Author Topic: Solved: PN #100 -- Anna (Nusi) Somogyi and her cars, Alfa Romeo, Citroen and Rover (Read 1701 times)

pnegyesi · « **Reply #25 on:** July 21, 2010, 03:09:27 PM »

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

pnegyesi · « **Reply #26 on:** July 25, 2010, 12:08:49 AM »

try to think of a Hungarian county....

guido66 · « **Reply #27 on:** July 25, 2010, 03:28:45 AM »

Still part of present day Hungary?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #28 on:** July 25, 2010, 03:32:48 AM »

Yes, very much so

pnegyesi · « **Reply #29 on:** August 05, 2010, 01:19:50 AM »

Should this be opened to the wider public?

ImpishGrin · « **Reply #30 on:** August 05, 2010, 05:27:50 AM »

Maria Simonyi maybe?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #31 on:** August 05, 2010, 08:35:09 AM »

Do you know a Hungarian county, named Simony or Simonyi

? No, it's not her

ImpishGrin · « **Reply #32 on:** August 05, 2010, 08:48:26 AM »

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

guido66 · « **Reply #33 on:** August 05, 2010, 03:24:46 PM »

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

pnegyesi · « **Reply #34 on:** August 06, 2010, 12:54:11 AM »

No, to the south-west

ImpishGrin · « **Reply #35 on:** August 06, 2010, 04:02:22 AM »

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 · « **Reply #36 on:** August 07, 2010, 06:08:05 AM »

Somogy?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #37 on:** August 07, 2010, 06:28:18 AM »

Now, we're getting somewhere

This is almost her last name

guido66 · « **Reply #38 on:** August 07, 2010, 06:49:20 AM »

Somogyi Nusi, Anna

Now for the car...

guido66 · « **Reply #39 on:** August 07, 2010, 06:55:18 AM »

She raced a Alfa Romeo at Svábhegy/Schwabenberg in 1924

pnegyesi · « **Reply #40 on:** August 07, 2010, 07:59:01 AM »

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 · « **Reply #41 on:** August 07, 2010, 09:09:54 AM »

In 1925 she drove a Citroën and in 1927 a Rover

Ray B. · « **Reply #42 on:** August 07, 2010, 10:58:36 AM »

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 · « **Reply #43 on:** August 07, 2010, 11:32:52 AM »

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. · « **Reply #44 on:** August 07, 2010, 11:38:46 AM »

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 · « **Reply #45 on:** August 07, 2010, 12:19:50 PM »

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 · « **Reply #46 on:** August 07, 2010, 01:39:01 PM »

I found a really informative site on pre WW2 Hungarian racing

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

ImpishGrin · « **Reply #47 on:** August 08, 2010, 03:11:42 PM »

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

pnegyesi · « **Reply #48 on:** August 08, 2010, 03:50:40 PM »

I don't know actually

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Author Topic: Solved: PN #100 -- Anna (Nusi) Somogyi and her cars, Alfa Romeo, Citroen and Rover (Read 1701 times)