Botticelli - June 2024

Thread Games
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  1. I am not Vasco da Gama.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not Giuseppe Verdi.
  1. Take a DQ.
  2. I am not Valentino.
  3. I am not…Jon Voight?
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Correct, Venus, correct.
DQ: Known for the Arts?

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Previous IQs:

Were you a giant dragon in a movie? - Vermithrax Pejorative in Dragonslayer
Were you a Roman emperor with a nine-letter-long name in English? - Vespasian does have nine letters, and that’s who I was thinking of
Did you violently escape from the Larkhill Resettlement Camp? - V, in V for Vendetta

DQs:

European?
Born after 1900?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Have you played an Amish romantic rival, a Russian gangster and one of a pair of gunslingers?
Did you have a shipmate nicknamed “Stinky”?
Did you chop off Jaime Lannister’s hand?

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  1. I am not Viggo Mortensen.
  2. I am not Valentine Michael Smith, water brother of Stinky Dr. Mahmoud.
  3. Take a DQ.
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DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Only known name starts with “V”.
  4. Not American.
  5. Dead.
  6. Born after 1 C.E.
  7. Not known for the arts.
  8. European.
  9. Born before 1900.
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IQs:

  1. Did you write The Aeneid?
  2. Did you write Candide?
  3. Did Prince Humperdinck hire you to kill his bride?
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#1 was Tannis Vallely. Correct on #2. #3 was Victor Garber, also the sleazy law professor in Legally Blonde.

DQ1: Known for politics / military?
DQ2: Born before 1600?

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Previous IQs:

Have you played an Amish romantic rival, a Russian gangster and one of a pair of gunslingers? - Yes, Viggo Mortensen, in Witness, Eastern Promises and Appaloosa.
Did you have a shipmate nicknamed “Stinky"? - Yes, Valentine Michael Smith in Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land
Did you chop off Jaime Lannister’s hand? - Vargo Hoat, in the Game of Thrones books (but not the TV series, where someone else did it)

DQ:

From the British Isles?

IQs:

Did your mom not believe it when a TV variety show host called, asking for you?
Were you one of the directors of The Wizard of Oz?
Did you give your name to a major northern waterway?

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  1. I am not Virgil.
  2. I am not Jean Arouêt, known as Voltaire.
  3. I am not Vizzinni, as inconceivable as that might seem.
  1. I am not Vanna White.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I feel like I should know this, but I’m blanking. Take a DQ.
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DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Only known name starts with “V”.
  4. Not American.
  5. Dead.
  6. Born after 1 C.E.
  7. Not known for the arts.
  8. European.
  9. Born before 1900.
  10. Not known for politics/military.
  11. Born before 1600.
  12. Not from the British Isles (nor Ireland).
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Swept me!

IQs:

  1. Were you the Pie’s female jockey?
  2. Did you get a part on a TV series because you could look and act like the star of the show?
  3. Did you compose Chariots of Fire’s theme song?
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  1. Take a DQ.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not Vangelis.
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#1 was Velvet Brown, from National Velvet.
#2 was Vicki Lawrence, who won a Carol Burnett look-alike contest.
#3 is correct.

DQs:

  1. Royalty?
  2. Born before 1000 CE?
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Previous IQs:

Did your mom not believe it when a TV variety show host called, asking for you? - Not Vanna White, but Vicki Lawrence, when Carol Burnett called to invite her to join the cast of Burnett’s show
Were you one of the directors of The Wizard of Oz? - Victor Fleming
Did you give your name to a major northern waterway? - Vitas Bering

DQs:

Born before 1000?
Born in or to the east of Vienna?
Born in or the north of Vienna?

IQs:

Were you a bishop who became associated with a semi-major holiday?
Were you the female lead in Ex Machina?
Were you the first Anglo baby born in what is now North Carolina?

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I am not Alicia Vikander nor am I Virginia Dare, but yes, I am indeed Saint Valentine, patron saint of beekeepers, epileptics, and Terni, Italy. And, of course, lurrrvvveee.

Weird how variations of his name kept cropping up in the thread - Valentino, Valentine Michael Smith, Juan Valentin, Valentinian. I assumed it wouldn’t be long for one of y’all to nail it. Congratulations, @Elendil_s_Heir - you’re up!

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Good job, EH!

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Thanks! Our next letter will be

W

Updated: Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #121 by Elendil_s_Heir

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W, eh?

  1. Were you six foot four and could shoot fireballs out your arse; at least, according to your propaganda?
  2. Were you a singer who caused scandal with an album cover showing you pressing a microphone cord into your (clothed) vulva?
  3. Are you the alliteratively-named alter ego of a superhero, played by an alliteratively-named actor?
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IQs:

  1. Were you the author of One World?
  2. Did you write the hymn Joy To The World?
  3. Were you Cliff Arquette’s stage persona?
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Congratulations, E_H!

IQs:

  1. Did you steal over 600 bases as an outfielder, mostly with the Kansas City Royals?
  2. Are you the alter ego of the Phantom?
  3. Were you the orthographer who dropped the letter U from many spellings in your dictionary?