Independent Leyton Orient Forum

Smendrick Feaselberg wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 3:14 pm

EliotNes wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 10:00 amThai Baht

What happened to S? The one before was R.

I read it as "S" not "R"

Apologies for my cock-up and I submit for "S"

Singapore Dollar

Then my previously submitted out of order offering for "T"

Thai Baht

Singapore and Thailand, two of my favourite places I visited when I was working.

Yeah, absolutely loved Thailand. Will go back again

Onto U...my non google effort is...Ugandan Franc

Following google can report it is actually the Ugandan Schilling.

Vatu ...(Vanuatu)

Won - Republic of Korea (S Korea)

Is there an X?

Can't find an X so

Yen

Regarding the "X" in currencies, the East Caribbean Dollar is known as the XCD - I only know that because of my time spent travelling to the Caribbean in another life i.e. pre-retirement

Now on with the game - for "Z"

Zimbabwean Dollar

Next round - back to sports - a topical one, Summer Olympics gold medal winners - alphabetically by SURNAME

Sir Ben AINSLIE - Sailing

Samuel Berger heavey weight boxing 1904

Nadia Comaneci (hope I've spelt that surname correctly) - the first gymnast to get a perfect 10 - representing Romania (or Rumania or Roumania)

Lynn Davies ( showing my age now )

Paul Elvstrom - Sailing (again)

Mo Farah

Katherine Grainger - rowing ----

apologies if I've spelt her Christian name wrong, there are SOOOOO many different ways to spell that Christian name.

David Hemmery ( i do like an oldie )

BIGRON wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 9:52 pm David Hemmery ( i do like an oldie )

I too remember that race from the '68 Olympics and John Sherwood winning bronze, even if David Coleman forgot that !!!! Anyway back to the game - "H"

Chris Hoy

And I thought Hemmery was ' H '

BIGRON wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 3:54 pm And I thought Hemmery was ' H '

Apologies - I'll blame the heatwave - so to "I"

No Gold medalists, so the nearest we can get is a Silver Medal for Phillips Idowu -

You could have had Japanese wrestler Kaori Icho ( google )

Michael Johnson

BIGRON wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 9:03 am You could have had Japanese wrestler Kaori Icho ( google )

Oops

Now to "K"

Laura Kenny in preference to hubby Jason Kenny

Carl Lewis

Richard Meade - horsey stuff

Akinori Nakayama ( google )

(Googled - but what a name)

Ole Andreas Lilloe Olsen- Norwegian - shootist

Mary Peters