Question 605: Mersey-nery

A few pictures that represent one of the worst Sporting accidents.
What?
Well, actually, it's a sitter for any football fan!

Question 604: In Russia No More

__X__ is now ubiquitous, but way back in the mid-throes of the last century, this four kilogram plywood-enforced hybrid had one simple design principle - there is no need to reinvent the wheel. Borrowing heavily from its predecessors, its popularity soared after demonstrations by its proponents.

In a decade, it soon became Russia's biggest export; after suicidal novelists, caviar and vodka. It would work in all environments, and proved to be so reliable that even children use it today.

A patent on its manufacture was only approved in 1999, but __X__ is so much in demand that it is now almost impossible to clamp down on all unlicensed production. __X__ has made its way onto a nation's flag, and another's coin. Its cultural relevance has made it stand out as both a freedom fighter's symbol as well as a general "sticking it to the Man" symbol. It has its own museum, inaugurated in 2004 as Russia's homage to it.

Not related to X, but couldn't resist.

Name __X__.

Question 603: Gaiagantic Problem

Something very much in tune with current happenings!

This is a poster.
I don't think i need to quote what it says.

I just need you to give me the occasion it's connected with.

Something New?

Okay. the theme was a major flop!
We'll get back to normalcy by tomorrow, the regular questions.
Thank heavens!

Thanks

Theme 11: Answers

602 a: Heracles, Hippolyta, Hera

602 b: Jeff Bezos

602 c: She  Hulk, Absorbing man, Titania


602 d: Helena of Troy

602 e: Quince

602 f: Luther's 95 These(u)s


602 g: FirePuck


602 h: Cobweb, Peasleblossom, Mustardseed, Moth( Fairies)


Connect; Characters from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Cracked by Pi R Square, Nagaratna

Red Herring; Jeff Bezos :P

Cracked by the same people!

Theme 10 Answers: Liquidity

Theme Connect:

"Companies Named After Rivers"

Answers:

• Isuzu
• Hudson Bay Company
• Samsung: Red Herring
• Avon Cycles 
• Adobe
• Amazon
• Lagonda
• Nokia

Theme Cracked by:

1) Nagaratna - Question 3
2) Pi.R.Square - QUestion 3.

Red Herring: Samsung.

1) Pi.R.Square
2) Nagaratna

Question 602 h: Droolsome Foursome

Another throughly lame question.
We'll come up with something better soon, fret not!

Anyway, get this over with!
Connect, I beg of you.

Question 601.h: Another (Phone) Brick In the Wall

ID the man making the call and the company which manufactured the phone. After this occasion, the company rose to prominence
#brownie points for the Phone's Name.

Just a Reminder

I'm not sure when this happened, but I did notice that the comments appeared in a full page form. I'm as puzzled as anyone, given that it's been a while since I answered a question on my own blog!

Anyway, THE COMMENTS DO APPEAR AS A POP UP WINDOW NOW

Hope that makes things a tad easier.
Thanks!

Question 602 g: ...__ Will make Amends

What's talked about?

Be specific.

The origin of the word _____________ is obscure. The Oxford Dictionary suggests the name is related to the verb poke used in the game of hurling for striking or pushing the ball.

It is possible that Halifax natives, many of whom were Irish and played  hurling, may have introduced the word to Canada. The first known printed reference was in Montreal, in 1867, just a year after the first indoor game was played there.

The X

Well, essentially, all the blanks allude to X!

The use of the _______________in the early 1990s was the first attempt to improve the visibility of hockey pucks as seen on television. This invention incorporated coloured retro reflective materials of either embedded lens elements or prismatic reflectors laminated into recesses on the flat surfaces and the vertical edge of a standard hockey ____. Yellow was the preferred reflected colour. A spotlight was required to be positioned on the TV camera and focused at the centre of the viewing area.

A short demonstration tape of the Minnesota North Stars skating with the _______ was shown during the period break at the 1993 National Hockey League All Star game in Montreal, Canada. The International Hockey League (IHL) pursued testing the __________ with its inventor, Donald Klassen. The next television viewing was the IHL All star game in Fort Wayne IN, Jan 1994, where the__________ was used the entire game. The IHL tested the ________ in two more games, and finally the East Coast Hockey League used it Jan 17, 1997 for their All Star game.

The use of the________ was discontinued because:

• The slight structural change increased the tendency for the ----- to bounce on the ice. This made it more difficult for the goaltender and resulted in increased scoring.
• The skaters objected to the use of camera spotlights which reflected off the ice.
• The television viewing contrast of the ______- was not noticeably enhanced when the camera view was of the entire rink, this being the most common camera shot.

The _____________ name was branded during the 90s but has since been discontinued.