So long

At the risk of stating the obvious, this blog has been dormant for several months now. Raghu has been swamped with work and I no longer have the enthusiasm to maintain the blog. So, we have decided to shut the blog down. Thanks to all those who have visited us in the past couple of years. It was fun while it lasted.

Question - 699

An iconic image from a landmark film (in the news lately). Identify the film or its director. 

Question - 698

Thought that a push to Q#700 might be worth a try; although, falling short seems to immortalize better (a la Bradman, Tendulkar, et al.)

This building (and suggestive logo) have contributed a term to business lingo related to radical innovation. What term?

Question - 697

Identify the long orange line in the image. (question courtesy: Mekhala)

Question - 696

What English word is derived from this object? (question courtesy: Divya Shankar)

Question - 695

Identify the building in the picture and connect it with the painting seen on right. (question courtesy: Divya Shankar)

Question - 694

What got its name from this sketch?

Question - 693

Identify the building (green arrow in left picture). Question courtesy: Mekhala

Question - 692

What is common to the owners of these artifacts? (question courtesy Divya Shankar)

Question - 691

Connect. (question courtesy Divya Shankar)

Question - 690

Identify the area between the curves.

Question 689

Today's question is by Matti Tapaninen. Who used this ticket?

Question - 688

Identify the person on the right of the black-and-white picture and connect her to two objects on the right.

Question - 687

Identify the guy.

Update: Not many attempts. Note the date of the question and also the tags.

Question - 686

There is an age-old legend about this English town X. The rhyme in the first visual is one example of this legend. A famous writer used X as a nickname for another city in the magazine shown in the second visual. This nickname came to refer to the city itself in the early 20th century and even now, there are many shops in the city with this name. Shown in the third visual is one such famous one. X is also famous in another context. Identify X.

Aside: Sporadic updates shall be the norm for a while since things are a bit crazy at work.

Question - 685

Who is he and what is the occasion when this picture was taken?

Question - 684

Which religious denomination does this man belong to? He holds the head wear of his religion in his hand.

Aside: Updates have been sporadic this month. I will try to be more regular.

Question - 683

This is a new fad. What are they doing?

Question - 682

Today's question is courtesy my brother Rajesh. What fiscal connection do these gentlemen share? This is an exhaustive list.

Question - 681

Nothing special about the car but where (just after a rain) is this shot taken?

PS: I am traveling for the July 4 long weekend. I won't have any updates till after America is 235 years old.

PPS: This reminds me of a very bad cryptic clue I saw once - "235? (5)". Any guesses?

Answer: Utah's Bonneville salt flats - the terrain here is perfectly suited for attempting land speed records. Mekie, Jamie, Arpit, Siddarth Pai and Krithi got it. Well done. The answer to the cryptic clue is usage.