Identify the man in the photograph:
(Question will be modded on the 6th)
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Greetings, intrepid quizzers.
Here’s wishing all of you a happy and quizzical new year 2012!
It’s been great having you all along all the way through 2011. We had a blast posting questions as always (and got blasted juggling our lives with Boiledbeans) and every bit of it has been fun. We hope you enjoyed it too!
Considering that us humans love celebrating arbitrary milestones, we know that you’re probably going to spend some time celebrating and might not be around a computer. So we’re leaving the questions open to be answered a bit longer. All questions remain open till Dec Jan 3rd! We’ll get back to normal schedule starting on 3rd.
Have fun, stay safe, and have a happy 2012!
What is the (superficial) connection?
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KK, Manish Achuth, Rogi, rohanquizzer, Sumanth Patlolla, jowens, Bharath, badideabear, raklodramA, Rahulk, shrik, Rajesh, rickde, Ananth, Shwetha Maiya, debjani, Vicky and Thejas V R
Tell us the story connecting (1), (2) and (3)
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Theory X, widely misattributed to have been discovered by 1 was actually discovered by this dude in 2 and interestingly, he was a catholic priest. What is X? Who is 2?
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Picture of four bulbs lit for the first time using X. What is X? 2 is a well needed hint.
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The first light bulbs lit by electricity generated by nuclear power at EBR-1(now Idaho National Laboratory)
What is this?
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Quoting Bharat
Recent work by this dude and his team from MIT achieved 2. What is 2? What is it a “photo” of?
Jayaprakash B R, Sumanth Patlolla, Rahulk, KK, raklodramA, rohanquizzer, Manish Achuth, Rogi, shrik, Ananth, Vivek Gokuladas, Prasad, jowens, badideabear, rickde, Rajesh, Saurabh, hapadapa, Bharath, sanador, Logik, Urthstripe, Siddharth Ravi, tanwi and Anjul
What is?
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A mockup of some of the detectors of the LHC made using Lego blocks :)
Two random items connected by a name. What?
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The Ceratophys frog, also called the Pac-man frog because of its shape.