One On One - 101 True Encounters - Statistics

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Date	Location	Description of Meeting	Person	% Correct
		This dictator of Nazi Germany	Adolf Hitler	99%
15 March 1991	The Ivy Restaurant, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles	... who has a first and only date with this pop singer and dancer, known as the King of Pop	Michael Jackson	80%
5 June 1961	Buckingham Palace, London	... who awkwardly discusses paintings of horses at a dinner with this Queen of the United Kingdom	HRH Queen Elizabeth II	75%
15 October 1981	The White House, Washington DC	... who is interviewed by this leading pop artist, known for Campbell's Soup Cans	Andy Warhol	74%
June 1889	Elmira, New York State	... who meets his hero, the author of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'	Mark Twain	74%
14 May 1984	The White House, Washington DC	... who is received at the White House to front an anti-drink driving campaign by this actress and First Lady	Nancy Reagan	74%
December 1939	Burbank Studios, Los Angeles	... who allows that piece to be used in Fantasia, the third animated feature film by this pioneer of animation	Walt Disney	72%
Summer 1923	Chirk Castle, Wrexham, North Wales	... who as a child talks of the Boche with this English author of 'The Jungle Book'	Rudyard Kipling	70%
February 1909	Stormfield, Connecticut	... who takes on as a prodigy and talks at length with this deaf and blind author	Helen Keller	69%
Autumn 1978	316 East 63rd Street, New York	... who without a word takes the breath away from this pop singer, known for 'Like A Prayer'	Madonna	69%
Autumn 1957	The Plaza Hotel, Fifth Avenue, New York	... who designs a house for Arthur Miller and his wife, this actress, model and sex symbol	Marilyn Monroe	68%
18 May 1972	4, route du Champ d'Entraînement, Bois de Boulogne, Paris	... who visits the deathbed of her uncle, this abdicated ex-King of England, now a Duke	The Duke of Windsor	68%
20 December 1978	1040 Fifth Avenue, New York	... who is never invited to parties hosted by this socialite and ex-First Lady	Jackie Kennedy	66%
6 June 1955	Marfa, Texas	... who brings out nerves in this Rebel Without A Cause actor while filming Giant	James Dean	61%
24 February 1970	The East Room, the White House, Washington DC	... who plants an unsolicited kiss on the cheek of this U.S President, the only to ever resign from office	Richard Nixon	61%
20 December 1970	The White House, Washington DC	... who awards a Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Special Agent Badge to this singer known as 'The King of Rock and Roll'	Elvis Presley	59%
23 September 1955	The Villa Capri, Hollywood	... who is forewarned of his impending death by this English actor known for his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi	Alec Guinness	57%
February 1974	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas	... who despite a bitter feud in the press is welcomed in person by this singer known as 'Ol' Blue Eyes'	Frank Sinatra	57%
23 May 1903	Kremlin Square, Moscow	... who is amazed when the bells of the Kremlin ring, seemingly at the will of this escape artist and illusionist	Harry Houdini	57%
13 January 1900	21 Ulitsa Lva Tolstogo, Moscow	... who is disappointed when he finally meets his hero, this Russian author of 'War and Peace'	Leo Tolstoy	57%
27 August 1965	Perugia Way, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles	... who receives four starstruck Beatles, including this co-lead singer and bassist	Paul Mccartney	57%
29 December 1916	The Moika Palace, St Petersburg	... who poisons, then shoots, then has to shoot a further four times to kill this Russian mystic and friend of the Tsar	Grigori Rasputin	56%
22 July 1934	The Kremlin, Moscow	... who after a three-hour discussion about socialism decides he has "never met a more candid, fair and honest man than" this Georgian ruler of the Soviet Union	Josef Stalin	55%
June 1927	11 Downing Street	... who gives painting advice to this British politician and future wartime Prime Minister	Winston Churchill	55%
12 November 1968	4, route du Champ d'Entraînement, Bois de Boulogne, Paris	... who watches in horror as his wife is swung around by Richard Burton with the latter's wife, this actress from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Elizabeth Taylor	52%
23 June 1914	SS Imperator	... who uses a simple trick to completely baffle this characteristic ex-US president known for his anti-trust policies and huggable bedtime friends	Theodore Roosevelt	50%
