QR – Cure – Quizzing Realms – 171

A slightly difficult one after yesterday’s sitter.

Identify this gentleman, who saved the son of the man his brother had killed!

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ELEVEN answers! I am heartened! This is indeed Edwin Booth, a famous actor whose stature was akin to that of Marlon Brando in his time! He is also considered by many as the greatest American actor of the 19th century.

He once saved a young man from being run over by a train just as the individual was about to be sucked under it from the platform. That was Robert Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln. Edwin also happened to have a brother called John Wilkes Booth, who, as we all know, went on to assassinate Abe Lincoln!

QR – Cure – Quizzing Realms – 170

Another straight one for the day.

Simply identify the gentleman!

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Six answers, and all correct! This is indeed a very young Sean Connery flexing his muscles!

QR – Cure – Quizzing Realms – 169

Once again, a straight one for the day.

Simply identify the gentleman, and tell me what his claim to fame is!

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The gentleman is Ashrita Furman, the person to have made the largest number of Guinness World Records (311, to be exact), and also the current record holder for holding the most number of Guinness World Records – 119! Here is his website.

QR – Cure – Quizzing Realms – 168

A straight one for the day.

I won’t ask you not to google, but try to take a stab at it before googling.

This film marked the end of an era. Put fundae.

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Three answers again, and all correct!

This is indeed the last major Hollywood film to be released on VHS tape! Of course, others had limited VHS releases after that, but this was the last biggie with the last full-fledged VHS release!

QR – Cure – Quizzing Realms – 167

YAY! The blog has officially crossed 10,000 visitors!

A verbal connect today.

Connect Master Yoda from the Star Wars films, the extra terrestrial from Spielberg’s ET: The Extra Terrestrial, a ballet called Constant Speed that was performed by the Rambert Dance Company, and a 1976 opera directed by Robert Wilson, which Philip Glass wrote and scored the music for.

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Once again, three replies and all correct! The answer is indeed Albert Einstein!

Both ET and Yoda were modelled on him, and the ballet as well as the opera were written about him!

QR – Cure – Quizzing Realms – 166

Straight one again!

Simply identify this gentleman!

PS: The visitor count to this blog is nearly 10,000 now! Let’s hope we cross the mark today!

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Three answers sayv this is Jean Claude Van Damme, and they are correct!

QR – Cure – Quizzing Realms – 165

A slightly convoluted connect.

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Five answers, and all correct! The connect is indeed Dolph Lundgren! He made his debut in A View to a Kill, acted as He-Man, and also as Rocky’s chief opponent in Rocky 4.

QR – Cure – Quizzing Realms – 164

X was originally created to accompany to accompany a sound effect produced by Daniel Malmedahl in 1997 while attempting to imitate the sound of a two-stroke moped engine. X was also called The Annoying Thing, a moniker which came true when advertisements featuring X flooded televisions in UK in May, 2005. X has also had its share of controversy, once even being deemed improper for children because it had visible male reproductive organs. These were later pixelated out by X’s creators.

Identify X. Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!

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All five are correct! This is indeed Crazy Frog!

QR – Cure – Quizzing Realms – 163

Easy!

Connect the image above to Question 153 of this blog!

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Just two answers! Both correct, btw…

The connect is Andre Geim, one of the scientists who won this years Nobel Prize in Physics for graphene. Graphene is the answer to Question 153. On the other hand, he had already won the Ig-Nobel Prize in 2000 for being able to magnetically suspend a live frog in mid-air. That is the photograph shown here!

QR – Cure – Quizzing Realms – 162

Straight and simple.

Identify this cult film from its poster.

Hint: It inspired an a slightly less gory but almost as stylish Hindi film. It is also known for the method-acting of one of its leads, who insisted on getting hurt in real life while actually shooting for some scenes of this film!

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The film is the Korean Oldboy, which inspired Zinda in Hindi.

Six answers, and all correct, barring one. someone anonymously answered Coolie!