A really simple competition

[Mutley]

This is a really simple competition, you do not need to have subscriptions or use pay per view sites, the answer is available from the free sites on the Internet.
The most convincing answer to the second question will be the tie breaker that decides the winner.

Two fantastic prizes have been donated for the winners.
A copy of Your Old Maps 3
And a £10 voucher to spend at Parish Chest

PM Mutley with your answers (click on my user name) by the closing date of
12.00 a.m. GMT Saturday 20 February.

Once the competition has closed I will attempt to copy all your replies to a new thread and the winner will be announced.

Good Luck folks,
Read the clues and get searching!

[Mutley]

Questions:
1. What is my full name?
2. Did I achieve my aim?

Clues:
1. I was born in Cheshire in the 1880s, my father was a minister.
2. I studied at Cambridge.
3. I became a teacher in Surrey where I met my wife.
4. We married in 1914.
5. During the war I was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Atillery.
6. My brother was a WWII RAF Commander.
7. Ruth and I had three children. The youngest, John, emigrated to South Africa.
His son, my grandson, and namesake, followed in my footsteps.
8. Ruth died in 1942 aged 50.

[Jan1954]

Hi Mutley,

How is the competition going?

[Mutley]

We have quite a few entries coming in.
At first it seems very hard but the members that have replied have been amazed how easy it is
once they really thought about it!

It actually takes longer to type the answer than it does to find it.

[Pam Downes]

Well I've really, really, thought about it, and the only answer I've come up with so far is that the answer to the first question isn't Winston Spencer Churchill.
Though I did win a copy of Your Maps 3 in an earlier competition, and can recommend it as an item worth winning. And if you love maps, then it's an item worth putting on a birthday/Christmas present list.
Pam

[susan-y]

I read the 1st question and the immediate answer I had was.." Well, if YOU don't know your full name how can I figure it out?" Then I read on and realized its not really about YOU
I've been hooked on the Olympic opening ceremonies........ FANTASTIC
All I can say is its past my bedtime!

Sue

[Mutley]

Well I've really, really, thought about it, and the only answer I've come up with so far is that the answer to the first question isn't Winston Spencer Churchill.

Pam

Well Pam, I am really surprised, you are one of the best at knocking down those brick walls for members.

I think that I am trying to show people that if you have a mountain to climb, look for the easiest route before attempting the summit.

And there is a clue, if ever there was one.

[ET in the USA]

Oh, no wonder I couldn't guess who it was to start with. I didn't realise that we were supposed to enter some/part of Mutley's original clues into a search engine.
Pam

p.s. - and very off-topic - but have you seen size of the smilies in the list to the right of the 'reply' box? The one in particular looks so funny.

Definitely not the large print edition ! I also like the little pin heads jumping around.

[RobinC]

Has the deadline passed?

[Sue Mackay]

Has the deadline passed?

From Mutley's orginal post

PM Mutley with your answers (click on my user name) by the closing date of
12.00 a.m. GMT Saturday 20 February.

Once the competition has closed I will attempt to copy all your replies to a new thread and the winner will be announced.