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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2013 => Topic started by: Otto Puzzell on August 24, 2013, 07:18:16 AM
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It's been a while since I've posted a group puzzle, so here's a new one. 17 stars, and 17 cars. One of the pictured stars owned one of the pictured cars. The stars may have made their name in motion pictures, music, TV, or a combination of those genres.
To earn a point, you must correctly identify the star (by number, and the he or she owned (by number).
Some ground rules:
- Misidentification of a car, a star, or a pairing, means you are blocked from guessing again about that car, that star, or the pairing of which either is part.
- Only a correct, complete and specific answer will earn a point; tag-on's to other guesses will not. So, be specific and complete!
- Guessing just a car or a star will not warrant an answer. We're after pairings here.
- Remember, using Google's "Search by Image" is cheating, and is grounds for a ban from AutoPuzzles.
Now, on to the Cars N Stars!
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I'll collect correct pairings here:
Gerry Marsden and Singer Chamois / Wendax
Carol Conners and Shelby Cobra / Wendax
Mike Nesmith and Austin Cooper S / Wendax
Mel Torme and MG TC / Tom_I
Marc Bolan and Ferrari Daytona / Tom_I
Eric Stewart and Ferrari Boxer / Tom_I
George Harrison and Ferrari 365 GTC / Tom_I
Chuck Berry and Cadillac Eldorado / Tom_I
Randy Bachman and 65 Thunderbird / Wendax
Al Jardine and 1971 Hemi 'Cuda / Wendax
Bret Michaels and 1969 Chevrolet Camaro / Wendax
Roy Orbison and 1967 Corvette / Ray B.
Alice Cooper and 1965 Ford Mustang / Wendax
Buddy Holly and 1958 Chevrolet Impala / Ray B.
Keith Richards and 1950 Pontiac Silver Streak / Wendax
Rick Nelson and 1932 Ford Roadster / Wendax
Jeff Beck and 1932 Ford Model B Deuce Coupe / Wendax
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Star #6 and car #4. Is that a young John Lennon? with a Radford Mini de Ville.
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That's a Mini; Mr. Lennon is not in this puzzle.
No more guesses about car #4, or guesses pertaining to star #6, for you.
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That's a Mini; Mr. Lennon is not in this puzzle.
No more guesses about car #4, or guesses pertaining to star #6, for you.
Kids all look the same to me.
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Star #2 Carol Connors and her Shelby Cobra 289, car #13.
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Star #3 is Mike Nesmith of Monkees fame, his car is #4, a Taurus tuned Austin Cooper S built and customized by Radford. It was said to be the most expensive Mini ever built in 1967.
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Star #3 is Mike Nesmith of Monkees fame, his car is #4, a Taurus tuned Austin Cooper S built and customized by Radford. It was said to be the most expensive Mini ever built in 1967.
Ah. Interestingly, it seems to be LHD but British-registered.
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Star #1 Gerry Marsden, known for Gerry and the Pacemakers, and Car #9, his Singer Chamois.
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Car #3 is the 1965 Ford Thunderbird of Star #9, Randy Bachman from Bachman Turner Overdrive.
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Star #15 Keith Richards of Rolling Stones fame and Car #7, his 1950 Pontiac Silver Streak convertible.
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Star 5 with the cat is T. Rex frontman Marc Bolan. He apparently owned a number of cars, but he never learned to drive. Ironically he was killed in a car crash.
In the early 1970s he bought Car 6, a Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona coupe.
Some sources say that this was the car he was killed in, but in fact it was a Mini driven by Gloria Jones. As far as I can gather, the Ferrari still exists.
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Roy Orbison (star 12 - without sunglasses ), owned that Corvette (car 1).
And Buddy Holly (star 14 - without glasses) owned that 1958 Chevrolet (car 14).
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Car #15 is the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS of Bret Michaels who I think is pictured as Star #6.
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Car #8 is Jeff Beck's 1932 Ford Model B 'Little Deuce Coupe'. Jeff himself can be seen in picture Star #17.
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Star #2 Carol Connors and her Shelby Cobra 289, car #13.
I figured that one would go last! That picture is from Carol's tenure with the Teddy Bears. She came by the Cobra in an interesting way...
Connors first met Carroll Shelby after she had broken up with the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley. After smashing the front of her then boyfriend’s AC Bristol car, Connors was sent to find Shelby to see if he could put a Cobra front on an AC back.
“So there I am in his office…I said ‘Mr. Shelby…is there any way you can put a Cobra front on a Bristol back?’ Well he became hysterical. He just couldn’t stop laughing,” remembers Connors
“He looked at me and said, ‘you know little girl, if you write a song about my car and it goes to number one, I’ll give you one’…and the rest was history,” she added.
