Person trivia - another forum game

[dino3310]

cooper .

[Hitcher]

Sigh. Mini Cooper is the clue you seek.

Now you should be better placed to identify the person in question...

[martybabe]

paddy hopkirk

Tommy cooper :first:

Super dooper cooper

:argh:

[dino3310]

alice cooper:headbang:

[Hitcher]

We have a winner!

Off you go Dino...

[Winston001]

While we are waiting for Dino, here's one:

This person once wrote a story about selling baby shoes.

[dino3310]

We have a winner!

Off you go Dino...

shit that was a lucky guess,
phone lines are down at home sorry for the delay.
carry on with Winston001's clue.

[WolveNZ]

While we are waiting for Dino, here's one:

This person once wrote a story about selling baby shoes.
Ernest Hemingway

[Winston001]

Ernest Hemingway

Sheesh 1 hour 5 minutes, what took you so long. :bash:

CORRECT. Good man.

Nice story actually - Hemingway was once challenged to write a story using 6 words:


"For sale. Baby shoes, never worn"

[WolveNZ]

Sheesh 1 hour 5 minutes, what took you so long. :bash:

CORRECT. Good man.

Nice story actually - Hemingway was once challenged to write a story using 6 words:


"For sale. Baby shoes, never worn"
he all so won 10$ for the effort :yes:

[dino3310]

next .

[Hitcher]

It's Wolve's turn.

[Hitcher]

The world's most famous rugby halfback and motorcyclist.

[Maha]

Joost Vandervesthausen (sp)?
George Greegan?

[MisterD]

Are we talking New Zealand "halfback" = "scrum half" everywhere else, or including "fly halves" in this as well? Don't give me that 5/8 nonsense , you hear?

[Hitcher]

Are we talking New Zealand "halfback" = "scrum half" everywhere else, or including "fly halves" in this as well? Don't give me that 5/8 nonsense , you hear?

All of the above. He's not/wasn't a New Zealander. He's also dead, and has been since 1967.

[MisterD]

All of the above. He's not/wasn't a New Zealander. He's also dead, and has been since 1967.

Are we talking motorcyclist, rugby player and mass murderer?

[Hitcher]

"Mass murderer" could be a bit extreme...

[MisterD]

Che Guevara it is then - what else would you call Castro's executioner?

[Hitcher]

Well done! Over to you.

[MisterD]

Auckland District Commander that saved Jamaica.

[Winston001]

....of his own accord....?? :rofl::rofl::rofl:

[MisterD]

Funny guy, of course the question should be who saved Jamaica.

Extra hint, I have been a little cryptic, and Jamaica was saved from the French.

[Hitcher]

Clint Rickards!

[Winston001]

Allan Galbraith

[Hitcher]

Obvious really...

[Winston001]

So........lessee, Rickards had a truncheon nicknamed "Jamaica" and didn't use a french letter on it? Huh? Got it huh??? Am I right, oh pleeeeaaaasseee say yeth....:love:

[MisterD]

I'm sensing that you're all flailing about with no idea, and I'm struggling to think of additional clues that won't completely give it away.

Try thinking about the districts that form part of greater Auckland...

[Hitcher]

Maraetai!!

[MisterD]

:slap: Is that another way of saying "I give up"?

Auckland region comprises four cities and three districts which are....?

[Hitcher]

Rodney, Papakura and Franklin.

Do I win?

[MisterD]

Gah! I give up.

The answer I was looking for was Admiral Rodney (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Brydges_Rodney,_1st_Baron_Rodney) who defeated a more powerful French fleet at the Battle of the Saintes and thereby saved Jamaica.

Admiral Rodney - Auckland district commander - geddit?:bye:

[Hitcher]

Doh! No. Try again please with something a little less demanding for us obtuse old farts.

[Winston001]

I still don't understand. :pinch: Who is this Jamaica? Was she a police-woman who got caught up in the French bombing of the Rainbow Warrior? I didn't think there were any Admirals involved with that scandalous event??

[MisterD]

Just for that smartarse, you can set the next one. I'm all out of inspiration at the mo'.

[Winston001]

This famous person is not related to a Python.

