On Friday, we had you guess the names of those often in the media, going on nothing but their moniker. Here are the answers.
- Media mogul: Rupert Murdoch
- Labor elder statesmen: John Faulkner
- Outspoken senator: Jacquie Lambie
- Celebrity chef: Neil Perry
- Preference whisperer: Glenn Druery
- Colourful businessman: Geoffrey Edelsten
- Breakfast TV guru: Adam Boland
- Billionaire rag trader: Solomon Lew
- Controversial unionist: Kathy Jackson
- V8 living legend: Craig Lowndes
- Disgraced sports scientist: Stephen Dank
- Media doyenne: Ita Buttrose
- Cash-strapped mining magnate: Nathan Tinkler (no not Clive Palmer!)
- Outspoken MP: Bob Katter
- Corrupt former Labor powerbroker: Eddie Obeid
- Former Labor powerbroker: Graham Richardson
- Coalition backbencher: Cory Bernardi
- Cardboard king: Richard Pratt
- Kings Cross nightclub entrepreneur: John Ibrahim
- Disgraced detective: Roger Rogerson
- Pyjama king: Peter Alexander
- Union heavyweight: John Setka
- Human headline: Derryn Hinch
- Contrarian fund manager: Simon Marias
- Rogue MP: Geoff Shaw
- Shareholder activist: Stephen Mayne (everyone got this right – go figure)
- Troubled actor: Matthew Newton
- Celebrity accountant: Anthony Bell
- Shock jock: Alan Jones
- Top econocrat: Glenn Stevens
- Media analyst: Steve Allen
- Disgraced entertainer: Rolf Harris
- First lady of racing: Gai Waterhouse
- Cups King: Bart Cummings
- Underworld figure: Mick Gatto
- Casino mogul: James Packer
- Celebrity agent: Max Markson
- Pop diva: Kylie Minogue
- Controversial contestent: Mark Holden
- ALP factional dalek: Stephen Conroy
- Ten news supremo: Peter Meakin
- Sydney silk: Arthur Moses
- Professional gambler: David Walsh
- Controversial chief of staff: Rob Messenger (almost everyone said Peta Credlin for this — she wasn’t who we were thinking of, but it is a fair answer)
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