If something inspired by the event in the pic is 2nd and the song is 3rd , then what is 1st ?

If something inspired by the event in the pic is 2nd and the song is 3rd , then what is 1st ?

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Who connects ?

A

B
Quoting Rithwik ,
“Connect – Blink 182
In 2001, Blink-182 band members Tom Delonge and Mark Hoppus created the clothing line Atticus Clothing (logo shown in A) and their debut album was named Cheshire Cat (B)”
Brilliant crack by Rithwik , Anil Raghavan , Arun Hiregange and Johny Walker .
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Whose logbook ?

Quoting Yadhu ,
“Logbook of Grace Hopper .
She worked on Harvard’s Mark I (1944) and Mark II (1945) computers. One day, noticing that the computer had failed, Hopper and her colleagues discovered a moth in a faulty relay. The insect was removed and fixed to the page of a logbook as the “first actual bug found” . The words “bug” and “debugging” now familiar terms in computer vocabulary , are attributed to Hopper”
Cracked by Rithwik , Arun AS , Johny Walker , Debasish , Abhi , Anil Raghavan , Nishanth Raman , Jithin , Yadhu , Arun Hiregange , Bobby and Ajay Parasuraman . Half credits to Kamal Rathi .
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Today’s question comes from Arun AS .
Phenomenon A is named after B because of a similar characteristic .
Solve for A and B .

A

B
A Fata Morgana ( A ) is a mirage, an optical phenomenon which results from temperature inversion and is the Italian translation of Morgan le Fay( B ) , the fairy shapeshifting half-sister of King Arthur .
Cracked by Rithwik , Johny Walker , Anil Raghavan , Arun Hiregange , Kamal Rathi , Shijil and Chaitra .
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Anil Raghavan , take a bow , for becoming the first person to reach the milestone of 200 points on this blog
Simple . Connect .

A

B
Chokila Iyer ( A ) and Nirupama Rao ( B ) are the only ladies to have been appointed Foreign Secretary of India .
Cracked by Manjith , Johny Walker , Anil Raghavan , Nishanth Raman , Jithin , Bobby , Shijil , Anon , Ijaz Aslam and Rithwik .
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Who as who ?

Marilyn Manson as Lewis Caroll in his directorial debut ‘Phantasmagoria’ .
Cracked by Kamal Rathi , RaklodramA and Rithwik . Well done !
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Time for a long connect
B takes his alias after events surrounding A . B established X which shot to worldwide (in)fame because of C . C compared X to D . An important characteristic of D was used by actor E in one of his roles Y . To complete the connect , E holds a unique achievement Z which has a lot to do with A .
Solve for all .

A

B

C

D

E
Donald Defreeze ( B ) takes his nickname ‘Cinque Mtume’ from Joseph Cinque , the leader of the slave rebellion aboard ‘Amistad‘ ( A ) . Defreeze founded the Symbionese Liberation Army ( X ) which beacme world (in)famous for the kidnapping of media-heiress Patty Hearst ( C ) . She compared SLA to Charles Manson ( D ) [ as seen in South Park ] . The fact that Manson never blinked ( Y ) was used by Anthony Hopkins ( E ) for his character Hannibal Lecter in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ . Hopkins is the only actor to recieve 2 Oscar nominations for playing the part of an American President ( Z ) – Richard Nixon in Nixon and John Quincy Adams in Spielberg’s ‘Amistad’ ( A ) .
Full credits to all who got 6 or more correct – Johny Walker , Nishanth Raman , Arun Hiregange , Arun AS , Ijaz Aslam , Rithwik , Hadi and Anil Raghavan . Half credits to Jithin , Abhi and Incognito .
[P.S . - Ive got confirmation that E is Alan Dobie indeed . Apologies to everyone . Points to everyone who've mentioned Dobie/Hopkins . And thanks to Arun Hiregange and Anil Raghavan for the clarification
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She lost . Who won ?


Quoting Sachin Iyer ,
” Tommy Haas won .
When Tommy Haas’ second round opponent at Wimbledon 2009 , Michaël Llodra , injured himself after colliding with a ballgirl at the side of court, Haas offered one of her fellow ballgirls, 15-year-old Chloe Chambers ( the girl in the pics ) the racket and played a rally, which he won when she hit the ball out”
Cracked by Anush , Johny Walker , Nishanth Raman , Bobby , Ajay Parasuraman , Kamal Rathi , Rithwik , RaklodramA , Ijaz Aslam and Sachin Iyer .
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Find the Answers and Scores for The Monthly Set – 7 here .
What is being satirized here ?

The legal strategy ‘Chewbacca Defense’ from South Park satirized Johnnie Cochran’s closing arguement defending O.J.Simpson in his murder trial .
Cracked by Rithwik , Morgankuze , Anubhav , Anil Raghavan , Arun Hiregange , Nishanth Raman , Hadi , Johny Walker and Arun AS . Half credits to Kamal Rathi and Me .
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A was named after B .
Name either .

A

B
Mutant Zero / Typhoid Mary ( A ) – Typhoid Mary ( B ) .
Cracked by Suraj S , Rithwik , Johny Walker , Anil Raghavan , Arun Hiregange , Arun AS , Anubhav and Anoop Koshy .
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