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chokkie | 09:21 Sun 13th Feb 2011 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Really stuck on this today .... can anyone help, please ...

"Valentine's Day has not always been celebrated in the most loving spirit in this tempestuous city. Its name derives from a pungent bulb and, in the 19th century, it became an industrial and transport hub. Its three most famous residents (though none were born here) have been a criminal, a politician and a sportsman. Name the city."

The four images are a cartoon-like bull, a still from "Some like it hot" (with Marilyn Monroe's "all-girl" band) a girl seemingl flying in the air with an inverted umbrella, and a city coastline taken at dusk.

Thanks, Chox.
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Ummm - where does the pungent bulb come into it? Thanks.
according to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago :

The name "Chicago" is derived from a French rendering of the Native American word shikaakwa, translated as "wild onion" or "wild garlic," from the Miami-Illinois language.
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Thanks so much, emeritus and BB. Chigago it is then. appreciate your help. Chox.

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