461: Question from Gopal Kidao. What was this structure erected to commemorate? 460: A flame in zero gravity / microgravity conditions.

460: What’s the situation? 459: Hemlock. The distinctive red spots are called “the blood of Socrates.”

459: The distinct red / purple splotches on the stem of this plant are used to identify it. They are also given a very evocative name. Explain. 458: The first video is from film version of Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” The second is from the Tamil film “Neengal Kaetavai.”  An anecdote goes that Tamil…

458: Connect these two videos – clip 1, clip 2 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfUCj_BJHcU] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyZzxRstc8M] 457: Jimmy Page and William S. Burroughs.

457: Identify the two people in this photograph from the 1970s. (The photograph is featured in an upcoming book subtitled “Good Times, Bad Times.”) 456: Both these films are based on Anthony Hope’s “The Prisoner of Zenda”

456: Question based on inputs from TKB. What connects these two films? Clip1, Clip2. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVbIUQneRS0] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMP86h3wkkg] 455: The start of Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses”

455: First two pages from the acclaimed new comic book series – “Air”. (An author’s name has been blanked out.) What literary allusion is being made here? 454: Jerry Garcia. (The Cherry Garcia flavour named after him; Captain Trips, the name given to the apocalyptic flu which wipes out most of human civilization in the…

454: Connect. 453: Jim Jarmusch.

453: Identify the cyclist in the video who claims to make a new film “every four years or so.” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r16h4QgoOYA] 452: Robert F. Kennedy

452: Whose words are being quoted here? 451: Simon Bolivar and Lope de Aguirre.