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Researcher U197087 Posted May 3, 2007
Reposting for Icy 
What connects roles played by:
Eric Idle
John Candy
George Sanders
Hugh Laurie
Peter Jones
Ian Barnes
Richard Harris
Michael Bates
Buster Brodie
Mel Gibson
Humphrey Bogart
Mel Blanc
Clue: they're in a natural order.
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boredlaura Posted May 3, 2007
They've all played characters named after a Chinese year.
Mel Blanc - rabbit
Eric Idle - dragon
John Candy - ox
Humphery Bogart - dog
and so on.
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Icy North Posted May 3, 2007
Well spotted, Laura, but can you name all 12:
(Two of yours aren't the animals on my intended solution, by the way)
I agree with:
John Candy (Dewey 'Ox' Oxberger) - Stripes (1981)
Humphrey Bogart (Roy 'Mad Dog' Earle) - High Sierra (1941)
The chinese years are in order...
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boredlaura Posted May 3, 2007
Eric Idle - Rat - Wind in the Willows
John Candy - Ox - Stripes
George Sanders - Tiger - Jungle Book (Shear Khan - sp?)
Hugh Laurie - Rabbit - Little Grey Rabbit
Peter Jones - Dragon - He's the bloke in Dragon's Den, not exactly an actor
Ian Barnes - Snake - Grange Hill (although I would've gone with Hank Azaria for this one!)
Richard Harris - Horse - A Man Called Horse
Michael Bates - Sheep - It ain't Half Hot Mum (Rangi Ram)
Buster Brodie - Monkey - Wizard of Oz
Mel Gibson - Rooster - Chicken Run
Humphrey Bogart - Dog - High Sierra
Mel Blanc - Pig - Porky Pig
I'll confess to IMDB-ing the few I didn't know!
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Icy North Posted May 3, 2007
I'm just impressed with Laura spotting it so quickly! 
(Hugh Laurie was "Hare" in Little Grey Rabbit, btw, but everything else is there!)
We used to run quizzes like this on the "h2g2 Quiz of the Day" and "Another Quiz" threads (see my PS). It's about time we resurrected them, methinks.
Over to you, Laura 
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boredlaura Posted May 3, 2007
Okay here we go. Probably a bit too easy. I much prefer answering to asking these things.
What connects:
- Richard Byrd,
- An Aussie cricketer,
- The Raisins,
- Bruno, and
- Winnecke?
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Researcher U197087 Posted May 3, 2007
Is Bruno the gay German style reporter character of Sacha Baron Cohen?
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boredlaura Posted May 3, 2007
No, different Bruno but still with a German connection.
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Researcher U197087 Posted May 3, 2007
Something to do with bears.
Winnecke is a double star in Ursa Major,
Bruno is a bear that showed up in Germany,
Cameron White is known as "The Bear".
Not sure about the California Raisins but "Grapevine" is on the radio. 
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boredlaura Posted May 3, 2007
Yup, bears. Anyone hazard a guess at the other two connections?
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Researcher U197087 Posted May 3, 2007
Well, now I get that Richard Byrd was a POLAR explorer, and there is a CALIFORNIA sort of bear.
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boredlaura Posted May 3, 2007
I was going with 75% of the band The Bears were once in The Raisins, but the California thing works too.
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Researcher U197087 Posted May 8, 2007
Anybody?
Geoffrey Chaucer
D'Artagnan
The Dying Swan?
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Researcher U197087 Posted May 8, 2007
A little extra. What connects
Altiatlasius
Geoffrey Chaucer
D'Artagnan
The Dying Swan?
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Researcher U197087 Posted May 10, 2007
Well I guess that wasn't happening, I'll 'fess up - it's Archbishops.
Altiatlasius - FIRST PRIMATE
Geoffrey Chaucer - CANTERBURY Tales
D'Artagnan - Michael YORK in Three Musketeers
The Dying Swan - wears a TUTU
Sorry
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