Winner of the Guess the Americans Competition

Infomaniac is pleased to announce the winner of the “Guess the Americans” Competition but before we do, let’s have a look at the correct answers …


#1: HOWARD STERN


The highest-paid radio personality in the United States, the most censored and the most fined, Howard Stern hosts the Howard Stern Show on Sirius Satellite Radio.

Stern proclaimed himself the “King of all Media” as a result of his success not only in radio but in print, TV and movies.

Best Wrong Answers
Kapitano: “Pastor Ted Haggard"
Almost everyone else: “Jesus” or “Cher”


#2: KATHY GRIFFIN


Kathy's a stand-up comedienne, über fag hag (yay!) and self-proclaimed "D-list celebrity."

Best Wrong Answer
Mr. Frobisher: “Linda Evans”


#3: CARROT TOP


Nasty-looking ginger comedian performing on the Vegas circuit.

Best Wrong Answers
Geoff: “Geri Halliwell”
Mitzi: “Nikka Costa”
Mr. Frobisher: “A hideous dragon”


#4: BOB BARKER


Game show host, best known for hosting The Price is Right for 35 years. Barker retired in 2007 and devotes his time to animal rights.

Best Wrong Answers
Manuel: “Justin Timberlake (without the makeup etc)”
Mr. Frobisher: “Someone with false teeth”



#5: AL ROKER


Weatherman to the nation.

And musician Lenny Kravitz’s’ cousin.

Best Wrong Answers
Geoff: “Spike Lee”
Mitzi: “Uncle Ben”



#6: ANDERSON COOPER



CNN television news anchor/reporter and son of Gloria Vanderbilt.

Best Wrong Answers
Geoff: “Mulder or Scully”
Manuel: “Dunno - but I don't trust him...looks shifty......too smooth”
IVD: “Ooooh, that politician I really fancy! Just look at him. RAWR!”
Maxi Cane: “A store mannequin”
Mr. Frobisher: “Someone from Star Trek”



#7: PAULA DEEN


Food network host and restaurateur, one of Paula’s signature dishes is Hoecakes.

Best Wrong Answers
Geoff: “Shirley Temple”
Kapitano: “Wallace Simpson”
Mitzi: “The fat one from Cagney and Lacey.”
IVD: “A small, but incredibly vivacious planet.”
Maxi Cane: “Yer ma”
Mr. Frobisher: “Elizabeth Taylor”



#8: LARRY KING


Host of CNN’s longest-running interview program, “Larry King Live.”

Married eight times.

Best Wrong Answers
IVD: “C. Montgomery Burns (Homer’s withering in his glare just out of sight)."
Mr. Frobisher: “Jay Leno”



#9: BEN STEIN

Actor/writer/game show host/political commentator/former speechwriter for Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

Known for his monotonous voice.

Appeared as the Economics teacher in the 1986 comedy film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.


Best Wrong Answers
Geoff: “Gerald Kaufman”
Mitzi: “kiddie fiddler”
Manuel: “Dunno - some tv doctor chap”
Scarlet: “An American celebrity Doctor.”
Mr. Frobisher: “Walt Disney”

Best Correct Answer

Maxi Cane: “the actor from Ferris Beuller "Beuller, Beuller, anyone? Beuller"”



#10: SARAH SILVERMAN


Comedienne, actress and host of The Sarah Silverman Program.

Best Wrong Answer
Mr. Frobisher: “The spanish one from Desperate Housewives”

Best Correct Answers Written in Desperation
IVD: “Sarah Silverman! Please let it be her as she’s the only one I have any clue about.”
Maxi Cane: “Sarah Silverman (I want to be that toilet seat)”



Before we proceed to the announcement of the winner, let’s have a look at some of your submissions, shall we?

It seems that our KAZ got a little carried away when she saw the photo of the fella in the Stars and Stripes thong at the top of the page. This was her response to the entire quiz …

KAZ: “The top one is Mean Dirty Pirate. Otherwise I haven't a clue.”

Yorkshire’s favourite poofs, Piggy and Tazzy didn’t fare much better…

PIGGY: “I don't know who the fuck any of them are, but they all look like cunts. Especially number 6, who gives me the creeps. I suspect one of them is Larry King who appears to be having problems with his back-brace.”

Note to Piggy: Larry King, Piggy? Correct answer for #8! You’re one up on KAZ.

And then there was Kapitano. Dear sweet Kapi didn’t know a single correct answer but made up for it by emailing me a photo of a man with an enormous erection.



And now… drum roll please…

THE WINNER OF THE “GUESS THE AMERICANS” COMPETITION IS:

MANUEL from Belfast, Northern Ireland!

CONGRATULATIONS, MANUEL! You scored a whopping 6/10 correct answers. The photos that stumped you were numbers 4, 6, 7 and 9.

Thanks to all you residents of the UK and Ireland who participated in the Guess the Americans Competition.

See you back here on Friday for another exciting contest! One that EVERYONE can enter! (except Canadians).

Guess the Americans Competition

Welcome to the second of three exciting new contests here this week on Infomaniac!

Today is our “GUESS THE AMERICANS” Competition.




Note: RESIDENTS OF THE UK AND IRELAND ONLY MAY ENTER THIS CONTEST

There will contests for everyone else (except Canadians) later this week but today only residents of the UK and Ireland may enter the competition.

THE RULES:

1. Guess the names of the 10 people pictured below. The “personalities” in the photos are all from the United States of America.

2. Email your answers to us. Our email address is in our Blogger Profile.
The comments are closed as we want to avoid people guessing out loud in the comments section and giving away the answers.

3. Sit back and wait until Thursday, July 30th when the photos will be identified and a winner will be chosen.


Are you ready? Let’s get started.


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Guess as many as you can and email your answers to us on Tuesday or Wednesday.

The people featured here are all alive (at the time of this posting, anyway) and are all popular personalities in the USA.

We want to see how many of these people you UK and Irish folk recognize. Can you do better than your American cousins did in the Guess the Brits Competition?

Reminder: UK RESIDENTS AND IRISH ONLY MAY ENTER TODAY’S CONTEST

We are limiting those who enter the contest to UK residents and Irish only because most of our readers are either from the USA or the UK. We’d like to see how they do when pitted against each other.

How much does one country really know about the other?

Wondering why we chose the photos we did for this contest? Many personalities/celebrities in the United States receive lots of press outside the U.S. They’re recognizable to anyone who switches on the telly or reads the papers or has access to the Internet. So we did a little digging to find personalities who are household names (for the most part) in the U.S. but may not be as instantly recognizable outside that country’s borders.

One more thing: Please do not enlist the help of your American cousins for the answers. We were disappointed to find that a handful of folk in the last contest asked their UK and Irish friends to help them correctly identify the photos. This is not fair play and you’re cheating your fellow bloggers. Please play fairly. Mistress MJ has spoken.

Good luck!

UPDATE: This competition is now closed. A new post with the winner’s name and correct answers will appear here on Thursday.