Welcome to the third and final installment of our blog series getting to know members of the 窪圖勛蹋Content Team through a series of quick fire questions. If youve not already read parts 1 and 2,catch up now. Today were chatting with 3 members of the team, a couple of who you may not have heard from before as they work more ‘behind the scenes’ on all things content…
Alan Capel – Head of Community
What’s your favourite place on earth?
Oh lord. There is a park in Leicestershire called Bradgate Park, I grew up near there and used to spend many happy days of childhood there and I still go back to it now. Its a special place
What was the first album you bought?
Ooo the first album I bought was by Showaddywaddy and it was called Red Star. The first single I bought was by T Rex and it was called Metal Guru
You get stuck in a lift with 3 people (dead or alive) who are they?
Gary Lineker, Barack Obama and who else? Someone who would be interesting, like an absolute psychopath匈ggy Pop. Oh hang on, can they be dead?
*confirms they can be dead*
In that case, Joe Strummer from the Clash instead of Iggy Pop.
What is your favourite movie quote?
My mistake, four coffins… – Joe,A Fistful of Dollars
What’s the last song that was stuck in your head?
The last song that was stuck in my head is Three Lions or Vindaloo
Whats your favourite TV show?
The Sopranos. My daughter Meadow is named after someone from the Sopranos, Meadow Soprano
Do you have an unusual celebrity crush and if so who is it?
Gary Lineker *laughter* Ok a woman宇here are loads now. Helen Mirren, shes a bit old now but then so am I
Whats your favourite 90s jam?
*looks confused*
Oh music! I though you meant like strawberry or raspberry匈m so old *laughing* favourite 90s song is Cigarettes and Alcohol by Oasis
Whats your biggest pet peeve?
What about pets?…oh Im not very good at this. Something that annoys me, queuing. Queueing really annoys me, I am rubbish at queuing. I have to be first everywhere
What was your childhood nickname?
Yes I was called Bert and hundreds of people still call me Bert
How do you take your tea?
I take it with milk and no sugar, but I like it to be quite strong
What is something everyone looks stupid doing?
Curtsying, people just look stupid when they curtsy
Do you like cheese?
Its alright匈m not a massive cheeser
Whats your favourite cheese?
I should say Red Leicester because its from Leicester and theres a theme with Lineker running through this but I dont actually like Red Leicester, so I cant say that. I quite like Stilton but only on a burger
Ben – Content Operations and Services Manager
What’s your favourite place on earth?
Favourite place on earth? I dont know, Ive not been to all of the places on earth yet匈 quite like my house, my bed possibly. Favourite place Ive been to so far, probably Gozo in Malta. Its very laid back, chilled, warm, nice food, close to the sea色
What was the first album you bought?
This is going back to cassette tape days. The first cassette tape I owned was given to me by my gran which was Deep Purple – Machine Head, kind of border line heavy metal. First one I bought was Madonna – True Blue, so quite varied
You get stuck in a lift with 3 people (dead or alive) who are they?
My wife and my two kids
What is your favourite movie quote?
“Weve got no food, weve got no jobs our pets’ heads are falling off!!” – Lloyd, Dumb and Dumber
What’s the last song that was stuck in your head?
Ive got a recurring one that gets stuck in my head from the age of about 17 and I have no idea why and every now and then it gets stuck in my head on a loop. Its Touch Me by Samantha Fox
Whats your favourite TV show?
Errm I think Mad Men was probably the first thing I really binge watched and I still think its one of the best things Ive seen on telly.
Do you have an unusual celebrity crush and if so who is it?
Yes, it is unusual because its a man crush but George Clooney is a very handsome man and I just think hes got better with age and its something I aspire to. The other reason is my wife has a massive crush on him as well so the more I can look like George Clooney the better for everyone
Whats your favourite 90s jam?
Possibly going to be any number of Prodigy songs, because Prodigy was my sound track of the 90s. Sort of early ages of clubbing just coming out of raving, into the more commercial clubbing scene and I think Prodigy transcended both.
Whats your biggest pet peeve?
I dont really have any, Im quite chilled and relaxed. I dont generally get bugged by anything. Getting stuck in traffic to and from work is annoying, as its something that happens regularly and its frustrating when I just want to get home or Im desperate to get to work, to get home
What was your childhood nickname?
So, I grew up in Kent and a lot of people knew me as Benny, which is odd because no one calls me Benny now and occasionally when I go back and visit people in Kent people shout Benny Gray and I think wooow Ive not heard that for a while. When I went to grammar school everyone called me Grayson and from there now everyone in my rugby team knows me as Grayson
How do you take your tea?
Strong with two sugars. Builders tea
What is something everyone looks stupid doing?
Cutting their toenails. You cant do that gracefully
Do you like cheese?
Yes, I do like cheese
Whats your favourite cheese?
At the moment as its BBQ season and my wife is vegetarian, Halloumi
David – Content Operations
What’s your favourite place on earth?
“I dont know, wherever home is
What was the first album you bought?
I dont know, it was probably Muse or something
You get stuck in a lift with 3 people (dead or alive) who are they?
Is it boring to just say 3 of your friends? If I was being awkward, just my fianc矇
What is your favourite movie quote?
“It’s alright, Andy! It’s just bolognese!” – DC Andy Wainwright, Hot Fuzz
Last song that was stuck in your head?
Errr *thinks for a long time* I feel like it was something Im not proud of being stuck there. It was probably Havana by Camila Cabello
Whats your favourite TV show?
Probably the US Office
Do you have an unusual celebrity crush and if so who is it?
I dont
Whats your favourite 90s jam?
Um, probably something by Blur
Whats your biggest pet peeve?
Probably something people do when theyre driving, rude drivers. People tailgating you in the fast lane
What was your childhood nickname?
Sharpie or something like that
How do you take your tea?
With milk and on the stronger side, no sugar
What is something everyone looks stupid doing?
K硃娶硃棗域梗
Do you like cheese?
唻梗莽
Whats your favourite cheese?
It depends on the purpose, for daily use obviously mature cheddar but maybe a mozzarella would be a more special cheese. That said, what about manchego for crackers
Wed love to get to know you better, so why now have a go at answering some of the questions yourself in the comments below!