Connect these seemingly arbitrary bunch of places.

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Close up of the left

Hint: The list is not exhaustive. There are some, including the most popular version of the “connect” which cannot be placed on a map.

Cracked by Dibyo and pratap. Really hard to Google for the answer. Amazing work guys!

Dibyo and pratap

Connect:

(Pre-emptive apologies for the rubbish MSPaint work on the image above… Thats about the best my setup for today can handle :-/ )

Cracked by: udupendra , teju , madhur , Shreyas , nishansolo , Dibyo , akhi , A Nony Mouse , prasanth , shashank , Srikanth (not me), duriel , yaksha , sri (not me either) and jayanth.

Sandhip, Poornima: Good guesses (and things I never knew!), but I was looking for something more specific.

udupendra, teju, madhur, Shreyas, shenoyvarun86, nishansolo, Dibyo, akhi, A Nony Mouse, prasanth, shashank, Srikanth, duriel, yaksha, sri and jayanth

Which “oh-so-trendy” company is located where the green arrow is pointing?

Hint: The name of the place(that street address, to be specific) is inspired by code like that found in the subject line.

Cracked by: Shreyas , udupendra , Poornima , Manish Jain , madhur , teju , jayanth , pratap , rajeshvj , shyam , Prasad , A Nony Mouse , shivathilak , Dibyo , Srikanth , Aviroop , Sandhip , Nikhil , duriel , shashank , nishansolo and suhasd.

Shreyas, udupendra, Poornima, Manish Jain, madhur, teju, jayanth, pratap, rajeshvj, shyam, Prasad, A Nony Mouse, shivathilak, Dibyo, Srikanth, Aviroop, Sandhip, Nikhil, duriel, shashank, nishansolo and suhasd

Coincidentally, yesterday’s Annus Mirabilis question brought up another landmark: we’re now up to 200 questions posted here!

So, how’s it been? Any feedback/comments? Please do chip in and let us know…

16 of these structures were raised sometime within the last decade.

Why were they built?

Cracked by: yaksha , rajeshvj , duriel , nihit , prasanth , shashank , udupendra (^:)^) and Poornima.

yaksha, rajeshvj, duriel, nihit, prasanth, shashank, udupendra and Poornima

Identify the thing the famous guy is holding

Cracked by: Dibyo , udupendra , madhur , yaksha , teju , shenoyvarun86 , suhasd , duriel , Srikanth (not me) , varuns88 , Shreyas , jayanth , bobo , rajeshvj , and Poornima.

Dibyo, udupendra, madhur, yaksha, teju, shenoyvarun86, suhasd, duriel, Srikanth, varuns88, Shreyas, jayanth, bobo, rajeshvj and Poornima