Blog Guy, I love the test matches you set up to answer reader questions about what beats what. You’ve done a gopher vs. racing cars, real bikes vs. stationary bikes and horses vs. container ships, among others.
So now, I have one. Who would win in a foot race between a movie actress and a lion statue with wings?
This was NOT easy to set up, let me tell you! I hired actress Tilda Swinton and flew her to Venice, Italy, to go up against exactly the kind of statue you described. We told them to race to a black and white pole we had set up, and it was a dead heat.
Thanks! Now, what about a race between a giant warthog and a ventriloquist?
Sorry, you’ve already had your turn.
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British actress Tilda Swinton arrives at the Venice Film Festival August 28, 2008. REUTERS/Max Rossi
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