Summer 1931	The Garden of Allah, Los Angeles	... who initially drowns out, then is drowned out by, this harpist and comedy actor known for his films with his three brothers	Harpo Marx	49%
21 June 1915	Tsarskoye Selo, nr St Petersburg	... who boasted loudly about his sexual encounters with the Tsarina, much to the annoyance of her husband, this last Emperor of All Russia	Tsar Nicholas II	49%
May 1996	Bayswater, London W2	... who is befriended and helped after rehabilitation by this British royal and wife of Prince Charles	Diana, Princess of Wales	47%
3 March 1981	Goldsmiths' Hall, London EC2	... who receives advice on being a princess from this film actress and Princess of Monaco	Princess Grace	47%
Early March 1967	La Mamounia Hotel, Marrakesh	... who is offered LSD in a car by this singer from The Rolling Stones	Mick Jagger	46%
22 October 1937	Berchtesgaden, the Bavarian Alps	... who takes tea with this dictator of Nazi Germany	Adolf Hitler	45%
6 May 1906	The White House, Washington DC	... who struggles to get a word in edgeways over the incessant talk of this English author of 'The War of the Worlds'	H. G. Wells	45%
19 May 1922	Hôtel Majestic, avenue Kléber, Paris	... who has every attempt at conversation fended off by this Irish author of 'Ulysses'	James Joyce	45%
June 1977	Whitney Recording Studios, Los Angeles	... who after three weeks of writing and recording songs together pulls a gun on this Canadian singer-songwriter known for 'Hallelujah'	Leonard Cohen	45%
19 September 1959	The Café de Paris, Hollywood	... who wears her sexiest dress to a Twentieth-Century Fox dinner on the American tour of this Russian premier	Nikita Krushchev	45%
Summer 1931	Repton School, Derbyshire	... who is photographed by an unassuming pupil, this British-Norwegian author of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'	Roald Dahl	45%
19 July 1938	39 Elsworthy Road, London NW3	... who sketches his hero, this Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis	Sigmund Freud	44%
Late August 1944	The Ritz Hotel, 15 place Vendôme, Paris	... who in Paris meets one of his literary heroes, thirty years his senior: this author of 'A Farewell to Arms'	Ernest Hemingway	43%
December 1876	Moscow Conservatory, Bolshaya Nikitskaya	... who is initially enthusiastic about, but afterwards begins to doubt the legitimacy of, this Russian Romantic composer of Swan Lake	Pyotr Il'ich Tchaikovsky	43%
1970	United Nations Plaza, New York	... who engages in a high-profile feud, culminating in a $500 bet, with this novelist, known for 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' and 'In Cold Blood'	Truman Capote	43%
November 1899	Montmartre, Paris	... who in Paris meets one of his literary heroes, thirty years his senior: this Irish author of 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'	Oscar Wilde	41%
1977	Warwick House, St James's Place, London SW1	... who boos and hisses when no one else dares criticise the singing of this English princess and sister of the Queen	HRH Princess Margaret	39%
21 May 1951	4 Christchurch Street, London SW3	... who has dinner with a feeling-phony-version of this author of 'The Catcher in the Rye'	J. D. Salinger	39%
Winter 1961	Grimaldi Palace, Monaco	... who after public outcry has to withdraw from making Marnie with this English film director known as the 'Master of Suspense'	Alfred Hitchcock	38%
June 1934	Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin	... who makes a disciple of, then makes sauerkraut for, this architect and designer	Frank Lloyd Wright	38%
November 1963	Gotham Book Mart, 41 West 47th Street, New York	... who while having his hair cut listens to this Spanish surrealist artist talk nonstop about Aboriginals	Salvador Dalí	38%
February 1936	The Karoa, South China Sea	... who forms a fleeting friendship with this English silent film actor, best known for his character The Tramp	Charlie Chaplin	36%
Summer 1928	Villa Galanon, Cap d'Antibes	... who is left "naked to the world" after having his sunbathing towel pulled away by this Irish playwright of Pygmalion	George Bernard Shaw	35%
July 1930	Lakeside Country Club, Burbank, California	... who over a game of golf settles his differences with this aviation millionaire and builder of the Spruce Goose	Howard Hughes	35%
14 July 1937	Beverly Hills Tennis Club, Los Angeles	... who plays pro-celebrity tennis doubles with this comedy actor, famous for his films with his three brothers and his comedy cigar	Groucho Marx	34%
4 February 1949	The Ambassador Hotel, Park Avenue, New York	... who is deliberately difficult when he meets this Russian composer of The Rite of Spring	Igor Stravinsky	32%