[Hitcher]

The comedy series, snake, hand gun or operating system?

[MisterD]

Sarah "VPILF" Palin?

[Winston001]

Sarah "VPILF" Palin?

BLING :Punk:

Well done. Sarah as in "not Michael" Palin.

Your turn....and enough of the cryptic stuff already ok??

[Winston001]

The comedy series, snake, hand gun or operating system?


Hmmm.....if I'd seen this earlier we could have had some fun. :D

[Maha]

Ok, I will just jump in here, I have a question.
Who did Bruce Springsteen pull out of the crowd to dance with him onstage in the early 80's? Easy enough question and I have no idea what made me think of it, just one of those things...:done:

[martybabe]

Ok, I will just jump in here, I have a question.
Who did Bruce Springsteen pull out of the crowd to dance with him onstage in the early 80's? Easy enough question and I have no idea what made me think of it, just one of those things...:done:

Courtney cox ex Friends.

[Hitcher]

Try this one:

This Welsh lass's dad worked for MI5 and her mum's dad won a Nobel Prize (for physics). She had a common interest with Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

[Winston001]

Olivia Neutron-Bomb .....but not sure about her and Sam...although he might have been a singer while chasing the dragon.... :D

[Hitcher]

Pah. Too easy.

[Winston001]

Pah. Too easy.

Aw fair suck of the sav mate, it took nearly 5 hours for an answer to spring out, don't be too harsh on yerself.... Check out Martybabe above - answer in 4 minutes!!



This English landlord was the best of the best in a rare gordian duty.

[Winston001]

While his occupation was normally running a hostelry, that had nothing to do with his other, more discreet calling. A calling incidentally which ran in the family.

[Winston001]

Are youse jokers just hanging around or whut??

[Hitcher]

Another clue would be useful...

[Winston001]

Sigh.....there was one in my last post but no problem. This persons job may theoretically still exist in the UK and New Zealand but (to the best of my knowledge) there are no appointees. A bit of a stretch.

[Winston001]

I'm going to have to execute a conclusion soon....

The person had a French name but was quintessentially English. He worked for a while at Nuremberg.

[Hitcher]

Witch-smeller pursuivant?

[Hitcher]

Albert Pierrepoint.

[Winston001]

There ya go Hitcher, not so hard after all. You did note the "hanging around" clue I hope....?? I haven't seen the movie but read his biography and it was.....chilling. Felt right depressed after finishing it. A humane man who would carry out an execution within 20 seconds of entering the condemned cell.

Your turn.

[Hitcher]

One of the world's top drivers: a Buddhist ET.

[Winston001]

Maxwell Fraser

[Hitcher]

And this ET has a New Zealand connection.

[Winston001]

And ET = ....? Extra Terrestrial?

[Hitcher]

And ET = ....? Extra Terrestrial?

Some of his admirers may think so. But I understand he is human. And fertile.

[Winston001]

More hints please.

[Hitcher]

He's a 32-year-old American citizen who is at the top of his game.

[Trudes]

Tiger Woods

[Hitcher]

We have a winner!

Your turn Trudes.

[Trudes]

Cool! Shit, now I have to think of someone.

Ok....

This person owns a Harley and a Vespa, and has been seen as a pornographer, a gay hitman, a woman beater mob man, a military prison commander and a mob boss.

[Hitcher]

Ewan McGregor.

[Trudes]

Nope...... right kinda track though

[martybabe]

James Gandolfini?

[Winston001]

Woody Harrelson?

[McJim]

Woody Harrelson?

Typical - you only saw the Larry Flint connection I presume! :rofl:

[Winston001]

Typical - you only saw the Larry Flynt connection I presume! :rofl:

Sheesh get it right Glasgae lad


And I've never trusted James Gandolfini after "A Civil Action", dobbing in that nice timber company......knew he'd come to a bad end as Tony, reckon Paulie will off him one of these days..... :D

[Trudes]

James Gandolfini?

Exactly!! Your turn. :)

[martybabe]

Exactly!! Your turn. :)


Thanx Trudes.

He's not the Marlboro man but he is in the Benson and hedges.

