Feeling anxious about this week's Prelim Final?  Looking for something to take your mind off the game?  Have time on your hands and are willing to waste some of it?  You've come to the right place!

As usual, you need to tell me what connects the players in this team.  

Unusually, there is a prize this week, to be revealed at the completion of the quiz.

Responses to me in a PM please so it has a chance of lasting longer than a couple of minutes.

 

B:  Glenn Archer   Nathan Carroll*   Ryan Fitzgerald

H/B:  Heath Shaw   Brian Lake   Matthew Collins*

C:  Taylor Adams   Terry Wallace   Scott Thompson*

H/F:  Brad Miller*   Wayne Carey   Jarryd Blair

F:  Toby Greene   Max King   Lance Franklin

R:  Mark Lee   Bryce Gibbs   Ken Sheldon

I/C:  Greg Doyle*   Kieran Harper   Haydn Robbins*   Taylor Garner

 

* denotes that they played for Melbourne.

Edited September 7, 20213 yr by Demonstone
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12 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Unusually, there is a prize this week, to be revealed at the completion of the quiz.

 

Just go ahead and give it to Mazer already. 🙄

Clue please?

Just now, Lucifer's Hero said:

Clue please?

Of course.  I can reveal that they are not female singers.  

Are they authors?

Was that a PM?

2 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Was that a PM?

It has now been sent.

Just waiting for the rejection, again!

Edited September 7, 20213 yr by Lucifer's Hero

I'm afraid you've spoiled it by answering correctly on this thread. Luci.

They are indeed all authors, as listed below:

B:  Jeffrey Archer   Lewis Carroll   F. Scott Fitzgerald

H/B:  George Bernard Shaw   Thomas Harris (Lake's former name)   Jackie Collins

C:  Douglas Adams   Edgar Wallace   Hunter S. Thompson

H/F:  Henry Miller   Peter Carey   George Orwell (real name Eric Blair)

F:  Graham Greene   Stephen King   Miles Franklin

R:  Harper Lee   May Gibbs   Sidney Sheldon

I/C:  Arthur Conan Doyle   Jane Harper   Harold Robbins   Helen Garner

DS, you could almost have got away with subbing Essendon's Bruce Dodson in for our Nathan😁...

1 minute ago, Demonstone said:

I'm afraid you've spoiled it by answering correctly on this thread. Luci.

They are indeed all authors, as listed below:

B:  Jeffrey Archer   Lewis Carroll   F. Scott Fitzgerald

H/B:  George Bernard Shaw   Thomas Harris (Lake's former name)   Jackie Collins

C:  Douglas Adams   Edgar Wallace   Hunter S. Thompson

H/F:  Henry Miller   Peter Carey   George Orwell (real name Eric Blair)

F:  Graham Greene   Stephen King   Miles Franklin

R:  Harper Lee   May Gibbs   Sidney Sheldon

I/C:  Arthur Conan Doyle   Jane Harper   Harold Robbins   Helen Garner

So, I still get the prize

*cough*: DS?...

I'm pleased to announce that the winner this week is Timothy Redden-A'Blew who was first in.

Timothy wins the Zookeeper Award for his efforts and takes home a team of ANIMALS!!

B:  Wayne Henwood   Brent Crosswell   Peter Everitt

H/B:  Alec Epis   David Mackay   Luke O'Sullivan

C:  Phil Maylin   Bobby Skilton   Matthew Febey

H/F:  John Longmire   Nick Reiwoldt   David Schwarz

F:  Allen Aylett   Jason Dunstall   Wayne Carey

R:  Paul Salmon   Dale Weightman   John Platten

I/C:  Phil Baker   Damien Monkhorst   Brian Roberts   Tony Buhagiar.

 

Or, if you prefer, Moose, Tiger, Spider, Kookaburra, Swan, Rhino, Shark, Chimp, Mouse, Horse, Roo, Ox, Toad, Piggy, Duck, Fish, Flea, Rat, Snake, Monkey, Whale and Budgie.  

DS, do you even sleep? Where do you get the time to come up with so many great puzzles?!?!

The puzzles come to me while I'm asleep!

As much as I loved him at fullback, I doubt Nathan Carroll ever wrote a book.

