Quiz by Raghu Kainkaryam
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Connect the 3 guys to the google 'special' logo.
SpaceShipOne winning the X-prize. Mike Melvill (civilian test pilot), Burt Rutan (of Scaled Composites, designer) and the guitar player from a band called 'Grown Men', who funded the project is a certain, Paul Allen.
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Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Waterson.
The two elderly gentlemen are John Calvin, the ascetic 16th century Protestant theologian who believed the human condition was an abyss from which man could not escape and Thomas Hobbes, a 17th century political philosopher best known for this observation: ``And the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.''
The geeky guy is Bill Waterson (a rare photo oh his)
Yukon Ho ! is a C&H classic, when calvin decides to run away from home and live in the wilderness of Yukon. -
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The Boston Red Sox won one of the most memorable game in World Series history, on October 21, 1975, when Carlton Fisk ended Game 6 against the Cincinnati Reds with a 12th-inning home run over the Green Monster just inside the left field foul pole and it was called the “the greatest moment in the history of sports television” – TV guide 1998.
In Good Will Hunting, this was the game Robin Williams' character misses to be with a girl.
The wall is the 'Green Monster' in Fenway Park.
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The Hannibal Lecter books of Thomas Harris.
The painting is of & by William Blake, who is a major part of the funda of the "Red Dragon"
The bust is of the great general Hannibal.
FBI's Behavioural Sciences Unit does a lot of the work in his books.
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Catcher in the Rye & J.D.Salinger
The black n white pic is of JDS himself. (a rare one again)
The album is Double Fantasy by Lennon-Ono & the mug-shot is of Mark David Chapman who killed Lennon while he was signing this album for him. Chapman was allegedly influenced by JDS's "Catcher in the Rye" to commit the crime.
The movie is Finding Forrester in which Sean Connery's character is based on JDS. -
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"Battle of Evermore" by Led Zeppelin. This song by Zepp is a summery of the Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.Tolkein.
The man seated is JRRT, himself.
The 4 symbols are those of the members of LZ
The album cover is from Remasters IV which has the song and the graphics depicting a Gandalf-like character with the lyrics of the song beside him.