Dob Trivia Question

[ollypenrice]

OK, this really is silly, but the title of Saddo of the Week goes to the first correct answer! 

What is the connection between Venus Williams and the Dobsonian telescope??

Go on, I dare you!!

Olly

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Both look better in the dark

(runs for cover)

[DirkSteele]

Total shot in the dark, but did her parents come across John Dobson and his sidewalk astronomers and catch a peak of the planet Venus through one of his monster Dobs and then go on to name their daughter after the planet?

[ollypenrice]

Total shot in the dark, but did her parents come across John Dobson and his sidewalk astronomers and catch a peak of the planet Venus through one of his monster Dobs and then go on to name their daughter after the planet?

No, but her name does have a bearing on the matter...

lly

[ronin]

Both have  a large base when sat on the ground.

[opticalpath]

I think the connection is Ebony Starr .... her middle names ... and the laminate material of a similar name used for Dob bearings

Adrian

[ollypenrice]

I think the connection is Ebony Starr .... her middle names ... and the laminate material of a similar name used for Dob bearings

Adrian

Congratulations, Sir!   That is indeed why her name had a bearing on the matter... (Groan.)

It makes me relieved to have had parents who gave me the middle name of John. What do you suppose made her parents name her after a kind of formica?? I could have been called Oliver Textured Primrose Penrice had my folks thought along similar lines...

Olly

[opticalpath]

Congratulations, Sir!   That is indeed why her name had a bearing on the matter... (Groan.)

I rather liked your cryptic clue, Olly!

Adrian

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

What strange middle names. Not as bad perhaps as those of Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre, but close.

[Earl]

Im a Warren i am also thanfull for uninspired but a touch out of the norm parents

[garethmob]

Im going to be different, iv gotta proper welshy name

Gareth Afan Thomas.     F in welsh is prounounced V  so its a van (say outloud quickly with the space)