Connect
Specifically, tell the significance of the place in 1 w.r.t 2
Cracked by: _cracked_by
Rogi, Raghuvansh, AC, sidsen, udupendra, shrik, Chinmaya U.Holla, Ps, Dibyo, Mrinalini, Logik, shenoyvarun86, Karan, Ananth and akhi
Connect
Specifically, tell the significance of the place in 1 w.r.t 2
Cracked by: _cracked_by
Rogi, Raghuvansh, AC, sidsen, udupendra, shrik, Chinmaya U.Holla, Ps, Dibyo, Mrinalini, Logik, shenoyvarun86, Karan, Ananth and akhi
(1) + (2) is which new pop-culture character?
(Stays open 12 hrs longer..)
Cracked by Raghuvansh, Rogi and Rithwik K
Identify this squishy thing which was in news recently
 
hint: 
Cracked by: udupendra, Chinmaya U.Holla, shrik, shenoyvarun86, AC, Rithwik K, sidsen, Mrinalini, Raghuvansh, krudebox, Logik, Rogi, Anubhav, Ananth, Ps, duriel, p vs np, Dibyo and Jean Valjean
Rogi has successfully cracked the transmission at 12:12 am (1/12/2009) today. That was super fast dude! Awesome!
You get this 
shiny badge and 5 points. Congrats!
sidsen has just now come in second and cracked it at 2:30 am today! You get 2 points sire.
Awesome guys! You rock!
p.s: Keep the answer to yourself ;)
Update: Ps has cracked the transmission too! Good job, dude!