Question - 599

Connect.

Answer: The US State of Ohio has special days named after the three people in the picture (clockwise): Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore, and (oddly enough) the singer Shreya Ghoshal. Ameya, mekie (wrong singer), Dinesh, Kaushik, and Manasi got it. Nicely done - especially give the obscurity of this piece of trivia.

Question - 438

A trilogy that he wrote has led to the design of the flag shown. Identify him and the flag.

Answer: Kim Stanley Robinson wrote a trilogy about terraforming Mars. The three books were Red Mars, Green Mars and Blue Mars reflecting the changes the planet undergoes as time goes on. The colors have since been adapted into a (unofficial for now) flag for the planet. Kamal Rathi, Ajinkya, Bharath, anon, Matti Tapaninen, anon, Krithi, Karthik, Rajesh, An0n, Adi, Kaushik, Arvind, buckingfastard, Arun Mallya and Jaggi got it. Well done.