Those are good questions if I was sitting next to one in a bar and starting up a conversation maybe but since most of the questions can be answered on the VC's web site (including
lists of companies they have already funded), in an interview I would concentrate on discussing my proposal.
A "real VC" is unlikely to be a "relatively new investor".
If they call themselves a "venture capital firm" then there's no game theoretic win to asking if they're accredited. If they aren't, they can't invest anyways, so hot-seating them is dumb.
To be fair he qualified the questions with "When the ball is in your court..." So the assumption here is that the founder has leverage.
Agree. Also the other questions are reasonable, but not heat inducing.