Friday, November 27, 2009

Quest Pistols # 71




Give Funda

(Both black and white images are the part of the same event.)

Answer

The person is Neil Young.The event referred to in the b/w images is the funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Quoting Wikipedia, "According to Neil Young's biography Shakey, while on tour in the late '80s, Young and Frank "Poncho" Sampedro looked at photos in a newspaper of the Ayatollah Khomeini's body being carried to his grave. These images showed mourners burning American flags in the street, which incited fear in Poncho. Sampedro commented, "Whatever we do, we shouldn't go near the Mideast. It's probably better we just keep on rockin' in the free world." Young asked if Sampedro was using that for the basis of a song and when Sampedro said no, Young said that he would instead".

Thus came the well known song "Rockin' in the Free World"

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Quest Pistols # 70




Connect


Answer

The first image is the cover page of Indira Sinha's novel Animal People

The second photograph is of Pablo Bartholomew. , a noted independent photographer , whose iconic photograph of a child dead in Bhopal Gas Tragedy (click here to view) won the World Press Photo Award in the year 1984.

The third photograph shows the well known Sambhavna Clinic,Bhopal.


The connect thus, is Bhopal Gas Tragedy,1984.


Monday, November 23, 2009

Quest Pistols # 69



Identify (we've heard about him for the past 17 years).

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Quest Pistols # 68





Something unique.Connect the two.

Answer
'@arjanelfassed tweetstreet' named after Arjan El Fassed's twitter account.
(a street in the West Bank, the first in the world named after a Twitter account)

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Quest Pistols # 67

(a.)





(b.)





Easy one.Connect the pairs in (a.) & (b.).

Friday, November 6, 2009

Quest Pistols # 66




Identify the organization from the logo.What is special about the group, one of its objectives being to fight for the legalization of the service the members provide?

Answer
Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (http://www.durbar.org/html/history.asp)

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Quest Pistols # 65


What was inspired by this movie ?

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Quest Pistols # 64


This is the print ad for a brand/product.

Why was this brand/product in news recently ?



Answer
The print ad is for Abercrombie's perfume range named "Fierce"

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. has sued singer Beyonce Knowles, saying her plan for a fragrance named after her alter ego Sasha Fierce violates the teen clothing retailer's trademark.