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?
184: The connection is the Charles Dickens book “Our Mutual Friend”. Desmond Hume, a character on Lost, named after the philosopher David Hume, is portrayed as a Dickens devotee, having read every Dickens novel but “Our Mutual Friend,” He was shown to carry a copy around with him intending it to be the last book…
183: Zadie Smith’s On Beauty is loosely inspired by E.M. Forster’s Howards End. (The phrase “Only connect…” appears in Howards End and is also the title of the E.M. Forster website. ) 184: Connect the philosopher to the caricatured gent. The pensive strummer could act as a clue.
182: Jai Vilas Palace in Gwalior is supposed to have the world’s biggest chandelier. It is actually the sixth or seventh, and the ones in Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque (Muscat) and Sheikh Zayed Mosque (Abu Dabhi) are supposed to be the biggest ones. 183: Only connect…
