2. Dodi Al-Fayed and Princess Diana at Harrod's
3. Mohan Bhargava (played by Shah Rukh Khan) in Swades (The guy is Ravi Kuchimanchi who founded the Association for India's Development (AID). He also forged a collaboration with the NBA (Narmada Bachao Andolan) and other groups like People's School of Energy. Together, they electrified 12 hamlets of the tribal village Bilgaon (marked on the Maharashtra map))
Note - More surfing revealed that Gowariker may have also based the character on Vikram Akula, (shown below) the founder of SKS Microfinance which offers microloans and insurance to poor women in impoverished areas of India.
4. Kill Bill. The four snakes shown are (in clockwise) - Black Mamba, Water Moccasin / Black Moccasin aka Cottonmouth, California Kingsnake aka California Mountain Snake and Death Adder aka Copperhead.
The names in red are the codenames of the four assassins played by Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Daryl Hannah and Vivica Fox of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad in the movie Kill Bill. The codename of Bill (played by David Carradine) is Snake Charmer (shown in the collage).
The last pic is the poster of a '73 Jap film 'Lady Snowblood' based on a manga. This film is the major inspiration for Tarantino's Kill Bill. Added it in order for the thought process to be in terms of movies. Otherwise this could've turned out to be a generic connect (bunch of snakes with a snake charmer)
5. Thomas L Friedman. McDonald's. Dell
In his 'The Lexus and the Olive Tree', he stated the Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention - "No two countries that both had McDonald's had fought a war against each other since each got its McDonald's".
In his 'The World is Flat', he stated the Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention - "No two countries that are both part of a major global supply chain, like Dell’s, will ever fight a war against each other as long as they are both part of the same global supply chain"
6. The fixing of the prices of Gold and Silver.
As mentioned, it doesn't happen here anymore. They've dropped out of the affair and it is now under the chairmanship of the Bank of Nova Scotia. It was the official bank of the 2007 Cricket World Cup and is also the official team sponsor of the Canadian cricket team.
7. Ellis Achong. He was the first cricketer of Chinese descent to play test cricket. He was a left-arm orthodox spin bowler (finger spin) but one of his variations was the left-arm unorthodox (or left-arm leg-spin). During a West Indies vs England test at Old Trafford in 1933, he got Walter Robins stumped. The latter is said to have remarked to the umpire - "fancy being done by a bloody chinaman". Learie Constantine is said to have replied - "Do you mean the bowler or the ball" and thus the term Chinaman was born.
8. Yakshagana (It's actually more like an Opera than a dance form)
9. The women are (in clockwise) Audrey Hepburn, Donna Karan, Uma Thurman and Gisele Bundchen.
Audrey Hepburn (the still is from Breakfast at Tiffany's) wore Givenchy costumes for the film (which became a rage) and she was also brand ambassdor for Givenchy.
Donna Karan founded her own brand DKNY - Donna Karan New York
Uma Thurman is a brand ambassdor for TAG Heuer.
Gisele Bundchen (supermodel) is the face of Louis Vuitton.
These brands are under the ownership of Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy.
10. Sandro Botticelli. The painting is Adoration of the Magi by Sandro Botticelli (alleged to be one of the grandmasters of the Priory of Sion)
Scores : Saravanan - 4, Prithvi - 4
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