Sitter of sorts, but could not resist posting. Who wrote this check to whom?

Cracked by: wanderlust , Sudharsan , shenoyvarun86 , shrik , udupendra , Debasish , Dibyo , svgreatest , emrohit , Sandip Kotecha , Goyal , Logik , piezocake , p vs np , Wasi Manazir , byslexia , foobar , madhur and Kaiser Soze.

wanderlust, Sudharsan, shenoyvarun86, shrik, udupendra, Debasish, Dibyo, svgreatest, emrohit, Sandip Kotecha, Goyal, Logik, piezocake, p vs np, Wasi Manazir, byslexia, foobar, madhur and Kaiser Soze

What did this lead to?

Yes, the image is tiled on purpose. Its a hint.

Cracked by: udupendra , Dibyo , shrik , Raghuvansh , Kaiser Soze , jayanth , sne , duriel , Nakul , , Ps , bobo , Wasi Manazir , Logik , BASAB , foobar , Siddharth Jain and shenoyvarun86.

udupendra, Dibyo, shrik, Raghuvansh, Kaiser Soze, jayanth, sne, duriel, Nakul, Anonymous, Ps, bobo, Wasi Manazir, Logik, BASAB, foobar, Siddharth Jain and shenoyvarun86

Identify both

Cracked in time by blackrat , Goyal , udupendra , Vijay , Dibyo , Raghuvansh and BASAB.

blackrat, Goyal, udupendra, Vijay, Dibyo, Raghuvansh and BASAB

Maybe a bit too early, but nonetheless, here goes.

Long exposure shot of what?

PS: Sorry for the delay, folks. Extenuating circumstances.

Cracked by Rogi , foobar , blackrat , Dibyo and Akshat.

Rogi, foobar, blackrat, Dibyo and Akshat

Identify.

Cracked by Dibyo , Goyal , Kaiser Soze , Raghuvansh , foobar , AmK , nishansolo , u2001137 , Gautam Dn(RV) , udupendra , piezocake , duriel , Ananth , Srichand pendyala , Anugrah Adams , blackrat , joe , Siddharth Jain , akhi , Johny Walker , Jean Valjean and Mitesh.

Dibyo, Goyal, Kaiser Soze, Raghuvansh, foobar, AmK, nishansolo, u2001137, Gautam Dn(RV), udupendra, piezocake, duriel, Ananth, Srichand pendyala, Anugrah Adams, blackrat, joe, Siddharth Jain, akhi, Johny Walker, Jean Valjean and Mitesh

Who is (1) and why did he get his 15 seconds of fame a long time ago? He had no help from (2) :)

Cracked by Goyal , udupendra , shrik and Raghuvansh.

Goyal, udupendra, shrik and Raghuvansh

..from udupendra ;) Thanks again saar.

1 and 2 started 3 (logo shown) which has caused huge hue and cry amongst both geeks and artists. Identify them, and what did they start?

1. 2.

2. 

Hint: Wikipedia

*[update: added a hint to simplify the question] *

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Cracked by: udupendra , Kamal Rathi , Raghuvansh , Goyal , Kaiser Soze , malcaluffin , Sudharsan , shrik , Dibyo , Jean Valjean and Rithwik K.

udupendra, Kamal Rathi, Raghuvansh, Goyal, Kaiser Soze, malcaluffin, Sudharsan, shrik, Dibyo, Jean Valjean and Rithwik K

2 , 3 and a few others headed by 1 are wreaking havoc in many a computer scientist’s life ( and some psychologists too ) by making it very hard for them to solve something. What is it?

1. 2. 3.

Cracked by: udupendra , Dibyo , AmK , Raghuvansh , shrik , madhur , bobo , [email protected] , Gautam Dn(RV) , Goyal , Logik , Wasi Manazir , Mo and Rithwik K.

udupendra, Dibyo, AmK, Raghuvansh, shrik, madhur, bobo, [email protected], Gautam Dn(RV), Goyal, Logik, Wasi Manazir, Mo and Rithwik K

This guy made it to the top of one of the most sought after lists. Some people say he is important while others say he just has a geek crowd following him. Who is he, what did he “win” and why has it been controversial?

btw, this guy maintains a very low profile otherwise and not too many people know his real name.

Cracked by: udupendra , Martin , Debasish , Kaiser Soze , Nakul , foobar , Goyal , saurabh arora and Sandip Kotecha. Good job guys!

udupendra, Martin, Debasish, Kaiser Soze, Nakul, foobar, Goyal, saurabh arora and Sandip Kotecha

Connect

1. 2.

with this equation

p.s: yes, something similar to this had come up a long time ago, but this question is different.

Cracked by: udupendra , p vs np , akhi , Dibyo , Raghuvansh , Shrey Gupta , byslexia , Higgers , u2001137 and Goyal.

udupendra, p vs np, akhi, Dibyo, Raghuvansh, Shrey Gupta, byslexia, Higgers, u2001137 and Goyal