Solved: PN #100 -- Anna (Nusi) Somogyi and her cars, Alfa Romeo, Citroen and Rover

[pnegyesi]

No, though Gizi Bajor was a legend, she was never reknown for her driving skills

[pnegyesi]

try to think of a Hungarian county....

[guido66]

Still part of present day Hungary?

[pnegyesi]

Yes, very much so

[pnegyesi]

Should this be opened to the wider public?

[ImpishGrin]

Maria Simonyi maybe?

[pnegyesi]

Do you know a Hungarian county, named Simony or Simonyi ? No, it's not her

[ImpishGrin]

No, but I also don't know any Hungarian actress named liked one of the counties

[guido66]

Let's start with the one most difficult to search for: Pest?

[pnegyesi]

No, to the south-west

[ImpishGrin]

After further research I've found quite a few hungarioan actresses that share their name with a county, but unfortunately none of them was born in the XIX century

[guido66]

Somogy?

[pnegyesi]

Now, we're getting somewhere This is almost her last name

[guido66]

Somogyi Nusi, Anna  Now for the car...

[guido66]

She raced a Alfa Romeo at Svábhegy/Schwabenberg in 1924

[pnegyesi]

Yes, that's her! So far two points for you and you also got a lock on this for 24 hours to find two other brands.

Anna (nicknamed Nusi) Somogyi was quite a daredevil driver as you can see on this picture at the 1924 Schwabenberg race. Her car did not have a proper body, but she managed to score a class victory...

[guido66]

In 1925 she drove a Citroën and in 1927 a Rover

[Ray B.]

It seems that Guido left the rest of us no chance.
But I found a nice picture of the lady with a funny hat.

[pnegyesi]

Unfortunately the winner takes it all

Anna (Nusi) Somogyi (1884-1963) was one of the few Hungarian actresses who had a succesful career before and after the 2nd World War. She played in operettas and in many movies. She had a versatile talent. And she was a keen motoring driver. When Ernő Steinitz obtained the rights to distribute Alfa Romeo in Hungary, she became a brand ambassador in 1924. Later she did the same for Citroen.
But she also drove Rover and other cars as well.

Guido66 - you just earned yourself four points!

[Ray B.]

Thanks for taking us out of Hollywood for once, pnegyesi.

My search was quit complicated by the fact (which I discovered) then in Hungarian it seems to be like in Japanese: you never know what comes first, name or surname!

[pnegyesi]

Yes, that's true. Both Hungarian and Japanese names are in reverse order, compared to British naming standards.
Négyesi Pál - that is how my name is written in Hungarian. Pal Negyesi is the form I use in non-Hungarian environment.

Glad you liked this puzzle.

[guido66]

  I found a really informative site on pre WW2 Hungarian racing 

Belgian people also tend to place the surname before the first name.

[ImpishGrin]

How come she doesn't have an article in the Hungarian wikipedia??

[pnegyesi]

I don't know actually