That song of course was the 1964 single “Hey Little Cobra” sung by The Rip Chords and peaked in the top five on the Billboard Charts. The famous lyrics “Hey, Little Cobra/Don’t you know You’re gonna shut’em down” became a phrase synonymous with Shelby’s racing wins during his career.
When the song was at the peak of its popularity, Connors remembers a funny meeting with The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson coming up to her and saying “We knew that song was written by a girl.”
“I said, ‘Brian, how did you know that?’ and he said ‘because you can’t take your Cobra out of gear and coast to the line!’” remembers Connors. “I said, ‘if you’re that far in front, you can do that.’”
Connors always had a special place for Shelby in her heart, and will always remember her close friend and race legend.
“I will remember him as being bigger than life and I will always say to myself, ‘Carroll Shelby shut ‘em down,’” said Connors. “He was one special dude.”
Conners also co-wrote the theme from "Rocky"
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Star #3 is Mike Nesmith of Monkees fame, his car is #4, a Taurus tuned Austin Cooper S built and customized by Radford. It was said to be the most expensive Mini ever built in 1967.
Correct!
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Star #1 Gerry Marsden, known for Gerry and the Pacemakers, and Car #9, his Singer Chamois.
Correct!
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Car #3 is the 1965 Ford Thunderbird of Star #9, Randy Bachman from Bachman Turner Overdrive.
Correct!
Bachman bought the T-Bird from his former Guess Who band mate Burton Cummings.
Cummings and Bachman had a falling out during the Guess Who days, after Bachman became a Mormon. Bachman left the band and later formed Brave Belt, which begat Bachman–Turner Overdrive.
Cummings soldiered on with an oft-retooled Guess Who until 1975. Burton seemed to have a bit of religious awakening himself, if the song "I'm Scared" from his first solo album is to be believed. When he presented the song to the 1975 iteration of the Guess Who (with former James Gang guitarist Domenic Troiano), they rejected it, and Cummings walked.
Bachman and Cummings have since patched things up.
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Star #15 Keith Richards of Rolling Stones fame and Car #7, his 1950 Pontiac Silver Streak convertible.
Correct!
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Star 5 with the cat is T. Rex frontman Marc Bolan. He apparently owned a number of cars, but he never learned to drive. Ironically he was killed in a car crash.
In the early 1970s he bought Car 6, a Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona coupe.
Some sources say that this was the car he was killed in, but in fact it was a Mini driven by Gloria Jones. As far as I can gather, the Ferrari still exists.
Correct!
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Roy Orbison (star 12 - without sunglasses ), owned that Corvette (car 1).
And Buddy Holly (star 14 - without glasses) owned that 1958 Chevrolet (car 14).
Both Correct!
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Car #15 is the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS of Bret Michaels who I think is pictured as Star #6.
You ID'd the Camaro - #6 is not Michaels.
No more guesses about Car 15 or Star 11 for you.
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Car #8 is Jeff Beck's 1932 Ford Model B 'Little Deuce Coupe'. Jeff himself can be seen in picture Star #17.
Again, you found one of the most difficult. It's rare to see Beck with that kind of haircut. A wicked good guitarist, former Yardbirds member Beck always seemed to play second fiddle (or ax) to two other leads from that same band - Eric Clapton and Jeff Jimmy Page.
In the 1966 film "Blow Up", Beck and Page can be seen together playing "Train Kept a-Rollin'".
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Car #15 is the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS of Bret Michaels who I think is pictured as Star #6.
You ID'd the Camaro - #6 is not Michaels.
No more guesses about Car 15 or Star 11 for you.
Otto, I think you may have given the answer away there!
Wendax didn't mention Star 11... ;)
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A PM would have been appreciated. Oh well...
Since I've given it away I'll award that one to Wendax. He's been on a tear so far!
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Thank you! ;D
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Car #15 is the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS of Bret Michaels who I think is pictured as Star #6.
You ID'd the Camaro - #6 is not Michaels.
No more guesses about Car 15 or Star 11 for you.
I'll take that as "Nomore guesses about Car 15 or Star 6 for you", so I'll keep quiet about Star 6 although I found out meanwhile. ;)
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Car 12 is a circa 1973 Cadillac Eldorado. This car appeared on the BBC News website here in the UK in June this year, in an article about the National Museum of African American History, which I think is still under construction in Washington DC.
The car was donated to the museum's stock collection by its owner Chuck Berry, who must be Star 8.
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Another one where I am sure about the car and its owner, but not about the star picture. Car #17 shows Al Jardine's 1971 Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda recreation. I think Star #10 is a picture of the young Beach Boy.
