Monday, July 20, 2009

Question - 288


The old man throwing the punch did so because he was so offended that the man in the dark suit questioned the authenticity of something he did 40 years ago and which he is most famous for. With due apologies to the poor visual quality, tell me who the people involved are and what the fight is about?

Answer: The old man is Buzz Aldrin who was confronted by the moon landing conspiracy theorist Bart Sibrel. Sibrel repeatedly hassled Aldrin who finally had enough when Sibrel called him "a coward, a liar and a thief". Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Rajesh K, Hari, Iam, Schmetterling, Raghu, Hirak, Rajeev, Manix, nice try, Srivats and Mihir got it. Well done.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Buzz Aldrin punch to the conspiracy theory nut.

- Rajesh K

Hari said...

Buzz Aldrin punches Bart Sibrel after being accused that the moon landings were fake

Iam said...

Buzz Aldrin punching some "moon landing hoax" supporter

Schmetterling said...

Buzz Aldrin punching a moon-landing-conspiracy-theorist. Did he punch the Mythbusters guy?

Raghu said...

Neil Armstrong about the moon landing

hirak said...

The moon walk

rajeev said...

buzz aldrin

Anonymous said...

40 years is a dead giveaway, Dinky! My guess is that's Buzz Aldrin punching a Moon-landing conspiracy theorist. In my mind, Neil Armstrong is the "Rama" type personality that would never throw a punch :-)

The odd man, Michael Collins' was the Eagles's pilot who chauffeured these "rendu" to the "moonu" and back... his book "Liftoff" is an incredible read - at least it seemed like it in 1991 :-P

nice try said...

given the timing of the question and the 40yr thing -- im guessing its one of the guys who landed on the moon and the guy in the suit is questioning whether the whole thing was a hoax ..

Srivats said...

Buzz Aldrin, Bart Sibrel... need i say more?

Mihir said...

Buzz Aldrin punching a conspiracy theorist
http://www.examiner.com/x-504-Space-News-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Apollo-11-hoax-Part-2-Buzz-Aldrin-punches-Bart-Sibrel-charged-with-cheating