Thursday, November 09, 2006

What Ho...With Knobs On!

I was looking around the old World Wide Web for something about P.G. Wodehouse, and was surprised and delighted to find that one can read many of his stories, etc. online! Do yourself a favor, and go Google him yourself and read a couple.

On a related note, I stumbled across this delightful quiz--below is a list of names, some from P.G. Wodehouse works, some of actual baseball players. Can you tell the difference?

Wodehouse character or baseball player?

1. Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy
2. Augustus Fink-Nottle
3. Roderick Spode
4. Daniel Quisenberry
5. Bertram Wilberforce Wooster
6. Dorrel Norman Elvert Herzog
7. Watkyn Bassett
8. Mordecai Brown
9. Stiffy Byng
10. Floyd Bannister
11. Algy Wyndmondham-Wyndmondham
12. Lastings Milledge
13. Percy Craye
14. Snuffy Stirnwiess
15. Heathcliff Slocumb
16. Augustine Mulliner
17. Clay Dalrymple
18. Tuppy Glossop
19. John Wesley Powell
20. Oliver Randolph Sipperley
21. Mike Jackson

List from The Winged Elephant. Answers tomorrow.

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