Comments on: The Monthly Set – 8

By: Rithwik

Rithwik — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:17:17 +0000

18.Colombus ?

21. Connect – Sarsaparilla

It is the favorite drink of Stuart Little and Calamity Jane in the 1963 musical of the same name.

By: anil raghavan

anil raghavan — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:51:33 +0000

1)t.yamaguchi who survived both nagasaki7hiroshima
3)webster&spelling bee contest?
4)parsley/sage/rosemary/thyme simon&garfunkel album connected to emily dickinson
5)american gothic painting by grant wood
6)anthony michael hall depicting bill gates in pirates of silicon valley
7)algonquin round table having dorothy parker,robert benchly
8)stay faraway,so close9berlin victory colum)
9)annie leibovitz&robert bean on chrysler building repeating margaret bourke white’s feat
10)a)montjac/barking deer
b0basenji/non barking dog
13)a)macuxi indian b)red shouldered mcaw/getting endangered due to destruction of amazon forest
15)stock house

17)air to air missile possibly astra
19)john williams
20)coleen mccullough/masters of rome
22)xray deicting radioactivity by bequerel
23)phytoplankton bloom
26)vultures on top of tower of silence getting killed due to pesticides in cattlefeed
24)seismogram
30)french awards?

By: Kamal Rathi

Kamal Rathi — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:39:01 +0000

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3.William Webster, is the only American to serve as both Director of Central Intelligence and Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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6.Noah Wyle:Steve Jobs, Joey Slotnick:Steve Wozniak.(Pirates of Silicon Valley)
7.A Vicious Circle, a painting of the Algonquin Round Table by artist Natalie Ascencios, hangs in the hotel’s Round Table room. Featured in the painting, from left to right, are: (standing) Robert Benchley, Franklin Pierce Adams, Robert Sherwood, Harpo Marx, Alexander Woolcott, Marc Connelly, Edna Ferber, (seated) Dorothy Parker, Harold Ross, George S. Kaufman, Heywood Broun
8.Victory.The Victory Column,in Berlin, Germany to commemorate the Prussian victory in the Danish-Prussian War.
9.Leibovitz emulated Margaret Bourke-White’s feat, when she mounted one of the eagle gargoyles on the 61st floor of the Chrysler Building in Manhattan, where she photographed the dancer David Parsons cavorting on another eagle gargoyle. Noted Life photographer and picture editor John Loengard made a gripping photo of Leibovitz at the climax of her danger.
10.Muntjac (A) also known as Barking Deer, Basenji (B) is the Barkless Dog.
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15A.Live Forever
15B.Oasis
15C.

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18A.Satyajeet Ray
18B.Chris Columbus
18C.
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25.Seismograms
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29A.Charles Boyer
29B.

By: Manjith

Manjith — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:56:32 +0000

5. house in the painting American Gothic
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8. viva la vida ?
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15. hotel california ?
22. first finger print?
23. maelstrom?
24. the good shepherd
26. vultures at parsi tower of silence. some drug used to treat cattle (diaphenicol?) causes death in the birds that eat their carcass.
27. owner of Man City F.C.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:23:06 +0000

1.Lama who set himself on fire
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4. dickinson- she had a collection of pressed plants.She studied Botany.
5. ET ?
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7.William Randolf Hearst?
8.is der a special exprssn to salute Nike???
9.David copperfield and Houdini?
10.Muntjac/barking deer is the opposite of dog??
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12. Rhodesia-Zimbabwe
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15.Abbey Lane?
16.Samuel Hahneman-Homeopathy
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24 Jesus
25 Pulse modulation
26 diclofenac-kills vultures
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29 chuk Jones
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By: Nishanth Raman

Nishanth Raman — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:21:12 +0000

2. The assasination of JFK(the Zapruder video)
5. The house in American Gothic

18. The Philosopher’s Stone/Elixer of Life
21. Calamity Jane and Stuart Little
22. Becquerel’s photographic plate, thus accidently discovering Radioactivity
25. Heart sounds
28. Wall Street Crash of 1929
29. Chuck Jones

By: Rithwik

Rithwik — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:13:00 +0000

PART A

2.John F Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald

3.William H. Webster – only American to serve as both Director of Central Intelligence and Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

