Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Question 570: The Girls and I Head This Way

ID each of the characters in the pictures for a point each. No points for the 3rd one.
7 points for the binding connect. The connect is NOT that they're all on movies or TV or something that general.





Question 569: Yes We Mccann

A very late question (a month old i guess), but i just found out about it and im posting it on both blogs
The Quizzard & Another Blog in The Wall.


This is an excerpt of an episode from CSI, im not going to tell you when it was aired. 
It features the return of a very popular character, the synopsis is as such.


The character ___X___, played by ___Y___, is a troubled teen worried about his brother.


It begins with __Y__ warning Stokes not to enter his house as it may be booby trapped (the irony of this phrase chosen will come to light when you crack the question). Stokes enters either ways, finds out that its a bomb, gets extracted by CSI squad, & is grateful to __Y__.


Although Stokes tries to interrogate __Y__ about the attempted house bombing, the teen remains tight-lipped about who the perpetrator is, and he's eventually picked up by his legal guardian. Soon after, the CSIs pay a visit to  __Y__'s guardian, only to find him dead inside his work warehouse. Unfortunately, beneath his dead body is a device that traps Stokes and his team inside the building as a bomb surrounded by lasers ticks away.


Greg and Sara find a surveillance video of  __Y__ buying bomb-making supplies with an accomplice: Timothy Johnson, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist who was dishonorably discharged from the Army several years ago. Nick realizes that  __Y__ has been playing him, and Sara points out that he, Catherine and Vartann were the ones who killed  __Y__s brother—and they were the ones trapped in the booby-trapped building. Nick and Greg work to track  __Y__ by calling his cellphone, and they are able to locate his general area. The cops set up a roadblock and stop the van containing  __Y__ and Johnson as they try to escape to California. Johnson would rather give up than die, but Jason has other ideas. 


He yells that Johnson has a bomb on his body, and during the momentary confusion, __Y__ pulls out a gun and shoots one of the cops . Nick and the others return fire, killing __Y__ in a hail of bullets, as his corpse floats like a feather before gracing the sweet ground.


SImply ID X & Y.
The reason why this became famous will immediately come to light then


Y(can't tineye this, you should get it though)

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Question 568: Marry whaaat?

Ah, xkcd. Isn't it great?
Anyway, easy one.


They should call her what?
Because she just got what?


Question 567: What you call love was invented by guys like me to sell nylons.

Apt title for this clip, which is also a quote from the original.
ID the parody, ie, what is being parodied.
The title should give you a hint.




Monday, March 21, 2011

Question 566 : He keeps invading my space...

Check the answer for the question: Meanwhile, in the legion of doom....
A little surprise left by Pranav
Also, try attempting Question 561
Seems to have gotten lost in the theme
We do have 4 other authors you know.
-Pai.

-x-


The lady ____X____, now infamous for having had a long-standing affair with ___Y____, was the feature of much speculation when a popular international magazine published a series of never-before-seen photographs recently. The series included much of __X's__ life prior to meeting __Y__ (23 years her senior), while modeling for publicity photographs. It also included some very intimate photographs of __Y's__ private life, a perspective that very few could afford until recently.

Mine Bonny lies over the wall


She is also notorious for resorting to several (as many as 4 documented) attempts at suicide (failed, obviously) to maintain __Y's__ undivided attention to her; something he could not afford given his well known proclivities. He kept her hidden from public knowledge, so much so that the public did not know of her until their joint and untimely death. In fact, the only time she made a public appearance with him was as his "secretary", at the House, to her family's utter disappointment. He eventually married her when he was 56, and she was 33, in a hasty civil ceremony; only 40 hours before their deliberate deaths.

She is potrayed as one of the most interesting characters in a graphic comic series by the well-known Osamu Tezuka (of Astroboy fame) in the 1990s, dramatizing __Y's__ life (loosely).

Give me X and Y.


P.S. - sorry about the late answer on Question 551 - check the answer out for a special treat.

Question 565: On Jordan's Bank the Baptist Cry


Belated OScar Question, since i had no idea when it was due to that stupid pre WC coverage

__X__ is the story of Thiery Guetta, and his love. In the film, he hears about the urban legend __Y__ and tries to contact him. After many a failed attempt, he finally does and for the rest you need to watch __X__, and not spoil the surprise; partly coz i haven't seen __X__ or __Y__ either,lol.
__Y__'s manager had this to say about __X__:
"I think the joke is on... I don’t know who the joke is on, really. I don’t even know if there is a joke."
__Y___'s former spokesman

On __Y__ and the choices of __Y__, it can best be summed up in his own words:
"When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires."
– __Y___

Y

X


So:
1) Give me X
2) & Y
Brownie points for what it is Y does

PS: Pi.R.Square, Manish HN & Rohan have already answered it, and your scores have been updated
So no baying for my blood.
Regards
-Pai

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Roll of Honour

Not really. Just a list of who cracked what and when.

563:

THEME CRACKED BY:

Siddarth Pai at Question 563 c: +40
Pi.R.Square at Question 563 c: +40

WRONG GUESSES:
Archimonde at Question 563 d: -15
Archimonde at Question 563 f: 0

RED HERRING (+20):
Siddarth Pai
Pi.R.Square

564:

THEME CRACKED BY:

Siddarth Pai at Question 564 b: +50
Pi.R.Square at Question 564 c: +40

WRONG GUESSES:
Manish Hn at Question 564 e: -10

RED HERRING (+20):
Siddarth Pai
Pi.R.Square

CONNECT BETWEEN THE TWO SETS OF QUESTIONS (+20):

Pi.R.Square
Siddarth Pai
Sukanto

Theme Connect




CONNECT:The Red Herrings in both the sets come from the same source.


Wile E. Coyote - 563
                                                                } The Roadrunner Show
Acme Corporation - 564




Connect = Red herring

Theme 564: Answers

564 - U turns are good

THEME:
Companies that changed their core products to the ones that they're known for today.

Wrigley -  originally sold soap and baking powder.

Tiffany & Co. - originally started as a stationery and fancy goods emporium.

Hasbro - textile company which moved on to selling pencil boxes and school supplies.

Nintendo - initially it produced handmade hanafuda cards.The company also tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel.

Avon - door-to-door book sales.

RED HERRING:
Acme Corporation -  is a fictional corporation that exists in several cartoons, films and TV series, most significantly in the Looney Tunes universe. Products from the fictional Acme Corporation are both generic and tend to fail.

Theme 563: Answers. Oh Joy.




563 -  Vhateezinnoonymme?
(I honestly have no idea why this was the title. But when spelt in a non idiotic manner it's supposed to read, " What is in -onym" or atleast that was the intention)

THEME:

Cartoon Characters named after famous people/characters.

Yogi Bear - Yogi Berra


                



Scrooge McDuck - Ebenezer Scrooge




Duck Dodgers - Buck Rogers


   


Huckleberry Hound - Huckleberry Finn

           

Buzz Lightyear - Buzz Aldrin

           File:Aldrin.jpg

RED HERRING:
Wile E. Coyote - His name Wile E. is a play on the word "wily"




Other Cartoons are:

Stony Curtis - Tony Curtis

           

Whatte looker! :D


Owl Jolson - Al Jolson