Bottticelli -- Oct 2017

Thread Games
21

Not Vanzetti.
DQ.
Not Jack Vance.

22

#1. Not who I had in mind, but it works.
#2 was Vangelis.
Correct on #3.

DQ: Known for writing?

23

Van Cliburn, Vasquez, Vera Miles

Born east of the Mississippi?
Born north of the Mason-Dixon line?

holding a DQ

24

V

  1. Real
  2. Last name begins with V
  3. Female
  4. American
  5. Dead
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Not an actress
  8. Did not die after 1975
  9. Died after 1950
  10. Not known for the performing arts
  11. Last name begins with “Va”
  12. Known for writing
  13. Born east of the Mississippi
  14. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line
25

IQs:

  1. Are you an heiress and a designer of blue jeans?
  2. Are you #1’s mother?
  3. Are you the captain of The Flying Dutchman?
26

Not Gloria Vanderbilt.
DQ.
Not … Van der Poel?

27

Vasquez in Aliens wasn’t a lieutenant, BTW - just a private; Lt. Gorman was the only officer along for the mission. And she was played by Jenette, not Jennifer, Goldstein.

Previous IQs:

Did your husband considerately wait outside until you were done “entertaining” your lover? - Vivien Leigh, who was promiscuous (perhaps due to mental illness); her husband was Sir Laurence Olivier
Were you Jimmy Smits’s first big TV role? - Victor Sifuentes, on L.A. Law
Did Steve Winwood sing about you? - Yes, Valerie: Valerie - YouTube

DQs:

Best known as a novelist?
Won a top writing award?

IQs:

Did George Costanza like to pretend he was an architect of this name?
Were you a prominent Ohio Copperhead during the Civil War?
Did you precede Earl Warren as Chief Justice of the United States?

28

Three DQs.

V

  1. Real
  2. Last name begins with V
  3. Female
  4. American
  5. Dead
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Not an actress
  8. Did not die after 1975
  9. Died after 1950
  10. Not known for the performing arts
  11. Last name begins with “Va”
  12. Known for writing
  13. Born east of the Mississippi
  14. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line
  15. Not best known as a novelist
  16. Did not win a top writing award
29

Correct on #1.
#2 was Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt. (Since it’s essentially the same answer as #1, I won’t count it.)
#3 was Capt. Vonderdecken (or Vandervecken, depending on the story).

DQ: Journalist or columnist?

30

Previous IQs:

Did George Costanza like to pretend he was an architect of this name? - Art Vandelay
Were you a prominent Ohio Copperhead during the Civil War? - Clement Vallandigham
Did you precede Earl Warren as Chief Justice of the United States? - Fred Vinson

DQs:

Associated with NYC?
Famous husband?

One DQ reserved.

31

V

  1. Real
  2. Last name begins with V
  3. Female
  4. American
  5. Dead
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Not an actress
  8. Did not die after 1975
  9. Died after 1950
  10. Not known for the performing arts
  11. Last name begins with “Va”
  12. Known for writing
  13. Born east of the Mississippi
  14. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line
  15. Not best known as a novelist
  16. Did not win a top writing award
  17. Not a journalist or columnist
  18. Born and died in NYC, but not particularly associated with it
  19. Four non-famous husbands (consecutively, of course - simultaneous husbands would be improper!)
32

IQ1: Did you play Peter Petrelli in Heroes?
IQ2: Do you play guitar and mandolin in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band?
IQ3: Were you the frontman for the Four Seasons?

33

IQ: Did you write the Camp Fire Girls series?

34

DQ.
DQ.
Not Frankie Valli

DQ.

35

That was Margaret Vandercook.

1 DQ reserved.

36

Milo Ventimiglia, Steve Van Zandt

DQ: Poet?
DQ: Nonfiction writer?

holding a DQ

37

V

  1. Real
  2. Last name begins with V
  3. Female
  4. American
  5. Dead
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Not an actress
  8. Did not die after 1975
  9. Died after 1950
  10. Not known for the performing arts
  11. Last name begins with “Va”
  12. Known for writing
  13. Born east of the Mississippi
  14. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line
  15. Not best known as a novelist
  16. Did not win a top writing award
  17. Not a journalist or columnist
  18. Born and died in NYC, but not particularly associated with it
  19. Four non-famous husbands (consecutively, of course - simultaneous husbands would be improper!)
  20. Not a poet
  21. Nonfiction writer
    And here we are! By my count each of you has one DQ left; ask them, and I’ll answer after I get home from work tomorrow afternoon.
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DQ: Writer on political or social issues?

39

DQ: Writer of instructional material, like cook books?

40

V

  1. Real
  2. Last name begins with V
  3. Female
  4. American
  5. Dead
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Not an actress
  8. Did not die after 1975
  9. Died after 1950
  10. Not known for the performing arts
  11. Last name begins with “Va”
  12. Known for writing
  13. Born east of the Mississippi
  14. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line
  15. Not best known as a novelist
  16. Did not win a top writing award
  17. Not a journalist or columnist
  18. Born and died in NYC, but not particularly associated with it
  19. Four non-famous husbands (consecutively, of course - simultaneous husbands would be improper!)
  20. Not a poet
  21. Nonfiction writer
  22. A bit of a stretch, but could be called a writer on political or social issues
  23. Writer of instructional material, like cook books