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It is probably fitting that the number of the post portends that something was missing or had not been found for close to a century, but is depicted in the image below.

Simply tell me who wrote this, where it can be found and what exactly is being said here. Although several of the vital clues have been hidden, one special clue lurks in the corner for you to find and crack this question.

So happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!

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Four answers, and all correct! This is indeed British Prime Minister David Cameron’s ‘statement’, hand-written in the visitors’ book at the Jalianwala Bagh memorial, making an apology for the behaviour of his ancestors.

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This one is super-easy, so please try not to Google it.

Which gentleman is being mourned here by an official release from Warner Brothers? Suffice to say that he was one of the most important people behind the scenes when it came to the cartoon characters that are shown here.

Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!

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Just two answers, and both arnab (Bong with…) and Ayush are correct. This is indeed Mel Blanc, who voiced most, if not all, of the famous Looney Tunes/Merry Melodies characters. In fact, there are anecdotes of Blanc slipping into a coma, and only responding when he was referred to as one of the characters he voiced! And even the response would be in character!

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This ought not be too difficult a crack. Might require some nifty guesswork, though.

As is evident, this is a US currency note that was valid tender for sometime after its first issuing in 1857. Now, this happens to be one of the few of its kind to feature a very specific individual, whose existence has been a question of such hot debate that even the Forbes magazine has once had to give in to the demands of a very specific demographic and withdraw the individual’s name permanently from one of the many lists it publishes.

Simply identify the gentleman who, along with his mode of transport, has been blocked out of this photograph.

Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!

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Biswapriya Chandra and ali are correct. The blocked-out gentleman is indeed Santa Claus!

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May be slightly difficult.

This is obviously a partial reconstruction of an extremely old photograph – this one happens to be a ferrotype – which is often credited to be the seventh-costliest photograph to be be sold in an auction. It fetched around $2.3 million when it was auctioned, and is the only photograph of this person which experts agree on as being authentic.

Simply identify the subject of this photograph. Even better, give me the name he was most popularly known as.

Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!

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Whoa! Eight replies, and a few of them are anonymous. Ali, Kevin, Rohit S and Trivia Monk are correct. As for vijeeth, Billy the Kid was much more than a mere thief! He is known more for the killings, but later accounts and analyses suggest the stories of those killings may have been highly exaggerated… And Suneel, the Sundance Kid was someone entirely different!

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Should not be too difficult.

That sea of ‘humanity’ seen in the stadium is actually attending the 1936 Olympic Games. The question is, from what vantage point is this photograph taken? I want a very specific answer, and just for that, I have highlighted a word as a hint.

Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!

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Suneel, ali and another anonymous answerer are all correct! This is indeed from the Hindenburg zeppelin, and hence ‘humanity’ is highlighted.

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Straight, but may not be all that easy.

The story goes that, when the gentleman in the cylindrical headgear was visiting Sarajevo in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, someone lobbed a grenade at him, which exploded a few sends late, injuring the next vehicle in this gentleman’s motorcade instead. Our gentleman here decided to go to the hospital to ask after the injured, but his driver did not know the way, confusing roads till they came near a cafe where a Slavic freedom movement group member, who had really wanted to kill our gentleman, was having a sandwich, as fate would have it. The student immediately shot him, setting the ball rolling for numerous other deaths.

Simply identify this gentleman.

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Ali, Niladri, Sunmeet and Siva are all correct. This is indeed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination led to the start of World War I, which led to sanctions on certain European nations, which in turn led to World War II, which gave way to the Cold War and reshaped human history forever!

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Should not be too difficult.

Simply identify the white Caucasian male who is excavating the mummified remains of a famous pharaoh of Egypt.

Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!

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Three answers, and Suneel, ali and an anonymous answerer are all correct. This is indeed Howard Carter, working on the mummy of Tutenkhamen, known as Tutenkhatun before he merged his name with that of the Sun God Amun Ra.

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An easy one after a couple of apparent zingers.

Simply identify the gentleman who is being talked about here. Hint: Among his other ‘achievements’ is the fact that he has had a Pokemon named after him.

PS: Photo courtesy www.cracked.com

Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!

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Three answers, and all correct. Sunil, Ali and Ameen all have correctly identified this as Jackie Chan. Given below is the full photo, with all the text.

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A not-so-difficult one.

What three-word phrase best describes these eight ‘targets’? It’s not all that difficult, and the target is time-bound.

Happy quizzing, and have nice life, folks!

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Looks like this was a tough one! The only reply, given by ali, happens to be correct. These are collectively known as the Millennium Development Goals, as outlined by the United Nations.

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Shouldn’t be too difficult.

Who exactly are being appealed here to keep hold their tongues and keep the secret a secret? A two-word phrase is the key, and the muscular gentleman is a huge giveaway.

Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!

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Four answers, and all correct. This was indeed at Oak Ridge in Nashville, Tennessee, in the US, reminding US government employees working on the Manhattan Project not to be the cause of a leak of information on the project.