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403: What does this graphic illustrate? 402: Ken Kesey’s book “Sometimes a Great Notion”. The title was inspired from a line in the song “Goodnight Irene”. The book was made into the film of the same name starring Paul Newman and Henry Fonda. An acclaimed Battlestar Galactica episode was also named after the book.

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402: Connect. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66b9mav289A&hl=en&fs=1] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up2KJZih5pM&hl=en&fs=1] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieaHm-m55Ak&hl=en&fs=1] 401: The first video is that of Florrie Fisher, motivational speaker in the 1960s and 1970s who traveled to high schools in the United States, speaking about her past as a heroin addict. She is perhaps most notable as the inspiration for the lead character Jerri Blank on the television…

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401: Connect these three videos. (1, 2 & 3) [Content might be slightly explicit – you’ve been warned!] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE-dUeAoxso&hl=en&fs=1&] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr7V-RvH19E&hl=en&fs=1&] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p99AfBgYQUU&hl=en&fs=1&] 400: Words said instead of the traditional “cheese” while posing for photographs in various countries – whiskey (Latin America), kimchi (Korea), marmoset (France), omlette (Sweden), eggplant (China), orange (Denmark) and potato (Spain).

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398: Question from Sumant. What is this cover paying tribute to? 397: The video is from acclaimed 1983 film Koyaanisqatsi. The music composed by Philip Glass for the specific sequence in the video and another from the same film, was used to great effect in the film Watchmen. (In the scenes depicting the origin of…

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397: Identify the source of this video clip and explain its significance. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zom_wS7UKg&hl=en&fs=1] 396: The first video shows writer / director Kevin Smith detailing his experiences working on a proposed Superman film which fell through. One of the things that he mentions is film producer Jon Peters’ obsession with giant spiders, which he insists be…

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396: Connect these two videos: first, second. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgYhLIThTvk&hl=en&fs=1] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP3zY920HUc&hl=en&fs=1] 395: Ames Room

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394: What phrase? 393: The stripes on the Palm Squirrels are said to be left by impressions made by Lord Rama’s fingers. The fish John Dory, also known as St Pierre, is an edible deep-sea fish with a laterally compressed olive-yellow body which has a large dark spot. The dark spot on the fish’s flank…