Smelly?

Connect the first 2 pics, and then try to fit the 3rd pic.

Cracked by Srivats and Arun

Answer (highlight to read) :

First pic is Tevor Chappell. 2nd pic is Maharaja of Patiala. The Maharaja was a famous underarm bowler in early 20th century, while Chappell is well known for the underarm bowling incident. In the 1989 French Open, Michael Chang served underarm to Ivan Lendl (3rd pic). for more info read this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Chang#1989_French_Open_match_vs_Ivan_Lendl

#190 - Up Next

What was this an inspiration for?

Cracked by Tempo, jj, anubhav, Gokul, Service, anon, Dinesh, varun, Vinay. Srivats pinged with the answer

Answer (highlight to read):

Luxo Jr. inspiring the famed Pixar lamp

#189 - Citizens

Which famous term originated from the infamous rivalry between these 2 legends?

Cracked by 11 of you.

See comments for answer

#188 - Digital

A discovered it. B was thought to have had it, but it is widely discredited. C is also rumoured to have had it. D does have it. Identify A,C,D (no points for B) and what is "it"?

Cracked by Anubhav, Arun, Tempo, kharaharapriya, rithwik, anon, varun. Srivats pinged with the answer

Answer (highlight to read) :

Marfan's Syndrome was discovered by Antoine Marfan (A). Both Lincoln (B) and Paganini(B) were rumoured to have it. Joey Ramone (C) was a confirmed case.

#187 - Nightlight

What do these 4 have in common

Cracked by Varun

Answer (highlight to read) :

All 4 are browncoats - fans of the cult classic TV show Firefly. See Varun's answer for details.

#186 Not quite Alcatraz

Connect

Lots of apologies for the delay. Changes in train timings left the quizmaster stranded in Bombay for a day more than he anticipated.

Cracked by none.

Answer (highlight to read) :

Peter Max offered to provide a Farm Sanctuary for Cincinnati Freedom, the cow which famously escaped from a slaughterhouse by jumping the fence and running away to glory.

#185: Quite a Novelty

Connect

Terrence McKenna's timewave zero

Cracked by 8 of you

#184 - Your order is here, sir

Connect

Cracked by Service, Dinesh, Varun and anon. See comments for answers

#183 - Insomnia?

Connect

Cracked by Wineye , Jojo, Service, Suvinay

See jj's answer for full fundaes

#182 - Falling from the sky

What it be?

Cracked by Varun, Dinesh, pdf, Srivats, Samaadhi, Suvinay

Answer (highlight to read) :

World's largest working Tetris game at Brown University's fourteen story Science Lab.

#181 - Break-fast

LVC from pdf

contd. below

contd.

Cracked by Service

Answer (highlight to read) :

Vidarbha, Cooch Behar, Bhojpur, Bundhelkhand, Gorkhaland, Saurashtra, Coorg, Mithilanchal are all proposals for new states which cropped up after the Telangana situation.

#180 - Ding a Ding

1 created X to accompany something developed by 2 while imitating 3. Identify 1, 2 and X.

1
2
3

Very nice crack by Wineye.

Answer (highlight to read) :

Crazy Frog (X) was originally created by Erik Wernquist(1) to accompany a sound effect produced by Daniel Malmedahl while attempting to imitate the sound of a two-stroke moped engine.

#179 - Not a heartbreaker

Connect

Cracked by Varun, Samaadhi, Srivats, Wineye, service, anonymous

Answer (highlight to read) :

Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia ice-cream flavour named after revered Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia

#178 - Percentages

What do you get when you add these two?

Went Uncracked.

Answer (highlight to read) :

Warren Buffet's description of himself as 15% Phil Fisher and 85% Benjamin Graham

#`177 - What's Snoopy doing now

Question by Service. Connect

Cracked by Samaadhi, pdf and jj

Answer (highlight to read) :

Leo Tolstoy's Ana Karenina was inspired by Maria Hartung(the character of Ana at least) and first published in serial format in the famous The Russian Messenger periodical between 1875 and 1877.

#176 - Certainly not like the first two

1 and 2 were involved in something which had disastrous consequences for both, more so for 2. Identify 1 and 2 and the incident.

1
2

Hint :

Cracked by Wineye, pramod, jj, mysore, vishal, varun. Srivats pinged with the answer. Part points to Samaadhi

Answer (highlight to read) :

The Chappaquiddick Incident involving Ted Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne

#175 - Someone wants you

These individuals are part of a select group of 6 of which one is missing here. What is special about this group and who's missing?

PS : Slight mix-up with the question. It's a group of 7. Naming the group should be enough

Cracked by qwerty, Jojo, Samaadhi, Service, Mrinalini. Apologies for the confusion.

Answer (highlight to read) :

All were awarded honourary citizenship of the United States. The missing ones are Winston Churchill and Kazimierz Pulaski, who was awarded the honour in 2009.