[martybabe]

He mostly wears a hat, you two can see his name in the first clue.

[Hitcher]

Shebeen Dongs?

Henbane Godsends?

[martybabe]

Shebeen Dongs?

Henbane Godsends?

:lol: A little too deep Hitch. It's not an anagram, I've always loved Shebeen Dongs though, very underrated.

His name appears correctly written in the first clue, just surrounded by too many other letters.

He is a Guitar player for the band that appear in the second clue. Listed as one of the best guitarists of all time, he has played with Johny Cash and others but is best known for playing alongside his mate who's name would be better suited to a dog biscuit.

[Winston001]

David Howell Evans better known as The Edge, from U2.

Actually he's an ok guitarist but not up there with Joe Satriani etc.....

[martybabe]

David Howell Evans better known as The Edge, from U2.

Actually he's an ok guitarist but not up there with Joe Satriani etc.....

Arrr, you be right on both counts. Take it away dude. :niceone:

[Winston001]

This fictional TV person was famous for his dispassionate views.

[Hitcher]

MacGyver...

[MisterD]

Fred Dagg...

[Winston001]

Fred Dagg...

LOL.....:Punk: but No.

He was not of this Earth.

[Trudes]

Alf..... ?

[MisterD]

Mork? (10 chars)

[Winston001]

Great guesses - hadn't even thought of them but they aren't logical.

[Hitcher]

Mr Spock...

[Winston001]

Its a guess Jim but not as we know it..... :Punk:

Well done, over to you.

[Winston001]

This person became famous for inventing and developing a leisure activity which nevertheless, is usually completed in about 10 seconds.

[WRT]

A J Hackett

[Winston001]

A J Hackett

Spot on and very quick. Over to you. :2thumbsup:

[WRT]

A very fast American, he and his wife were shot and killed at home in Bradbury, California and he was interred along with his pets in the Rose Hills Memorial Park.

[martybabe]

Mickey Thompson?

[WRT]

Mickey Thompson?

Yup, bang on (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Thompson)!

[martybabe]

Easy one...Can you name the other two?

John Ent:whistle:

Keith :moon:

[Mikkel]

I know who - Pete Townshend & Roger Daltrey :yes:

[Mikkel]

Don't need a confirmation on that one.

This fella was the original Jesus!

[martybabe]

Don't need a confirmation on that one.

This fella was the original Jesus!


Osins Dionysus .

[Mikkel]

Osins Dionysus .

"Close" but no cigar.

This guy wasn't belting along until a fair few years later.

[MisterD]

Ian Gillan? He sang the part on the Jesus Christ Superstar album.

[Hitcher]

Robert Powell? And I don't think he's dead yet.

[Mikkel]

Ian Gillan? He sang the part on the Jesus Christ Superstar album.

That's the man. (If you'd said Ian Gillian I would have had to say "close but not quite" ;) - can't bling you again yet though.)

[MisterD]

This famous sailor is unlucky at cricket.

[Hitcher]

Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson. 111. One eye, one leg, one ambition. The New Zealand cricket team's "devil" number. The Australian's devil number is 87.

[MisterD]

Yeah, easy as, but I hadn't expected to be setting the question...

[Hitcher]

A former MotoGP rider who has a day named after him.

[WRT]

A former MotoGP rider who has a day named after him.

It's probably safe to say after 4 days that we could use another clue . . .

[Maha]

A former MotoGP rider who has a day named after him.

Wednesday Carossa?

[Hitcher]

No. More recent than that.

[Maha]

So everyones lost interest?

Here is your starter for 10!!!
Nice and easy, none of this 'who the hell are you talking about' bullshit.

'I use to get alot of sex from Rock Royalty until he caught the very last Morning Train.'

Come on Martybabe, you can doooooo it!!!

[WRT]

Rob Schneider??? :blink:

[Hitcher]

Oh well then...

The answer to my one was Wayne Rainey (as in rainy day).

[Maha]

No No...She is more........eastern than Rob.

[WRT]

Yoko Ono?  

[Naki Rat]

Sheena Easton:beer:

[Maha]

Sheena Easton:beer:

I said it was easy!!!!

