#179 What might have been, but couldnt be.

The two images are the cover designs of the books by the same author. The first one is a trilogy, but was supposed to be one of the volumes of a two volume set. The other volume being the second one. The second book was published after the death of the author, by the son based on his father's incomplete work.
Which books and if you dont mind then the author too.

Answer: LOTR Trilogy and the Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Cracked by Siddharth Pai , assuming that you know who the author is.. :P(of course you know it yaar) and yeah The Hobbit was not put up because Tolkien intended to publish the above mentioned two books(LOTR trilogy was supposed to be a single book ) as the two volume set.
Good try Anubhav.

#178: do you swear you are up to no good?

where would you normally see this written in latin?

never tickle a sleeping dragon.

# 177 Who comes next?

A particular feat. has been achieved only by three people. The images have been arranged in the order of accomplishing the feat. Who follows and which feat. ?

Answer: The self proclaimed 'special one', Jose Mourinho.

Cracked by Anubhav , Aswin , Siddharth Pai and Ameya.

#176: opposite of the arabian sea

connect.

hint:

#175: son of james watt!

the character for whom the appliances are cheering has been blanked out. he is also the undefeated champion of the game show Jeopardy. who is he?

#174 What is it?

What does the above shown graph represent? Which game is it associated to?

Answer: Its the graph showing all the moves a knight can make on a chess board, a.k.a the knight's tour.

#173 One from Hindu mythology.

The pictures given above are all connected with the hindu god Vishnu ,but apart from that what is that binds all of these together?

Went uncracked.

Answer: Connect is Jaya and Vijaya , the gate keepers of Vaikuntha.

The first picture is of Jaya and Vijaya sculpted on the doors of some Vishnu temple.

These gatekeepers refused entry to the Sanatha Kumara monks, who, because of their powers and austerity appeared as young children. For their insolence, the monks cursed them to be expelled from Vaikuntha and to be born on Earth.

God Vishnu agreed that they should be punished. They were given two choices, that they could be born about 7 times as normal mortals and devotees of Vishnu, or 3 times as powerful and strong people, but as enemies of Vishnu, for which they chose the latter one.

Ravana and his brother Kumbhakarna were born to fulfill the curse on the second birth as enemies of Vishnu in the Treta Yuga. The curse of first birth was fulfilled by Hiranyakashipu and his brother Hiranyaksha in Satya Yuga when they were both vanquished by earlier avatars (incarnations) of Vishnu and the curse of third birth was fulfilled by Kangsha and Shishupala in the Dwapar Yuga when they were both vanquished by Lord Krishna.

#172 : Go around,come back around.

From top, the first image shows the inspiration, the second and third images show the "companions" , the fourth image shows the playground(the image has been chosen just for the promotion of what is written and the words around or inside the picture have nothing to do with the question) and the last one(might turn out to be the give away) shows the prize.

Which sporting event are we talking about?

Answer: Jules Verne Trophy
Cracked by V. Chandrashekhar, Arun, Siddharth Pai, appuchin and Kamanasish

#171: go vegan! being vegan gives you super powers!

Identify this graphic novel.

It was recently made into a movie starring:

Cracked by Anubhav Mehta, Arun, V. Chandrashekhar, AB Kolan and Siddharth Pai.

#170 Angry and insulting..but hilarious.

A)B)
A is a snapshot from a skit which satirized the real life political event shown in B.

Which event are we talking about??

P.s. Do not miss the skit, watch it and I bet you wont stop laughing.

Cracked by V. Chandrashekhar, Arun and Appuchian