Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 29th, 2011
Connect. Mohanlal (A) sings Leonard Cohen‘s(B) “I’m your man” in Pranayam. Cracked by Ram Sripathi, Nigel Thomas, Fifthape, Akhil R Nair, Appu, Deepu, Siddharth Ravi, Jyotishraj, Ahana Anil, Anil Raghavan, Malcaluffin, Clash and Rithwik.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 28th, 2011
What’s happening? The World Famous Bushman scaring passers-by. Cracked by Fifthape, Deepu, Ram Sripathi, Appu, Akhil R Nair and Rithwik.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 25th, 2011
The movie and the actor (the guy on the right) please. Irvine Welsh in Trainspotting. Spotted by Akhil R Nair, Ahana Anil, Nakul Sharma, Deepu, Anil Raghavan, Fifthape, Alok, Siddharth Ravi, Rithwik and Appu.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 22nd, 2011
The part that has been blanked out (the red area in the pic) is, in fact, factually inaccurate. So, what has been blanked out? Why is it inaccurate? Quoting Gokul , “Blanked portion: “The Cheka is watching you, Tintin” It should be OGPU because they were called Cheka before 1922 and the ‘Tintin In the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 19th, 2011
Once again, funda please. Quoting Appu, “All US presidents have got icons to represent them on Doonesbury, this is about Obama getting his, and that he has nothing representative about him” Cracked by Appu, Siddharth Ravi, Fifthape, Akhil R Nair, Devajyoti Ghosh and Ram Sripathi.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 15th, 2011
Funda please. Frank Sinatra taking photographs of the Ali-Frazier Fight of the Century (as a reporter for the LIFE Magazine) in 1971. Cracked by Akhil R Nair, Jyotishraj, Freestyler, Appu, Fifthape, Ahana Anil, Devajyoti Ghosh, Anil Raghavan, Joyce George, Deepu and Ram Sripathi.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 10th, 2011
Which movie? What is this particular image from the flick inspired by? Lars von Trier‘s Melancholia. This still of Kirsten Dunst floating down a stream in her wedding dress with her bouquet is based on the John Everett Millais painting Ophelia (Ophelia’s death in Hamlet also accepted). Cracked by Fifthape, Appu, Hari Parameswaran and Priyanshu Jaiswal.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 10th, 2011
Who’s the tennis player on the right? Lars Ulrich of Metallica. Cracked by Appu, Anil Raghavan, Ahana Anil, Siddharth Ravi, Priyanshu Jaiswal, Akhil R nair and Joyce George.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 8th, 2011
Sculpture by Canadian artist Amy Switzer. What is it based on? What is it made out of? Clue: Current affairs The sculpture is based on Loulou, the parrot from Gustave Flaubert‘s Un Cœur simple (A Simple Heart). It is made out of several copies of the same book. The current affairs connection, of course, is Julian Barnes, who [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 5th, 2011
Where would one expect to find this ? And why is it special ? This is the panel in tribute to Andy Lippincott (from Doonesbury) on the AIDS quilt. He is the only fictional character to have an entry on the AIDS quilt. The panel, however, hangs in The NAMES Project Foundation’s office in Atlanta and [...]
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