Question - 699

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

Question - 679

Who is this?

Hint: Few attempts so far. She is the oldest scuba diver in the world and was diving well past her 90s. However, she is most famous for something she did all the way back in 1934.

Hint2: Still no further attempts :( She is considered one of the greatest in her field (not Scuba diving) despite having a very limited output. Also, tags are your friends.

Question - 677

Identify the one man common to both pictures.

Answer: Heinrich Harrer, author of Seven years in Tibet. There can't have been too many people photographed with both the Dalai Lama and Hitler. Matti, Krithi, Arpit, Krishna and giantamoeba got it. Well done.

Question - 673

What is about to happen?

Answer: The man is about to slit the woman's eye in Luis Bunuel's surrealistic work "Un Chien Andalou" made in collaboration with Salvador Dali. Matti, Krishna, Jamie, Barry Belmont, Ramki, arpit, anon and Siddarth Pai got it. Well done.

Question - 661

What controversy (shown in the first pic) is referenced in the second pic?

Answer: The controversy is that a decidedly unheroic Han Solo shoots the alien first in the bar scene in StarWars I. This was edited out or modified in later releases. Raghu, Harshit, anon, Jamie, allornothing and Firebringer got it. Well done.

Question - 658

Identify the man and the location.

Answer: The famously eccentric Werner Herzog in the sets of his movie Fitzcarraldo for which he attempted to transport a 300 ton ship across a mountain. Divya Shankar, Raghu, Karthik, Tee and Matti got it. Well done.

Question - 657

The man on the left saw the movie on the right and said something very famous. What?

Answer: Justice Potter Stewart defined pornography as "I know it when I see it" while discussing the French movie "The Lovers". Matti, Krishna, Jaggi, Siddarth Pai and nice try got it. Well done.

Question - 644

What famous location?

Answer: The real "field of dreams". I thought if I ask the question, you will answer. Rajesh K, Krithi, Swapnaa, Matti, Jamie and Divya got it. Well done.

Question - 630

Rightly phrased, this question will be a bit too easy. So, I will just say: Identify.

Answer: This is the famous deleted scene that was supposed to be the climax of Dr. Strangelove. Kubrick had originally planned the movie to end with a pie fight between the Russian ambassador and George C. Scott. You can actually see the food lined up in trays in many of the scenes in the war room. Of course, this didn't make the final cut and the movie ends instead with the iconic images of several nuclear explosions accompanied by Vera Lynn's "We will meet again". Matti, Divya Shankar, Siddarth Pai, anon and Jamie got it. Well done.

Question - 627

Identify the photograph, the photographer and a particularly famous homage to this picture.

Answer: Identical twins by Diane Arbus. The homage I had in mind is the eerie scene from Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" where the twins stand in an identical pose and invite Danny to play with them. Kamanasish, Saket, Krithi, Matti, Siddarth Pai, Raghu, Mekie, Divya, Jamie and Iam got it. Well done.

Question - 618

Connect. (Hint: The white arrows in the left image)

Answer: I was looking for Ghibli - the local name for the Sirocco wind in Libya (left picture), famously mentioned in the Oscar-winning English Patient (top right). It lends its name to the wonderful Studio Ghibli (Hayao Miyazaki et al.) which is famous for producing many animated features including Miyazaki's Totoro (featured on Studio Ghibli's logo). Only Anonymous got it.

Question - 614

Identify and connect.

Answer: The character Bane (left) in the upcoming Christopher Nolan movie Dark Knight Rises will be portrayed by Tom Hardy (right). Ameya, Hari, matti tapaninen, cobra 2020 fan, Kate Spartan, and Iam.

Question - 607

Identify and connect.

Answer: The connect is the Fountain of Youth. The map shows the 1513 voyage of the Ponce de Leon, who was famous for his quest for the fountain. The next installment of Pirates of the Caribbean (based on the book "On Stranger Tides" by Tim Powers) deals with a similar quest. Saket, Sribharath, matti tapaninen, Krithi, mekie, and Jamie got it. Good job.

Question - 606

Identify the non-uniformed participants in this infamous 1937 meeting.

Answer: Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson (in the news through the movie "The King's Speech") meeting Hitler in 1937. Saket, matti tapaninen, mekie, Krithi, Dinesh, and Kaushik got it. Well done.

Question - 567

Connect.

Answer: The only winners of both the "Best Play" Tony award and "Best Picture" Oscar. From top left (clockwise): A Man For All Seasons, My Fair Lady, Amadeus, and The Sound of Music. Dinesh, matti tapaninen, and Krithi got it.

Question - 547

Connect.

Answer: The connection is "Sirius." From top-left clockwise, the Chicago Bulls entrance music is the song Sirius, which was by the group Alan Parsons Project (the two guys). Sirius, the "dog star" is allegedly the inspiration for the Harry Potter character, Sirius Black (his animagus form is a black dog), whose family coat-of-arms is shown (motto: "Tojours Pur" or "always pure"). The dog logo with the star is of the Sirius satellite radio.

Question - 544

Identify.

Answer: Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, along with Divya Narendra - co-founders of ConnectU and part of the Facebook-origins story. Srivats, mekie, Divya Shankar, and Hirak got it. Well done.

Question - 537

Identify the man in the center of the picture.

Answer: Hayao Miyazaki, God of animation. Kamal Rathi, Raghu, Shravan, Jaggi, Anurag and tsp got it. Well done.

Question - 534

Who are these people?

Answer: These are the Marx brothers with their mother. tsp, v.chandrashekar, anon, matti tapaninen, Kamal Rathi, anon, Raghu and nice try got it. Well done.

Question - 533

Connect the two visuals.

Answer: The connect is the ongoing trial of Liberian dictator Charles Taylor's war crimes and him presenting Naomi Campbell with blood diamonds during a party hosted by Nelson Mandela in 1997. The movie is of course Blood diamond. Karthik, Ameya, Krithi, Anand, anon, Arvind, Matti Tapaninen, Hari, Vetti, Mekie, nice try, Hirak, Kamal Rathi, Mihir, Raghu, Rajesh K and Nitin Sunny got it. Well done.