194: Christopher Dorling and Peter Kindersley who started DK. In 1999 DK printed 18 million Star Wars books but sold less than half of them, leaving the company with crippling debt. As a direct result, DK was taken over the following year by the Pearson PLC media company, and made part of Penguin Group, which…
193: Colleridge, while writing Kublai Khan was interrupted by a “man from Porlock”. In Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams, the “man from Porlock” is the main protagonist who saves the world by time-travelling from the present day to distract Coleridge from properly remembering his dream. 194: Two people whose dreams were destroyed…
192: The three capitals of South Africa – executive capital Pretoria (named for Andries Pretorius), judicial capital Blooemfontein (which means flower fountain) and legislative capital Capetown (named after the Cape of Good Hope / Cape Peninsula.) 193: I was interrupted while setting this question.
191: Victorian era body builder Eugene Sandow who lent his name to various health enthusiasts of the time who became film personalities – Raja Sandow, Sandow Thevar etc. Cracked by two grand old men of Chennai quizzing, who probably know this on a first hand basis. 🙂 192: Capitalize.
190: Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist – the lead characters are named in tribute to the Hammett characters. 191: How is this guy remembered in Indian cinema?
189: The Zodiac killer and Sylar from Heroes both took their names from watches. 190: Connect.
188: Will and Ariel Durant. 189: Connect.
187: Eugene Jarecki’s documentary on the military industrial complex was named in reference to the series of World War II propaganda films directed by Frank Capra. 188: Which famed couple?
186: “Better Living Through Chemistry” – the DuPont ad tagline which also served as the title of a Fatboy Slim album. 187: Connect.
185: Yukio Mishima as St. Sebastian. 186: The runner tries to show off his physical prowess once in a while. Mainly to clear any misconceptions that could arise from his stage name. What subverted slogan could be used to link him to the French man?
