Local quiz

[reddoggy]

the answers are all famous people:

1 jewish miner? (3)5/6

2 did he win the pudding race? 6/5

3 loving visits to every house? 8

4 telling tales 6

5 these lead to great wealth? 6

6 religious scent? 9/4

7 he gives a sinking feeling ? 8

8 goes down a bomb? 6/7

9 not the one in star trek? (2) 4

10 tales from the horses mouth/ 4/7

11 not one of the brothers? 4/4

12 crossed eyed lion has view? 8/8

13 speedily restricted lady 7/6

14 not the beatles manager? 5/7

[geo0939]

2-Robert Burns?

[geo0939]

10- Dick Francis

[geo0939]

6-Christian Dior.

[oldwoman]

4 Chaucer

[geo0939]

Burns: Address toa haggis. " Great chieftain o' the puddin' race".

[kettledrum]

11. Karl Marx

[reddoggy]

Many thanks for the Robert Burns explanation, I was confused by that answer :o)

[geo0939]

1- Isaac Pitman. (shorthand).

[oldwoman]

12 Clarence Birdseye

[reddoggy]

I thought of every Clarence but him - shame we didn't have fish fingers today otherwise I probably would have got it :o)

[geo0939]

Surely Chaucer has 7 letters.

[reddoggy]

You're right, Chaucer does have 7 letters. Oh dear, I thought that was a good answer - back to the drawing board!

[geo0939]

14- Jacob Epstein (Sculptor).Not Brian.

[Fibonacci]

7 Bismarck ?