Sheena Easton use to luuuuuuuuuuuuuurve Prince.

[Maha]

Yoko Ono?  

Wrong sort of Eastern really eh???....:confused:

[Naki Rat]

Expat Kiwi with an interest in small furry animals

[Hitcher]

Possum Bourne.

[Mikkel]

Oh well then...

The answer to my one was Wayne Rainey (as in rainy day).

Well, if it hadn't been a former rider my guess would have been Valentino Rossi as in Valentine's Day... About the same I suppose :)

[Naki Rat]

Possum Bourne.

Not Possum.

Once a skinhead.

[GTRMAN]

Russel Crowe

[Hitcher]

Bob Charles.

[Naki Rat]

Russel Crowe

You got it :Punk:

Small animals = Rabbitohs

[GTRMAN]

sweet,

next: famous englishman with an american accent

[Finn]

sweet,

next: famous englishman with an american accent

Hugh Laurie

Next: A singer, who like a turkey went gobble, gobble, gobble and died before Christmas...

[GTRMAN]

sorry Finn, close but no cigar.

second clue, famous author

[Winston001]

Next: A singer, who like a turkey went gobble, gobble, gobble and died before Christmas...

Mama Cass Elliot

[Winston001]

famous englishman with an american accent

Alistair Cook?

[GTRMAN]

Third clue; his voice is not his own

[Karl08]

Steven Hawkings

[Karl08]

Next Q: He was 80 yesterday

[Naki Rat]

Mickey Mouse ?!?

[Karl08]

spot on. Over to you

[Naki Rat]

Starter: Ex-army cook

[MisterD]

Keith Floyd?

[Naki Rat]

Next: a polygamist

[Naki Rat]

Dark, from a dark place

[Winston001]

Hmmm....I came up with Barak Obama's grandfather but that seemed kind of obscure..:Oops:

[Naki Rat]

Extremely hard line anti-Asian

[Naki Rat]

Who's your Dadda? He's a butcher.

[Winston001]

Sounds like Idi Amin

[Naki Rat]

The one and only Amazin'Man
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[Winston001]

Ok, at last. :D

This Russian was one of the most productive writers of all time.

[Timber020]

Tolstoy? 10 char

[Hitcher]

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

[Winston001]

Tolstoy and Solzhenitsyn were fine writers but nowhere near as prolific as this guy. He was a claustrophile who nevertheless enjoyed travel and used to give lectures aboard the Queen Elizabeth II.

[Hitcher]

Julian Semyonov.

[Winston001]

Afraid not. He was a close friend of Gene Roddenberry and Kurt Vonnegut, wrote over 500 books, and was once named Humanist of the Year.

[burden2]

My guess is Isaac Asimov

[Winston001]

My guess is Isaac Asimov

Bingo!

Your turn.

[burden2]

This clever chap won the Andy Fellowes Memorial Prize for Aeronautical Sciences but was disqualified from flying for dangerous flying yet he invented something that would have moved him!

[Hitcher]

Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, CB, FRS, Hon FRAeS.

[burden2]

Well done, have at it!

[Hitcher]

He's not a bad punter, as punters go.

[Winston001]

Daniel Carter

[Hitcher]

No, it's not Nad Crater.

[Naki Rat]

Stacey Jones

[Hitcher]

He's not a New Zealander.

[MisterD]

Ricky Ponting?

[Naki Rat]

Alfie Langer

[Hitcher]

Ricky Ponting?

We have a winner. Mr Ponting's nickname is, apparently, punter.

He's not a bad cricketer either.

[MisterD]

Creator of a very impressive green machine, that would in no way impress an envirnmentalist.

[Hitcher]

John Deere.

[MisterD]

Faster, much faster

[Hitcher]

Ronald Kawasaki.

[MisterD]

Good grief, I'd forgotten about this...no, sorry Hitch. The Green machine in question was not a production machine, nor a road-going vehicle, more NaCl-going in fact...

[martybabe]

Art Arfons ?

[MisterD]

:clap: Well done that man.

[martybabe]

:clap: Well done that man.

