Botticelli -- Mar 2021

Thread Games
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Varney.
Never heard of it, or of him/her. I’ll rephrase.
Rembrandt van Rijn.


DQ1: Native speaker of a Germanic language?
DQ2: Known for sports?


IQ1: You are a real, deceased person. Was a common rum drink named for you?
IQ2: Did your grandfather invent a new kind of baking powder?
IQ3: Did you play Col Mortimer and Sabata?

283

#1 was Vercingetorix. (Vortigern was a Briton, but not Arverni.)
#2 was Volpone.
Correct on Voltaire.

DQ: Died before 1700?

1 DQ reserved.

284

IQs:
1. Did you appear in UHF alongside Weird Al?
2. Are a New Jersey rest stop and sports trophy named after you?
3. Were you Wendy’s emo boyfriend on Gravity Falls?

285

Dunno x3.

Not Victoria Principal, Vince Lombardi or Vic.

V.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. dead
  4. first name began with V
  5. not known for the Arts
  6. Caucasian
  7. military/political, but not best known for that
  8. not American
  9. not from the British Isles
  10. died before 1900
  11. not known for science
  12. native speaker of a Germanic language
  13. not known for sports
  14. died after 1700
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DQ: Known for writings?

287

Admiral “Old Grog” Vernon.
Vincent Price.
Lee Van Cleef (For a Few Dollars More and two(?) Sabata films).


DQ1: Died after 1800?
DQ2: Known for religion?
One DQ reserved.

288

IQs:

  1. Were you born Vladimir Ulyanov?
  2. Did you win a gold medal for skating at Albertville?
  3. Were you a novelist who was friends with Liszt and Berlioz?
289

1 was Victoria Jackson; 3 was Robbie Valentino.

Two DQs reserved.

290

Not Lenin, dunno and dunno.

V.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. dead
  4. first name began with V
  5. not known for the Arts
  6. Caucasian
  7. military/political, but not best known for that
  8. not American
  9. not from the British Isles
  10. died before 1900
  11. not known for science
  12. native speaker of a Germanic language
  13. not known for sports
  14. died after 1700
  15. not known for writings
  16. died before 1800
  17. not known for religion

No more IQs, please, as there are three DQs outstanding.

291

Correct on Vladimir Lenin, Viktor Petrenko and Victor Hugo.

DQs:

  1. First name starts with Va - to - Vi?
  2. Scandinavian?
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V.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. dead
  4. first name began with V
  5. not known for the Arts
  6. Caucasian
  7. military/political, but not best known for that
  8. not American
  9. not from the British Isles
  10. died before 1900
  11. not known for science
  12. native speaker of a Germanic language
  13. not known for sports
  14. died after 1700
  15. not known for writings
  16. died before 1800
  17. not known for religion
  18. first name starts with Va - to - Vi
  19. Scandinavian
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DQ: Vitus Bering?

(This is my last reserved DQ, not my Firstname-Lastname DQ.)

294

Dingdingding!

Yes, I am

Vitus Bering

The Danish explorer and cartographer, and namesake of the Bering Strait: Vitus Bering - Wikipedia

Well done. Thought I had you there.

295

I don’t think I knew his first name. Great job, SCA!

296

Thanks. I’d about run out of ideas when I thought of explorers…



I am E!

297

Congrats!

  1. Are you Nancy Drew’s aunt?
  2. Did you write the book Gone-Away Lake, among others?
  3. Were you a prolific writer who wrote, among other things, the Famous Five series?
298

Never heard of him. I mean, I’ve heard of the Bering Strait, but I’d never guess him.

Anyway:

1. In the Purim story, did you replace Vashti?
2. Did you write a poem about the Statue of Liberty?
3. Did you found Yale?

299

IQs:

  1. Did you write Brideshead Revisited?
  2. Did you create the character of Weary Willie?
  3. Were you wives’ names Elsa and Mileva?
300

E it is.

IQs:

Were you a noted Irish freedom-fighter of the 1790s?
A former FBI agent, were you the first elected County Executive of Cuyahoga County, Ohio?
Were you the first in your high office to use a rubber stamp for signing the piles of documents which came your way?

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DQ. (All I remember is the housekeeper, Hannah Gruen.)
Not Elizabeth Enright.
Not Enid Blyton.

Not Esther.
Not Emma Whosywhatsy.
Not … Edward Yale?

Not Evelyn Waugh.
Not Emmett Kelly.
DQ.

DQ.
DQ.
Not Eisenhower.