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Thread: Famous Faces
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11th May 2005, 04:34 PM #46
Chow Hound
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Another clue to help move this one along:
He is a Nobel laureate.This time, we didn't forget the gravy.
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11th May 2005, 04:55 PM #47
Got Wood?
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Which discipline?
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11th May 2005, 05:12 PM #48
Chow Hound
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Not Chemistry, Peace, Literature, Economic Sciences or Medicine/Physiology.
Another clue - he's French.This time, we didn't forget the gravy.
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11th May 2005, 05:27 PM #49
Drop Bear Master
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Antoine Henri Becquerel French physicist
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11th May 2005, 05:29 PM #50
The typo kign
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Sorry to hijack this thread a bit but while you are playing with the real ones............who is this ???
If at first you don't succeed, give something else a go. Life is far too short to waste time trying.
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11th May 2005, 05:33 PM #51
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I agree with Iain. He won Physics prize in 1903 for the discovery of radio activity. He shared it with M. & Madame Curie.
Jack the Lad.
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11th May 2005, 05:33 PM #52
Chow Hound
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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/i...luorescent.htm
Iain next?This time, we didn't forget the gravy.
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11th May 2005, 05:34 PM #53
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Thats easy Gumby- That's you.!
Jack the Lad.
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11th May 2005, 05:36 PM #54
The typo kign
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Nup :eek:
If at first you don't succeed, give something else a go. Life is far too short to waste time trying.
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11th May 2005, 05:50 PM #55
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It's Ozwinner in his fleecy inner foiled pyjamas.
- Wood Borer
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11th May 2005, 05:51 PM #56
Drop Bear Master
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Bugger orf Gumby, it's my go.
Who is this characterStupidity kills. Absolute stupidity kills absolutely.
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11th May 2005, 06:12 PM #57
The True Believer
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Hubert Cecil Booth....
if you always do as you have always done, you will always get what you have always got
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11th May 2005, 06:18 PM #58
The typo kign
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Mark Knopfler (with a hat on)
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11th May 2005, 07:16 PM #59
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It's Hercule "Guitar" Poirot just after he shaved off the silly moustache and took up residence in Nashville, Tennessee.
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11th May 2005, 07:27 PM #60
Drop Bear Master
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Wrong, wrong wrong, the placement of the left hand should be of some help.
Stupidity kills. Absolute stupidity kills absolutely.
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