Tuesday, April 3, 2012

B1. This picture from the early 1970s shows the Director of Sports Timing and Relations of Longines SA. In this part of his career, he had also been General Secretary of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation and was involved in the organisation of the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games. Name the man.

Hint: In his more recent avatar, he has  been one to stir up controversy, for example by suggesting that female football players should wear tighter shorts to appear more attractive to men, that Latin American countries would 'applaud' John Terry for having an extramarital affair, that homosexuals should 'refrain from any sexual activity' while attending the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and that on-field racism could be corrected with a 'handshake'.


A. Sepp Blatter

11 comments:

  1. Sepp Blatter.

    --Ajay Parasuraman

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  2. Well, if you hover over the image, the filename says B1-seppblatter.jpg, so, using my amazing powers of deduction, I'm going to say Sepp Blatter :-).

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  3. Good idea !! But I dont know who this guy is -M.

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  4. Nicholas Hayek ?
    Theme could be watches companys

    yogesh pai

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  5. Either Sepp Blatter or Jacques Rogge.

    OK. Sepp Blatter.

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  6. Sepp Blatter

    raklodramA

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  7. Sepp Blatter??? (Paul G)

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  8. I had a hunch, and the clue strengthens it, so I'll go with Sepp Blatter.

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  9. ok Sepp Blatter. Need to wait for second question for attempting the theme.

    Yogesh P

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  10. As Rajiv pointed out, initially the file name had Blatter's name in it, so it showed up as a cursor pop-up. I changed it after he posted his comment. I have been reasonably relaxed in terms of awarding points, and will continue to be that way, as that's not really the point of this venture.

    Annie

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