Botticelli - May 2014

Thread Games
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And the new letter is

V

Have at you!

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IQs:

  1. Did enough loving make you real?
  2. When Gauguin met you, did he remark “you certainly paint like a crazy person”?
  3. Are you the daughter of the wealthiest man in Riverdale?
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Dunno the first; not Vincent Van Gogh; not Veronica Lodge.

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#1 was the Velveteen Rabbit. Correct on #2 and #3.

DQ: Real?

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IQs:

  1. Were you Andrew Jackson’s first secretary of state?
  2. Are you the voice of Groot in the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy movie?
  3. Did you star in The Best Years of our Lives?
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Not Martin Van Buren; dunno the other two.

V.

  1. real
7

#2 is Vin Diesel. #3’s Virginia Mayo.

DQs:

  1. Alive?
  2. Male?
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IQs:

  1. Were you the title character of a pre-Dracula vampire story, originally told in penny dreadfuls?
  2. Are you SCAdian’s favorite Dutch artist?
  3. Do you play Sharon Carter in the current hit movie Captain America: the Winter Soldier?
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Not Vlad the Impaler; not Vermeer; not… Viola Davis?

V.

  1. real
  2. dead
  3. male
10

Vlad wasn’t in the penny dreadfuls as far as I know. I had in mind Varney the Vampire. Vermeer’s right. #3 is Emily VanCamp.

DQ: Is V the initial of your first name?

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:smiley:
IQ1: Did you write of the adventures of Bonadventure Pencroff and his companions?
IQ2: Did you and your wife take in her sister’s son after his parents were killed?
IQ3: Were you sentenced to five years in prison for stealing bread to feed your sister’s family?

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Vlad was just a guess. Take another DQ, Prof. P.

Dunno, and neither Vernon Dursley nor Jean Valjean.

V.

  1. real
  2. dead
  3. male
  4. last name starts with V
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DQ: Died since 1900?

IQs:

  1. Did you have one of TV’s first topless nude scenes in a PBS airing of Steambath?
  2. Were you an Ohio art potter?
  3. Were you one of the first agents for the Shadow?
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Jules Verne (The Mysterious Island).
Correct on Vernon Dursley and jean Valjean.
DQ: American?
IQ1: Did you play Dr Phibes?
IQ2: Did you correct many of Galen’s errors regarding human anatomy?
IQ3: Did you have a seatbelt for your piano bench?

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Not Veronica Lake, Jabez Vodrey or… dunno.

Not Vincent Price, dunno, and not Victor Borge.

V.

  1. real
  2. dead
  3. male
  4. last name starts with V
  5. died since 1900
  6. not American
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#1 was Valerie Perrine. #2 is, of course, correct. #3 was Harry Vincent.

DQs:

  1. European?
  2. Known for the arts?
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IQs:

  1. Did you play a daughter on a sitcom set in Indianapolis?
  2. Did you play Rhoda Morgenstern?
  3. Were you one of the roles played by Jim Broadbent in Cloud Atlas?
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IQ1: Did you develop a diagram commonly used in set theory?
IQ2: Did you explain the difference between a Royale with Cheese and a Quarter Pounder?
IQ3: Did you portray the sister of one of the most famous murder victims in cinema history?

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Dunno, not Valerie Harper, or… damn! I should know this. Love that movie. But you got me.

Not Whatshisname Venn, Vincent Vega or… dunno.

V.

  1. real
  2. dead
  3. male
  4. last name starts with V
  5. died since 1900
  6. not American
  7. European
  8. known for the arts
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#1 was Valerie Bertinelli in One Day at a Time.
#2 is indeed Valerie Harper.
#3 is Vyvyan Ayres, dottering composer and husband to a white Halle Berry. (It is a grand movie.)

DQs:

  1. Known for the performing arts?
  2. Died after 1980?