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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 .

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 .

What did he ‘invent’?

George  Gallup of  Gallup  Poll fame .

Cracked  only  by  Siddharth  Jain . Fantastic  work ! ( Sorry  Rithwik , you  are  late , once  again ! )

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 .

Satellite  image  of  ?

Oil  fires  in  Kuwait  during  the  Gulf  War .

Lit  up  in  style  by  Arun  and  Rithwik !

Am  looking  for  a  sibling .

A

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 ) .

Last  day  to  attempt  the  Monthly . Find  it  here .

Who  connects ?

A

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 .

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 .

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 .

A

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 .

Who  was  her  most  famous  pupil ?

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

Cracked  by  Rajith  Ravi , Abhijeet , Deepu , Manjith , Manu  Sathian , Dr Vijaynath V , Kaushik  Saha , Yadhu , Rithwik , Vetti , Balakrishnan , Shakya , V Chandrashekar , Ajith Prabhakar , Kamal  Rathi , Anil Raghavan , Nishanth Raman , Bobby , Deepthi Mani , Gokul , Anon , Dinesh , Chithananda , Abhi  and  Shibu Sasidharan .