51) Connect

50. Connect.

Not a comprehensive list. Bit of a sitter, really.

(Okay.. the first image was a tad misleading. Apologies. All edited now.)

49) Identify the guy.

Correctly identified by pi-pu-xi-xu. He is Spider Jerusalem from Transmetropolitan graphic novel by Warren Elis. He is famous in pop culture because he's based on Hunter S. Thompson - a gonzo journalist.

48) Connect the following images.

Correctly identified by pi-pu-xi-xu! Please refer to the comment for the answer. It's as perfect as it can be.

47. X? Band? Song?

This particular place in X city has been an inspiration for a famous song by a very famous band. Later on it became part of the name of the album for that band. For the city X, and esp this place, a particular location related to this place was renamed after the band after a few years of release of the above-mentioned song. Identify X, the band and the song.

Answer: X is Berlin and the place is Berlin Zoologischer Garter railway station. The band is U2 which came up with the song Zoo Station. The Berlin U-Bahn line U2 passes through the station, it was numbered U1 at the time; a rearrangement and renumbering of the line took place in November 1993, when the section linking it to the remainder of the line in former East Berlin was reopened.

Correctly identified by pi-pu-xi-xu and Shekhar. Congratulations!

46. Identify the picture.

Answer: This picture is album cover of Nirvana album Nevermind. It is based on minimal art used in Penguin 1960s paperback designs. Here are a few more.

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/21/minimalist-1960s-red.html

[45] There is something very special about these movies. Identify the connect.

Sarath got it right.

Movies are: 1942-A Love story, Masoom and Sanam Teri Kasam.
These are the only movies for which R D Burman got Filmfare Best Music Director Awards, although he was nominated for the same for seventeen times.

44. Connect.

The answer is Facebook. The guy is David Fincher who has made a film called The Social Network which is story of how Facebook came into being. The above screenshot is of a website called Wirehog which was a friend-to-friend file sharing program created by Mark Zuckerberg before Facebook.

43. Connect these people

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Answer: Geet answered it correctly. All of them have a son named Rahul. The pics are of (from top to bottom) Gautam Buddha, S.D. Burman, Rajiv Gandhi, Kamalnayan Bajaj and Pramod Mahajan.

Q 42) What is the cartoon trying to mock?

ANSWER: Tom Webster in The Daily Express with a view of Body-line Series, Australia v England, 4th Test, Brisbane, February 6, 1933.

The English captain Douglas Jardine and fast bowler Harold Larwood combined to counter Don Bradman’s batting skills with an unsportsmanlike tactic. He bowled fast balls directed at the batsman’s body. The batsman trying to defend getting hurt would get out.

This prompted a change in the laws of cricket!

Q 41) Connect

ANSWER: They introduced the “pay by weight” concept in their restaurants.

Copacabana Restaurants started this trend.

In India, it was introduced by Café Masala (Shervani Group) in Delhi

and Saravana Bhavan in Chennai.

Q 40) Another one: Identify X, Y and Z:

When the lead singer of this girl rock band decided to spray paint a sentence on X's room, she just meant to say X was totally smitten by his girlfriend who performed in her band. But X felt it was a sign of revolution and used it to compose Y, which became a huge hit and helped his band Z propel to greater success:

ANSWER: X is Kurt Cobain, Y is Smells Like Teen Spirit and Z is Nirvana

Cobain came up with the song's title when his friend Kathleen Hanna, lead singer of the punk band Bikini Kill, spray-painted "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" on his wall. What Hanna actually meant, was that Cobain smelled like the deodorant Teen Spirit, which his then-girlfriend Tobi Vail wore. But,since they had been discussing anarchism, punk rock, and similar topics, Cobain interpreted the slogan as having a revolutionary meaning and went on to compose Smells Like Teen Spirit.

Sarath was spot on with answers.