Nathan Carroll wrote a book???

Alternative answer to the quiz is ACTORS. Where a famous actor, I have only named one of a number of possibilities.

Peter/John/Bernard Archer   Leo G. Carroll.  Barry/Michael/Paul/Walter Fitzgerald

Robert Shaw   Veronica Lake (or Richard Harris)  Joan Collins

Don Adams   C.J. Wallace  Jack Thompson

Ben/Brian/Barry/Dennis Miller   Philip/Timothy/Harry Carey   Bill/Wayne/Selma Blair

Lorne Greene   Matt/Joe/Dave King   David/John/Richard Franklin

Christopher Lee   Timothy Gibbs (not so famous)   Tony Sheldon (not so famous)

John Doyle   Robert/James/Tom Harper   Tim Robbins   James Garner

Do I get a prize too? 🤣

1 minute ago, Flower Magic said:

Do I get a prize too?

Just the glory, FM!

Would everyone like another? It is only Tuesday, on a slow football week.

Not.

1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

I'm pleased to announce that the winner this week is Timothy Redden-A'Blew who was first in.

Timothy wins the Zookeeper Award for his efforts and takes home a team of ANIMALS!!

B:  Wayne Henwood   Brent Crosswell   Peter Everitt

H/B:  Alec Epis   David Mackay   Luke O'Sullivan

C:  Phil Maylin   Bobby Skilton   Matthew Febey

H/F:  John Longmire   Nick Reiwoldt   David Schwarz

F:  Allen Aylett   Jason Dunstall   Wayne Carey

R:  Paul Salmon   Dale Weightman   John Platten

I/C:  Phil Baker   Damien Monkhorst   Brian Roberts   Tony Buhagiar.

 

Or, if you prefer, Moose, Tiger, Spider, Kookaburra, Swan, Rhino, Shark, Chimp, Mouse, Horse, Roo, Ox, Toad, Piggy, Duck, Fish, Flea, Rat, Snake, Monkey, Whale and Budgie.  

I shall care for them as if they were family (my own being so remote in our current dystopia...)

10 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Would everyone like another?

Bring it on!

1 hour ago, DubDee said:

Nathan Carroll wrote a book???

A filth supporting mate has only read one book, apart from the form guide, Tony Shaw's bio. from years ago

If you give a Collingwood fan a book as a gift, make sure you include some crayons so that they may colour it in.

2 hours ago, Demonstone said:

I'm pleased to announce that the winner this week is Timothy Redden-A'Blew who was first in.

Timothy wins the Zookeeper Award for his efforts and takes home a team of ANIMALS!!

B:  Wayne Henwood   Brent Crosswell   Peter Everitt

H/B:  Alec Epis   David Mackay   Luke O'Sullivan

C:  Phil Maylin   Bobby Skilton   Matthew Febey

H/F:  John Longmire   Nick Reiwoldt   David Schwarz

F:  Allen Aylett   Jason Dunstall   Wayne Carey

R:  Paul Salmon   Dale Weightman   John Platten

I/C:  Phil Baker   Damien Monkhorst   Brian Roberts   Tony Buhagiar.

 

Or, if you prefer, Moose, Tiger, Spider, Kookaburra, Swan, Rhino, Shark, Chimp, Mouse, Horse, Roo, Ox, Toad, Piggy, Duck, Fish, Flea, Rat, Snake, Monkey, Whale and Budgie.  

Did someone say Animals? As it happens, on this week (and for the next three) in 1964, the number 1 song in the charts was House of the Rising Sun by Eric Burdon and the Animals. If that's not an omen, I don't know what is!

 

Ok, while we’re waiting for Timothy Redden A’Blew to throw another Tuesday Time-Waster at us, I offer this quickie…

I have a tattoo that comprises a black outline with a small section of solid colours, those being red and blue. It’s not a Dees tattoo but the red and blue are the exact same shades as ours. Not our home strip navy blue, but one of our away/clash strips blue (royal blue).

It is an iconic image. Instantly recognised the world over. It is never reproduced with any colours other than the red and the blue. Unless there’s some fool out there who dares to mess with a classic. 
Can you guess what I have tattooed on my person?