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August 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 1

1. The Waltons - Robert Wightman as John-Boy/World War II survivors
2. Longest soccer team goalless run

August 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 2

1. gymnastic shoes

August 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 3

1. Name that tune question
2. Recently deceased actor

August 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 4

1. artist names
2. Quadrilateral Cowboy trailer music
3. Tex Avery and the Hollywood Walk of Fame

August 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 5

1. Football before the Olympics
2. Defining additional vocals

August 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 6

1. "A Doobie Dough" Song

August 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 7

1. How Pokémon Go became extremely popular?

August 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 9

1. Help sought identifying a Hindi movie starring Shammi Kapoor
2. Was the movie "Sholay" shown on BBC in 1997?
3. Was the beginning of this tune from Hindi movie "Army" lifted from a Western or an African tune?

August 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 10

1. The elder scrolls lore
2. Olympics: countries that made their debut at a Winter Olympics

August 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 11

1. Pachelbel's Canon instruments
2. Basketball hoop height

August 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 12

1. S.C. Networks, Inc. d/b/a www.fubo.tv and David Gandler CEO

August 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 14

1. Pokemon question

August 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 15

1. Deewana 1992 film
2. 2016 Olympics, gentlemen's basketball

August 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 16

1. Crossing the finish line
2. Silver/Bronze medallist breaking previous records ?
3. Why did the Soviet Union skip pre-WW2 Olympics?

August 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 17

1. name these instruments

August 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 19

1. Is there a minimum age (or a maximum age) for the Olympics?
2. Tied gold medals

August 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 20

1. James Brown Is Dead

August 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 21

1. Rigged dead heats
2. 4*100m relay
3. Chukovsky

August 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 22

1. Strange broadcast TV substation in Detroit
2. Some exhibition sometime with a video clip in it
3. Can you recognize this actress from 1945 Hindi film Zeenat?
4. What's the name of this cinematic effect?
5. Translate from French to English

August 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 23

1. Name that actress

August 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 24

1. All-Ireland Senior Football Treble

August 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 25

1. The Woman in Black - Swedish?
2. Gliding on bicycle
3. Olympic medals on public display

August 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 27

1. Suicide Squad (film)
2. Could someone check the tuning of the Bolin alto guitar at Eleven-string alto guitar?

August 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 28

1. Musical challenge
2. Commercial about diversity from the 1990's

August 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 30

1. Doping
2. Life insurance for formula 1 (and other motor racing) drivers

August 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 31

1. Earliest born movie star