DQs:
- Real
- Male
- First name starts with V
- Dead
- American
- Died after 1900
- Known for the arts
Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Correct on Vincent Price.
Miles Vorkosigan.
DQ1: Known for music (musician, singer, conductor, songwriter, &c)?
DQ2: Died after 1950?
DQs:
- Real
- Male
- First name starts with V
- Dead
- American
- Died after 1900
- Known for the arts
- Not known for music
- Died after 1950
[Yeah, I’m a big Bujold fan, too. Phooey, shoulda got Miles.]
Previous IQs:
Were you the first baby of European ancestry born in North Carolina? - Yes, Virginia Dare, of Lost Colony fame.
Did your dad’s praise of a particular newspaper lead you to write a famous letter? - Yes, that Virginia!
Were you a prominent head of the New York Public Library?- Vartan Gregorian.
DQs:
Best known as a writer?
IQs:
Were you a great king of Gondor?
Were you a noteworthy early Ohio potter?
Are you the head of USDA?
Not early Ohio potter Jabez Vodrey.
Take 2 DQs for the others.
DQs:
- Real
- Male
- First name starts with V
- Dead
- American
- Died after 1900
- Known for the arts
- Not known for music
- Died after 1950
- Not a writer
IQ1: Did you play Batman?
I am not Val Kilmer.
I know the man was an actor, but I have no idea what movies he was in and therefore can’t ask the normal sort of IQ (“Did you play…?” or “Were you in…?”). So…
IQ: Are you Van Heflin?
I am not Van Heflin (I remember he played Athos in one version of *The Three Musketeers[/].)
Previous IQs:
Were you a great king of Gondor? - Valandil
Were you a noteworthy early Ohio potter? - Yes, Jabez Vodrey - well done!
Are you the head of USDA? - Tom Vilsack, former governor of Iowa
DQs:
Actor?
Died after 1975?
IQs:
Were you an actor with a name that indicated you were no immature kid?
Were you an actor who shared a first name with that guy, and famously played a villain?
Did a guy with whom you are closely associated once say, “Sometimes on the set, if you listen very closely, you can actually hear my brain cells dying”?
Yes! I am Victor Mature! “I don’t need a spear, it’s only a small lion.”
Congratulations, EH! U’re next!
Woohoo - thanks!
My other IQs:
Were you an actor who shared a first name with that guy, and famously played a villain? - Victor Buono, who played King Tut on the old Batman show.
Did a guy with whom you are closely associated once say, “Sometimes on the set, if you listen very closely, you can actually hear my brain cells dying”? - Vanna White has spent a lot of time with Pat Sajak filming Wheel of Fortune over the years.
Since we’re deep into November, here’s a new thread: Botticelli - Nov. 2013 - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board