Wikipedia:Wikifun/Round 13/Answers/Question 12

Hint?
Does the answer have any connection with the number 6121? Zoicon5 16:58, 23 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Not as far as I know. -- Eugène van der Pijll 21:23, 23 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Then my guess of the final answer is probably wrong. The names themselves I know, but not what is supposed to connect them.  My answer has only a weak connection to the numbers 39 and (not) 31, which is why I was not confident it was correct.  Zoicon5 22:16, 23 June 2006 (UTC)


 * If the number 6121 occurs in the article about your answer, it is wrong, and I wonder what your names are. Do they start with the same letter? -- Eugène van der Pijll 22:54, 23 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, the two names do start with the same letter. No, the number 6121 does not occur in the article about my answer.  It's the other way around: a certain article in which the number 6121 occurs features the title of my "guessed" answer page rather prominently.  But as I said, I don't really think that I have the right answer.  I'm quite confident that the names are correct, but I've drawn a blank as far as getting any farther along than this admittedly weak guess. Zoicon5 14:01, 26 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I have found the number 6121 now; I think your answer might be correct after all. Eugène van der Pijll 14:33, 26 June 2006 (UTC)


 * OK then, here's the answer I came up with. First, via a simple search I came up with Edward VIII abdication crisis, where it says 'The calypso "Edward VIII" by the Trinidadian calypsonian Lord Caresser was the most popular calypso record in 1937'.  Then via a plodding search through Category:Medieval historians, looking for any 12th century historian whose grandfather is known, I came across Gerald of Wales, whose grandfather was Gerald de Windsor.  As Edward VIII was both Duke of Windsor and Prince of Wales, this was fairly clearly the right set of names.  Which means that "The Boss" must be someone named Wales.  The obvious choice here is Jimmy Wales.


 * The best connection I could come up with between "Wales" and "Windsor" was M4 motorway, which connects England (in particular Windsor, Berkshire and Wales). The M4 has a junction 39 but no junction 31.  I considered this last to be only a marginal match with the clue, so I was reluctant to submit this whole thing.  Zoicon5 18:05, 26 June 2006 (UTC)


 * ''Junctions 31 ("Number 31 remains unused") and 39 ("Contrary to popular belief, junction 39 does exist") are apparently almost the most important features of the M4, as they are mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of the article...
 * ''And by the way, 6121 refers to NGC6121, a star cluster also known as M4. Eugène van der Pijll 18:14, 26 June 2006 (UTC)