Q 39) Identify X, Y and Z:

This movie is considered as X’s most controversial movie in his otherwise gem of a career. X wants to recreate the magic of Z, a journalist on screen with the help of Y, one of the 6 directors to have ever won Oscars for directing, producing and writing in the same year:

ANSWER: X is Steven Spielberg, Y is Peter Jackson and Z is Tintin

The picture shown is of the movie Munich of course. Spielberg is the director of the upcoming movie "Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorns" and Peter Jackson is one of the producers and is expected to direct the Tintin 2 movie

Q 38) Connect with full explanation

a) "Do you know me"

b) O&M

c)

ANSWER: The connect is American Express.

Explanation: A typical ad for the American Express Card began with a celebrity asking viewers: "Do you know me?" C F Frost ( the name Amex features on the sample cards in its ads) is a real person. He was an account executive for the advertising firm of Ogilvy & Mather, which put together the original "Do you know me?" ads for American Express. Ogilvy and Amex thought it would be convenient to use Frost's name on the sample ads rather than some phony moniker, which would probably turn out to be the real name who might sue for privacy infringement.

Vinay got it right.

Q 37) Identify

This building in US is one of the first of its kind in more ways than one. One of the most intriguing features of this building is its address. Digest this - If you were to look up its address on any map, you'd be pointed to the wrong location. This "vanity address" was deliberately chosen because the original address of where the building stands might be far too embarrassing given the business that is being carried out of it. What's the vanity address of this building ?
[ Hint - It's one of the newer buildings in the skyline ]

ANSWER: It is the new Goldman Sachs building in New York. Technically, it is on the MARGINAL Street, apparently not a "good" name to be associated with a giant investment bank. So, the vanity address "200 West Street" was requested and got the approval. Pratik's answer "Bank of America Tower" does have a vanity address but the story behind it is a bit different and was not the answer I was looking for.

Q 36) Identify the term X

Possible Origins of X are:

1)The term X came from the armor used in Medieval times. The armor which was worn was called Y. When the two knights were dueling and one attained the upper hand, he would give the other an alternative of life or death as the sword was pointed at his face
2)Centuries ago, in Scotland, sheep and cattle stealer would steal the cattle and then try to legitimize the theft by threatening to keep the animals unless the owner paid them rent for the grazing the animals had while they were stolen.
This became known as X.

ANSWER: X is Blackmail

pi-pu-xi-xu got it right with correct explanations

Identify this Iconic personality

The Answer is Amjad Khan popularly known as Gabbar Singh. Ananya got it right

Identify & Connect.

(Hint: The connect is just one word.. not 2!!)

Solution: Correct Answer by Ashray. But you missed out on the other 2 names.

1. SK Modi (Whistleblower - illegal mining in Bellary, Karnataka)

2. Jeffrey Wigand (Whistleblower - tobacco industry, based on whom the movie 'The Insider' was made)

3. Mark Whiteacre (Whistleblower- Lysine price fixing, based on whom the movie 'The Informant' was made)

Q.33 Identify the plane and tell what is special about it?

Q 32. Connect these pics

It not as hard as you think... ;)
Enter ur answers as a comment to this post.

Ans: Lyrics of Hotel California by The Eagles. Correct answers by Prachi and UK007.

Q.31.Connect: A contemporary Self styled urban Balladeeer

Answer: Rabbi Shergill ( Pics: Bulleh Shah, Khalsa College Logo (rabbi's alma mater), V S Naipaul (Rabbi Shergill's ardent fan who was one of the first to praise his talent)

Q 30 Connect.....

Ans: Michael Crichton. All the films are based on the novels written by him. The films are:
1. Jurassic Park
2. Lost world
3. Twister
4. Andromeda strain
5. Eaters of the dead
6. Rising Sun
7. Sphere
8. Congo
9. Timeline

Pratik Karmakar got it right ... Congrats!!!!!
sorry for the delay.....

Q 29 : Connect

The link goes as

Polish + Head + (of) States + Died(dyed) + (in)Plane + Crash

Sarath got it right this time(again)