4. Emily Dickinson ( All other flower/plants methods formulated by her through her poems and othr works)

5. American Gothic House – was the backdrop of the 1930 painting American Gothic by Grant Wood.

6. Noah Wyle : Steve Jobs :: Joey Slotnick : Steve Woznaick

7. Algonquin Round Table

8. The phrase is GOD SAVE THE QUEEN – The Victory Column,in Berlin, Germany to commemorate the Prussian victory

9. Annie Leibovitz and assistant Robert Bean on the

Chrysler Building, New York, NY, 1991

10. Muntjac (A) also known as Barking Deer & Basenji (B) is the Barkless Dog.

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12. Richard Warren Sears – Willis Tower, formerly named and commonly referred to as Sears Tower

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15. 251 Menlove Avenue

* The house was featured on the sleeve cover for Oasis’ single “Live Forever.”

* Menlove Ave. is a John Lennon album, posthumously released in 1986 under the supervision of Yoko Ono.

PART B

16. Samuel Hahnemann – Homeopathy

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19. Swine Flu

20. Colleen McCullough / Thorn Birds

21. Calamity Jane – Stuart Little

22. Image of Becquerel’s photographic plate which has been fogged by exposure to radiation from a uranium salt. The shadow of a metal Maltese Cross placed between the plate and the uranium salt is clearly visible.

23.Phytoplankton bloom

24.Good Shepherd

25. Seismograms

26. Diclofenac – marketed as Voltaren

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28. Wall Street Crash of 1929

29. Connect – Pepe le Pew

Charles Boyer’s(A) role as Pepe Le Moko was already world famous when animator Chuck Jones(B) based the character of Pepe le Pew, the romantic skunk introduced in 1945′s Odor-able Kitty

30. Different type of Crosses

By: Wasi Manazir

Wasi Manazir — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:06:43 +0000

1. Yamaguchi, survived both Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuke attacks (without hiding in a fridge )
5. American Gothic

By: Anand

Anand — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:21:02 +0000

19.swine flu prevelance..
25.Seismograms
27.Portsmouth

By: Hercules

Hercules — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:58:42 +0000

1.Tsutomu Yamaguchi who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings.
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3.William Webster,the only American to serve as the Director of Central Intelligence and Director of the FBI.
4.The song ‘Darling Conversation’ from the Simon and Garfunkel’s album Parsley(B),Sage(A),Rosemary(C) and Thyme(D) references
Emily Dickinson(E).
5.Grant Wood’s American Gothic painting featuring the Gothic style house in Eldon.
6. D – Steve Wozniak => Noah Wyle(A) playing Steve Jobs(B) and Joey Slotnick(C) in Pirates of the Silicon Valley
7. ‘Algonquin Round Table’ in Natalie Ascencios’ A Vicious Circle.
8.’Sieg Heil ‘ salute to Lady Victoria atop the Berlin Victory Column
9.Annie Leibovitz emulated Margaret Bourke-White’s feat.
10.A – Muntjac(Barking Deer) x B- Basenji(Barkless Dog)
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12.Sears Tower named after ‘Richard Warren Sears’.Now known as Willis Tower
13.Estadio Azteca was the first football stadium to host the FIFA World cup finals twice.
Maracana Stadium will be the second.
14.Henry Mancini of ‘Pink Panther’ theme fame.
15.Oasis’(B) single ‘Live Forever’(A) featuring the 251 Menlove Avenue.John Lennon(C) ‘s posthumously
released album is ‘Menlove Ave’.
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19.2009 Swine Flu pandemic
20.Colleen McCullough’s Masters of Rome
21.Sarsaparilla (Calamity June + Stuart Little)
22.Becquerel’s photographic plate fogged by exposure to radiation from a uranium salt.
23.Phytoplankton bloom in the Baltic Sea
24.St.Panacea
25.Seismograms or Seismic Signatures
26.Diclofenac poisoning — Vultures feeding on dead Arthritic Parsees medicated with Diclofenac will soon find themselves to be dead.
27. A – Sulaiman Al-Fahim B – Portsmouth FC .Connect is Pompey
28.Wall street crash of 1929
29.A – Charles Boyer B – Chuck Jones .Connect is Pepe Le Moko based on Pepe Le Pew
30.Asterix comics character names???????