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1. Sure you might think about sex a lot, but you probably can't hold a candle to one Sigmund Freud. Dr. Freud was born in 1856 in Austria-Hungary and graduated from the University of Vienna. Freud came up with a lot of wacky concepts on sexuality, including his theory that slips of the tongue ("Freudian slips") were not accidental at all, but were the "dynamic unconscious" revealing something meaningful. Freud's fondness for another vice, cigars, lead to his downfall. What was Freud diagnosed with in 1923 that would eventually kill him?
2. Some people aren't as forward thinking as Freud, like people in the continental United States. Even in today's pretty open society, laws from a prior era still exist. For example, in Texas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma sodomy statutes apply to homosexual acts and not to heterosexual acts. Even Maryland has some crazy sex laws. Maryland prohibits the selling of condoms through vending machines in gas stations and stores with one major exception. Prophylactics may be dispensed by a vending machine only in a place where a certain type of beverage is sold. What is this type of beverage?
3. Condoms have been around for a long, long time. Condom use can be traced back several thousand years. It is known that around 1000 B.C., the ancient Egyptians used a linen sheath for protection against disease. Later, in the 1500s, one of the first improvements to the condom was made when the linen cloth sheaths were sometimes soaked in a chemical solution and then allowed to dry prior to use. These were the first spermicides on condoms. So here's your fun but informative condom-related challenge: America's best-selling condom brand, Trojan now offers a Super Flavor Condom Sampler. Name three of the eight flavors!
4. Not in the mood yet? Try some good old fashioned, red-blooded American pornography! The best selling porno of all time featured a tape of Baywatch star Pamela Anderson and ex-hubby Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee. Lee later poked fun at the porno in the music video he made for his new band Methods of Mayhem's first single, co-starring Fred Durst. What was the name of the single?
5. So you're not into rock 'n' roll, but you still like music with your sex? Well there's always hip-hop! Rap star Snoop Dogg is definitely a triple threat. Besides acting in movies like Half Baked and The Wash and making innovative and booty shaking hip hop albums, Snoop has now branched out into directing adult films! What's the name of the adult feature Snoop directed that won the Adult Video News award for best-selling video of 2001?
6. Adult films don't work for all people; take Homer and Marge Simpson for instance! When Marge and Homer were having trouble spicing up their sex life they headed to the bookstore and got a book on tape called Mr. and Mrs. Erotic American. The book's suggestions don't work, but some of Grampa Simpson's Love Tonic does the trick, sending all of Springfield into a romantic tizzy when Homer and Grampa market it. After Homer and Grampa get into an argument, who does Grampa replace him with under his "Simpson and Son" moniker?
7. One of the books Marge and Homer browse through in the bookstore is none other than the Kama Sutra. The Kama Sutra was written to the attention of the nobility of India, approximately between 100 and 400 A.D. At the time, the aristocracy devoted its leisure to the training and the improvement of the social, artistic and sexual habits. Vatsyayana, the author of Kama Sutra, stresses that the karma must be learned by personal practice. Read about all that plus get neat-o sexual position tips! In Anne Hooper's Pocket Kama Sutra, one position described is called the "Elephant Posture." You have a 50/50 chance here: Which partner is on top for this position?
8. Of course you don't want to just go out and try your Elephant Posture or your Mare's Position on just anyone. Sex can be dangerous, and you don't want to wake up one morning in a strange bed wondering what that burning or itching sensation is downstairs (nor do you want to wake up in a strange bathtub full of ice with a kidney missing). Diseases like HIV/AIDS, herpes, and even chlamydia don't do much to turn me on. There were 358,995 cases of Gonorrhea reported in the United States in the year 2000 alone! Name the U.S. city where the most Gonorrhea cases were reported in the year 1999 according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
9. Some people like to live dangerously and don't give much thought to who they get it on with. One of those people was NBA superstar Wilt Chamberlain. The 7-foot 1-inch tall legend claimed in his autobiography to have slept with a mind-numbing 20,000 women! Chamberlain also posted big numbers on the court. He took home Rookie of the Year honors in 1959, four MVP awards, 11 league-leading rebound seasons and the honor of never fouling out in 1,045 games played. Chamberlain also played on two NBA Championship teams. Which two teams were they?
10. I guess being seven feet tall and a former Harlem Globetrotter turns some people on. Then again, some people like animals (that's called beastiality). Some people even become aroused by feet (podophilia). Did you know that albutophilia is the term for arousal from water? Some people even find themselves attracted to statues (statuophilia)! Futurama character Zapp Brannigan has said, "I find the most erotic part of the woman is the boobies." What is the correct term for Mr. Brannigan's breast fetish?
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