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Monday, 16 April 2012

Guess Who's at the Typewriter? 20 Questions

A little 20-question guessing game, with one-word (or name) association clues ... So who are the typists? (Answers tomorrow - now attached):
Anchor: Walter Cronkite
Ashes: Frank McCourt
Cats: T.S.Eliot
Cosmo: Helen Gurley Brown
Earl Hofert: David Letterman
Goon: Harry Secombe
Hammer: Mickey Spillane
Howl: Allen Ginsberg
Jackal: Frederick Forsyth
Je t'aime: Serge Gainsbourg
Lambs: Jodie Foster
Madrid: Richard Polt
Nixon: David Frost
Norman: Anthony Perkins
Place: Grace Metalious
Reds: Jack Reed
Sage: H.L.Mencken
Watergate: Benjamin Bradlee
Zone: Rod Sterling
Zorro: Tyrone Power

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12 comments:

  1. shordzi16 April 2012 at 02:45

    I think I can spot Richard!!

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  2. maschinengeschrieben16 April 2012 at 04:00

    I have no idea who the typists are, but I spotted 3 Babies, 1 Lettera, 2 Noiselesses and Watergate uses a Remington Rand 17.

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  3. Bill M16 April 2012 at 05:44

    I grew up with the Twilight Zone and cannot miss Rod Serling. I kind of recognize some others and just cannot think of the names. I noticed the Lettera 32 and missed the others Florian noticed.

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  4. notagain16 April 2012 at 06:49

    Is that Neddie Seagoon? I have guesses on about half, and I think you did a post on "Ashes" a while back.

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  5. Richard P16 April 2012 at 06:57

    Lots of good new photos here! Let's see ... this is without any googling.

    Anchor: Walter Cronkite?
    Ashes: Frank McCourt?
    Cats: T.S. Eliot
    Cosmo: Helen Gurley Brown?
    Earl Hofert: He looks like David Letterman??
    Hammer: Mickey Spillane
    Howl: Allen Ginsberg
    Je t'aime: Serge Gainsbourg? Is that his name?
    Lamb: Jodie Foster
    Norman: that Psycho actor
    Sage: I dunno but is that photo mirror reversed?
    Zone: Bill M got it.

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  6. Robert Messenger16 April 2012 at 07:04

    Scoresheet:
    Georg 1
    Bill 1
    Peter 1
    Richard 11
    Do you want the answers yet?

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  7. Bill M16 April 2012 at 07:35

    Richard, I knew you'd know them. I should have gotten Cronkite and when I saw Jodie Foster I was thinking Drew Barrymore and I knew that was not her.
    It finally hit me who Zorro is: Fulkner

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  8. Robert Messenger16 April 2012 at 08:13

    OK, the answers are:
    Anchor - Walter Cronkite
    Ashes - Frank McCourt
    Cats - T.S.Eliot
    Cosmo - Helen Gurley Brown
    Earl Hofert - David Letterman
    Goon - Harry Secombe
    Hammer - Mickey Spillane
    Howl - Allen Ginsberg
    Je t'aime - Serge Gainsbourg
    Jackal - Frederick Forsyth

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  9. Robert Messenger16 April 2012 at 08:19

    Lambs - Jodie Foster
    Madrid - Richard Polt
    Nixon - David Frost
    Norman - Anthony Perkins
    Place - Grace Metalious
    Reds - Jack Reed
    Sage - H.L.Mencken
    Watergate - Benjamin Bradlee
    Zone - Rod Sterling
    Zorro - Tyrone Power

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  10. Scott K16 April 2012 at 08:35

    Darn. I had foster, letterman and forsythe, only to come on here and find the answers!

    Letterman looks like he's moments away from pounding that baby even flatter than it already is. A bit like a baby that I have in my possession, which I am attempting to 'repair' (read: mangle backwards to an almost working state).

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  11. Scott K16 April 2012 at 08:37

    .... and by the time I've written my mail down, you've even edited the post to have the answeres! Oh well.

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  12. Bill M16 April 2012 at 08:47

    Richard, I should have known! I did not recognize you with the hat and no glasses.

    I got the last one wrong also. Oh, well, just a guess.

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