Tuesday, 11 October 2011

Cristina's Riddle


He was born in Aberdeen, Washington, the 20th of February in 1967, and he died the 5th of April in 1994, at the early age of 27.
It is said that he was murdered by his wife, but the official version is that he killed himself with an overdose. He had psychological problems all his life, and he suffered from a serious addiction to heroine.
He always loved the music. At the beginning of his adolescence he started to play the drums, but when he was sixteen, his Aunt bought him a guitar, and he liked it so much that he started to practice two hours everyday.
He is famous for being the voice and guitar of a really popular grunge group, Nirvana. Many music critics think that he created a new style of music, and others, that he just kept on with the alternative rock. Anyway, he has influenced a lot of posterior groups, and seventeen years after his death, Nirvana is still as famous as it was when he was alive. He got married with the singer and actress Courtney Love, with whom he had a daughter, Frances Bean. She was only two years old when his father died.


Monday, 10 October 2011

BLANCA'S RIDDLE


He was born 18th of july in 1918. He as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, he was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC).
In 1962, he was arrested and convicted of sabotage and other charges, and sentenced to life in prison. He served 27 years in prison, spending many od these years on Robben Island. Following his release from prison on 11 February 1990, he led his party in the negotations to led that multi-racial democracy in 1994. As president from 1994 to 1999, he frequently gave priority to reconciliation, while introducing policies aimed at combating poverty and inequality in South Africa.

He received more than 250 awards over four decades, including the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.

Patricia's riddle

He was a famous actor who was born on 1952 in Houston.
He loved sports and studied classical ballet. 
His first professional appearance was as a dancer for Disney on Parade. He work in theatres and films but his most important role was his appearance in the film "Dirty Dancing" as a Johnny Castle.After this, he obtained success. He had worked with many famous actors and actress. His last work was the serie called "The Beast".
He died on 2009 because of a pancreatic cancer.

Lubo's Riddle

He was born in 25th of september in 1968. He is an American actor, film and television producer, and rapper. In April 2007, Newsweek called him the most powerful actor in Hollywood. He has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and has won multiple Grammy Awards. Smith married with Sheree Zampino in 1992. They had a son, Willard Christopher Smith III, also known as "Trey", but divorced in 1995. He also married with the actrees Jada Pinkett in 1997, and they practice an open marriage. They have two children, Jaden Christopher Syre, who was born in 1998 and Willow Camille Reign, borned in 2000.
At the moment, he is learning spanish, and also he visited, many times the spanish program, El Hormiguero.

Núria's Riddle



He is a Scottish actor born in 1971 who has worked in theatre, TV and cinema. He is best kown for his roles in Doctor Who and Harry Potter. 


When he was young, he attended Saturday classes at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and at 16, he passed an audition for the Academy and became one of their youngest students. He wanted to become an actor because he was a fan of Doctor Who, and he adopted his professional name inspired by one of the members of the Pet Shop Boys.


He is a supporter of the Labour Party and he is an ocasionally churchgoer who doesn't like to discuss his personal life in interviews. He has won the National Television Award for Most Popular Actor in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010 and the 2009 Critics' Circle Award for Best Shakespearean Performance for his role as Hamlet.


He is engaged to actress Georgia Moffett, with whom he has a daughter and I think right now he is with them at home or sleeping.

Sunday, 9 October 2011

Maria José's riddle

She was born in Madrid on April 28, 1974, and she's a Spanish actress.

In 2006 he was the first Spanish actress nominated for an Academy Award for the Golden Globes in the category of best female protagonist, for his role in the Spanish film Volver.

In 2008 became the first Spanish actress to get an Oscar thanks to the movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona directed by Woody Allen. With this film also won her third BAFTA and Goya, and was nominated for Golden Globess.

She has been a commercial image of various brands such as L'Oréal or Mango. In 2010, she replaced Kate Winslet as the face of Lancôme Tresor perfume.

Now she is with her son Leo, who was born in January.
PATRY'S RIDDLES

This man, who was born in Spain in 1881, is an important painter and there is an important museum in Barcelona that takes his name.

He's cubism's creator and he painted pictures like "Les demoiselles d'Avignon" or "Guernica".
Obviously, now he is dead but, In my opinion he was an important man in our country and, though he died in 1973, we can know this painter across his pictures.

Finally he said one of my favourites sentences: "There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun"

By Patricia Blasco Hernández

Inés's riddle

Here it goes:
I'm thinking about a woman who was born in 1929 in Belgium.

Douring her life she worked as a model, as a singer , as a dancer and as an actress.

She first starred in british films but soon she got her first leading role in a Hollywood movie called Roman Holidays and soon followed leading roles in films such as Breakfast at Tiffany's or My Fair Lady among others.

She also was one of the women's best dressed list and the third greatest female screen legend in american cinema.

She died in 1993 due to a cancer.



Inés Gómez

Riddle by Mireia Pascual





This actor and film producer was born in Hammersmith (London, England) the 9th September 1960. Nowadays he lives in London. When he was young, he attended Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith where he played rugby, cricket and football. Then, in 1975, he earned a scholarship to New College (Oxford), where he studied English Literature and starred in his first film.


He often plays golf and sometimes he participates in some tournaments. He loves reading and before he was a famous actor he worked as a book critic. Now he is learning to improve his tennis technique.


This Britsh actor is well-known for his roles in Nothing Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral. In all his movies he looks like the typical English gentleman. Moreover, he has won a lot of awards like a Golden Globe, a BEFTA and an Honorary César.

Now I think he is reading a good book in the sofa of his apartment in London.




Riddle of Sara Navarro

He is a British comedian and actor, born inDurham, known for his character X. He is currently married with Sunetra Sastry.
He becomes from a social background, he studied at the universities of Oxford and Newcastle, where he was graduated as an Electrical Engineer.
In 1983 he wrote, in collaboration with screenwriter Richard Curtis,the famous comedy The black snake. His first acting jobs were in Not the Nine O'Clock News , which became a huge success.
He has won several awards including the Emmy Award and British Academy Award for the categories of television entertainment programs.
He acted in several films including her Majesty Pleasure, Read on Time , Never Say Never Again , the various incarnations of the television series The Black Viper, Funny Business and the serie for wich we all know him and I can't reveal.
In 2003 he starred Johnny English and in 2005 Family Secrets, also considered as great successes.
He fancies sports cars, specially the prestigious manufacter Ferrari, that fulfills both, his need for speed and reputation. Thedownside of this is that his need for speed made him cause two dangerous accidents that he luckily survived unharmed.

Knowing all that, it is quite easy to understand his being.