The Beard Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 What is the connection between the following: One was in the Royal Air Force, the other was in the Navy. One was educated in Eton then Wellington college, the other Eton then Switzerland. One had a single daughter, the other a single son. One was an actor, the other an author. One starred in a movie that came from a book written by the other. Who are the two people and what is their connection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beard Posted June 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 No guesses even, thickos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 No guesses even, thickos. Had a quick look last night and got nowhere...I'll have another think . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Was thinking George Orwell (Eton and Wellington, author, one son, books made into films) but as far as I can see he only fought in the Spanish Civil war and then the Home Guard in WW2....thought I was on to something . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beard Posted June 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Was thinking George Orwell (Eton and Wellington, author, one son, books made into films) but as far as I can see he only fought in the Spanish Civil war and then the Home Guard in WW2....thought I was on to something . Alas a dead end Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Got it . Christopher Lee/Ian Fleming Fairly distant step cousins apparently. Good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beard Posted June 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 MMMMM Did you google Mike. I think the schools could have been googled. The next will be more obscure, I will leave this open for another day or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 MMMMM Did you google Mike. Only to check the facts once I'd had the idea...and for the relationship between them which I had no idea about. According to Wikipedia Lee didn't go to Eton btw...failed scholarship interview according to "them." Although his own site says he did go so you'd think he'd know . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beard Posted June 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 It was the connection bit I knew about and got the rest from their own websites, so no wiki mistakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 I have no idea at all. and they are brothers? Or am I grasping the wrong end of the stick here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beard Posted June 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Maybe Rubes but how do you deduce that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 It was just the way the question was phrased, I assume they are brothers but I really don't know to be honest... And I do refuse to google. I see from the earlier post one of them is called Lee. Is that a first name or a second one? Sammy Lee (fat and round) doesn't fit any of the clues. Only thing that comes to mind is Christopher Lee. Gawd I am totally stuck here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beard Posted June 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 It was just the way the question was phrased, I assume they are brothers but I really don't know to be honest... And I do refuse to google. I see from the earlier post one of them is called Lee. Is that a first name or a second one? Sammy Lee (fat and round) doesn't fit any of the clues. Only thing that comes to mind is Christopher Lee. Gawd I am totally stuck here. Christopher Lee is correct Rubes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted July 2, 2011 Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 Christopher Lee and his brother??? Gawd alone knows who that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted July 2, 2011 Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 Whoa just suddenly thought. Christopher Lee is the actor bit. He was in a lot of films (Is he still alive by the way?) So I was having a think. Bram Stoker could have been the author as he wrote Dracula, but I seriously doubt he did service with the Navy or Air Force. Only other thing I can actually come up with is the Man with The Golden Gun. That's a James bond story. And that was written by Eric (Ian?) Fleming. Well one of the Flemings anyway. Is that right? And please can someone scoop up my brains as they have leaked out of my ears over this one..... Can I have another clue if it is wrong though. I am enjoying the thinking on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 2, 2011 Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 You're right Rubes (and it's Ian) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beard Posted July 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 We shall put Rubes out of his misery. Christopher Lee was the first person the other was Ian Fleming. Lee did star in The Man with the Golden Gun, which of course Fleming wrote and the two are cousins. Well done Rubes for patience, tolerance and the will to have a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted July 2, 2011 Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 Whooo Hoooo A guess that worked Thanks for that. Really liked it. I didn't know they were related though, and I was desperately trying to think of brothers for most of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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