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Could not get better pic .. aplogies(plus points for guessing the author :)

1. Identify the Movie:

2. Identify the machine:

3. Identify the dude's and Connect:

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People who got #18 right:

Tutu.

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Answers for #18:

1.  Ronald Reagan + Brandenburg gate on the 50 Cent Euro = Reagan's historic "Mr. Gorbachev tear down thsi wall" was given at the Brandenburg gate.

2. Vyacheslav Molotov was the dude who planned the berlin wall. Quoting directly from wikipedia: "On April 1, 1952, East German leaders met the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in Moscow; during the discussions Stalin's foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov proposed that the East Germans should "introduce a system of passes for visits of West Berlin residents to the territory of East Berlin [so as to stop] free movement of Western agents" in the GDR. Stalin agreed, calling the situation "intolerable". He advised the East Germans to build up their border defenses, telling them that "The demarcation line between East and West Germany should be considered a border – and not just any border, but a dangerous one ... The Germans will guard the line of defense with their lives."

3. Checkpoint Charlie. Wall street is actually Mauerstrasse and Fredrick St is FreidrichStrasse. Charlie is nothing more than the NATO phonetic aplphabet for C, most often used in radio communications.

Stage 2: Berlin Wall.

So there ye go...

Easy one this is:

1. Connect:

2. When the Soviet Union attacked Finland in 1939 the Finns began to use a weapon invented by the Franco's Nationalists to repulse the soviet tanks. Often remarking that "Here's the drink to go with the food" a referance to the fact that the soviet comissar for foreign affairs was claiming that they were dropping food and not bombs on Finland. What weapon am i talking about?

3. Ok this is a little twisted. When translated to english the names of two streets come out to be Wall Street and Fredrick Street. Located at the intersection of Wall Street and Fredrick Street was a small hut/shed like structure which was simply named C. What am i talking about and what is its importance in history?

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Number of people who got #17: Zero, Zilch Nada.

Yep Tutu set a tough one.

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Answers to #17:

Stage 2: Rachmaninoff

1.  Dagny Taggart from Atlas Shrugged. The refernce being that she loved Rachmaninoff the second fictional composer in the book.

2. David Helfgott, in the movie Shine he went nuts after playing Rachmaninoff No. 3. He also has Marfan Syndrome.

3. The woman is Martha Argerich and her rendering of Rachmaninoff is most famously known for it's technical skill and .. speed. Speed also being synonym for Meth.

So there ye go...

1. Connect

         

(Disclaimer: The bunny is only representative; the writing on the picture nor the type/species/breed of the bunny has anything to do with the question)

2. Connect:

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3.  When Virgin America launched their Virgin Brand of airline service in the USA they began naming their planes in a strange fashion. The second one was called "My other ride is a spaceship"; and obvious reference to their "exchange program" that lets their airline pilots fly the Virgin Galactic SpaceShip 2. Their third plane was named "California Dreams". But for their first plane they held a contest to name the plane; What was the name of the plane? (I personally think this name was awesome and appropriate. Yeah !!! I hear the cries from the non-aviation ppl, go ahead and google this one if you need to)

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People who got #15:

Ria good job and Welcome!!!

Guldubani, DS, Tho as usual gets the Stage 2 without answering all the stage 1's.

I've heard that a certain combination of fish curry, roshogulla,  a certain Sunny Leone and pain from a shoulder dislocation will induce hallucinations that can lead to the supreme answer without taking the path that needs to be trodden. We shall never know the answer, we never will. Only tho remains the supreme master of this untested method. :P

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Answers to #15:

1. Scott Muller is the guy in white. Cameraman Joe is the guy with the headset. Warne all of you know. Joe muttered the phrase "Can't bowl, Can't throw" w.r.t. Muller's misfield. This was caught by his camera mic. However the umpire's thought it was Warne as picked up by the stump mic. Muller then sued Warne for defamation and this action was considered unsporstmanly by many. Muller was then rarely picked to play. However Joe later confessed to saying that. This was the "Can't bowl, Can't throw" incident.

2. Six and Out

3. Brett Lee. (Damn I knew this one was easy shouldn't have put up the second song with Asha; made it so easy.)

Stage 2: Six and Out (Brett Lee's band). Can't bowl, Can't throw was the single from their album Six and Out and their most famous single to date.

Oh and the title refers to the various names that the band tried out before settling on Six and Out.

So there ye go...

1. These two gentleman and one smartass were involved in an incident that put one of the men into cricketing oblivion. The smartass' comment was the cause of it all. What incident and what comment?

2. Most commonly used in galli cricket(Indian subcontinent) or backyard circket(other commonwealth nations). This galli/bachyard cricket rule commonly states that:

hitting the ball over the fence (or into the water, into the big hedge, or some other area where the ball may be difficult to retrieve) counts as six runs and out

What is the common internationally accpeted term/phrase for this rule?

3. Identify the voice (both are the same):

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People who got the #14:

Me (yes i didnt post that DS did so yes i got it), Tho,

Tutu & Ria both got it but seem doubtful of themselves :P

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Answers to #14

1. The Day of the Jackal

a.Yigal Amir - the bugger who assasinated Yitzahk Rabin

b.Carlos the Jackal

c. Vladimir Arutyunian - the guy who tried ot assasinate Bush

2. The Fourth Protocol

3. The Odessa File

4. ICON ; All those are ICON players in their respective IPL teams i.e. bugger who are never traded. (Oh and yeah DS sorry mate, Mea Culpa)

Stage 2: Forsyth

So there ye go...

Id n connect

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People who answered #13:

DS, Tho, Tutu, Ani.

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Answers to #13:

1. Bill Waterson

2. Thomas Hobbes

3. John Calvin

Stage 2: If you can't figure this out even with the answers here I suggest you go hide your head in the sand in shame

So there ye go...