Famous Faces

[craigb]

Who is this?

[Gumby]

Howard Hughes ?

[craigb]

Nope.

But it does look a little like him I guess

[Zed]

henry lawson

[craigb]

'fraid not

[macca2]

Mick Malthouse

[DanP]

He's hardly famous if no one knows who the bluddy hell he is.

[craigb]

He's hardly famous if no one knows who the bluddy hell he is.

Oh yes he is.

In fact, if not for him the world would be a very different place.

[echnidna]

adolf

[craigb]

Sorry, that's not correct.

[Wood Borer]

Mr Bailey? :confused:

[craigb]

Nope. However, if it wasn't for his inventions, our sheds would be much quiter places.

[AlexS]

Guiglielmo Marconi?

[ndru]

Tesla

[craigb]

Tesla

YES !

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,19029-1505293,00.html

Your go.

[ndru]

Small clue: He (indirectly) made this forum possible.

[Iain]

Bill Gates Grandfather

[ndru]

Bill Gates Grandfather

Warm!

BTW, its not Neil's grandfather, either.

[B.J.Honeycut]

Charles Babbage

[ndru]

Charles Babbage

Yes!

http://www.cbi.umn.edu/exhibits/cb.html

As a bit of trivia, in 1840, Thomas Fowler demonstrated a binary calculating machine made of wood to Babbage and other leading mathematicians of the day at King's College. Babbage was reportedly impressed by the simplicity of its design. The only surviving record of its design is a stained glass window.

http://www.thomasfowler.org.uk/calc.htm

Over to you B.J.

[B.J.Honeycut]

http://www.oberlin.edu/external/EOG/OYTT-images/08CMH.jpeghttp://http://www.oberlin.edu/external/EOG/OYTT-images/08CMH.jpeg One for the hat wearing brigade ;)

[simon c]

One for the hat wearing brigade ;)
Fred Trilby?

[ozwinner]

Mr Alcan??


Al :D

[B.J.Honeycut]

Mr Alcan??
Getting warm....

[simon c]

Getting warm....
If it is to do with Aluminium, then it will be either Davy (of the lamp) or Charles Martin Hall, who came up with the refining process. Being that your picture is called 08CMH.jpg, then I'm going with Hall

[E. maculata]

No fair Oz Has the advantage....all these old photos have passed through his shop :eek:

[B.J.Honeycut]

If it is to do with Aluminium, then it will be either Davy (of the lamp) or Charles Martin Hall, who came up with the refining process. Being that your picture is called 08CMH.jpg, then I'm going with Hall
Correct "Charles Martin Hall" the man who made it it all possible for the FOILIES on the forum. :p

[craigb]

Well until simon gets around to having his go, who is this?
Hint: You probably see his name everyday.

[B.J.Honeycut]

Charles Goodyear ?

[craigb]

Nope. But you're on the right track (sort of)

[Iain]

John Boyd Dunlop,

[craigb]

Nope.

Nor is it messers Bridgstone or Firestone either :D

[Iain]

I know it isn't Mr Hankook, Suhmo or Yokohama :D :D :D
Another stab in the dark, Birdseye of frozen food fame.

[craigb]

Sorry, no.

[B.J.Honeycut]

Henry Ford?

[simon c]

Well until simon gets around to having his go
Yes, sorry to guess and go - it does leave the quiz in a bit of limbo.

In a classic case of coincidence, I was away working at Alcoa (an aluminium refiner) for the day.

[craigb]

Henry Ford?

No, but definitely getting warm :)

[B.J.Honeycut]

James Alexander Holden

[craigb]

James Alexander Holden

Mark's brother ? :D

No.Sorry.

[ndru]

Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (Vin's great grandpa)

[craigb]

Yes indeedy. :)

Over to you

[ndru]

Ok.

[craigb]

Any hints?

[ndru]

Most workshops probably have an item that he demonstrated could be invented.

[Trav]

oen of the wright brothers - you know airplanes, handplanes etc

oh, nevermind...

:o

[ndru]

Another clue to help move this one along:

He is a Nobel laureate.

[craigb]

Which discipline?

[ndru]

Not Chemistry, Peace, Literature, Economic Sciences or Medicine/Physiology. :D

Another clue - he's French.

[Iain]

Antoine Henri Becquerel French physicist

[Gumby]

Sorry to hijack this thread a bit but while you are playing with the real ones............who is this ???

[JackoH]

I agree with Iain. He won Physics prize in 1903 for the discovery of radio activity. He shared it with M. & Madame Curie. ;)

[ndru]

Bingo!

Becquerel was famous for his work on radioactivity, but his main area of research was in fluorescence. This eventually lead to the invention that allowed woodies to work late into the night - the fluorescent lamp.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_fluorescent.htm

Iain next?

[JackoH]

Thats easy Gumby- That's you.!

