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Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:03 am**

Andy Wilson wrote:Would you?

Yes.

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:03 am**

Matt Morrison wrote:Have you?

No.

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:45 am**

Is she under 35?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:48 am**

Andy Wilson wrote:Is she under 35?

Yes.

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:56 am**

Peter Mabey wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:George Burley stood next to me in the queue for Nemesis Inferno
Who?
I suppose Google would tell me who George Burley is if I could be arsed, but I certainly would not recognise him even if he turned out to be the guy who's coming (real soon I hope) from DynoRod to unblock my bog
I dunno why I bother to read this thread, as I'm useless on celebrities, especially footballers

Funny isn't it? I went for Harry and George Burley of the recent Southampton managers as I thought they were the ones people would recognise in the street. Seems I was wrong!

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:02 pm**

Is she English?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:05 pm**

Karen Pearson wrote:Funny isn't it? I went for Harry and George Burley of the recent Southampton managers as I thought they were the ones people would recognise in the street. Seems I was wrong!

Yeah, I think anyone with even a passing interest in football would recognise George. He's been a player and manager at international level, and at the top level of club football. There are a minority of footballers/managers who transcend even this level of 'fame' and become known to everyone.

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:06 pm**

Andy Wilson wrote:Is she English?

Without wikipedia at my disposal, I would've blithely said "Yes", but apparently "No" is the correct answer.

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:14 pm**

Cool. So you said she was from the UK, assume this still stands ...

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:16 pm**

Jon Corby wrote:
Karen Pearson wrote:Funny isn't it? I went for Harry and George Burley of the recent Southampton managers as I thought they were the ones people would recognise in the street. Seems I was wrong!
Yeah, I think anyone with even a passing interest in football would recognise George. He's been a player and manager at international level, and at the top level of club football. There are a minority of footballers/managers who transcend even this level of 'fame' and become known to everyone.

Agreed. George Burley I would say is pretty famous. He was of course part of a nice quiz question back in the day when he was managing Ipswich and Finidi George played for Ipswich. So the question was which 3 Premiership Clubs have a player with the same surname as the manager. One of the others was Steven Gerrad/Gerrard Houllier but I can't for the life of me remember what the other was. I think we are talking about 2001-2002 roughly.

Edit: And a quick bit of Googling tells me it was Laurent Robert/Robert "Bobby" Robson.

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:17 pm**

Andy Wilson wrote:Cool. So you said she was from the UK, assume this still stands ...

Yes. (I had remembered saying that so I would've corrected myself, but you weren't to know this

)

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:20 pm**

Aye, just wanted to check. So, i'm assuming she's an actress. I may as well ask if she is in case i'm wide of the mark. If the answer is yes, has she ever won a bafta?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:22 pm**

Andy Wilson wrote:So, i'm assuming she's an actress.

Yes.

Andy Wilson wrote:has she ever won a bafta?

No.

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:25 pm**

Would we know her work best from the big screen type productions?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:28 pm**

Is she married?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:38 pm**

Andy Wilson wrote:Would we know her work best from the big screen type productions?

No.

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:39 pm**

Ryan Taylor wrote:Is she married?

No.

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:41 pm**

Does she appear in a soap opera?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:41 pm**

Ryan Taylor wrote:Does she appear in a soap opera?

Yes.

(Audience applauds)

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:05 pm**

OK, so he was a football manager who I'd never heard of before now

And my bog is still blocked

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:23 pm**

It's Janine Butcher, innit?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:34 pm**

Andy Wilson wrote:It's Janine Butcher, innit?

Wow, YES! Yes it is. That was impressive! I thought you still had a pretty big pool to pick from without narrowing it down further.

Yes, I saw the very lovely Charlie Brooks in EuroDisney

I'm all out of celebrity spots for now. Anyone else?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:52 pm**

Guess who I saw shopping at my local Tesco two years ago.

Bonus points for the correct identification of any items in his or her shopping basket.

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:54 pm**

Ben Hunter wrote:Guess who I saw shopping at my local Tesco two years ago.

Bonus points for the correct identification of any items in his or her shopping basket.

Nicholas Parsons, Liquid Filled Creatures.

Is it a man?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:54 pm**

Yes (correct guesses in the shopping basket: 0/4)

PS I'm about to go to work so you'll have to devise a clever system of narrowing it down.

