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What connects the following:

Sepp Blatter
Hermann Goering
Clint Eastwood
Bobby Charlton


As ever, I do have an answer in mind, but please post any suggestions you can come up with.

They would make the world's worst boy band?

I'm thinking about corruption of some sort -- Goering and Blatter took kickbacks, apparently.

Then again, the World Cup is a common link for Blatter and Charlton.

Mm, they all have double letters in their names.

"Who are 4 people who have never been in my kitchen, Alex." - Cliff Clavin

I'll leave you to ponder that one and come up with something creative. I'll reveal my solution on Monday.

They're all mentioned in Post 1 of this thread.

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I do not follow British , so I am only familiar with half of the names on the list.

However I will go out on a limb and suggest they have all appeared in a film. With a further leap I will suggest that all four are credited for producing a documentary.

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Hermann Goering produced a documentary? I doubt Goebbels would have stood still for that.

Goering played himself in the documentary "Triumph of the will" and 15 other documentaries.

Eastwood filmed some documentaries. I don;t know about the other two names.

The other two names:


Sepp Blatter played himself in "The referees."

Bobby Charlton played himself in a number of documentaries.

they all have/had terribly bad teeth...

They were bipeds with opposable thumbs and unnecessary mammary glands.

all mammary glands are necessary...

I bet you're going to milk that comment for all it's worth.

too right! - heck I only need one more of my pituitary hormones to go haywire and Ill be lactating anyhow! ... seriously!

Well, don't go haywire and bale out on us.

ok, I said I'd reveal the solution on Monday...


All of these folks have been honoured by Japan. They were awarded the Order of the Rising Sun medal for various reasons.

It's an unusual medal in that it has various classes. Sepp Blatter and Hermann Goering achieved the first class (Grand Cordon). Clint Eastwood received 3rd class (Gold Bars with Neck Ribbon), whereas Bobby Charlton was 4th class (Gold Bars with Rosette)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Rising_Sun

It currently goes all the way down to 8th class, and there is a separate higher honour for visiting heads of state, etc - the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum.


A few other Rising Sun awardees you may have heard of:

1st class - Malcolm Fraser, John Major, Donald Rumsfeld
4th class - George Takei


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But your 'played themselves in documentaries' connection is impressive

I did know that George Takei had been so honoured.

Goering had so many medals and bogus honours it was impossible to keep track.

Are there bogus honours?

Are there genuine honours to be given out by a junta (useful pejorative term) for that matter?

I see The Ventures were awarded the Order of the Rising Sun in 2010.