I thank you, I prefer guessing them to setting them and with that in mind here's an easyish one.

A fifties baby that went on to sing about female orgasm and an all Male relationship.

[Hitcher]

Doris Day...

[martybabe]

Doris Day...


:killingme I can't see Doris singing about female orgasms me old mate.

This Singer first broke onto the world stage in 1978 with her high pitched rendition of a famous love story.

Easy peasy.

[MsKABC]

:killingme I can't see Doris singing about female orgasms me old mate.

This Singer first broke onto the world stage in 1978 with her high pitched rendition of a famous love story.

Easy peasy.

Kate Bush....?

[martybabe]

Kate Bush....?


:clap: Well done babe.

[MsKABC]

:clap: Well done babe.

Damn - does that mean I have to start one now?

Have to go back and check the rules first....please stand by...

[MsKABC]

Okey dokes...

Another entertainer, he was born in Birmingham, England, moved to NZ at the age of 13.

[Gubb]

Okey dokes...

Another entertainer, he was born in Birmingham, England, moved to NZ at the age of 13.
Wing!

:stupid:

[Winston001]

Rob Guest.....

[MsKABC]

Rob Guest.....


Well done :) My next clue was going to be: I played the part of his sister in a 1985 production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat :laugh: He was a nice bloke, shame about his death. :(

[Winston001]

Well done :) My next clue was going to be: I played the part of his sister in a 1985 production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat :laugh: He was a nice bloke, shame about his death. :(

Sister??? Don't recall a sister in the story but love the music. Got the Donny Osmond version somewhere and it is gold. Yeah I know - that Donny Osmond. He's very talented. As you must be if you could play alongside Rob Guest. :D


Ok. This person will shortly have a biography published and is well known by two quite different names.

Edit - not necessarily demographically known by KB members though. :D

[MsKABC]

Sister??? Don't recall a sister in the story but love the music. Got the Donny Osmond version somewhere and it is gold. Yeah I know - that Donny Osmond. He's very talented. As you must be if you could play alongside Rob Guest. :D


Ok. This person will shortly have a biography published and is well known by two quite different names.

Edit - not necessarily demographically known by KB members though. :D

Yep, there was a sister in the Matamata Operatic Society version of Joseph. I even had a solo. It was a very small part and I was only about 12.

Dame Edna/Barry Humphries?

[MisterD]

Ok. This person will shortly have a biography published and is well known by two quite different names.

Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam?

[Winston001]

Nope but good guesses because I was struggling to think of anyone else with two identifying names.

The person is an entertainer and has tens of millions of fans but I doubt many KB members are among them. :drool:

[martybabe]

Ok. This person will shortly have a biography published and is well known by two quite different names.

Edit - not necessarily demographically known by KB members though. :D

Paul O'grady aka Lilly Savage.........bloomin long shot.

[Winston001]

Paul O'grady aka Lilly Savage.........bloomin long shot.

Who? But no. The entertainer who has a biography being released, has just celebrated their 16th birthday........and it was a magical occasion.

[Trudes]

Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana

[Winston001]

YES!! Knew a shelia would get it, well done Trudes, your turn.

[Trudes]

What can I say, I look after 3 tween aged girls!

Anyway....

This smoking hot person had a lucky escape during WWII due to another's ear infection, drove race cars and was a known philanthropist.

[Winston001]

Paul Newman

[Trudes]

Paul Newman

Awww crap!! Too easy!!!
Well done Winston, your turn.

[Winston001]

This feckless 1960s comic character always appears full frontal, and one of his fans is Homer Simpson. Prince Charles should be an admirer.... :D


PS - just discovered this character is still around

[Winston001]

Hmmm....might be a bit obscure. He doesn't do much, just has some mad comment each publication and hangs around with two spies....

[martybabe]

Alfred E. Neuman ?

[Winston001]

Alfred E. Neuman ?

Yep :2thumbsup: Go for it Marty.

[martybabe]

Thanx winston.

???? , married his childhood sweetheart ("Ginny") in 1970;

[Winston001]

Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes

[martybabe]

Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes

No, another fella altogether :oi-grr: Oh alright then clever clogs, well done :lol:.

