The name game

47. From Dennis to Watts
By Kevin Darling

This week's link takes us from Ron Dennis to Quincy Watts in six steps.

And what about suggestions for next week's task: Colin CAMERON to Lisandro DIAZ.

Remember, the best effort wins a very exciting mystery prize!

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DENNIS-WATTS

Ron Dennis
Shares his surname with Australian actor/pop star Stefan - also known as scheming, jeans-with-blazer wearing Neighbours businessman...

Paul Robinson
Leeds goalkeeper who in an eventful last three matches has; saved a penalty only to see it unfairly retaken, scored a brilliant injury-time header, won a dramatic penalty shootout and been on the wrong end of a hat-trick by...

I wish I was fishing

Steve Watson
Who is having the season of his life, in stark contrast to the man whose campaign lasted only four games...

Glenn Roeder
Who can currently be seen in his local newsagent wearing a baseball cap and a yellow-toothed grin, brandishing a huge fish.

Not because he's gone mental, but because he's on the front cover of this month's...

Angler's Mail
Enthralling publication packed full of facts about various aquatic beasts, from cod to...

Grey mullet
The preferred hairdo of elderly Germans, such as national football team coach Rudi Voller, who may have noticed the promising recent displays of young Fulham right-back...

Moritz Volz
Who has quite an electric-sounding surname, something he shares with former Olympic 400m champion...

Quincy Watts.

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Our winner is Matt Sweet from the UK for his link from Dennis Watts (see below).

A mystery prize is on its way!

Ron Dennis
Will, if Mclaren are going to win the F1 championship this season, have to perform some magic much like that of...

Paul Daniels
Shiny-headed magician of yesteryear whose skill with a wand can be likened to that of...

Sooty
Intellectual puppet and children's favourite whose best mate was the mentally challenged dog...

Sweep
Which, in Mary Poppins, is the job of cock-er-knee rascal...

Dick van Dyke
Who also provides the brains and comic relief in US show...

Diagnosis Murder
A students' favourite and top quality post-neighbours BBC medical/crime drama, just like...

Quincy ME
Whose lead character shares a name with the former Olympic 400m champion...

Quincy Watts.

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Thanks for all your Dennis-Watts alternatives - here's a selection of the best:

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John Paul Allen, UK

Ron Dennis
Shares his name with a brand of...

Fire Engine
Which is the vehicle of choice for mid-90s kids' TV favourite..

Fireman Sam
Whose engine was always bright and clean, like it had been freshly scrubbed and polished by the 'star' of the Flash detergent TV ads and former Brush Strokes frontman...

Karl Howman's former co-star Denise van Outen

Karl Howman
Who also appeared alongside a bevy of blonde beauties in the flop sitcom...

Babes in the Wood
Which sounds frighteningly like a name for a...

Pantomime
Which is what Leslie Grantham has probably been up to for 14 years since leaving Eastenders, unlike fellow Albert Square evacuee...

Nick Berry
Who went on to play a TV detective in Heartbeat. Other famous TV detectives include Poirot, Jessica Fletcher and Quincy, who shares his name with former Olympic 400m champion...

Quincy Watts.

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Chris Wheatley, New Zealand

Ron Dennis
McLaren team boss in F1 which, spelled backwards, is a big...

If
A celebrated poem by Kipling, who also wrote...

The Jungle Book
Not to be confused with the training manual apparently used by...

Arsene Wenger
Former manager of Monaco, where you'll find a casino featured in several...

James Bond movies
'Boys with toys' adventures in which the toymaker is known as...

Q
The nickname of musical genius...

Quincy Jones
Whose credits include the movie 'Walk, Don't Run' - a directive which made zero impression on his namesake, Olympic 400m champion...

Quincy Watts.

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Remember, next week's link is from CAMERON to DIAZ.

Colin Cameron plays for Wolves and Scotland, while boxer Lisandro Diaz fought Audley Harrison on Friday night.

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