"Who is the Stig?" ranks in Top 10 searches on Ask.com
Ask.com is used by millions of people every month, and the top questions range from "Am I pregnant?" to "How much is my car worth?" While those questions seem very generic and obvious, one query takes on an entirely Top Gear feel. No, the question isn't "How can I stop Top Gear USA from disappointing me?" The ninth most asked question is "Who is the Stig?" That oft-asked question is to Top Gear fans what "Is there a Santa Claus" is to 4th graders. Ask.com's European MD, Cesar Mascaraque, called the Stig a "cult figure" whose identity attracts thousands of queries. It's not at all surprising people's interest is piqued. The wildly popular BBC show basically throws it in our face whenever possible that we don't know who he is. When a camera flash exposes his eyes through his trademark helmet visor, it makes world-wide news.
Well, since the question is asked so often on ask.com, what does the search engine give as an answer? Not surprisingly, it doesn't know either. Ask.com does, however, identify race car drivers Perry McCarthy, Ben Collins and Damon Hill as strong possibilities. Now lets try to get all three men and the Stig in the same room together.
[Source: telegraph.co.uk]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Richard 10:35AM (12/05/2008)
I think Ben Collins was deduced as actually being The Stig some time back though it has yet to fall from the lips of any BBC or TG PR wonk.
And, of course, everything from the lips of PR wonks is true.
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Rands 12:31PM (12/05/2008)
Being an ex-pat living in Seattle and doing some work with Audi and its autosport division, I can tell you that it is Perry McCarthy who is the Stig. Or should I say was when I was there in the early 2000's....................................
BoneHeadOtto 10:38AM (12/05/2008)
who uses Ask.com is my question :)
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Randy 1:09PM (12/05/2008)
Try posting that question to answers.yahoo.com
:)
Luke 3:34PM (12/05/2008)
Maybe the same type of people who think that internet knows whether they are pregnant?
JayP 10:43AM (12/05/2008)
The Stig is no one and everyone.
I don't want to know.
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Paul 10:47AM (12/05/2008)
you took the words right out of my mouth.
Stumpy 10:59AM (12/05/2008)
Exactly! Well Said!
Rocketboy 1:51PM (12/05/2008)
The Stig is all things to all people, a Man amongst men.
ack154 10:44AM (12/05/2008)
"Now lets try to get all three men and the Stig in the same room together."
You mean on the same track together... right?
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JZeke 10:46AM (12/05/2008)
Some say he's colder than a polar bear's toenails. Others say hes a cybernetic machine from the future.
All I know is he's the stig, and thats all that matters.
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Richard 10:50AM (12/05/2008)
LOL
Brn 10:46AM (12/05/2008)
Who cares?
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The Stig 10:48AM (12/05/2008)
I am the Stig!
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Randy 1:49PM (12/07/2008)
Was the context of your comment "I am Tyler Durden" or was it "I am the Michael Jordon" esk..?
Jerry 11:21PM (12/11/2008)
Its easy the STIG is --------SUPER DAVE
NOT !!
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Alex 10:59AM (12/05/2008)
Some say that his voice can only be heard by cats, and that he is banned from the city of Chichester. All we know is... he's called The Stig.
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HiPo 11:07AM (12/05/2008)
Who says it the same guy everytime?
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James 11:21AM (12/05/2008)
"Who says it the same guy everytime?"
Precisely. Top Gear couldn't possible have their own tame racing driver; they're all too busy with their own calendar of racing events around the world. So to suit the short notice filming schedule, it's easier to have a pool of Stigs.
HiPo 11:30AM (12/05/2008)
"So to suit the short notice filming schedule, it's easier to have a pool of Stigs."
Or, in keeping with the "raised by wolves" mythos, a litter of Stigs.