We haven't had him before have we, seems rather familiar now I think of it.

On ya go dude.

[Hitcher]

Can we please have something a bit more obscure so that somebody other than the first responder gets a turn?

[Trudes]

Is there more than three people still playing? :bleh:

[Winston001]

Can we please have something a bit more obscure so that somebody other than the first responder gets a turn?

Mmmm....all very well but after a day of silence sometimes, the obscure clues become a roadblock.

Riiiiggghhhttt.......lessee.......

This thinking man's racer I can remember watching and he was famous at the time. Today, he barely rates a mention on the web but his more famous friend, is still well-known. Or rather, well remembered.

[martybabe]

Mmmm....all very well but after a day of silence sometimes, the obscure clues become a roadblock.

Riiiiggghhhttt.......lessee.......

This thinking man's racer I can remember watching and he was famous at the time. Today, he barely rates a mention on the web but his more famous friend, is still well-known. Or rather, well remembered.


Kenny roberts.

[Winston001]

Nup. Both the person we are looking for and his friend, were Kiwis.

[Hitcher]

Dr Rodger Freeth and Possum Bourne. RIP.

[Winston001]

You da Man!! ;) Kinda had you in mind when I chose Rodger Freeth. It's a bit sad that he doesn't have any obvious tribute on the net. He was a good guy, an excellent motorcycle racer, but oddly is better known for his later co-driving in motorsport.

Over to you.

[Hitcher]

I have fond memories of Dr Rodger tearing up Manfeild during those Castrol Six-Hour events of the 1970s. Very tidy and quick, for a geek.

OK then, let's try this for a starter:

"A high flying Czech and a famous last."

[Winston001]

Tomáš Baťa

[McJim]

I have fond memories of Dr Rodger tearing up Manfeild during those Castrol Six-Hour events of the 1970s. Very tidy and quick, for a geek.

OK then, let's try this for a starter:

"A high flying Czech and a famous last."


Tomáš Baťa

Well paint me yellow and call me tweetie. No wonder no one plays this game any more it's waaaaaaay too obscure. :rofl:

[Winston001]

Well paint me yellow and call me tweetie. No wonder no one plays this game any more it's waaaaaaay too obscure. :rofl:

Coming round to see you.....

Yours In Anticipation,

Sylvester. :devil2:


PS - might be wildly wrong.

[Hitcher]

Here's a clue: It was all over in 1972.

[Winston001]

Well I dunno Hitcher, I rather liked Tomas Bata. I reckon I'm right. :doh: A Czech, founder of the famous Bata shoe company (shoes are made on a "last") and died in an aeroplane. :msn-wink:

But ok I'll play along.

Eugene Cernan - Apollo 17 and the last man to set foot on the Moon.

[Hitcher]

My obvious Apollo festish is a weakness. Captain Eugene Cernan is the right answer.

[Winston001]

This disordered academic visited NZ a couple of years ago, is internationally respected in their field, and has been the subject of documentaries. Their knowledge is of particular interest to pastoral countries like NZ.

[Krayy]

David Bellamy?

(Reminds me of a Goodies episode where they were all rabbits, and Bellamy the bunny got exploded when investigating an exploding carrot)

[Winston001]

Lovely guess Krayy but no cigar.

This is a rare person who, dispite the disorder, has unique insight and is able to teach new perceptions.

[LBD]

Dr Stephen Hawkings?

[Winston001]

Good guess but no.

This person visited NZ in June 2007 to support mental health. They are also known for inventing a special type of box.

[Krayy]

Philip Nitschke (or Jack Kavorkian) ??

That way, all the depressed people could top themselves :eek5:

[Winston001]

Ahhh....No. With a mind like a grand temple, nevertheless this person was nearly institutionalised as a young child in the early 1950s.

[Timber020]

Dr Temple Grandin. Autistic chick who thinks like a cow.

[LBD]

Results 21 - 30 of about 3,120 for disabled academic invent box visit nz 2007 june. (0.19 seconds)

Killed an hour on a freezing afternoon but....

[Winston001]

Dr Temple Grandin. Autistic chick who thinks like a cow.

