130. 

TO END THE YEAR ON A HIGH...

A 31 DEC. 2012 SPECIAL 

Q. THE MAN IN THE PICTURE, IN A LETTER TO HIS FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE  

      DESCRIBES THIS AS A "WONDROUS FABLE". SO HERE IT GOES...

      A POOR SCOTTISH FARMER HEARD A CRY FOR HELP. A BOY MIRED TO HIS  

      WAIST IN BLACK MUCK WAS STRUGGLING TO FREE HIMSELF. HE SAVED THE   

      BOY. NEXT DAY, AN ELEGANTLY DRESSED NOBLEMAN CAME TO HIM AND  

      OFFERED HIM ANY REWARD HE WOULD ASK FOR. THE FARMER DECLINED IT  

      SAYING IT WAS HIS DUTY. SEEING THE FARMER'S SMALL SON NEARBY, HE 

      OFFERED TO EDUCATE HIM AS HIS GOODWILL GESTURE IN RESPONSE TO THE 

      FARMER'S ACT OF SAVING HIS SON. 

      YEARS PASSED...THE FARMER'S SON WENT ON TO BECOME A NOBEL LAUREATE

       (THE MAN IN THE PICTURE). YEAR'S LATER THE NOBLEMAN'S SON WAS 

       STRICKEN WITH DEADLY PNEUMONIA. THE THING THAT SAVED HIM CAN BE  

       TRACED BACK TO THE FARMER'S SON. 

       SOMEONE SAID - WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND. 

        IDENTIFY THE MAN IN THE PICTURE AND ALSO THE NOBLEMAN'S SON THAT  

        HE INDIRECTLY SAVED. 

          

129.

Q. CONNECT AND EARN MY RESPECT.

128. 




Q. A PICTURE TAKEN AT A WHITE HOUSE DINNER PARTY.
     ON YOUR LEFT IS A REAL EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN AND ON YOUR RIGHT IS  
     THE THEN FIRST LADY OF THE STATES.
     AS THE STORY GOES...THEY BOTH QUICKLY HIT IT OFF, AND SUCH WAS THE
     AMIABILITY BETWEEN THE TWO LADIES SUCH THAT THEY BOTH SNEAKED  
     AWAY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE DURING THE PARTY, COMMANDEERED AN
     AIRCRAFT AND FLEW FROM WASHINGTON D.C. TO BALTIMORE.
     BUT AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, THE FIRST LADY'S FRIEND WENT MISSING AFTER
     4 YEARS AND WAS NEVER FOUND. JUST IDENTIFY BOTH.
     (ENOUGH HINTS!)    

127.

Q. THE PICTURES ARE IN THEIR COMMONLY KNOWN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE.

     HOW WILL YOU CONNECT THEM ? 

     

126.  

Q. "A DAY THAT SHOOK THE WORLD" - THAT'S HOW THE BRITISH PATHE SERIES   

     DESCRIBES HIS ACCOMPLISHMENT. WHAT ACCOMPLISHMENT ? 

     (HE ACHIEVED THE FEAT AS A 25-YEAR OLD BRITISH MED STUDENT) 

125. 

Q. IDENTIFY THIS LEGEND. 

124.

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Q. YOU NEED TO CONNECT THE PICTURES AND TELL ME WHAT ALL OF THEM
     REPRESENTS. EACH ONE OF THE PICTURES ARE RELATED TO A PARTICULAR
     EXAMPLE OF THE ANSWER YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR.
     FYI THE LAST PICTURE CORRESPONDS TO THE LARGEST OF SUCH THINGS AND
     THE FIRST CORRESPONDS TO THE MOST POPULAR ONE.
     NOTE :- MY USAGE OF THE WORD "THING" IN THE PREVIOUS SENTENCE MAY
                    NOT BE APPROPRIATE. I HAVE USED IT TO SUGGEST
                    RANDOMNESS TRYING TO SAY THAT THE ANSWER CAN BE JUST
                    ANYTHING.

123. 

A

B

Q.  (A) IS A POPULAR BRITISH NOBEL LAUREATE, WHOSE ONLY APPEARANCE ON  

      THE SILVER SCREEN IS A TWO AND A HALF MINUTES CAMEO - THAT TOO IN THE   

      HINDI FILM (B). IDENTIFY A AND B.    

121.

Q. IDENTIFY AND CONNECT. 

120. 

Q. "TO X SHE IS ALWAYS THE WOMAN." CONNECT.

116. 

Q.  HE "DROPPED THE T" AND SKETCHED SOMETHING HASTILY ON THE BACK OF A 

      CIGARETTE PACK WHICH WAS LAST SEEN ON 4TH FEBRUARY 1964 AT A  

      THEATRE IN PARIS. WHAT ??   

115. 

Q. IDENTIFY THIS ITALIAN AMERICAN. 

114. 

Q. WHAT AND WHERE IN ENGLAND ??

106.  



                                

Q.  ONE CRITIC RIGHTLY SAID " EVERY FILM EVER MADE IN THE HISTORY OF 

       FILM-MAKING CAN BE TRACED BACK TO TWO ICONIC FILMS - 

       ONE IS CITIZEN KANE, THE OTHER IS                        .

       IDENTIFY THIS CLASSIC.