393. Western Propaganda?

He got his name from the title of a poem by the German children's writer Boy Lornsen: Der Tintenfisch ______ _______. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized him several times and accused the West of using him to spread "western propaganda and superstition.”

Who am I talking about?

392. Silenced?

Athletes in Tudor England used church bells of various sizes for training purposes. To make it easy and ergonomic they removed the bell clappers and thus, in a way "silenced" them.

As a result what did we get?