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1. I was born in the Merseyside town of Crosby on Christmas Day 1944. My birth name, Maurice James Christopher Cole, was later changed to the stage name I became famous for. A radio and TV career had me heard and seen by the British public and one of my most famous phrases was "It's all done in the best POSSIBLE taste!" Do you know who I am my leetle chickadees?

Answer: Kenny Everett

Everett played his part in the 1960s pirate radio story working for both Radio London and Radio Luxembourg. He went on to have a stormy but successful career in TV, but often upset the conservative TV audience. Everett died in 1995 caused by an AIDS-related illness.

Byrne, Elton and Evans were British comedians.

2. As an important English astronomer, I was famed for being the first to spot radial motions in sunspots, an effect later named after me. During 1890 I was a founder of the British Astronomical Association. My work cannot be underestimated; I found that the sun and solar system are interdependent. Now look into the stars and see if you can spot me somewhere on the moon?

Answer: John Evershed

Evershed discovered and recorded the radial motion of the gases found in sunspots which later became known as the Evershed Effect. Much of his work took place in the Indian region of Tamil Nadhu. Much of his success came in observing and measuring radial motion of matter in the penumbral region of sunspots.

Evershed came to my attention when visiting the Science Centre in Herstmonceux, East Sussex where there are seven observatory domes housing some of Britain's first major telescopes. The Evershed crater on the moon was named in his honour.

Eddington was a British astrophysicist who worked on the Theory of Relativity.
Elger was a 19th century lunar mapper.
Knobel was President of the British Astronomical Association and had a crater on Mars named after him.

3. I was born in Brazil in the early 1940s. My career took me down the path of being a racing driver. In 1972 I drove for Lotus and won the F1 title. Two years later I repeated my success with McLaren. I have won CART titles and won the Indy 500 twice. If you don't like motor sport then I may be driving you mad trying to recall my name, I am sure you will get me though. Who am I?

Answer: Emerson Fittipaldi

Fittipaldi won the F1 title twice in a golden period between 1972 and 1975 in which he also finished runner up twice. His CART career saw him win the Indy 500 in 1989 and 1993 with a Chevrolet engine and a Penske chassis.

Ecclestone drove in two unsuccessful qualifying races during 1958, but later went on to be the 'Supremo' of F1 racing.
Cheever was a F1 driver with limited success, but won the 1998 Indy 500 with an Oldsmobile engine and a Dallara chassis.
Irvine competed for Jordan, Jaguar and Ferrari in F1, winning four of his 148 races.

4. Poetry was my thing along with a bit of sculpting, painting and a bit of graphic art. I was one of the primary Surrealist artists that introduced Dada to the art world. Now I lie in a Parisian cemetery, but can you paint a picture of me in your mind?

Answer: Max Ernst

Ernst was born near Cologne in Germany during 1891. His early life saw him move away from studying philosophy to painting. The outbreak of world War One saw him coin the phrase, "Max Ernst died the 1st of August, 1914." This event however, paved the way for his surrealist approach to art and he was famed for his bird like pieces. Ernst passed away on April 1st 1984 and was interred at the P�re Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

Emerson was an American essayist, philosopher, and poet who lived in the 1800s.
Baj was an Italian artist who also was part of the same Surrealist movement as Ernst.
Poe was an American writer and poet.

5. Hi there, my name is Don and I sit here with my brother Phil. Now we have had a great life in the music industry in the genres of country, rockabilly and rock & roll. It was the year of Our Father 1957 that the lives we led would be changed forever. 'Bye Bye Love' and 'Wake up Little Susie' gave us hits in the US. However, it was 'All I Have to Do Is Dream' that gave us our first global hit. Now we may be 'Cathy's Clown' but we are not yours if you can guess our name. Who are we?

Answer: The Everly Brothers

The brothers are no longer recording, but have been seen around the music world collabarating with other musicans such as EmmyLou Harris and Vince Gill. Don is the older brother by nearly two years. In 1973 the Brothers broke up as a double act on stage with Don supposedly playing poorly. Phil, clearly upset by this, smashed his guitar up in a rage and stormed off leaving Don to finish the show on his own.

