Saturday, November 5, 2011

Question 1277: Elephants, always trust them to....

Connect the following images to an event which happened on this very day. And explain every element , no points for just the overall connect. 3 points up for grabs. One for each element.






Answer: 

1st pic: Ancient Chinese rockets which probably were the first applications of gunpowder 
2nd pic: Albus Dumbledore, who has a pet phoenix named "Fawkes". JK Rowling named the character after Guy Fawkes. 
3rd pic: Hugo Weaving, who played the protagonist named "V" in the film "V for Vendetta" based on the comic book of the same name. The character "V" wears a Guy Fawkes mask and follows Fawkesian principles. 
Connect: The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, was carried out by Guy Fawkes who attempted and failed to blow up the British Parliament on 5th November(today). He was hanged, and thus in his memory, Guy Fawkes Night/Bonfire Night is celebrated on 5th November every year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night 
P.S. Do watch the movie V for Vendetta.

7 Answers:

trinetra said...

the event is gunpowder plot of 1605
the main conspirator in the gunpower plot was guy fawkes and dumbledore's phoenix name is fawkes.
hugo weaving played V in V for vendetta whose theme was the gunpowde r plot and he also wore guy fawkes mask.
first photo connects to gunpowder.

svn said...

The connect is Guy Fawkes day.
The first one is Guy Fawkes,second is Dumbledore(his phoenix's name is Fawkes),the third is Hugo Weaving.

Gklcap said...

1.chinese rocket

2.halloween at hogwarts

3.hugo weaving

I guess the connect is burning of guy fawkes...v light rockets in remembrance of him

Ruhi Shirodkar said...

pic 1=ancient Chinese rockets(gunpowder)
pic 2=Dumbledore(Fawkes)
pic 3=Hugo Weaving(mask of guy Fawkes)

on the 5th of November,it is celebrated as Guy Fawkes day,he had had a gunpowder plot,trying to burn the house of parliament.The Chinese rockets need gunpowder to work.The addition of Dumbledore here,indicates Fawkes,his phoenix.and v for vendetta,a movie in which Hugo weaving acted was based on this incident,in which he wore the famous Fawkes' mask.

rishwin said...

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wheelsandwings said...

The connect is Guy Fawkes night
A: Gunpowder (Guy Fawkes night is Fireworks night, and Guy was arrested for trying to blow up the House of Lords)
B: Albus Dumbledore, whose pet phoenix is called Fawkes
C: Hugo Weaving, played a Guy Fawkes masked vigilante in V for Vendetta

raghav said...

the failed gunpowder plot

guy fawkes tried to blow up the house of the lords and failed.

hugo weaving played 'v' in the film v for vendetta who wears a guy fawkes mask and destroys the house of paliament of the oppressive govt which he opposes