Doo-wop

January 1, 2010

This picture, or its title at the very least, was brought into pop-consciousness in 1976.How?

ANSWER
This Picture is titled Rene and Georgette Magritte with their dog after the war. The 1976 Single by Paul Simon takes its name from the picture and purports that Rene Magritte was a secret admirer of doo-wop music. Uncracked again.


Kingdom of Heaven

December 19, 2009

What does the picture show?

ANSWER

Anton Bruckner arriving in Heaven. Cracked by Prasanna.


The Shock

December 15, 2009


Connect

ANSWER
Pic 1 is Elsa Schiappareli(or Schiaparelli?)
Pic 2 is Lili de Alvarez
The connect is divided skirts. Wonder how? Google, fucker.


Eschaton

December 11, 2009

Identify this interpretation of a concept from the New Testament by the painter X. There are many others as well including one by a now unfashionable band.

ANSWER
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Albrecht Durer. Correctly answered by Teki.


The Pope loves him..

July 17, 2009

etc

Identify.Who is the designer and what does it explore?

ANSWER

Mystery Park located in Interlaken,Switzerland.Designed by Erich Von Daniken to explore the seven mysteries of the world.

cracked solely by ashwini_nit


Roses are red,Violets are blue?

July 12, 2009

as

Identify the circled chap.The one in blue.

ANSWER
Rembrandt.


Loads of identifies

July 2, 2009

Identify

1. Easy one

Au Revoir?

Au Revoir?

2. Identify the gent(s)

The gents

The gents

3. Watisthis? And what popularized this?

The foot?

The foot?

4. Identify. Be specific.

5. Identify the Duo.

6. Related to the above. Identify.

Dare

Dare

7. Identify.

8. Identify.

9. Who said “‘ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today “

10. Identify The dentist's?

ANSWERS
Well No one even tried. Sheesh.
1. Farrah Fawcett
2. Pinky and Snowball from the cartoon Pinky and the Brain
3. Python’s foot, from the Monty Python’s Flying Circus
4. Garfield Minus Garfield
5. Ludakrishna and Vikram MC (Remember Welcome to India?)
6. Wierd Al Yankovic
7. Linear B (Oldest form of Mycenaen writing)
8. Age of Empires I – The priests! Wolololo!
9. Wimpy!
10. Thats the Kensington lock. It is used to lock a laptop. Thats the the slot behind your laptop. Yes.


Explosion in the comic strip factory?

June 19, 2009

OK.Here’s my stab at the comic strip question.

Text not clear so I’ll paraphrase below12

Calvin : “As an artist,I’ll speak to future generations long after I’m gone”

Hobbes:”Smart Thinking”

Calvin:”I call this ________ ______ _ _____”

This is one of the many references to a specific painting in the strip.Simply ID the painting.

ANSWER

Marcel Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase,No.2

cracked by Debasish,Apoorv,Kum aar and Wierdscenesinthegoldmine


Dicy Connect!

June 8, 2009

Connect the given to a person:

ANSWER:

Finally cracked! Kudos to Luvv. Gerald Scarfe it is. Though your beatles part is incorrect.
Am explaining it (for other connection see luvv’s comment):
Scarfe’s wife, Jane Asher, was engaged to Paul Mccartney. Paul wrote quite a few songs having Jane as his muse. (and i love her, we can work it out…..)


QOTD

June 7, 2009

This is the cover of an album by a certain band.The album takes its name from a Kurt Vonnegut collection of short stories and the cover is an homage to two album covers designed by the artist whose name is parodied in the band’s name.

Give me the name of the album/Vonnegut collection and the two albums whose covers are paid tribute here.1

ANSWER

The Dandy Warhols’ Welcome to the monkeyhouse

The two other albums are The Velvet Underground and Nico and Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers

cracked by wierdscenesinthegoldmine(!),yossariancsinghania

Wasi Manazir got the Banana LP part right.


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