Answers to Quiz 2

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Here are the answers for Quiz 2

1. Scientology. The logo seen below the YouTube insignia is that of the Church of Scientology. A basic tenet of the group is that a human being is actually an immortal spiritual being, termed a thetan, that is presently trapped on planet Earth in a "meat body." As a group they are deeply opposed to Psychiatry (hence the pic with the 'Psychiatry Kills'). There was an issue regarding an interview with Tom Cruise on YouTube (hence the YouTube logo). Tom Cruise, Lisa Marie Presley and John Travolta are celebrities who are members of the Church of Scientology.

2. Large Hadron Collider. The three novels have accurate descriptions of either the LHC or a particle accelerator similar to the LHC. The man in the sepia photo is Satyendranath Bose after whom the 'Boson' was named. The other person is Peter Higgs who theorized the existence of the 'Higgs Boson' which is the mystery particle or 'GOD Particle' that the LHC will render visible and unwrap some of its mysteries.

3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

4. Abraham Lincoln's assassination by John Wilkes Booth. The play is 'Our American Cousin'.

5. The first ever Olympic medal for Afghanistan (turned out to be a Bronze). The person in question is Rohullah Nikpai for Taekwondo.

6. Paparazzi

7. Pink Floyd. They named themselves after two blues musicians (Pink Anderson and Floyd Council). Their pics are shown.

8. At the entrance of Nazi Concentration Camps

9. Bugatti

10. X - Anthony Burgess
Y - A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess wrote the novella and in a later foreword, wrote the lines mentioned.
The clue mentioned was a line used by Alex de Large in the film version.

The next one will be up soon.

Zed