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:01 pm**

Ben Hunter wrote:Yes (correct guesses in the shopping basket: 0/4)

PS I'm about to go to work so you'll have to devise a clever system of narrowing it down.

Is he an actor?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:02 pm**

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:05 pm**

Bread?
Milk?
Cheese?
Eggs?
Bananas?
Condoms?
Whiskey?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:15 pm**

Would you?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:19 pm**

Is he a singer/musician?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:50 pm**

Are you going to work?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:40 pm**

As someone who doesn't follow football, this is what I have to say about George Burley. I've heard of him and I probably hear people talking about him occasionally but I wouldn't have been able to tell you what football team he managed, and I was aware of him more when he was Ipswich because he got mentioned on Look East. I would say that he's definitely not someone who "transcends" football though if that makes sense. Not really famous famous outside the world of football people.

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:30 pm**

Gavin Chipper wrote:As someone who doesn't follow football, this is what I have to say about George Burley. I've heard of him and I probably hear people talking about him occasionally but I wouldn't have been able to tell you what football team he managed, and I was aware of him more when he was Ipswich because he got mentioned on Look East. I would say that he's definitely not someone who "transcends" football though if that makes sense. Not really famous famous outside the world of football people.

Yes, that's pretty much what I said. Thanks.

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:37 pm**

1.Is she something to do with Countdown?
2.Is she a celebrity - or just someone famous (or well known)?
3.Does she have children, or a child?
4.Is she 30 or older?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:48 pm**

Soph K wrote:1.Is she something to do with Countdown?
2.Is she a celebrity - or just someone famous (or well known)?
3.Does she have children, or a child?
4.Is she 30 or older?

Er... Soph? Which game are you playing dear?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 8:04 pm**

Jon Corby wrote:
Soph K wrote:1.Is she something to do with Countdown?
2.Is she a celebrity - or just someone famous (or well known)?
3.Does she have children, or a child?
4.Is she 30 or older?
Er... Soph? Which game are you playing dear?

o has the answer been given? the one that was being guessed at the top of this page?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 8:49 pm**

Soph K wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:
Soph K wrote:1.Is she something to do with Countdown?
2.Is she a celebrity - or just someone famous (or well known)?
3.Does she have children, or a child?
4.Is she 30 or older?
Er... Soph? Which game are you playing dear?
o has the answer been given? the one that was being guessed at the top of this page?

Yup. Ben Hunter started a new one since then.

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:03 pm**

Michael Wallace wrote:Bread? Milk? Cheese? Eggs? Bananas? Condoms? Whiskey?

Milk and cheese yes. It was a small milk though, and a posh cheese.

Andrew Wilson wrote:Would you?

Nah.

Jon Corby wrote:Is he a singer/musician?

No

Matt Morrison wrote:Are you going to work?

Yes, tomorrow.

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:06 pm**

Is he a sportsman? Item: yoghurt?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:08 pm**

No and nay

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:11 pm**

Is he a TV presenter?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:12 pm**

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:14 pm**

Is he more than 30 years old?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:16 pm**

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:17 pm**

More than 40 years old?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:18 pm**

Has he appeared on Countdown?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:19 pm**

Jim yes.
Ryan no.

(Special guest post from my mum.)

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:20 pm**

Is he a writer?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:22 pm**

It's not his main profession but he has written quite a lot.

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:25 pm**

Are his books non-fiction?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:25 pm**

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:26 pm**

Does he write about science?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:28 pm**

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:29 pm**

Bollocks, I was hoping for Stephen Hawking.

Does he write about current affairs?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:34 pm**

In a sense, yes. Probably misleading to concentrate on his writing.

And I'd love for Stephen Hawking to have been buying milk and cheese from a Tesco in Sheffield.

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:04 pm**

Soph K wrote:Is she a celebrity - or just someone famous (or well known)?

Er, don't all three of those mean the same thing?

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:18 pm**

Ben, do you miss me?

(I'm coming with the important questions)

Posted: **Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:47 pm**

Is it Stephen Fry?

Posted: **Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:59 am**

Is he a comedian?
Is it Lenny Henry?

Posted: **Fri Mar 25, 2011 2:16 am**

Liam Tiernan wrote:Is he a comedian?
Is it Lenny Henry?

Even if the answer to the first question is no, Lenny Henry could still be the right answer.

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