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Car #2 is the '32 Ford hot rod that Star #16, Ricky Nelson, was driving in the TV series “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.”
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Car 12 is a circa 1973 Cadillac Eldorado. This car appeared on the BBC News website here in the UK in June this year, in an article about the National Museum of African American History, which I think is still under construction in Washington DC.
The car was donated to the museum's stock collection by its owner Chuck Berry, who must be Star 8.
I don't know about the BBC, but that's Chuck and his Cadillac.
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Another one where I am sure about the car and its owner, but not about the star picture. Car #17 shows Al Jardine's 1971 Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda recreation. I think Star #10 is a picture of the young Beach Boy.
Correct!
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Car #2 is the '32 Ford hot rod that Star #16, Ricky Nelson, was driving in the TV series “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.”
Another one correct!
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I really should have recognised Star 4 earlier, as I identified him in another puzzle about eighteen months ago, though the picture was rather different. He's American singer and actor Mel Tormé.
I found some discussion on MG forums of an MG TC which he bought new in New York in 1949, and which still exists, so I think the link is with Car 5.
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These are going fast - only three pairings to go!
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Star #13 is the young Alice Cooper, his 1965 Ford Mustang Fastback is Car #16.
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Right again
Two cars; two stars remaining
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The remaining stars both rose to fame around the same time, and both later joined other groups that also charted singles and albums on both sides of the Atlantic.
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The last pair I am allowed to puzzle is Star #7 and Car #11. I'm not 100 percent sure, but I think it is Eric Clapton and one of his beloved Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer.
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# 7 is not Mr. Clapton
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Game over for me ;)
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Star 7 is George Harrison. I put off trying to identify his car earlier, as he owned so many. Now it's much easier. Car 10 is his 1969 Ferrari 365 GTC.
Which leaves Star 6 and Car 11, and I am currently stumped. As Wendax said, the car is a Ferrari 365 GT4 BB Berlinetta Boxer, 1973-1976, but I haven't been able to identify Star 6. Unless the picture is grossly misleading (and that's always a possibility with Otto!), he's a musician, and is sporting a very 1960s haircut.
I'll keep trying, but if anyone can identify him, there's a point up for grabs.
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Star 7 is George Harrison. I put off trying to identify his car earlier, as he owned so many. Now it's much easier. Car 10 is his 1969 Ferrari 365 GTC.
Correct!
Which leaves Star 6 and Car 11, and I am currently stumped. As Wendax said, the car is a Ferrari 365 GT4 BB Berlinetta Boxer, 1973-1976, but I haven't been able to identify Star 6. Unless the picture is grossly misleading (and that's always a possibility with Otto!), he's a musician, and is sporting a very 1960s haircut.
I'll keep trying, but if anyone can identify him, there's a point up for grabs.
A couple of clues here:
#6's haircut is groovy indeed. Over the year, his appearance didn't vary much, other than than the length of that hair. This last remaining mystery star first rose to fame (as you surmised) in the 1960's. His band at that time recorded a song that made it almost to the top of the charts in the US and the UK. It was covered by another artist 20+ years later, who took it to number one. Both Star 6 and the artist who re-recorded the song were seen in motion pictures that ostensibly represented fictional and real-life happening of the decade to which 6's haircut points.
Another interesting thing about that song. It was 'written' in 20 minutes, in a place thousands of miles away from #6's home, but it borrowed liberally from another composition by an an artist born hundreds of miles away, but who did his best work in the country in which #6 was born (I won't say "a short distance" because somebody who drove that distance some decades ago might take issue with such a statement ;) ). The 20-minute composition came from two writers born almost 200 years after the original composer, who, I expect took quite a bit longer to pen his piece.
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Now that's what I call a clue!
But the word "groovy" was enough. The song composed in 20 minutes is "A Groovy Kind of Love" by Toni Wine and Carole Bayer Sager loosely based on a piece by Clementi (1752-1832) and recorded by The Mindbenders (without Wayne Fontana) in the 60s, and later in the 80s by Phil Collins.
So Star 6 is Eric Stewart, guitarist and vocalist with The Mindbenders, and later founder member of the group 10 cc.
And there's a photo on his website of Car 11, the Ferrari 365 GT4 BB Boxer.
And that's him in the middle below.
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Well solved!
The Mindbenders appeared as the band at the dance in To Sir With Love, and backed Lulu's singing of the title song during the film.
Phil Collins' version of Groovy was in his 1988 film about the Great Rain Robbery, Buster. Collins was also had an extra in the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night, playing (what else?) a screening teen. His appearance in the film adaptation of Ian Fleming's novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car ended up on the cutting room floor.
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Well played, all. The points total:
Wendax 10
Tom_! 5
Ray B. 2