Winter 1967	The Chelsea Hotel, 222 West 23rd Street, New York	... who shares a lift with, then later writes 'Chelsea Hotel' about, this rock singer known for her cover of 'Piece of My Heart'	Janis Joplin	32%
November 1965	Kurt's of Mayfair, London W1	... who after a meeting in a barbershop, finds a successor to Sean Connery in this Australian actor who played Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service	George Lazenby	29%
Summer 1951	St James's Theatre, London SW1	... who barges into the dressing room of this English actor, known for his celebrated roles as Richard III and Heathcliff	Laurence Olivier	29%
23 April 1909	Rue de l'Université, Paris	... who refuses to kneel while modelling for this French sculptor, known for The Thinker	Auguste Rodin	28%
5 June 1972	Windsor Castle	... who talks about kitchens with this socialite and wife of ex-King Edward VIII	The Duchess of Windsor	26%
4 August 1955	The Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street, London W1	... who crawls around on a church floor picking up jewels with this English writer known for 'Brideshead Revisited'	Evelyn Waugh	24%
April 2007	The Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, Los Angeles	... who during a court recess urinates next to this pioneering music producer, known for his 'Wall of Sound' approach	Phil Spector	24%
November 1969	Horn and Hardart automat, West 23rd Street, New York	... who is mistaken for a very pretty boy and treated to a cheese sandwich by this beat poet and writer	Allen Ginsberg	23%
November 1891	9, boulevard Malesherbes, Paris	... who loses his nerve and walks out on having dinner with this French author of 'Remembrance of Things Past'	Marcel Proust	21%
August 1970	The Chelsea Hotel, 222 West 23rd Street, New York	... who takes under her wing this singer-songwriter and poet, known for her album Horses	Patti Smith	19%
27 August 1964	Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles	... who resists demands for alterations to the script of Mary Poppins from this author of the original book series	P. L. Travers	18%
June 1964	3 Kensington Court Gardens, London W8	... who shows off his serious side and knowledge of poetry to this English poet, known for 'The Waste Land'	T. S. Eliot	17%
Spring 1940	7000 Romaine Street, Los Angeles	... who builds a special bra for Jane Russell to the amazement of his assistant, this producer of the James Bond films	Cubby Broccoli	16%
May 1888	Moscow Conservatory, Bolshaya Nikitskaya	... who sits on the Conservatory's examining board and is blown away by the efforts of this Russian composer and virtuoso pianist	Sergei Rachmaninoff	16%
14 April 1943	Aeolian Hall, 135-137 New Bond Street, London W1	... who provokes giggles at a reading of that poem from this Queen of The UK, wife of George VI	Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother	14%
12 September 1895	Penallt, Monmouthshire	... who crashes his bicycle into this British philosopher and mathematician	Bertrand Russell	13%
February 1968	F2, Albany, Piccadilly, London W1	... who provides interior design advice to this British leader of the Conservative Party and future Prime Minister	Edward Heath	13%
27 June 1965	The Adriana Hotel, Rome	... who is judged a "bad-mannered little s**" after a backstage meeting with this English playwright known for Hay Fever*	Noël Coward	10%
September 1950	6005 Camino de la Costa, La Jolla, California	... who walks out after increasingly frustrating attempts at developing a script for the film adaptation of 'Strangers on a Train' with this author of 'The Big Sleep'	Raymond Chandler	10%
November 1966	Chez Moi, Addison Road, Holland Park, London W14	... who receives a call from this Australian comedian and creator of Dame Edna pretending to be his mother	Barry Humphries	9%
May 1957	Room 9, The Villa Muniriya, 1, rue Magellan, Tangier	... who gives nude pictures of himself and his boyfriend to this British figurative painter	Francis Bacon	9%
1900	Rue de la Gaîté, Paris	... who is fascinated by and nearly has sex with this pioneer of modern dance	Isadora Duncan	9%
Early June 1936	6 Malaya Nikitskaya Street, Moscow	... who presents a poisoned box of candy to this Russian writer and founder of socialist realism	Maxim Gorky	9%
June 1976	601 Mountjoy House, the Barbican, London EC2	... who tries to have his wicked way with a young Martin Amis after being left alone by this English-American journalist and anti-theist	Christopher Hitchens	8%
