What ?


Which end is famous? Why ?

This is the Latin Bridge over River Miljacka in Sarajevo . The northern end of the bridge was the site of assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria by Gavrilo Princip in 1914 . And the rest , is history .
Cracked by Rithwik , Subin and Vikas .
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All questions will be moderated on the 9th . This is cos the guy who usually moderates stuff is in transit . Please forgive the delay folks
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What did he ‘invent’?

George Gallup of Gallup Poll fame .
Cracked only by Siddharth Jain . Fantastic work ! ( Sorry Rithwik , you are late , once again ! )
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This is a memorial located at a place which was the venue of the only land battle of WW II in that country . However , this place has yet another distinction which is the result of an ‘adjustment’ .
What distinction ?

This is the WW II memorial in Attu Island , USA .
In the north the International Date Line swings to the east through the Bering Strait and then west past the Aleutian Islands in order to keep Alaska (part of the USA ) and Russia, which are due north and south of each other in that region, on opposite sides of the line and in agreement with the date in the rest of those countries. As a result of this line-adjusting, the right to call itself “The Last Place on Earth” (that is, the latest place with regards to time) goes to the westernmost Aleutian Island of Attu .
Fully cracked only by Shrey Goyal . Am giving full credits to Deepthi , Rithwik , Rajith Ravi and Dr Vijaynath V as well .
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Satellite image of ?

Oil fires in Kuwait during the Gulf War .
Lit up in style by Arun and Rithwik !
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Am looking for a sibling .

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B
Bob Flag ( A ) and John Vernon ( B ) played the role of Big Brother in the 1984 and 1956 adaptations of George Orwell’s ’1984′ .
Cracked only by Debasish ( Sorry Rithwik , you were a lil late ) .
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Last day to attempt the Monthly . Find it here .
Who connects ?

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B
J.D. Salinger ( R.I.P good man ) .
Holden and Banky (characters in Chasing Amy { A } , played by Ben and Jason) are named after Holden Caufield and Ed Banky, both from the J. D. Salinger novel “The Catcher in the Rye” . B is the cover of the album J.D. Salinger by The Wynona Riders .
Most of you got the Wynona Riders part wrong . However , full points to anyone mentioning Salinger . Cracked by Abhijeet , Dr Vijaynath V ( thanx for the extra info ! ) , Rajith Ravi , Kashyap , Balakrishnan , Rithwik , Yadhu , Manu Sathian , K.R.R , Nitish , Max , Arun , Arjun , Sai Ganesh and Anil Raghavan .
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What happened to his eyes ?

Quoting Kaushik Saha ,
“He is Argus, the giant with a hundred eyes. According to Ovid, to commemorate her faithful watchman, Hera had the hundred eyes of Argus preserved forever, in a peacock’s tail” . Check other comments for interesting details .
Cracked by Kashyap , Ajay Parasuraman , Anil Raghavan , Anjay , Kaushik Saha , Balakrishnan , Rajith Ravi , Dr Vijaynath V , Rithwik , Deepthi Mani , Yadhu , Manu Sathian , Subin and Max .
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Id the chap in A . Also name the work of art featured in the card he’s holding . Connect the work of art to B .

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B
Quoting Anjay ,
“A – Sir Nicholas Serota, Director of the Tate gallery
Painting – “Sir Nicholas Serota Makes an Acquisitions Decision” by Charles Thompson
B – Tracy Emin, artist who is known to exhibit her used bed, underwear etc as works of art. The above painting satirises this, especially since Nicholas Serota was a judge on the panel which reviewed Emin’s paintings”
Cracked by Balakrishnan , Rithwik , Bobby , Rajith Ravi , Anon , Dr Vijaynath V , Anjay , Anil Raghavan , Vinayak007 , Kashyap and Fresstyler . Half credits to Kaushik Saha and Abhi .
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Who was her most famous pupil ?

This is Anne Sullivan , and her most famous pupil , of course , was Helen Keller .
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