1.   Within a short space of time a group of complete unknowns had established a wholly original form of humour.

2.   A large cast of complete unknowns does over-the-top, frantically paced sketch comedy.

3.   Complete unknowns, like the qualifier Hyung-Taik Lee, are being discovered while some big names have vanished.

4.   Eiji Oue, the Hiroshima-born incumbent conductor, came here as a complete unknown, on the recommendation of Seiji Ozawa, the music director in Boston.

5.   Even given the economics, putting a complete unknown in a lead is pretty unusual.

6.   Hanging cheek by jowl are works by world famous artists - Robert Rauschenberg, Francesco Clemente, Eric Fischl and Philip Taaffe - and by complete unknowns.

7.   In less than five months, she has gone from being a complete unknown who had never performed in public to a fixture on MTV.

8.   Quayle was the worst GOP running mate since Richard Nixon chose Spiro Agnew, who also made the leap from complete unknown to national laughingstock practically overnight.

9.   Tolles is not a complete unknown, especially to serious golf aficionados.

10.   Whiddon went to Heron Lake in Wraysbury, Middlesex, Great Britain, as a complete unknown and came home with five medals.