Botticelli November 2011

Thread Games
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IQ: Did a national tragedy bring your successful act to an abrupt end?
IQ: Were you criticized as a crony of a President? (not Fred Vinson again)
IQ: Did you write Assassination Vacation?

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IQ: Were you the heroine of a Stan Lee drawn, soap opera spoofing, newspaper comic strip in the Seventies?

IQ: Did you date Bruce Wayne for a while?

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Man, I should have known that one after all the Archie comics I read and TV cartoons I watched as a kid…

No.

Take a DQ for #1.

Guess – I am not Jan Vermeer. So many “V” painters to pick from, though.

Wilder guess on #3 – I am not Prince Valiant.

I am not Vaughn Meader, whose Kennedy-lampooning album my parents own.

I am not Paul Volcker, who I believe fits the criterion even if he’s not who you had in mind.

I am not Sarah Vowell.

I’ll probably recognize the answer to #1, but take a DQ.

I am not Vicky Vale.

Summary:

  1. I am real.
  2. I am male.
  3. I am not American.
  4. I am alive as of this posting.
  5. I am European.
  6. My last name does not start with “V”.
  7. I am British.
  8. I am not an entertainer per se, but I am known for appearing on television.
  9. I am not under 40 years old.
    9A. I am not primarily known as a television host or emcee, but did briefly headline a TV series.
  10. I am over 70 years old.
  11. I am not a comedian (a profession I would consider an entertainer, as per Point #8).
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Correct as to #1 and #3. I’ll rephrase #2:

IQ: A man in uniform, were you criticized as a crony of a President?

Two previously reserved DQs:

DQ: Are you a political or current-affairs commentator?
DQ: Have you been on a top-rated British TV program in the past five years?

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Van Johnson relieved the paranoid, panicky Humphrey Bogart of command, in ***The Caine Mutiny.

Francis Bacon’s horrifying satire was of Velazquez’ portrait of Pope Innocent.

And Velma of “Scooby Doo” fame was always saying “Jinkies.”

DQ1: Are you a journalist or newscaster?

DQ2: Have you written any books?

DQ3: Are you well known outside the UK?

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I don’t think he was in uniform at the time, and I’m not 100% sure of his first name, but I’ll say I am not Nixon pal Vincent “Bebe” Rebozo.

No to the first.

As to the second, if I have appeared on a top-rated British TV program in recent years, it has been as a guest interviewee.

Summary:

  1. I am real.
  2. I am male.
  3. I am not American.
  4. I am alive as of this posting.
  5. I am European.
  6. My last name does not start with “V”.
  7. I am British.
  8. I am not an entertainer per se, but I am known for appearing on television.
  9. I am not under 40 years old.
    9A. I am not primarily known as a television host or emcee, but did briefly headline a TV series.
  10. I am over 70 years old.
  11. I am not a comedian (a profession I would consider an entertainer, as per Point #8).
  12. I am not a political or current-affairs commentator.
  13. I have likely appeared on British TV in the past five years as an interviewee, but hosted my short-lived series in the more distant past.
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Love the name Bebe Rebozo, but he was never in uniform. I was thinking of Harry Vaughan, Truman’s military aide, who owed his general’s star more to politics than merit.

I don’t know British TV all that well, and will let someone else ask my DQ.

IQ: Were you a Marine who was never mistaken for a man?
IQ: Have you served as a big-city mayor, a governor and a U.S. senator?
IQ: Are you a poet, photographer and actor?

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I answered a question about her earlier, so I don’t think you get a DQ for this one. I’ll answer these two:

I am neither a journalist nor newscaster.

I have written books.

Take a DQ for #1.

I am not George Voinovich.

Guess – I am not Vince vaughn.

Summary (see note added to Point #13):

  1. I am real.
  2. I am male.
  3. I am not American.
  4. I am alive as of this posting.
  5. I am European.
  6. My last name does not start with “V”.
  7. I am British.
  8. I am not an entertainer per se, but I am known for appearing on television.
  9. I am not under 40 years old.
    9A. I am not primarily known as a television host or emcee, but did briefly headline a TV series.
  10. I am over 70 years old.
  11. I am not a comedian (a profession I would consider an entertainer, as per Point #8).
  12. I am not a political or current-affairs commentator.
  13. I have likely appeared on British TV in the past five years as an interviewee, but hosted my short-lived series (which did not air exclusively in Britain) in the more distant past.
  14. I am neither a journalist nor newscaster.
  15. I have written books.
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Vasquez, the kickass female Marine from Aliens.
Correct as to Voinovich.
Viggo Mortensen is one multitalented guy.

Still baffled. I now have three DQs which anyone else is welcome to ask - first come, first served.

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“The Virtue of Vera Valiant” was Stan’s Seventies soap-spoofing strip. Right on Vicki Vale.

DQ: Is your fame primarily from your writing, and

IQ: Have you won both the Booker prize and the Nobel prize for Literature?

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Ooops. I forgot about this thread for a few days…

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