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suzian

suzian Report 25 Jun 2010 21:59

1. who was nicknamed "The Bucharest Buffoon"?

2. the last time any Briton has won a singles championship at Wimbledon was when? and who was it?

3. Which tennis star has appeared in Law and Order and Ugly Betty?

4. An unlikely hero, he was very small as a boy, at a time when most players of his size were being rejected by professional clubs for being too short, he also suffered from severe shortsightedness which meant that he had to wear very strong contact lenses on the pitch and very thick glasses off of the pitch, as well as having to wear dentures after having all of his front tip ripped out on the pitch. and he was?

5. What have Jimmy Greaves and Peter Bonnetti got in common - amongst others?

Sue x

Silly Sausage

Silly Sausage Report 25 Jun 2010 22:13

no 4 Joe Jordan ?

suzian

suzian Report 25 Jun 2010 22:15

'fraid not, Hayley

Sue x

Silly Sausage

Silly Sausage Report 25 Jun 2010 22:16

no 2 Virgina Wade ? ( was she British)

suzian

suzian Report 25 Jun 2010 22:17

Yes, Hayley - and yes

Sue x

Silly Sausage

Silly Sausage Report 25 Jun 2010 22:17

no 5 they were both from London?

Jenxx

Jenxx Report 25 Jun 2010 22:18

no 2 1977

Silly Sausage

Silly Sausage Report 25 Jun 2010 22:19




Fred Perry ?

suzian

suzian Report 25 Jun 2010 22:21

Jen - yes, you're right

Hayley - could be, but think of it from a World Cup perspective!

Sue x

Jenxx

Jenxx Report 25 Jun 2010 22:23

no 3 Billy Jean King
appeared in Ugly Betty don't know about the other programme

suzian

suzian Report 25 Jun 2010 22:24

1. who was nicknamed "The Bucharest Buffoon"?

2. the last time any Briton has won a singles championship at Wimbledon was when? and who was it?
Answer Virginia Wade 1977


3. Which tennis star has appeared in Law and Order and Ugly Betty?

4. An unlikely hero, he was very small as a boy, at a time when most players of his size were being rejected by professional clubs for being too short, he also suffered from severe shortsightedness which meant that he had to wear very strong contact lenses on the pitch and very thick glasses off of the pitch, as well as having to wear dentures after having all of his front tip ripped out on the pitch. and he was?

5. What have Jimmy Greaves and Peter Bonnetti got in common - amongst others?

Silly Sausage

Silly Sausage Report 25 Jun 2010 22:25

last time I watched tennis Sue Barker was playing lololol

Silly Sausage

Silly Sausage Report 25 Jun 2010 22:26

Itsmytelly says no 1 is that butch one Martina Natlathingymebob.

suzian

suzian Report 25 Jun 2010 22:26

1. who was nicknamed "The Bucharest Buffoon"?

2. the last time any Briton has won a singles championship at Wimbledon was when? and who was it?
Answer Virginia Wade 1977


3. Which tennis star has appeared in Law and Order and Ugly Betty? Answer Billie Jean King. Cheers, Jen

4. An unlikely hero, he was very small as a boy, at a time when most players of his size were being rejected by professional clubs for being too short, he also suffered from severe shortsightedness which meant that he had to wear very strong contact lenses on the pitch and very thick glasses off of the pitch, as well as having to wear dentures after having all of his front tip ripped out on the pitch. and he was?

5. What have Jimmy Greaves and Peter Bonnetti got in common - amongst others?

suzian

suzian Report 25 Jun 2010 22:28

Sorry Hayley, definitely not!

Sue x

Jenxx

Jenxx Report 25 Jun 2010 22:30

no 4 .. Nobby Stiles
if right down to OH lol

suzian

suzian Report 25 Jun 2010 22:36

Pass your OH a drink - he's right!

Sue x

Silly Sausage

Silly Sausage Report 25 Jun 2010 22:36

Jens OH gets his coco Itsmytelly has been redcarded ....

Silly Sausage

Silly Sausage Report 25 Jun 2010 22:37

no 5 did they both play for Spurs

suzian

suzian Report 25 Jun 2010 22:37

Still to get

1. who was nicknamed "The Bucharest Buffoon"?

5. What have Jimmy Greaves and Peter Bonnetti got in common - amongst others?
Sue x