Question 384.f: Living on the edge

(pic 1)


(pic 2)

The phrase, in relation to the 2 pictures, appears in a New York Herald editorial dated 10 August 1872 and the Encyclopædia Britannica and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography both quote it without questioning its veracity. But its amongst the most famous phrases uttered, often quoted when one meets another after a very long time, and after having lost touch.

Clue: To further elaborate ], pic 1 refers to the subject of the phrase, uttered by pic 2, during pic 1's travels in a certain country.

Question:

1) ID the pics
2) The phrase

Theme drawing to a close

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the theme is drawing to a close
only 2 more questions will be posted, and all the answers will be revealed by wednesday by both nihar and I.
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QUESTION 384 e: On the Sea Shore.

Made a maitre des requetes 13 October 1719, X was the intendant of Hainaut in Valenciennes from 1727 to 1743. He was the intendant of Lille from 1743 to 1754 while simultaneously the intendant of Flanders from May 1745 until 18 October 1748 during its French occupation.

He was named the controller general of finances, 20 July 1754. He served this function until 24 April 1756. He pursued a daring economic policy, bordering liberalism, while trying to straighten out the royal finances. Having the king's confidence as the minister of state in 1755, he was consulted about the reversal of alliances from Prussia to Austria..

He served during the reign of Y

X

Y

QUESTION 384 d : Looney Moons.

(30/-15)
AND PEOPLE, PLEASE SEE 384 b- Nobody's seen it yet.. A little editing was done!..
Thanks.
Now proceed.
X

Y

Z

X was an author.
One of his works was based on an event shown in Y.
If you're still lost, Z's a clue.

Question 384.c: Flim-flan

(Y)


(Z)


X is a 60 year old man who grew up with beatnik parents, who attributes his youthful looks to the "three Cs"—"clean living, chewing thoroughly, and a daily dose of vitamin church." A devout Christian, he still mantains a large beatles bobblehead collection, because "they were bigger than Jesus".
Known as the most well known US Evangelical Christian, he's everything his neighbor should be, but won't admit.
He's also famous for his tmesis.

Recently, he sparked off a band called Y( look at the picture), a parody of Z

Id XYZ

Question 384.b: Blow ups

X named en element Y which is prominently in use today, as it was amongst all alchemists eons ago. It was named as thus because of the shape of its crystals (they were pointed). A way if you will, to pull wool over everyone else's eyes about their craft.

X is the father of a branch of science, for which he was noted as saying in German: Alle Ding' sind Gift, und nichts ohn' Gift; allein die Dosis macht, daß ein Ding kein Gift ist.
("All things are poison and nothing is without poison, only the dose permits something not to be poisonous.")

He is ore famously known for his style of speaking and writing, akin to the excess clothing or padding of Shakespearian times. For eg

"I am Theophrastus, and greater than those to whom you liken me; I am Theophrastus, and in addition I am monarcha medicorum and I can prove to you what you cannot prove...I need not don a coat of mail or a buckler against you, for you are not learned or experienced enough to refute even a word of mine...As for you, you can defend your kingdom with belly-crawling and flattery. How long do you think this will last?...Let me tell you this: every little hair on my neck knows more than you and all your scribes, and my shoe buckles are more learned than your Galen and Avicenna, and my beard has more experience than all your high colleges."

This lead to the origin of a term the OXford English dictionary claims isn't a play upon X.

ID X , Y and the term

(ps: for all tin eyers, here's a photo)

QUESTION 384 a : Sounds like a fish!

THEME ROUND BEGINS.
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If you're going for the theme, + 50 if you get it right! :)
-30 if you guess it wrong.

This question is simple.
Two parts to it.
Monotonous.
Id Both pics.

X painted Y.

X)

Y)

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NEW THEME : What's in a Name?

Yes, another theme.
Starting tonight.
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The value of the theme in the first question is 40/ -20
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Question 383:PQ- Pass Question (Dedicated to the Great One)

Something we all wish were true, but uptil now, there is no college diagostic test to determine this
Thomas Friedman describes them as the most important human qualities which can help one succeed in this world of rampant globalization

id all 3 elements in this formula