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Daily Archive for August 10th, 2009

Daily Question # 298

Which  ‘festival’  that  began  in  the  1940s  could  one  possibly  connect  this  person  to ?

The  town  of  Karlovy  Vary  in  Czech  Republic  gets  its  name  from  Holy  Roman  Emperor  Charles  IV ( the  guy  in  the  pic ) . The  town  is  known the  world  over  for  a  variety  of  reasons , the  most  important  [...]

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“I know what you’re thinking. “Did he fire six shots or only five?” Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you’ve got to [...]

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End of the WWkW

“All good things  must come to an end”
So must all the whacky things. Hope you’ve enjoyed the quiz and sent it in your answers. We’ll be putting out the answers later today, and we’ll try to add up the answers as well, but no guarantees on the latter.
Till then, have a  go at our daily question.
Regards,
Capitaine and The Big Fat Panda

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Daily Question # 297

Identify both the visuals and ‘establish’ a connection.

Quoting  Kaustuba ,
“Second Picture is a poster of the movie Lolita (1962 version).
In the story, the protagonist Humber Humbert hires a former tennis legend to coach Lolita knowing the fact that since he is a homosexual he wouldn’t bother her.
Vladimir Nabokov, writer of the novel, apparently based this [...]

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