E: 03/01 FT Christmas Challenge (help needed)

thetoothfairy

freefan01 wrote: »

Could the link on Q38 be something to do with their original names or even that they changed their birth names?

Eminem -Marshall Bruce Mathers III
Lady Gaga -Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
Elton John - Reginald Kenneth
Rush Limbaugh - James Golden

Sorry been jumping in and out of here and been clueless but thought I'd ask this:)

Hi Freefan

Excellent idae and would absolutely be an answer to the question - it's something they ALL have in common

Unless anyone else has any other ideas, I think we stick with this :T

freefan01

brilliant tooth fairy, thanks fingers crossed this is answer

thetoothfairy

We have all he answers now....

1. Northwest Passage
2. William Shakespeare
3. a Sam Cooke; b Mark Rothko ; c Fela Kuti ; d Judy Garland
4. Metropolitan Opera, New York
5. Bridget Riley
6. Lindsay Lohan
7. Sylvester Stallone
8. (i) Keith Richards; (ii) Tony Blair ; (iii) Mark Twain
9. Klingon
10. Serge & Charlotte Gainsbourg
11. a Centre Pompidou-Metz, Paris; b San Carlo Theatre, Napoli; c Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
12. Susan Boyle
13. Silvio Berlusconi
14. Caravaggio
15. The Smiths; David Cameron
16. 16b is the fake
17. All took place posthumously
18. Astana, Kazakhstan
19. 19b Catherine Zeta Jones
20. Death In Venice
21. The Hobbit (2 parts)
22. a $10.3m; b $69.5m; c $95m
23. 22b was found in an attic; 22a was fictionalised in the novel
24. Anton Chekhov & Leo Tolstoy
25. Claude Monet
26. Gustav Mahler
27. a Ashton Kucher (ii); b Oprah Winfrey (iii); c Britney Spears (i)
28. A Streetcar Named Desire
29. The Duke of Edinburgh
30. Anish Kapoor
31. Public were banned from interacting with it for health and safety reasons - the exhibition was creating too much dust; Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
32. Franco's Spain
33. Republic of Ireland
34. MGM & EMI
35. Avatar
36. Julian Assange
37. First time a female playwright's play has been staged
38. a Rush Limbaugh; b Eminem; c Lady Gaga; d Elton John - link is they all changed their names:

Eminem -Marshall Bruce Mathers III
Lady Gaga -Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
Elton John - Reginald Kenneth
Rush Limbaugh - James Golden

39. Spider-Man
40. Germany

freefan01

Bringing link over for ease - http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/eba968fe-0d50-11e0-82ff-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=20c8b358-0f51-11e0-b336-00144feabdc0.html#axzz19OfwjFIF

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Good luck everyone

edda

freefan01 wrote: »

Could the link on Q38 be something to do with their original names or even that they changed their birth names?

Eminem -Marshall Bruce Mathers III
Lady Gaga -Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
Elton John - Reginald Kenneth
Rush Limbaugh - James Golden

Sorry been jumping in and out of here and been clueless but thought I'd ask this:)

Are you sure that James Golden was Rush Limbaugh's original name?

According to Wikipedia, these are 2 different people:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rush_Limbaugh_Show

James Golden = Bo Snerdley?

thetoothfairy

edda wrote: »

Are you sure that James Golden was Rush Limbaugh's original name?

According to Wikipedia, these are 2 different people:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rush_Limbaugh_Show

James Golden = Bo Snerdley?

Mmm..I just googled him and his full name is apparently: Rush Hudson Limbaugh III

So perhaps this isn't the right answer after all.....back to gay rights?

timmmers

thetoothfairy wrote: »

Mmm..I just googled him and his full name is apparently: Rush Hudson Limbaugh III

So perhaps this isn't the right answer after all.....back to gay rights?

They all have featured in some way on The Simpsons I think too.
All have come out publicly in support of gay marriages too recently.

ShelbyJWilliams

Eminem -Marshall Bruce Mathers III
Lady Gaga -Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
Elton John - Reginald Kenneth
Rush Limbaugh - James Golden


Could the link be anything to do with sobriety from drugs/drink?

edda

Finally found the answers to the Xmas quiz here:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/db6c4780-19e0-11e0-b921-00144feab49a.html#axzz1Bh2dSsa5

The elusive Q38 was given as:

(d) Elton John is the link. He has played duets with Lady Gaga (c) and Eminem (b), and performed at the wedding of Rush Limbaugh (a) for a reported $1m

Thanks again everyone. See you next year.