Who Shot Ya? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Spanish Civil War

Debate exists about the validity of Capa's iconic shot, which certainly de-romances war, as to whether the shot was 'live' action or staged. Certain research in the 1970's suggests that the battle site depicted is thirty kilometres from the place named in the shot lending weight to a 'staging' argument.

The picture, however, remains as one of the most visible symbols of the Spanish War. Capa's philosophy on war photography was that "if your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough". He, literally, lived and died by this motto, taking some of the most amazing photographs of the D-Day landing at Omaha Beach whilst under heavy fire.

He died when he stepped on a landmine during the First Indochina War.

Answer: A spinning wheel

'Gandhi and his Spinning Wheel' is a photograph that almost did not happen. First, Gandhi's aides insisted that Margaret learn to use the wheel to fully appreciate its significance and why it needed to be in the picture. The Indian humidity caused grief to her equipment.

The day of the shoot was Mahatma's 'day of silence' so she could not speak to him and, finally, she was only allowed three flash bulbs due to the leader's aversion to bright lights. The first flash failed. The second worked but Margaret had forgotten to use her slide and the resulting shot was blank. Fortunately it all came together for the final shot, providing the world with one of the most captivating photos of a charismatic man. The spinning wheel symbolised Gandhi's goal of India becoming self-reliant, urging the people to make their own clothing.

Answer: Demi Moore

This was the photograph that launched a string of imitations. Now it is seen as a picture of empowerment for women, rebellion against the glitz of Hollywood and the 'power suit' structure of the 1980's. Back then it drew howls of 'sexual objectification' and forced Vanity Fair to wrap the magazine in white paper with only Moore's eyes exposed.

Some newsstands decided to wrap it in brown paper to give it an air of 'indecency' to promote to a broader sales market. In some circles this is seen as Leibovitz's finest photo, rating higher than the picture of a naked John Lennon that graced an issue of Rolling Stone magazine in 1981.

Answer: Che Guevara

Guevara was captured and executed by the Bolivian Army in 1967. They took the opportunity to have a picture taken to confirm the rebel's death and use it as a propaganda tool to quell his political movement. It back-fired in a way they were totally unprepared for. Unfortunately for them, Guevara's face in the shot looks to be in a state of peace as though he is offering his executioners forgiveness.

It is said that in this image his face resembles that of Jesus Christ when he was taken down from the cross. To add weight to this, the English art critic John Berger observed that the photograph eerily resembled Andrea Mantegna's 'Lamentation over the Dead Christ'. To further damn the picture, one of the Bolivian officials is pointing to a wound on Guevara's chest, ironically, in a similar position to where Christ received his fatal wound.

Answer: The Loch Ness Monster

Sightings of 'Nessie' date back as far as 565 but it was Wetherell's picture that inspired a wave of sightings, searches and a tourism boom for Scotland that is worth millions of dollars. In 1994 Christian Spurling, a model maker, admitted to creating the fake monster in association with his step father, Marmaduke Wetherell.

The details of the deception were detailed in the 1999 book 'Nessie - The Surgeon's Photograph Exposed' by DM Martin and A Boyd.

Answer: Hindenburg

Picture this (sorry about the pun): you wish to promote what is, at the time, the largest airship ever built. You set the time of arrival. You invite the press, newsreel cameramen and photographers. The timing, the day, the weather - all are fine. What could possibly go wrong? You fill the ship with highly flammable hydrogen instead of the difficult-to-get helium and the ship explodes.

The resulting tragedy was that thirty five people lost their lives (remarkably 62 survived) but the implications went a lot deeper.

The images that Becker took were flashed around the world and were so horrifying that public confidence in the dirigible as a viable form of passenger transport was shattered and the young zeppelin industry was all but killed off.

Answer: Janet Jackson

In what was to become the most iconic pop photograph of the 1990's, this audacious shoot was described as the 'coming of age' for Janet Jackson, witnessing her move from 'austere to ecstatic'. The picture, which appeared on the cover of "Rolling Stone"'s September 16, 1993 edition, is said to capture her abilities as both role model and sex symbol in the same breath. No, the hands did not belong to some fortunate photographer's assistant; they were those of her husband at the time, René Elizondo, Jr.

Answer: Man-Ray

In what may well have been the precursor to Photoshop, Man-Ray produced a range of experimental works that became known as 'Rayographs'. Ray, a great contributor to the dada and surrealist movements, manages to create a vision that is so much deeper than a casual viewing allows. On the initial hand he produces a picture that speaks of the similarities between the bodies of a woman and a violin. Looking deeper we find that he is producing a mirror view of a painting by noted French artist Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres.

Ingres made his name for himself by painting nudes and playing the violin.

Answer: Vietnam War

The saying is that a picture is worth a thousand words; however, it's the words that this picture doesn't tell that are the real story. The photograph throws the raw brutality of war into the viewer's face and certainly casts the shooter as a compassionless villain.

The man being shot, however, was in charge of a Viet Cong "revenge squad" who, earlier that day had been responsible for the death of scores of 'unarmed' civilians. This image would go on to haunt the shooter, General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, for the rest of his life.

He was refused treatment at a VA hospital for injuries in battle, he survived a campaign to have him deported from the USA and his pizza restaurant in Virginia was forced to close down when people found out who he was. Loan died of cancer in 1998. Adams later apologised to the general stating "The general killed the Viet Cong; I killed the general with my camera."

Answer: Ansel Adams

In an age where photographers sought to manipulate images with gimmicks such as smearing their lenses with petroleum jelly, Adams allowed the landscape to speak for itself. In his eyes "beauty came first" and a photograph should always be "a blazing poetry of the real". Ansel was noted for his black and white images of America's West and the areas around Yosemite National park, many of which have graced countless calendars over the years.

A passionate environmentalist, his photographs have gone a long way toward shaping the way we view our pristine wilderness and the ways we should preserve it.