Wikipedia:Wikifun/Round 9/Answers/Question 1

Ajax confirms that 8 Royal Navy ships, four cars, two kings (from the Iliad), and our friendly bathroom cleaning product all share that name. King Ajax the Great, a.k.a. Telamonian Aias, killed himself after a madness-induced slaughter. Not sure about the "owner" mocking reference. A search for various segments of "Telamonian Aias" reveals that Lamon Brewster (first hit on a search for "lamon") is the World Boxing Organization's current world heavyweight champion of boxing. Chris Amon is a race car driver (from list of racing drivers) -- Amon was also a formula one team for one year in 1974. Of course there are numerous athletes and drivers with "ian" in their names. - Bryan is Bantman 18:11, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

You got one part correct. That's all you got. -- AllyUnion (talk) 04:16, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Answer? edit

Kurt Busch, champion of the Nextel Cup (NASCAR) zellin 17:48, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

No, sorry. -- AllyUnion (talk) 20:29, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Getting Bothersome... edit

I've figured that the name of the three drivers is AJ, but that's the closest I've gotten... --Solo Maxwell

A quite classical try... edit

The page about Ajax tells that 8 ships, 4 cars, 2 kings and the cleaning product share that name. One of the kings, Telamonian Aias, killed himself. Among the names on the list of racing drivers, only three share the letters "ian", all of them just like this king as the last 3 letters of their "first name" (in quotes for the king). Among these three, only Christian Lautenschlager won a world championship, the French Grand Prix.

PS: I'm just sorry that this is not so interesting in what concerns the "what sport?" questions. I had another idea of a champion in a more "special" sport, but I find not much he would have in common with the king and three other drivers... — MFH: Talk 9 July 2005 04:42 (UTC)

It doesn't answer "we learn of a leader who killed himself and was mocked by the "owner" of the Wikipedia." part. --AllyUnion (talk) 09:45, 10 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

michael schumacher

Another try edit

We know that Jimbo Whales is the "owner" of wikipedia.--Zxcvbnm 02:51, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ajax

Hint edit

This question deals with an inside joke. --AllyUnion (talk) 08:25, 6 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Stab in the dark edit

I believe the answers could be Hans Von Stuck and hill-climbing. The eight ships, four cars, etc. lead, fairly easily to Ajax. Now things get a little more difficult. I thought the leader who killed himself could be Ajax the Great but that seemed to be a dead end. Instead, a little investigation of one of the ships - HMS Ajax (22) - showed that it was involved in the pursuit of the Admiral Graf Spee whose captain, Hans Langsdorff later committed suicide. Could this be the leader mentioned in the question? Certainly there are a number of F1 racing drivers named Hans, including Hans Von Stuck who also happened to be a champion hill-climber. Spondoolicks 15:55, 9 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Answer edit

Ajax

I'm a little irritated that it wasn't listed under the suicides category (even after I found his real name). I finally went for cleaners and knew Ajax was a popular name in history and warships.

- Tεx τ urε 23:36, 9 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hint 2 edit

The inside joke relates to the unofficial holiday celebrated by many in April. The content in question was also copied on one of this round's answer pages. --AllyUnion (talk) 01:40, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

WDAASD edit

MICHAEL SHUMACHER

Nope. You should be looking for a surname which is shared by a racing car driver and someone connected with one of the HMS Ajax's. Alphax ^τεχ 15:35, 28 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This is hard.. edit

Adding on to other people's answer's, I have found that the HMS Ajax (1912) is a King George V-Class Ship, and was made by the Vickers company. Vickers is the last name of Brian Vickers, who is one of the people who share a portion of their last name with Telamonian Aias.Magicmonster 06:23, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Think a few hundred years earlier. The sharing of the name part is that the people have the same surname. Alphax ^τεχ 14:27, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Got it at last (I hope) edit

HMS Ajax (1798) fought at the Battle of Trafalgar, after which the French Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve committed suicide. The three Villeneuves who were racing drivers were Gilles Villeneuve, his son Jacques Villeneuve (F1 world champion) and the brother of Gilles, Jacques Villeneuve (elder), who as well as being a racecar driver was a champion snowmobile racer. --Spondoolicks 21:04, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes! Well done! 3 points! Alphax ^τεχ 13:59, 21 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

How was he "mocked by the owner of Wikipedia"? ~~ N (t/c) 14:12, 21 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Would that be referring to the scathing article about him in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica? --Spondoolicks 15:31, 21 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]