If you are squeamish, this is not for you.. For the rest of you, here is a clip from Evil Dead 2. The medical condition that the character here suffers from is named after a classic movie. Identify… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzXk3nfEdMY&feature=related] Answer – You have to hand it to everyone who attempted this voluntarily. The answer –…
Take a look @ this fun video and ID the piece playing in the background. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng3XHPdexNM] Both Chotavakil & Raji have a ear for music! Its the Sabre Dance from the ballet Gayaneh by the Armenian composer Aram Kachaturian.
What common link connects these well known writers? Manish & Yogesh made the right diagnosis. Michael Crichton, Anton Chekhov, Arthur Conan Doyle & Robin Cook were all also qualified medical doctors.
What are these people attempting to do? As many of you mentioned, they are trying to recreate Georges Seurat’s painting “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.”
Who designed the original logo/artwork ? Many of you got it right. Its the original 4.3BSD daemon artwork done by John Lasseter (of Pixar fame)
What got its name because of this sketch? T.G. Montgomerie was surveying the mountains of Kashmir. During this survey he saw, in the far distance, a tall and conspicuous mountain in the direction of the Karakorams and immediately named it K1 (‘K’ stands for Karakoram). Later on, it turned out to be the beautiful mountain…
Connect Answer is Jaron Lanier. The movie Lawnmower Man, originally supposed to be based entirely on stephen king’s short story, was only slightly related to the short story. It was in part based on jaron lanier, whose company (called VPL) created some of the earliest virtual reality gear – gloves, eyepiece etc. He also advocated…
The image below was on the cover of a fanzine and was very influential. What is it about? Punk Rock is the right answer. Punk was supposed to be a minimal music style, in reaction to the overproduced music from the likes of Led Zep. Punk featured only a few chords. This cover from the…
This ad featured a classic tune. ID the composer & the piece.[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VvvAp-2v4o] Hoedown from Aaron Copland’s Rodeo. Listen to this lovely version by ELP.. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFCniNYZoFg]
Why would this glum looking couple seem familiar to you? Though some of you may swear that it was Sumo at his wedding reception, the answer, as guessed by many of you painting buffs out there is that they appear in Grant Wood’s American Gothic. The models were Grant’s sis – Nan Wood Graham &…
