Re: Trivia & Quizzia 2013 (an occasional series, by whoever wishes)

by tricycle Mon 20 Jan 2014, 23:55

110 Joe Root, from the 19th century.

by PeterCS Tue 21 Jan 2014, 00:00

Well, that was the double-take element.

But it's from 1937, to be exact.

by tricycle Tue 21 Jan 2014, 00:01

Spoiler:

by WideWally Tue 21 Jan 2014, 00:02

111

Spoiler:

by PeterCS Tue 21 Jan 2014, 00:03

110: Yep, that's him!

111: Yep, that's him too!

Bloody hell, it takes 10x as long to set em up as knock em down - glad I don't work in a bowling alley! Very Happy

by skully Tue 21 Jan 2014, 09:03

Wow, 110 IS very Neph doppelganger-esque, isn't he.

by lardbucket Tue 21 Jan 2014, 09:06

Are these photos all from old cigarette cards, Pete?

by WideWally Tue 21 Jan 2014, 09:11

Maybe young Richard played a part in the proceedings.

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by PeterCS Tue 21 Jan 2014, 11:41

lardbucket wrote:Are these photos all from old cigarette cards, Pete?

Some are (obviously the old portrait ones in particular), either a few I have, or else eBay, but more are from my books, a few from the further-flung internet.

by PeterCS Tue 21 Jan 2014, 11:44

skully wrote:Wow, 110 IS very Neph doppelganger-esque, isn't he.

That's what I thought - right down to the Roman-type nose. A bit eerie.

Mind you, the older guy had the more uneven ears. Also odd.

Now all we need is for Root to get that matching 364.

by PeterCS Tue 21 Jan 2014, 11:45

WideWally wrote:Maybe young Richard played a part in the proceedings.

Not with that haircut he didn't.

Or those eyes.

by JGK Tue 21 Jan 2014, 11:47

PeterCS wrote:
skully wrote:Wow, 110 IS very Neph doppelganger-esque, isn't he.

That's what I thought - right down to the Roman-type nose. A bit eerie.

Mind you, the older guy had the more uneven ears. Also odd.

Now all we need is for Root to get that matching 364.

Really? I don't see it.

by PeterCS Tue 21 Jan 2014, 11:58

Another quickie, no pics this time:

What do Matthew Hoggard, Raymond Illingworth and Len Hutton all have in common with the charity event Children in Need?

by PeterCS Tue 21 Jan 2014, 11:59

JGK wrote:
PeterCS wrote:
skully wrote:Wow, 110 IS very Neph doppelganger-esque, isn't he.

That's what I thought - right down to the Roman-type nose. A bit eerie.

Mind you, the older guy had the more uneven ears. Also odd.

Now all we need is for Root to get that matching 364.

Really? I don't see it.

The triple, or the resemblance of heads?

by JGK Tue 21 Jan 2014, 12:44

Both actually.

by JGK Tue 21 Jan 2014, 12:44

PeterCS wrote:Another quickie, no pics this time:

What do Matthew Hoggard, Raymond Illingworth and Len Hutton all have in common with the charity event Children in Need?

Double letters in their names?

by PeterCS Tue 21 Jan 2014, 12:46

That's alphabetically ingenious, but maybe a bit less random than that.

by JGK Tue 21 Jan 2014, 13:04

PeterCS wrote:That's alphabetically ingenious, but maybe a bit less random than that.

Pudsey

by PeterCS Tue 21 Jan 2014, 21:07

Got it.

All three cricketere born (and originally associated with the local cricket club) in the comfortable Western suburb of Leeds, West Yorks.

The bear emblem of the charity event raising money to help seriously ill and deprived children, with a spotted hanky over one eye, happens also to be called Pudsey. I don't know why.

by Bradman Wed 22 Jan 2014, 01:57

An arts student on a traineeship was asked to come up with a logo. When asked to name the bear it was required that a hard consonant was necessary for the bear's name. She was born in Pudsey. Go figure.

by Brass Monkey Wed 22 Jan 2014, 02:29

I bet 110 wasn't as 'unflappable' as young Nephew when he'd nicked off for the 8th time in the series - did you see his face? Model of calm.

by PeterCS Wed 22 Jan 2014, 02:48

I read that as 'unfoppable'.

@Bradders. Well, that would explain it. And needs little figuring. Did you lift that off a quick wiki, or is Children in Need known/done in Aus?

by Bradman Wed 22 Jan 2014, 03:22

Well I'd like to say it was because I used to holiday in Yorkshire as a kid, which I did (reluctantly), but that was long before Pudsley. It's more a case of knowing of the lady in a "danced with a man who....." sort of way. I thought the story was apocryphal until then.

by PeterCS Wed 22 Jan 2014, 03:36

Interesting!

by Bradman Wed 22 Jan 2014, 03:53

Was at some god awful party, of which the only redeeming feature was the top shelf booze and the eminently smashable women. However when it resorted to small talk about a bear I was only vaguely familiar with, the smashability of the women and quality of the hootch became less appealing and I buggered off to a mate's place to play cards and drink bundy.

Got any more pics tucked away so as one might while away the hot summer night?

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