Summer 1972	Iver Grove, Iver, Bucks	... who cannot recommend writing children's books enough to this English author of 'Lucky Jim'	Kingsley Amis	8%
November 1959	Slough	... who after a remark about Princess Margaret several months ago, is dropped off in the wrong place in revenge by her future husband, this British photographer	Tony Armstrong-Jones	8%
14 September 2005	Baruch College, 55 Lexington Avenue, New York	... who trades abuse in a fruitless public debate on the Iraq war with this British politician and future leader of the Workers Party of Britain	George Galloway	7%
August 1910	Leiden, Holland	... who elicits reconsideration of his marital relationship from this Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer	Gustav Mahler	7%
Autumn 1924	La Closerie des Lilas, 171, boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris	... who in Paris meets one of his literary heroes, thirty years his senior: this English author of 'The Good Soldier'	Ford Madox Ford	6%
22 November 1963	Rediffusion TV Studios, Kingsway, London WC2	... who launches into a tirade against American actors when joined in the Green Room by this method actor, known for his performance in Baby Doll	Eli Wallach	5%
23 April 1956	Harcourt Room, Palace of Westminster, London	... who launches into a tirade against democratic socialists after a throwaway remark by this future deputy leader of the Labour Party	George Brown	5%
December 1952	66 Fifth Avenue, New York	... who discovers the joy of jumping with the help of this modern dancer and choreographer	Martha Graham	5%
1979	Le Restaurant, Bel Air, Los Angeles	... who discusses reincarnation then loudly sings classics with this jazz singer of 'Is That All There Is?'	Peggy Lee	5%
October 1964	43 Hasker Street, London SW3	... who insists on making cucumber sandwiches for this English actress from Ryan's Daughter	Sarah Miles	5%
October 1944	Warner Brothers Studio, Burbank, Los Angeles	... who is unable to work out the plot of his own novel after being begged for help by this director of Scarface	Howard Hawks	4%
29 July 1946	Biarritz	... who is serenaded "really quite sweetly" by this Russian aristocrat, known for a certain high-profile murder	Prince Felix Youssoupoff	4%
January 1961	Bray, the Republic of Ireland	... who for a film role has to pretend to be raped by this English actor known for his title role in Billy Budd	Terence Stamp	4%
18 September 1926	Hôtel Welcome, Villefranche-sur-Mer	... who starts a free-for-all fight at a party eventually broken up by this French poet and author of 'La Belle et La Bête'	Jean Cocteau	3%
22 August 1931	Briennerstrasse, Munich	... is run over by this British peer and landowner	John Scott-Ellis	3%
Spring 1968	20 Thurloe Square, London SW7	... who watches a blue movie with this English theatre critic	Kenneth Tynan	3%
23 January 2006	Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire	... who is voted off Celebrity Big Brother after an argument with this English comedian and TV presenter	Michael Barrymore	3%
May 1919	The Headmaster's Study, Repton School, Derbyshire	... who is punished at school by his future predecessor, this 99th Archbishop of Canterbury	Geoffrey Fisher	2%
30 October 1949	The American Hospital of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine	... who with other devotees attends the funeral of this Russian mystic philosopher and spiritual teacher	George Ivanovich Gurdjieff	2%
5 June 1970	Studio 5B, London Weekend Television	... who has as his final ever guest this 100th Archbishop of Canterbury	Michael Ramsey	2%
8 February 1970	Studio 5B, London Weekend Television	... who accuses several senators of collusion in a plot to kill President Kennedy, on a TV programme hosted by this British television interviewer	Simon Dee	2%
August 1967	Sissinghurst Castle, Cranbrook, Kent	... whose purple border is complimented by this younger British diarist and photographer	Cecil Beaton	1%
September 1966	The Daisy, Rodeo Drive, Los Angeles	... who pays a waiter to punch this writer and investigative journalist, known for The Boys in the Band	Dominick Dunne	1%
30 July 1931	31 Hyde Park Gardens, London W2	... who fends off every attempt at conversation from this British politician and diarist	Harold Nicolson	1%
Spring 1967	Harley House, Marylebone, London NW1	... who is told he should go into politics by this British journalist and Labour politician	Tom Driberg	1%
December 1934	Hauteville, St Peters, Kent	... who as a child tries to sing Christmas carols to, but is turned away by, this German-born British painter	Walter Sickert	1%