General Knowledge quiz II
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Diamondeye
So Happy I Could Die
I don't know if it's from some book, I learnt it off my math teacher when I was ten 
We need a new question though.
It was an Italian immigrant, who was trying to shoot Franklin D Roosevelt, but by accident hit the mayor (this happened in Florida if I correcctöy remember, both men were visiting the place). He had a rare (and maybe unknown) condition which made his stomach hurt terribly and caused more-than-usual flatulence. This combined with his poor English made him socially isolated, and he developed paranoia that FDR is responsible for this condition and therefore he tried to shoot the man. I believe he was later executed in electric chair.
I can't remember what the guy's name was though.
I can't remember what the guy's name was though.
Ok. I take it is my turn since you revealed the name...
These three persons have something in common, quite many things actually (they are all male for example), but something so special, that I couldn't come up with fourth person to fit the crowd. So, who are they and what is that rare thing they all share? (Click the pictures to see larger)
These three persons have something in common, quite many things actually (they are all male for example), but something so special, that I couldn't come up with fourth person to fit the crowd. So, who are they and what is that rare thing they all share? (Click the pictures to see larger)
He's the one you're most likely to recognize. I'm pretty sure you have seen that exact picture somewhere.
Mise
isle of lucy
They're all sick porn stars 
Got you trapped!
No, it's somehting else, I can come up with thousands of sick porn stars.
No, it's somehting else, I can come up with thousands of sick porn stars.
Fourth person came to my mind:
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Diamondeye
So Happy I Could Die
They're all awfully old...?
Ulyaoth
Emperor
Nobel prize winners?
carmen510
Deity
Were they all raped as a child?
One of them was, one should be.
EDIT: I was trying to answe Ulyaoth! Better leave that unchanged...
EDIT: I was trying to answe Ulyaoth! Better leave that unchanged...
carmen510
Deity
@Crosspost:
Probably the most epic one I've seen. But now back to guessing, they were all physicists?
Probably the most epic one I've seen. But now back to guessing, they were all physicists?
No, they are novelists. Some clues about their identity: #1 has recieved a nobel and has written a famous essay on mass psychology. #2 was for example sailor before he begun writing. #3, I picked that picture of him because it includes a hint to his identity. #4 is the only one of them alive, although he's over 80 years old now. He's often leading names in nobel prize speculation, and I for one see the fact that he hasn't recieved one as a sign that the prize is not given for literary merits. Especially as this man satisfies the critreium Nobel committee thinks is more important: he has been victim of political oppression.
Mise
isle of lucy
They all turned down nobel prizes?
No, but you're pretty close to the answer of my previous question (and for which the answer I intended never was presented as SS-ICMB provided other also correct answer).
This question has really nothing to do with Nobel or any other awards. Once you have regocnized one or two of these people, the answer will probably present itself.
EDIT: one more hint, the writers #2 and #4 are from the two core countries of East-Europe.
This question has really nothing to do with Nobel or any other awards. Once you have regocnized one or two of these people, the answer will probably present itself.
EDIT: one more hint, the writers #2 and #4 are from the two core countries of East-Europe.
Diamondeye
So Happy I Could Die
They have all four been prosecuted for their writings (like Salman Rushdie for his "Satanic Verses")?
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