History Challenge & Journal

[Siani]

Pork pie is from Melton Mowbray, not so far from where I was brought up.

Correct Steve G...quite delicious they are too!

[Siani]

the one missing is from Bakewell in Derbyshire

Correct lindosfan1...well done!

[sandman67]

OK History buffs.....brainy hats on and spinach all round....here we go again....now with 25% extra added photos!

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PHWOOOOOAAAAARRRRR!!!!!

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1) Name all of the people in the photographs
2) What is the link between them all?
3) Based on the answers above, which one of these is the odd country out: ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, NORTHERN IRELAND, WALES?

[dtaai-maai]

Eddie Waring & Stuart Hall

Charlie the Frog

Kate Bush

Something to do with borders? Jeux sans frontieres, the Common Market.

EDIT: Blimey, somehow I missed no.3 and went straight to phwoooooooooooooor - not sure who he is at first sight...

[dtaai-maai]

No. 3 Alan Yentob?

[Norseman]

Photo #2 (b) is General Charles de Gaulle, later president of France.

[sandman67]

bloody hell.....Im gonna make the next round a lot harder

Nearly there DM....and NO it aint Alan. You also have to explain the link when you get the answer

Keep going bro



PS: Re the Kate photo....as your avatar would say: I say!

[dtaai-maai]

Nearly there DM....and NO it aint Alan.

Blimey, maybe his brother?

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[sandman67]

no....and it aint Nicholas Cage's dad either (like the HHADer who just rang me suggested)

Get number 3 and it will all become clear

[Frank Hovis]

Number 3 is Peter Gabriel from Genesis.

And that helps me to solve the connection - not !
Or is Jeux Sans Frontiers the connection?

[sandman67]

Right....

Eddie Waring / Stuart Hall
Charles de Gaulle
Peter Gabriel
Kate Bush

and yep the link is Jeux Sans Frontiers ..... BUT HOW IS THAT THE LINK?

and then theres question 3

[dtaai-maai]

Charles de Gaulle kicked off the Common Market, It's A Knockout (aka Jeux Sans Frontieres) was (probably) the first Europe-wide tv gameshow. Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel... hmmm...

[dtaai-maai]

Gabriel and Bush recorded a duet called "Don't Give Up" - an irrelevant coincidence?

EDIT: Nope: "Over the years, Gabriel has collaborated with singer Kate Bush several times; Bush provided backing vocals for Gabriel's "Games Without Frontiers" and "No Self Control" in 1980" from Wiki

[Frank Hovis]

I'm going to play my Joker.

Odd one out - Was there never a Northern Irish team on It's a Knockout?

And here come the Belgians

[dtaai-maai]