Botticelli - September 2015

Thread Games
561

Lord Voldemort.
Jan-Michael Vincent (Airwolf).
Correct. I’m impressed.
DQ1: Died after 1900?
DQ2: Known for political/military actions?
IQ1: Did you paint a portrait of your slave, Juan?
IQ2: Did you play Number One in Section Two?
IQ3: Did you record The First Family?

562

DQ Roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with V
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Not known for the arts
  7. Died before 1900
  8. Not known for political/military actions
563

take 3 DQs

564

Dq) Known as a scientist or inventor?

DQ2) Born in or after 1800?

Saving one DQ

565

IQs:

Did you become top dude when Isildur and his sons perished?
Were you pals with “Stinky” Mahmoud?
Did you look right at the camera when a BLT was mentioned?

566

Diego Velazquez (Portrait of Juan de Pareja).
Robert Vaughn - that was Napoleon Solo’s position at UNCLE.
Vaughn Meader.
Three DQs reserved.

567

DQ Roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with V
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Not known for the arts
  7. Died before 1900
  8. Not known for political/military actions
  9. Not a scientist or inventor
  10. Born before 1800
568

dunno, not Michael Valentine Smith, dunno

569

IQ1: Were you a shipping and railroad magnate known as “Commodore”?
IQ2: Did you write about Tschai?
IQ3: Were you Jimmy Carter’s SecState?

570

DQ) Known as an explorer or colonizer?

571

IQs:

  1. Were you the Captain of The Flying Dutchman?
  2. Were you a business tycoon and philanthropist of the early-to-mid 19th Centuiry?
  3. Did you discover red blood cells?
572

Ahhhh. I bet SCAdian has it.

Previous IQs:

Did you become top dude when Isildur and his sons perished? - Valandil, in the LOTR appendices.
Were you pals with “Stinky” Mahmoud? - Yes, Valentine Michael Smith, in Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land.
Did you look right at the camera when a BLT was mentioned? - Billy Ray Valentine, in Trading Places, getting a patronizing lesson on commodity futures from the Duke Brothers: Trading Places - Bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich - YouTube.

DQs:

Born before 1700s?

One DQ reserved.

573

DQ Roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with V
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Not known for the arts
  7. Died before 1900
  8. Not known for political/military actions
  9. Not a scientist or inventor
  10. Born before 1800
  11. Not known as an explorer or colonizer
574

not Cornelius Vanderbilt, dunno, not Cyrus Vance

575

not Van Der Decker(?), not Cornelius Vanderbilt, dunno

576

DQ Roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with V
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Not known for the arts
  7. Died before 1900
  8. Not known for political/military actions
  9. Not a scientist or inventor
  10. Born before 1800
  11. Not known as an explorer or colonizer
  12. Not born before 1700
577

Correct.
SF author Jack Vance.
Correct.
DQ1: Known as a businessman?
DQ2: Married to someone famous?
Two DQs reserved.

Alas…

578

#1 was Vandervecken (or, alternatively, Vanderdecken, Van Der Vecker, Van Der Decker), so correct.
#2 is correct.
#3 is van Leeuwenhoek.

1 DQ reserved.

579

DQ Roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with V
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Not known for the arts
  7. Died before 1900
  8. Not known for political/military actions
  9. Not a scientist or inventor
  10. Born before 1800
  11. Not known as an explorer or colonizer
  12. Not born before 1700
  13. Not known as a businessman
  14. Not married to someone famous
580

DQ: Known for criminal activities?