What connects?

Cracked only by Rogi, dineshk and Arun Krishnamoorthy

(1) was at (2) when he publicized some techniques that helped him in his job. Although the techniques are named after (1) they were actually developed by X at (3). Much later, his techniques are now widely used. (1) and (x)?

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Thejas V R, Rahulk, Rogi, krudebox, googboog, Dibyo, dineshk, shenoyvarun86, Shwetha Maiya, Bharath, Rohan D, Raghuvansh, shrik, Treyambak Madyalkar, Logik, Aparna, udupendra, reddevil_ani, mankuTimma, sidsen and varuns88

1 created one of the most awesome tools ever for programmers and 2 “improved” it. Identify the tool.

Don’t let the bottles fool you! 1 is a programming god and he supposedly finished this tool “over the weekend”.

Cracked By: Raghuvansh, shenoyvarun86, Shwetha Maiya, shrik, Dibyo, Thejas V R, googboog, v.chandrashekar, krudebox, varuns88, Rahulk, Roan Naidu, Rogi, dineshk, Manish Achuth, Logik, piezocake, Aparna, AmK, Hari, Bharath, Vishnu, udupendra, mankuTimma, Sumanth Patlolla and sidsen

Something happened to ancient historian (1) at location (2 - marked with A) (long long ago). How do we know this today?

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Thejas V R, googboog, Shwetha Maiya, krudebox, udupendra, wanderlust, Dibyo, Rogi, varuns88, reddevil_ani, shrik, Aparna, Logik, dineshk, shenoyvarun86, Nihar, Rahulk, Raghuvansh, Arun Krishnamoorthy, Manish Achuth, Bharath, mankuTimma and sidsen

Whats special (funny) about these animals?

Cracked By: Raghuvansh, varuns88, Rogi, shrik, Abhishek, Manish Achuth, Logik, udupendra, akhi, krudebox, dineshk, Chandramohan, Aparna, wanderlust, Dibyo, shreiisc, Rahulk, Thejas V R, Shwetha Maiya, Qbrain, reddevil_ani, sidsen, sandesh, shenoyvarun86, Arun Krishnamoorthy, googboog, AmK and Bharath

This unix tool X was originally created to backup files on devices like 1. Even though devices like 1 are now extinct, this tool is still used by almost everyone who deploy software on *nix based systems. Identify X.

Cracked by: udupendra, Thejas V R, googboog, Raghuvansh, Rahulk, shrik, varuns88, Logik, calvin, SV, Shwetha Maiya, dineshk, Rogi, Dibyo, Manish Achuth, shenoyvarun86, Abhishek and wanderlust

Who is this dude and whose very famous “motto” did he coin?

Cracked by: Amarendra, Rogi, Thejas V R, udupendra, Rithwik K, shenoyvarun86, Raghuvansh, Rahulk, sidsen, Sourya, googboog, mk, shrik, varuns88, Logik, dineshk, Dibyo, Manish Achuth, Bharath, reddevil_ani, Treyambak Madyalkar, wanderlust, Shwetha Maiya and mankuTimma

Old-school sitter. Identify

Cracked By: krudebox, shenoyvarun86, Shwetha Maiya, Thejas V R, googboog, udupendra, Logik, Qbrain, shrik, Rogi, Manish Achuth, varuns88, Aparna, Bharath, dineshk, v.chandrashekar, Dibyo, sidsen, umang, Rahulk, reddevil_ani, Mukul, Rithwik K and mk

Iconic picture of scientist. Who’s he, and what makes this image special?

Cracked by shrik, Thejas V R, Raghuvansh, Rogi, Aparna, varuns88, krudebox, sidsen, Dibyo, udupendra, googboog, Nihar, Gowri, reddevil_ani, Shwetha Maiya, Manish Achuth, Raison, v.chandrashekar, Arun Krishnamoorthy, Anubhav, AmK, wanderlust, shenoyvarun86, Logik, Qbrain, lanu, Bharath, dineshk, Rahulk and Sourya

Something makes these animals very different. What? (We know it from high-school)

Cracked by a lot of people. Namely: shenoyvarun86, Thejas V R, Logik, shrik, googboog, udupendra, Shwetha Maiya, pranav, Gowri, Dibyo, Rahulk, Qbrain, Suhel Banerjee, Rogi, krudebox, Aparna, Nihar, Anirudh, wanderlust, Manish Achuth, Raghuvansh, kriskingle, vishwas, Inglourious, madhur, varuns88, Bharath, AmK, sidsen, Anonymous, reddevil_ani, Raison, Sourya, v.chandrashekar, Siddharth Jain, Anubhav, prateek, theJoker, BASAB and dineshk