[Gumby]

Nup :eek:

[Wood Borer]

It's Ozwinner in his fleecy inner foiled pyjamas.

[Iain]

Bugger orf Gumby, it's my go.
Who is this character

[maglite]

Hubert Cecil Booth....

[Gumby]

Mark Knopfler (with a hat on)

[Driver]

It's Hercule "Guitar" Poirot just after he shaved off the silly moustache and took up residence in Nashville, Tennessee.

[Iain]

Wrong, wrong wrong, the placement of the left hand should be of some help.

[craigb]

Burl Ives?

[Driver]

It's Slim's long-lost evil twin brother: Slightly Podgy Dusty.

[ndru]

I bet he's rolling in lute!

[Iain]

Andrew I suspect knows who this is, Burl Ives indeed, wrong, this person is alive and well and is considered to be one of the worlds greatest virtuoso's on this instrument.
He also has a friend who lives in Red Hill Vic when he is resident in Australia.
He also had a friend in Spain who was considered the Father of this instrument.

[JackoH]

Segovia!

[Termite]

Segovia!
I agree, Andres Segovia, but I do believe he died some years ago?

[craigb]

Paco Panya (sp) then?

[Iain]

I included a picture of the late Andres Segovia who was a friend of the person in question, sorry I was not clear, but Ndru gave a very substantial clue and this person is very much alive and well and, for memory 70 years old.
It is not Paco.

[JackoH]

Now I'm thoroughly confused :confused: . Andres Segovia died in the 70's I think. So why put up his picture if the artist concerned isn't him and is still alive? :(

[Iain]

Sorry, I was as clear as mud, Segovia was claimed to be the greatest virtuoso of guitar, the original picture is crrently held to be Segovias replacement, as well as being a great friend of Segovias.
I inteneded that as a clue but it did not come out very well.
Segovia died in the mid 80's at about 95ish, leaving behind his young wife and 23 year old son.
Hence he was my mentor (I studied very briefly with Segovia in the 60's prior to getting my AMEB 8) and I hope to live as long.
Now to the original question, it is not Segovia, nor Williams.
Another clue, he is English and was self taught and performed on a regular basis at Wigmore Hall and has recorded albums with Williams.

[silentC]

Julian Bream

[Iain]

Well done Mr C, what made you twig? apart from a fairly recent picture

[silentC]

Well done Mr C, what made you twig? apart from a fairly recent picture
Andrew's clue. I originally thought it was a play on guitar-lute but it was a clue that the guy plays the lute as well as the guitar.

This one should be easy:

[Iain]

Bloody awful image, it won't enlarge but it looks like either Peter Sellers or Al Grasby.

[silentC]

Sorry, try this:

[Iain]

I withdraw the last two (but it could still be the late Al) and think it may be the spiv who was in Dads Army, regretably I don't know his name.
James Beck

[craigb]

Peter Lorre (sp) ?

[silentC]

This chap was very successful at what he did despite a handicap that most people would have thought would make it impossible.

[craigb]

Douglas "Tin Legs" Bader ?

[silentC]

He was born in Belgium but his parents were Gypsies.

[ndru]

Did he have an even more famous violinist as a partner?

[silentC]

Do you mean "partner" in the biblical or professional sense?

[ndru]

I don't know if they "knew" each other.

I'm surprised Iain hasn't got this one yet :confused:

[craigb]

Django Rheinhardt.

It's Andrews turn if that's right though.

[silentC]

Django Rheinhardt.
Correct. If there was anything fishy going on between him and Stephane Grappelli, it's not documented anywhere I've seen ;)

[ndru]

My turn again?!?

OK.

Small clue: Spooky!

[Iain]

I don't know if they "knew" each other.

I'm surprised Iain hasn't got this one yet :confused:
Iain has been out working, what hope do I have :mad:

[ndru]

I'm continuing the music theme with this one.

[craigb]

My stab in the dark:

Eugene Goossens

[ndru]

Sorry - no.

This clue should do it (click on the picture thumbmnail as well).

[craigb]

I've heard of that device. No way I can remember what it or its inventor are called though :(

[silentC]

Leon Theremin!!

[ndru]

Leon Theremin!!

That's it.

His invention was most famous for the musical effects in the film "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and the Beach Boy's song "Good Vibrations".

The "instrument" was often used as a cheesy way of giving b-grade sci-fi or horror film an eerie, spooky feel.

http://www.thereminworld.com/learn.asp

SilentC again...

[silentC]

I think the pic is a mirror image....

[craigb]

Edwin Powell Hubble

[Iain]

Ah, the mirror image clue, mongrel

[craigb]

Likely lads?

[silentC]

I've seen that photo somewhere but I can't think in connection with what..... :confused:

[Termite]

Burgess and Mclean. MI5 ring a bell?

[MathewA]

Weren't those the two who discovered the double helix in DNA