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Connect.

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Connect   A   and  B   to   C .

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2  questions  for  the  day .

No. 1 – Connect  the  2  ladies .

No. 2 – Lady  B  is  the  first  Indian  to  ’achieve’  something. What ?

A

B

A  is  Margaret  Nolan  who  performed  in  the  title  sequence  of Goldfinger. B  is  Katy  Mirza  who  performed  in  the  title  sequence  of  Shaan which  was  inspired  by  Goldfinger. Katy  Mirza  was  also  the  first  Indian Playboy  Bunny.

Nitish  Khadiya  and  Anil  Raghavan  struck  gold  with  these  girls !! Salut !! Half  credits  to  Nishanth  Raman , well done !

Name  the  author  of  the  book(s)  displayed  by  the  astronauts  of  this appropriately  named  mission .

Original  Jules  Verne  manuscripts  delivered  by  the  crew  of   Automated Transfer Vehicle 001  called , you  guessed  it , Jules  Verne .

Cracked  by  Manjith , Arun  Hiregange , Subin , Rithwik , Ajay C Anto ,    Anagh , Ameen  and  Anil  Raghavan .

What  was  the  occasion ? And  the  inspiration for  this  look ?

The  Angela  Merkel  series  of    dolls  released  to  celebrate  Barbie  turning  50.

Cracked  by  Freestyler , Arun  Hiregange , Nishanth  Raman , Subin ,Rithwik , Hadi , Arun , Debasish , Comfortably and Technically Dumb , Sai Ganesh , Q Factor ( minus  Rithwik )  and  Anagh .

X  connects  A  and  B . X  was  also  the  reason  why  A  and  B  got disconnected .

Solve  for  A , B  and  X .

A

B

Quoting  Appu ,

“James McNeill Whistler’s (A) lover and model for The White Girl , Joanna Hiffernan (X), also posed for Gustave Courbet (B). Historians speculate that Courbet’s erotic painting of her as L’Origine du monde led to the breakup of the friendship between Whistler and Courbet”

Cracked  by  Anon , Freestyler , Arun , Appu , Subin , Arcturus  and  Anil  Raghavan .

Which  iconic  image  replaced  the  one  featured  below ?

This  painting  by  The  Fool was  the  original  cover  design  for Sgt.Pepper’s  Lonely  Hearts  Club  Band . The  idea  was  later  rejected  and British  pop  ( culture ) artist  Peter  Blake  in  collaboration  with  his  wife created  the present  cover  collage .

Cracked  by  Freestyler , Arun , Raklodrama , Subin , Anil  Raghavan , Arun  Hiregange  and  Anon .

And  we’ve  done  a  Brian  Lara  here !!

Who’s  missing ?

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B

C

Victor  Trumper ( A ) , Charles  McCartney ( B ) , Majid  Khan ( C ) and Don  Bradman ( missing  one )  are  the  only  players  to  have  scored  a  century  in  the  opening  session  of  a  Test  Match .

Uncracked .

What/who  connects  A  to  B , C  and  D ?

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D

The  names  of  the  characters  in  Matthew  Reilly’s ( A )  ’Scarecrow‘ ( who , in fact ,  is  Capt  Shane  Schofield ) are  inspired  by  St. Aloysius – B ( the character  of  Aloysius  Knight ) , L’Oreal  heiress  Liliane  Bettencourt – C           ( character  being  Lillian  Mattencourt ) and  Star  Wars  character  IG-88 – D  ( the  bounty  hunter  team  IG-88  in  the  novel ) .

Cracked  by  Ajay  Parasuraman ( welcome  back ! ) and  Anil  Raghavan . Super  job  guys !