Correct for the first and third; the second is Viserys Targaryen of George R.R. Martin’s novel A Game of Thrones.
DQ: American?
IQ: Were you played at different ages by an uncle and a nephew?
IQ: Was there a near-riot at your funeral?
IQ: Were you often addressed by, but never seen with, a comedian?
Late follow up for the last game:
You were not The Noid, Chuck Norris, and once again, not Nigel Tufnil, who composed the classical work “Lick My Love Pump”.
New game:
IQ: Would various people have gotten away with it if not for you and your meddling friends?
IQ: Are you an Academy Award winner who declined an offer to replace Rick Wakeman in Yes?
IQ: Are you the famous painter of pin-up girls who painted the cover of The Cars’ Candy-O album?
Right on #1 and #2. #3 is Virgil Tibbs (they call him “Mr. Tibbs”).
DQ: Living (or if fictional, likely to be living based on the date of his first fictional appearance)?
Yes to both.
I am not Zoilo Versalles (not 100% sure he’s the right answer, but fairly confident).
I am not Fred Vinson.
I know I’ve read the name of the Revolver cover illustrator, but I don’t have a good guess, so take a DQ.
No.
I am not Vern, the target of questions and comments uttered by Ernest (Jim Varney).
Guess for the second: I am not Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, bka Lenin.
Take a DQ for the first in any case.
I am not Velma, one of the Mystery Machine gang.
I am not Alberto (?) Varga (or Vargas – he signed his name both ways at different times).
Wild guess on #2 – I am not Jon Voight. Probable DQ there.
Living.
Summary:
You are not Vangelis, Oscar-winner for the Chariots of Fire score, who rehearsed with Yes for a short time but decided against becoming a full time member of the band. Several years later he and Yes vocalist Jon Anderson released a side project under the name Jon & Vangelis.
DQ: European?
IQ: Was Alice Cooper’s 1986 attempted-comeback single He’s Back written about you?
IQ: Despite playing the title character of a 1960s television show, were you overshadowed by your martial artist sidekick?
IQ: Did you and a guitarist have a child together that became a bassist for said guitarist’s band?
Yes.
IQ1: Guess based on Alice’s material – I am not Vlad the Impaler.
IQ2: I am not Van Williams, who played the Green Hornet to Bruce Lee’s Kato.
IQ3: Guess – I am not Steve Vai.
Summary:
Zoilo Versalles is absolutely right.
The Congressman was CARL Vinson, but I’m impressed that you got the name, so I’ll give you credit.
I will take a DQ for Klaus Voorman (former bassist for Manfred Mann, and a pal of the Beatles from their Hamburg days).
DQ: Does your last name start with “V”?
IQ: Did you coin the phrase “conspicuous consumption”?
IQ2: Were you the hippie dippie Jesus in the movie version of “Godspell”?
IQ3: Did you play a doomed Italian-American soldier in a movie that was up for Best Picture?
Lord Voldemort, played by both Ralph Fiennes and his nephew.
Rudolph Valentino’s funeral got a little out of control.
Correct as to Vern, Ernest’s unseen friend.
DQ: British?
DQ: Entertainer (music, books, movies, TV, plays, etc.)?
IQ: Were you Harry Truman’s poker buddy, later named to the Supreme Court?
IQ: Were you an U.S. Air Force general after whom a base was named?
IQ: Were you a Republican internationalist U.S. senator just after WWII?
No.
I am not Thorstein Veblen.
No guess for #2, so take a DQ.
Guess on #3 – I am not Vito Scotti.
I am British.
I am not an entertainer per se, but I am known for appearing on television.
I know you’ve mentioned #1 in other threads. Is this Fred (as opposed to Carl) Vinson? If not, take a DQ.
I am not General Vandenberg.
Not sure if Vannevar Bush was a senator, but I am not him, so take a DQ unless he fits the criteria of the question.
Summary:
The hippie Jesus in “Godspell” Was Victor Garber, now usually a much more serious-looking actor.
Vin Diesel was the doomed Italian-American soldier in “Saving Private Ryan.”
DQ1: Are you under 40 years old?
DQ2: Are you an emcee or host of a television show?
IQ1: You are not Jason Voorhees. Alice Cooper was tapped to write a song for Friday the 13th Part 6?: The New Beginning, in which Jason’s corpse was resurrected with lightning.
IQ3: You are not Valerie Bertinelli, ex-wife of guitarist Eddie Van Halen and mother of Wolfgang Van Halen, who replaced Michael Anthony in Van Halen.
I’ll wait to see some of the previous DQs answers before I ask mine.
IQ: Have you been portrayed by Peter Cushing, Laurence Olivier, and Anthony Hopkins?
IQ: Did you resign from your job over a failed hostage rescue attempt?
IQ: Were you the lead singer of a very popular group that scored a top ten hit using the alias “Wonder Who”?
IQ: Did Richard Nixon ask if you’d be interested in being his running mate in 1968, before you told him you were a Democrat?
I am not under 40 years old.
I am not a television host or emcee.
I can’t think of a “V” that all three have played. Take a DQ.
I am not Cyrus Vance.
Guess – I am not Frankie Valli.
Another guess based on a dim memory – I am not Gore Vidal.
Summary:
Yes, Fred Vinson.
Yes, Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg.
The third is his uncle, Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan.
DQ: Political figure?
IQ: Did your father have curly gray hair, wear glasses and not care very much for your boyfriend?
IQ: At a major occasion in which you were the center of attention, were a few bars from Holst’s The Planets played?
IQ: Were you held prisoner in a place which your creator hated from long before?
You are not Dracula’s nemesis Professor Abraham Van Helsing.
DQ: Are you a “talking head” on television, (such as a political pundit or science-explaining-type guy)
On preview, my next DQ has been asked. I’ll hold onto my other 2.
Cyrus Vance did indeed resign over the botched hostage rescue attempt in Iran.
And Frankie Valli DID inspire the Tony-winning musical “Jersey Boys.”
The one you missed was… Richard Nixon was a huge football fan, and wanted Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi as his running mate (but Lombardi, like most blue-collar New York Catholics, was a Democrat).
DQ: Are you over 70 years old?
I have some political activity in my past, but it is not what I am most famous for, and did not involve seeking office.
No guess on #1 --take a DQ.
Educated guess on #2 – I am not Valentina Tereshkova.
Wilder guess on #3 – I am not Voltron.
I’m afraid I misled you earlier. Although I am not primarily known as a TV host, I did briefly host a series. Not likely you ever saw an episode, but I’ll change the answer to Summary Point #10 and not charge a DQ. I would not be classed as a “political pundit or science-explaining-type guy”, to use your words.
Yes.
Summary:
Veronica Lodge, sweetheart of Archie.
Valentine Michael Smith, from Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land, when he appeared as the de facto ambassador from Mars.
V., the antihero of Alan Moore’s V for Vendetta, was imprisoned in a camp at Larkhill, England. Moore had an unpleasant hitchhiking experience there years before.
DQ: Comedian?
I’ll reserve my other two DQs.
IQ: Did you relieve your paranoid capatin of command during a typhonn?
IQ: Did Francis Bacon create a memorablly horrifying painting spoofing your most famous portrait?
IQ: Do you say “Jinkies” whenever you’re excited?