Person trivia - another forum game

[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?

[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.

[Winston001]

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

Coming round to see you.....

Yours In Anticipation,

Sylvester.


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. A Czech, founder of the famous Bata shoe company (shoes are made on a "last") and died in an aeroplane.

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.