YES! We have a winner. Dr Temple Grandin of Colorado has written over 300 articles on autism and is a specialist on animal perceptions. Her work has lead to animal friendly stock yards being designed all over the world.

Temple Grandin's brain sees in images rather than logical jumps like the rest of us. She has described her connection to other people as being like an anthropoligist on Mars - she struggles to perceive and understand the emotions of ordinary people.

She invented a "hug box" for autistic people. Such people do not like being hugged or touched and this device gives them comfort. Her visit in 2007 was to support Autism NZ and give some lectures.

[LBD]

Dr Temple Grandin. Autistic chick who thinks like a cow.


All women are a bit Bovine, whats surprising about that?

Next quiz please...

[Hitcher]

All women are a bit Bovine...

...have long memories and know where you live. Run now, while you have a chance.

[MsKABC]

All women are a bit Bovine, whats surprising about that?

Next quiz please...


The flipside to that is that all men are full of bullshit :msn-wink:

[Krayy]

The flipside to that is that all men are full of bullshit :msn-wink:
Oooooo...sick burn :headbang:

[LBD]

The flipside to that is that all men are full of bullshit :msn-wink:

Trust the Bovine species to come up with BULLshit:bleh:

(I feel the need for an apology coming on....)

[Winston001]

This engineer pioneered a method of travel which opened up new paths to journey.

[idb]

George Stephenson, inventor of the steam train.

[Winston001]

Very good guess and fits the clue.....but no. This person was a New Zealander.

[Timber020]

Richard Pierce, did an okay job at flying but a great job at crashing

[mikeey01]

Hamilton Jet unit? Sir William Hamilton.

[Winston001]

Hamilton Jet unit? Sir William Hamilton.

Mikey boy, you are da bomb. Well done. Your turn.

[mikeey01]

" I turn green and yellow with envy, every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that?"

Someone talking about it, what is it?

[Mikkel]

Bill Gates. ;)

You meant IT right?

[mikeey01]

no miles off

What is it as in this thing.

[Naki Rat]

Mosquito (WW2 fighter plane) - Far too easy to Google :baby:

[mikeey01]

rgr, too easy I know.
Good ole Hermann Göring January 1943 statement about the mozzie.

yr role naki

[Naki Rat]

Arthur and Winifred's little boy Roger

[Winston001]

Syd Barrett - real name Roger Keith Barret, founding member of The Pink Floyd and the subject of the song, Shine on You Crazy Diamond.

[MisterD]

Syd Barrett - real name Roger Keith Barret, founding member of The Pink Floyd and the subject of the song, Shine on You Crazy Diamond.

Of course...I grew up in Cambridge and it was always rumoured that he was still around living with his mum or one of the homeless people around town...

I nearly went to the same school, but in the end decided to go to the former Girls High School for my Sixth form rather than the former Boys High School...

[Naki Rat]

Syd Barrett - real name Roger Keith Barret, founding member of The Pink Floyd and the subject of the song, Shine on You Crazy Diamond.

:clap: Damn, not vague enough. Well done.

You're on...

[Winston001]

The Kiwi Engelbert

[idb]

The Kiwi Tom Jones.

John Rowles

[Winston001]

John Rowles

Dang, too easy, well done, Ducatis are owned by quizmasters...:D

Your turn.

[idb]

Tainted brassicas got him there and back again.

[Naki Rat]

But did he end up Cook'ed on the menu in Hawaii?

[idb]

Oooooo you're a clever one you are...!!!!

Your turn.

[Naki Rat]

Four too short years of fame, but stll fondly remembered by many.

[Winston001]

But did he end up Cook'ed on the menu in Hawaii?

Whoa lads - explain please how mouldy cabbages helped out Captain Cook...??

Ok, all good, didn't know he took saurkraut with him. Thought he used limes.

[Mikkel]

Four too short years of fame, but stll fondly remembered by many.

Could be heaps I suppose. Jeff Buckley for one. Buddy Holly another...

[Naki Rat]

A Southern lad

[mikeey01]

Staples? Radio DJ
My first thought was Richie valance, but his recording career only lasted 8 months.