Friday quiz - who is this ?

[Menelaus]

Oh dear

For the benefit of those of you interested, the correct answer was Giovanni Schiaparelli. He explored and mapped Mars (via telescope) and described the 'canali' which were mistranslated (it says 'ere) as canals. Canals were built by navvies or navigators - hence the reference to navigator.

Mars is the slightly larger, funny coloured 'star' up there. Somewhere. You can see it with the naked eye, but it's really fuzzy man.

And when at last you see the light,
God's going to buy you a satellite ...

Ok BGG, I'll have a go at yours a bit later.

Very impressive

[Zippy]

Very impressive

ooh thank you

[Menelaus]

ooh thank you

You're welcome

[Board Game Geek]

Lord Byron : No

Clue : Both the mystery author and Lord Byron were alive at the same point in their lives. I cannot find references if they ever met, but boy what a meeting it would have been.

[Pogle]

I miss out on all the fun - wot with workin an such

[Zippy]

I miss out on all the fun - wot with workin an such

No need to rub it in

[Zippy]

Marquis de Sade

[Menelaus]

Marquis de Sade

Thwack!

[Zippy]

Thwack!

Did I get it right?

[TriggerHippy]

Brown and Reve are authors that hacked off the Catholic church?