movie Lenny?
  2. Were you one of Batman’s girlfriends?
  3. Did you conceive of the chronosynclastic infundibulum?

Prof 3 DQs. #3 broke my brain. :smiley:

Late to the party… good job, etv78!

Previous IQs:

Did you give your horse a top government post? - Yes, Caligula named his horse a consul of Rome
Did you write a book about your experiences playing Richard III? - British actor Simon Callow
Did you fund the expedition that found the Confederate submarine Hunley? - Yes, Clive Cussler

V, eh?

Was one of your pals nicknamed “Stinky”?
Were you a correspondent of Catherine the Great’s?
Are you the spymaster of King’s Landing?

EH: 3 DQs

#1 was Valerie Perrine. #2 was Vicki Vale.
#3 is from the SF novel The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut.

DQs:

  1. Died before 1400?
  2. From Northern Europe (what is now Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Scandinavia)?

1 DQ reserved.

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DQ: known for the creative arts?

IQ1: Were you the first European to reach India by sea?
IQ2: Are you the nom de plume for François-Marie Arouet?
IQ3: Are you the author of Les Miserables?

IQs:

  1. Are you considered to be the major inspiration for Dracula?
  2. Were you the 8th U.S. President?
  3. Are you part of a famed team of mystery solvers?

Previous IQs:

Was one of your pals nicknamed “Stinky”? - Valentine Michael Smith, in Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land. “Stinky” Mahmoud was an Earth scientist on an expedition to Mars.*
Were you a correspondent of Catherine the Great’s? - The French philosopher Voltaire.
Are you the spymaster of King’s Landing? - Varys, in Game of Thrones.

DQs:

Born in or east of Vienna?
Royalty?

IQs:

Were you the first white child born in what is now North Carolina?
Did you kill your dad and later return to his tomb for a clandestine ceremony?
Did your dad tell you to trust a particular newspaper?

  • ETA: Ooops, I see Prof. P. already asked about Smith. Never mind!

Very nice Knowed!

I am Vasco de Gama!!

Goody! Thanks etv78.

Today’s mystery guest is brought to you by the letter [COLOR=“Red”]J[/COLOR].

IQ: Were you fixed up with your current beau with the help of the A-rod people like?

Good job, Knowed Out!

IQs:

  1. Did you “lead the charge that brought us safe to the rear”?
  2. Did you write Born Free?
  3. Did you star in My Mother The Car?

IQ1: Are you the pride of the “Small Town” of Seymour, Indiana?
IQ2: Were you once married to an “Uptown Girl”?

Way to go, Knowed!

Previous IQs:

Were you the first white child born in what is now North Carolina? - Virginia Dare of the Lost Colony
Did you kill your dad and later return to his tomb for a clandestine ceremony? - Lord Voldemort
Did your dad tell you to trust a particular newspaper? - Virginia of “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” fame

On to J…

IQs:

Were you once a lover of Inga Arvad?
Was your pal and aide Clyde Tolson?
Were you a very good amphibious friend?

I have no idea. Take a DQ.

  1. Dunno
  2. Dunno
  3. Not Jerry Van Dyke