PIC QUIZ ROUND 8 (Where is this and/or What happened there?)

Recreation Fun & Games
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1943

If your guess follows someone else’s, you don’t need to wait.

1944

Ego Chamber?

1945

Close…I’m looking for the name of the whole place.

1946

Bandaranayake College?

1947

Cinnamon Gardens?

1948

Nope. Looking for the name of the residence in the photo (which can be found on a plaque near the entrance).

1949

Leslie’s House?

2 Likes
1950

2 Likes
1951
1952

Apparently, Leslie was Clarke’s gay lover, and Clarke was adopted into his family.

2 Likes
1953

Ironic that the place is right next to the Embassy of Iraq then…

1 Like
1954

Ha, I didn’t notice that. Clarke did live in Colombo all through the civil war though, so he doesn’t seem like one to scare easily.

1955

Hope the little ones have been well behaved in my absence… ? :yum:

Ego Chamber? wah ha ha … that name is interesting on more than one level.

1956

THE IT’S NOT ABOUT WINNING LEADERBOARD
:deciduous_tree: :deciduous_tree: :deciduous_tree: :deciduous_tree: :deciduous_tree: :deciduous_tree: :deciduous_tree: :deciduous_tree: __ __ DR MILKER (:1st_place_medal::1st_place_medal::1st_place_medal::1st_place_medal: :1st_place_medal::2nd_place_medal::four::seven::four:)
:evergreen_tree: :evergreen_tree: :evergreen_tree: :evergreen_tree: :evergreen_tree: :evergreen_tree: __ __ __ __ RICKROLL (:1st_place_medal::2nd_place_medal::2nd_place_medal::2nd_place_medal::3rd_place_medal::two::three::six:)
:shamrock: :shamrock: :shamrock: :shamrock: :shamrock: __ __ __ __ __ FENJIAJIE (:two::zero:)
:shamrock: :shamrock: :shamrock: :shamrock: :shamrock: __ __ __ __ __ HANNES (:2nd_place_medal::3rd_place_medal::one::four::five:)
:shamrock: :shamrock: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ LIAM_OG (:one::nine:)
:shamrock: :shamrock: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ CHARLIE_JACK (:three::eight:)
:turtle: :turtle: :turtle: :turtle: :turtle: :turtle: :turtle: :turtle: :turtle: __ SLAWA (:three::one:)
:turtle: :turtle: :turtle: :turtle: :turtle: __ __ __ __ __ TANDO (:seven::three:)
:turtle: :turtle: :turtle: :turtle: __ __ __ __ __ __ HANSIOUX (:three::eight:)
:turtle: :turtle: :turtle: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ HYGGE (:three:)
:turtle: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ZEPTO (:seven:)

1957

I can’t seem to find the larger plaque/plate with the inscription “‘LESLIE’S HOUSE,’” etc., on Google Street View. All I managed to find was the smaller plate, the one containing the number 25:

image

I wonder if the larger plate was removed, or perhaps covered.

1 Like
1958

I think it’s near the entrance that’s down the alley.

1 Like
1959

picture

A crime happened at this place for which the perpetrator was later acquitted. What was the crime?

A. Assault and battery
B. Malicious wounding
C. Attempted murder
D. Animal cruelty
E. Grand larceny

Bonus point: The crime inspired the name of a band. What is the name?

@RickRoll @FenjaJie @hannes @Liam_Og @slawa @Charlie_Jack @tando @hansioux @hygge @zepto

1960

:thinking:

1961

Sorry, no.

1962

no idea what larceny is, but it’s grand