Question 630: Mansion I'd like to Find?

___XXX___ was a realty company started sometime back and has gained notoriety on the internet for their name, as well as their slogan, epitomized in this picture. Its not known if many people have availed of their services (be it raunchy or realty), but they have become quite the phenom

So:
Id the company
(the variable name chosen should give you a hint
smirk)

Question 629: Delicious and round, yet squared

A guest question by one of our regulars, Pi.R.Square.Enjoy

Touted as the most complex crop circle ever found in Britain, the pattern appeared earlier this month near Barbury Castle, an Iron Age hill fort above the village of Wroughton in Wiltshire. 

Initially, crop circle enthusiasts were stumped as to its meaning and even a number of experts said it was 'mind-boggling'.

Dismissed in mid 2008 as being unsolveable, retired astrophysicist Mike Reed put 2 and 2 together to finally arrive upon the answer.

Upon having solved it, he produced a fractal of the form as described


"The little dot near the centre is the decimal point. The code is based on ten angular segments, with the radial jumps being the indicator of each segment. Starting at the centre and counting the number of one-tenth segments in each section contained by the change in radius clearly shows the values of the first 10 of __X___"

ID what the crop circle shows.

TO quote Calvin, " The surest sign that life exists in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us yet"

Keep up

People, answer. Before ze comments are released.

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Question 628: If they don't lend their X, Take It

The incident that gave its name to the war had occurred in 1731 when the British brig Rebecca was boarded by the Spanish coast guard La Isabela, commanded by Julio León Fandiño. After boarding, Fandiño cut off the __X__ of the Rebecca's captain, __Y__, who had been accused of piracy. Fandiño told __Y__, "Go, and tell your King that I will do the same, if he dares to do the same." In March 1738, __Y__ was ordered to attend Parliament, presumably to repeat his story before a committee of the House of Commons. According to some accounts, he produced the severed__X__ when he attended, although no detailed record of the hearing exists. The incident was considered alongside various other cases of "Spanish Depredations upon the British Subjects," and was perceived as an insult to the honour of the nation and a clear casus belli.


Question:
1) ID X & Y/ The name of the war which ensued after this


Hint:

Question 627: Aren't bets just an absolute b*tch?

They really are dreadful things. REALLY.
Anyway, onto the question:

Smug much?

Poor chap didn't realise what he was getting into

Graph. Wheee.

Tell me who these two gentlemen are and put funda.

Question 626: Difference between genius and madness is success

The origins of __XY__ in the realm of comics is rather obscure, but its impact can't be ignored.


In the 1933 story The Thing on the Doorstep, Lovecraft described:


"The ancient, mouldering, and subtly fearsome town...witch-cursed, legend-haunted ___X___, whose huddled, sagging gambrel roofs and crumbling Georgian balustrades brood out over the centuries beside the darkly muttering Miskatonic."


___X___ is the home of Miskatonic University, which figures prominently in many of Lovecraft's works. The institution finances the expeditions in both At the Mountains of Madness (1936) and The Shadow Out of Time (1936). Walter Gilman, of The Dreams in the Witch House (1933), attends classes at the university. Other notable institutions in ___X___ are the ___X___ Historical Society and the ___X___ Sanitarium.


___X___'s main newspaper is the ___X___ Advertiser, which has a circulation that reaches as far as Dunwich. In the 1880s, its newspaper is called the ___X___ Gazette.



___X___’s most notable characteristics are its gambrel roofs and the dark legends that have surrounded the city for centuries. The disappearance of children (presumably murdered in ritual sacrifices) at May Eve and other bad doings are accepted as a part of life for the poorer citizens of the city.

The precise location of __X__ is unknown, although it is probably near both Innsmouth and Dunwich. However, it may be surmised from Lovecraft's stories that it is some distance to the north of Boston, probably in Essex County, Massachusetts.The real-life model for __X___ seems to be, in fact, Salem, its reputation for the occult making it appealing to one who dabbles in the weird tale.


__XY___ appears in the short story The Thing on the Doorstep and may have been inspired by the Danvers State ___Y___, aka Danvers State ____, located in Danvers, Massachusetts.

SO:

ID XY

Clue:

Question 625: SLEIGHt of hand

A

B

Identify A and B. Connect them. Connect to title.
Make your answers interesting. More so because the question isn't.

Question 624: Kasale Tu?

There are different views as to the origin of the word _____ and hence ___X___

• The word ____ comes from the Kukkana tribe, who were the original inhabitants of the land  __X___ originated from.
• According to some Hindu legends, Parashurama shot his arrow into the sea and commanded the Sea God to recede up to the point where his arrow landed. The new piece of land thus recovered came to be known as ____ meaning piece of earth or corner of earth.This legend has been mention in Sahyadrikhanda of the Skanda Purana.

__X__ also became the official language of a certain south Indian state __Y__, which is renowned worldwide.

Exonyms

• __X__ was commonly referred to as lingua canarim by the Portuguese.

• It was also known as lingua brahmana by the Catholic missionaries.

• Portuguese later started referring to __X___ as Lingua Concanim

Question 623: Wang Johnson is here?

Now interning at Shepard Fairey's Obey Giant studio, young __X__ shall forever be part of rock history for amorous reasons.
He recently admitted that his favourite pick up line was " would you like to see my D*ck again?"
But looking at the poor kid, one would doubt that he has any other assets,
smirk.
But in the world of music, he has gained quite the notoriety

A picture of __X__ is provided in the question.

So:

ID X

ID his claim to fame.

Question 622: Meme Gusta

Simple enough memes
current affair types

FITB