The event shown in the first visual was one of the earliest and most notorious of its kind. It inspired the movie shown in the second visual. A term that arose from this event has now come to be associated with a cult-like group. A symbol of this cult can be seen in the third visual. Identify all.Answer: The first picture is from the Hollister riots, an event blown out of proportions by yellow journalists. An article about this in the Life magazine inspired the Brando movie The Wild one. When asked about the unruly behaviour of the bikers, the American Motorcycle association attributed it to the "one-percent" of unruly bikers. Outlaw biker gangs snatched that phrase and started referring to themselves as "one-percenters". A 1% patch is visible in the biker vest in the third visual. Many of you identified the event but only a few got the term correct. Shweta, Adi, Vetti, Avinash, Hirak, Swapnaa, Srivats and Iam got it. Well done.
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Hollister riot
the wild one ( Marlon Brando)
One percenter / Outlaw motorcycle gang
The Hollister Riot, Wild One, and Motorcycle gangs.
Hollister riot
Marlon Brando's The wild one
Bandidos motorcycle club
The first picture is the hollister riots, the most widely publicized example of Biker riots in the U.S., the second picture is Marlon brando in,'The wild one' which was based on this event..
The American Motorcycle Association in order to deflect the bad publicity from this released a statement that 99% of Motorcyclists were law abiding citizens and only 1% were outlaws. This led to the term "One percenter" to describe outlaw bikers. One of the biggest one-percenter biker clubs is 'The Bandidos', third picture.. The term Bandido on the jacket was a giveaway.:)
MC - Motorcycle club, BAndidos and the movie was the Wild One
Hell's Angels
1. Hollister riot, Calif, 1947.
2. The Wild One, starring Brando.
3. Bandidos Motorcycle Club, Canada
wild one/hell's angels etc.,
thats Brando in 'The Wild One'... so the first visual is one of the Hollister Riots.. no idea about the third
Post script to the earlier comment
Wiki says the term might be "One Percenter".. I had no clue
One percenter (Unruly or wild biker gps)
Movie is "The Wild One"
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