Person trivia - another forum game

[Mikkel]

Thought I might try and get another ball rolling here.

The idea is to guess a "famous" person based on obscure clues. The more obscure and difficult the better...

The rules:

1. Whoever comes up with the right answer posts the next clue.
2. All questions have a duration of 24 hours - if 24 hours passes and noone has guessed the person, whoever gets in first posts the next clue.
3. No team-sports sportspeople - otherwise this will degenerate into a rugby/baseball/football frenzy from which it shall never recover.
4. Motorsports are excluded from rule #3.
5. There is no rule #5.
6. It's all fun and games - keep it clean.

First clue:

We can thank this scottish veterinary surgeon, who was a good friend of Queen Victoria, for smoothing out our rides.

[Madness]

John Boyd Dunlop

[MisterD]

That would be John Boyd Dunlop, inventor of the pneumatic tyre.

Edit:

Gah! Foiled!

[Maha]

Henry Tarmac

[Steam]

Jeez, that was quick! 6 minutes.
Madness has to post the next clue, but he's listed as offline.

[Madness]

What former English plasterer made an international household name for himself by being exceedingly average at his chosen winter sport?.

[MisterD]

Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards.

[Madness]

Correct.

I realised after I posted the clue that I broke the rules already (sportsperson).

[MisterD]

So you did, ah well ski jumping is a minority sport just like motor racing.

This Sir bolted a blower onto his motor to take on the might of the Germans and won.

[Fooman]

Sir Stanley Hooker? - "Not Much of an Engineer" - great book!

[MisterD]

Not who I had in mind no, although I can see why you came up with that answer.

[davejenknz]

This Sir bolted a blower onto his motor to take on the might of the Germans and won.

Walter Owen Bentley?

[Kickaha]

That would be John Boyd Dunlop, inventor of the pneumatic tyre.

Edit:

Gah! Foiled!

Thats not correct although thats what everyone thinks, Robert William Thomson was the man who did that

[riffer]

This Sir bolted a blower onto his motor to take on the might of the Germans and won.

R J Mitchell? (Supermarine Spitfire).

[Mikkel]

Correct.

I realised after I posted the clue that I broke the rules already (sportsperson).

No worries... I'll update ze rulez!