Peterborough Heroes And Villains Quiz

[grumpy01]

Can someone explain please how the following two answers given were arrived at.Q48)Hurricane on wheels,Speedy Gonzales.Q82) A famous Telfordian,Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

[dannyk13]

82. Brunel was a native of Telford

[dannyk13]

48. A hot wheels car
https://allegro.pl/hot-wheels-looney-tunes-speedy-gonzales-bdt06-i7477072884.html

[grumpy01]

Thanks Danny.However I cannot find evidence of Brunel living in Telford.

[dannyk13]

Sorry, I thought that was the connection.However there is a Brunel Road in Telford.

[grumpy01]

Indeed Danny.I wonder if it is any association with Thomas Telford.

[dannyk13]

There was some interaction between BRunel and Thomas Telford:-
//Brunel submitted four designs to a committee headed by Thomas Telford, but Telford rejected all entries//

[Buenchico]

I suspect that the connection (if there is one) has more to do with Thomas Telford than with the town of Telford. T

elford won the competition to design and build a bridge across the Avon but only because he was also the judge of the competition; it was only after considerable public outcry that he backed down and awarded the prize to Brunel. I can't really see how that makes Brunel a 'Telfordian' but there are some very strange quiz-setters around!

[dannyk13]

Buenchico // there are some very strange quiz-setters around//
I couldn't agree more.

[QuizmasterG]

I thought it was hurricane on wheels. No-one mentioned hot ones!
I hope the sheep haven't followed the first answer!

[Mamyalynne]

Well done if you've found your Telfordian, it's quite a challenge with that letter count.

[Calibax]

48 Hannah Cockroft