6. I was born in Manchester, England in 1900. I later went on to become a prominent zoologist and ecologist. Having had three books on ecology published, I was awarded the Darwin medal in 1970, and have as a main influence Julian Huxley, an evolutionary biologist. I can claim that I was one of the first people to structure the food chain we know to this very day, but come on folks which male of the human species am I?

Answer: Charles Sutherland Elton

Elton was educated at Oxford and focused his entire career on zoology and ecology. He was famed for his breakthroughs in invasive organisms, a term of categorization used for flora and fauna. He died in 1991, well established and well respected in his field.

Frank Edwin Egler worked as an American plant ecologist and helped with the Rachel Carson book 'Silent Spring', which told of the effects of pesticides on ecology.
Paul R. Ehrlich was an authority in Butterflies and a renown American biologist.
Heinz Ellenberg was a German biologist, botanist and ecologist.

7. I draw. In fact I draw very well. I am a cartoonist and my comic strip 'Stone Soup' was found in over two hundred newspapers worldwide. The main character in the strip is Val Stone, a single Mom who lost her husband and has had to raise two daughters. I have drawn my own life experiences into the comic strip; perhaps that will narrow down your selection in trying to answer this question. Who am I?

Answer: Jan Eliot

Eliot was born in California and among the plethora of jobs she has done she has been a waitress, car salesperson, advertising copywriter, graphic designer, and greeting card writer.

Edgren was an American cartoonist and olympic athlete.
Larson was an animator for Disney.
Dumm drew the comic strip Cap Stubbs and Tippie.

8. OK now listen up. My character is one that can be, well you know, a little bit risqu�. "My understanding of women only goes as far as the pleasure. When it comes to the pain I'm like any other bloke - I don't want to know." Now ok, I am a fictional character and have been portrayed by Michael Caine and Jude Law, but can you ladies remember my name? I do hope so. However, you fellas, I care very little for your understanding.

Answer: Alfie Elkins

"Alfie" was first seen on the cinema screen in 1966. Played by the dependable Michael Caine, the sexual exploits of a working class boy in London sees Alfie rise through the ranks of society bedrooms. Leaving behind a trail of broken hearts and tattered confidences, Alfie shows no shame in his antics. Jude Law plays "Alfie" once more this time in 2004.

The quote used in the question is taken from the original 1966 version of the film.
"My understanding of women only goes as far as the pleasure. When it comes to the pain I'm like any other bloke - I don't want to know."

9. Welcome to Conservative headquarters. I have just beaten Harold Wilson in the 1970 General election here in Britain. My goals are uncertain, but all I do know is that my hobbies will keep me in check. Classical and church music are loves of mine and if you can guess my name I might let you call me what my friends do, Teddy. Who am I?

Answer: Edward Heath

Heath served just one term in office and was voted out of office in 1974. His main legacies when in charge were Britain' entry into the European Economic Community (EEC) and the escalating troubles in Northern Ireland. His constituency of Bexley and Sidcup kept him as a Member of Parliament for an incredible 51 years. He died in 2005.

10. I will keep this short and sweet, a bit like me if I should say so myself. I like to sing, I like to dance, and I like to play the piano. Most of all I LOVE to write music, perform my work and tell you all that it will be all Dwight on the night. Now I shall go and count my shed loads of money that is in my sky rocket man. Who am I?

Answer: Elton John

Having sold a staggering 250 million albums worldwide, Elton John, formerly named Reginald Kenneth Dwight, is one of the world's most prolific singer-songwriters of all time. From the early days of his first band, Bluesology, to working with the likes of Billy Joel, John Lennon and Pete Townshend to name a few, he cemented his name in popular culture across the world.

In 1997 he sang at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales and reportedly sold over 33 million copies worldwide of the re-written 'Candle in the Wind', originally written by Bernie Taupin in honour of Marilyn Monroe.

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