Sunday, March 28, 2010

#82 Frame the phrases....


a.) The above picture shows a very famous fictional character whose name and activity go very well with an equally well known phrase. Which phrase?
b.) This saying is one of the most common proverbs used in psychological tests and it also used to interrogate and and to test the mental state of the lead character of the movie shown in the above picture. Which phrase/saying?


c.) The above picture shows one of the most famous ______ _______ . Fill in the blanks with one of the most famous phrases used in football.


d.)More recently the phrase has often been used to describe the ____ to ____ pre-fight confrontations between boxers(shown in above picture). Give me the phrase and not the blanked out words(words are blanked to make the question a bit complicated).


e.) This phrase was used in the popular song from the artist shown in the above picture. The phrase came to the wider attention of the English-speaking world via a blockbuster Hollywood movie. Which phrase?

There is no long connect , and just individual answers.

Saturday, March 27, 2010

#81 For the love of music.

A.)




B.)
C.)
D.)
E.)

The person in picture A wrote and sang a song which inspired a song each from B and C (shown above),respectively. The name of a magazine was also inspired from A's song and one of the editors of the magazine(mentioned above) wrote a book in criticism of the lists published in the magazine.Picture D shows the cover of the book(the name of the writer(s)/editor(s) has been hidden if you notice). Picture E shows an unofficial member of a very famous band whose name (the band's name) was also inspired from A's song.
Who is A,B,C and E? Which magazine are we talking about ? Which song made this question possible?

Answer: McKinley Morganfield(picture A), known as Muddy Waters,wrote and sang the song named "Rollin' stone" which influenced Bob Dylan's(picture B) "Like a Rolling Stone", as well as Jimi Hendrix's (picture C)"Voodoo Chile" and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)".The magazine Rolling Stone was named after the 1948 Muddy Waters song of the same name.
A rock critic Jim DeRogatis, a former Rolling Stone editor, published a thorough critique of the magazine's lists in a book called Kill Your Idols: A New Generation of Rock Writers Reconsiders the Classics (picture D). Darryl Jones (picture E) is the unofficial member of the very famous band The Rolling Stone who got their name from Muddy Water's song.


Cracked by sabani312.

Mr./Ms. bush_on_face it would be better if you give the answer rather telling the ways of finding it out.

#80 In promotion of.....?




Answer: John Abraham,Chris Bennington and Sushil Kumar in PeTA print ads. PeTA works for the welfare of animals.

Cracked by sabani312 and buckingfastard.

Friday, March 26, 2010

#79: Master of horror!







connect! the list is non exhaustive...

no attempts.

answer: movies based on stephen king's stories...

Thursday, March 25, 2010

#78 $$$$$


Give me the name of the painting and why it is in the news?

(Hint :- Think Recent.)



Quoting Anonymous :

" An exceptional painting by Tyeb Mehta, titled ‘Head Studies of the Mahishasura’, turned out to be the most expensive sale at the Osian’s Masterpieces Series Auction, and was sold for a whopping Rs 4.56 crore. "

Cracked by pranav(who missed the reasoning :P),crybaby,anonymous and goutamjay.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

#77 Kfc?


The cover of?


Goes uncracked. Probably due to lack of explicit details. ;D

Big Breasts and Wide hips by Mo Yan

Sunday, March 21, 2010

#76 Id the Ad.


Answer: Amul butter ad , at the time when zoo zoos were creating a lot of buzz.

Cracked by IEEE, crybaby and pranav.

#75: connect

they sponsor this event.
then headquarters...

now headquarters


Answer: Samsung


Cracked by anuptheleo

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

#74: lets see some hustle!

A
B
C
D
E
F
What consists of a A, a B, a C, two Ds and a E, not to mention the biggest F ever!

no attempts. :(
a: ivan BOESKY
b: JIM BROWN
c: driving MISS DAISY
d: JETHRO tull
e: LEON SPINKS
f: ELLA FITZGERALD
theyre the cons put together to get the plot of OCEANS 11

#73 : State of Play.


Identify the sport for whose field description is given above.


It is SHINTY!

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

#72 one for all


Connect all the pieces in the above picture.

#72 Goodwill hunting..





The person in pic.1 is the youngest in the list(as of now) and the last picture is an exception in the list.
The list being talked about is an exhaustive one.

Connect the pictures and give me the name of the list.
(Enough hints in the question.)


An easy one ,cracked by Shiva,Sabani and Deepu a.k.a the bad ass thambi.


Answer: List of UNICEF goodwill ambassadors.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

#71: girl you're my angel....



Identify this iconic structure...

Cracked By PRANAV.

Angel of the North

#70 : And the flag goes up.


Inspiration for ?








Goes Uncracked.
This is the cover of Viva La Vida(An exact copy).But this is the inspiration for Statue of Liberty

Saturday, March 13, 2010

#69 : The phrase.


This Time magazine issue gave rise to a phrase.Give me the phrase.

Hint :






Cracked by Shiva.

Answer : Madonna wannabe ,Kylie Minogue was labelled 'Madonna wannabe' hence her picture was given as a hint.

Friday, March 12, 2010

#68 Good or bad....or both?




All of the above are either spoof or parody of what?


Answer: Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde

Cracked by Achilles,Nazar and the Second face

Thursday, March 11, 2010

#67 One line to connect them all.


Connect the above three pictures(hint : Think recent)

Answer: In clockwise order Millenium Biltmore Hotel,Grauman's Chinese Theatre and the Shrine Auditorium.

All of the above have been Venues for theAcademy Awards before Kodak Theatre became the permanent home of the awards.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

#66 : Omlette anyone?




Connect the above three pictures to something specific!

Answer: The Microsoft Easter Eggs

Went uncracked.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

#65 : And we're back


Sorry for the delay in posting.We'll post more regularly from now on.



Now, tell me the term this company gave rise to ?











The company is flora Holland and it gave rise to the term DUTCH AUCTION .