This question is about a very interesting bit of computer history trivia from shenoyvarun86(He has hit 300 questions on his blog.. do check it out..).
Identify and connect:

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Cracked by nihit , Goyal , akhi , Phani , K.Manish , madhur , varuns88 , Ananth , Ajay Parasuram , Malcaluffin , Achilles and Rahulk.

nihit, shenoyvarun86, Goyal, akhi, Phani, K.Manish, madhur, varuns88, Ananth, Ajay Parasuram, Malcaluffin, Achilles and Rahulk

Guest question from sidsen.

Id this flag that’s been doing the rounds, and explain.

Cracked by udupendra , gudanggurum , Chandrakant Nair , insufferablejake , Goyal , Ranjana Ninan , Nakul , varuns88 , duriel , Debasish , joe (you’re close), Boneywasawarriorwayayix and rajeshvj.

udupendra, Gurupad, Chandrakant Nair, insufferablejake, sidsen, Goyal, Ranjana Ninan, Nakul, varuns88, duriel, Debasish, joe, Boneywasawarriorwayayix and rajeshvj

Proceeding with the GQG, this question comes from akhi.

Identify/Connect/put fundae:

Cracked by Goyal , sidsen , Ananth , Rohan , bobo , varuns88 , insufferablejake and rajeshvj.

Goyal, sidsen, Ananth, Rohan, bobo, varuns88, insufferablejake and rajeshvj

This (awesome) question comes from sidsen.

Identify and connect the three images:

(Thanks a bunch for all the questions, mate! Really great stuff! I had a hard time picking one…)

Cracked by: Goyal, Tathagata Chatterjee , Guneet , udupendra , gammafunction , Rohan , duriel , malcaluffin and rajeshvj.

Goyal, Tathagata Chatterjee, Guneet, sidsen, udupendra, gammafunction, Rohan, duriel, malcaluffin and rajeshvj

The GQG goes on! This question is from duriel.

Identify the character in (1) and the old chap on the left in (2).

Also, who/what did (1) eventually become?

Only (partially) cracked by Tathagata Chatterjee!

duriel and Tathagata Chatterjee

(On with the GQG - This question comes from shenoyvarun86)

Who is this famous computer scientist, and what term did he coin?

Here’s a clue to narrow in on the term a bit: the man caricatured below wanted to make a movie about it, but couldn’t.

Cracked by sidsen , Goyal , Rohan , udupendra , insufferablejake , Guneet , Srivats , gudanggurum , bobo , rajeshvj , Atul Mathew , duriel , malcaluffin , jayanth , gammafunction and Tathagata Chatterjee.

sidsen, Goyal, Rohan, udupendra, insufferablejake, Guneet, Srivats, Gurupad, bobo, rajeshvj, Atul Mathew, duriel, malcaluffin, jayanth, gammafunction and Tathagata Chatterjee

(Carrying on with the GQG - Here’s a question from jayanth )

Who’s the guy in the pic below and what did he win?

Clue:

Cracked by rajeshvj , akhi , insufferablejake (nice catch! I didn’t notice it…) , Rohan , gudanggurum , svgreatest , Dibyo , Apurva , Atul Mathew , udupendra , duriel , malcaluffin , sidsen and Goyal.

rajeshvj, akhi, insufferablejake, Rohan, Gurupad, svgreatest, Dibyo, Apurva, Atul Mathew, udupendra, duriel, malcaluffin, sidsen and Goyal

(Question from Dibyo)

Oceanography got a boost from a storm that hit in Jan 1992. The flow of events is depicted in this image:

What happened during the storm?

Cracked by WikiWaki , sidsen , gudanggurum , Srivats , Guneet , rajeshvj , akhi , malcaluffin , insufferablejake , madhur , Ananth and shenoyvarun86.

WikiWaki, sidsen, Gurupad, Srivats, Guneet, rajeshvj, akhi, malcaluffin, insufferablejake, madhur, Ananth, shenoyvarun86 and Dibyo

(Question sent in by Udupendra. Thanks a lot amigo!)

Connect the equation (x + y)n = xn + yn to these identities:

Cracked by Goyal , p vs np , Ajay Parasuraman , Rohan , insufferablejake , Tathagata Chatterjee , gammafunction , sidsen , malcaluffin , rajeshvj , Srivats and shenoyvarun86.

udupendra, Goyal, p vs np, Ajay Parasuraman, Rohan, insufferablejake, Tathagata Chatterjee, gammafunction, sidsen, malcaluffin, rajeshvj, Srivats and shenoyvarun86

yay! Guest question time. udupendra asks you to “Just connect”

and

Tumba Thanksu for the question..

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Two things:

First: Yes, we screen guest questions that we receive and post only those which we feel have enough “drama, intrigue and geekiness” in them.

Second: sidsen, dude, are you trying to tell us something with your encrypted code words? If yes, throw us a hint, will ya?

Cracked by: madhur , varuns88 , srikar , svgreatest , udupendra , Dibyo , jayanth , sidsen and shashank.

madhur, varuns88, srikar, svgreatest, udupendra, Dibyo, jayanth, sidsen and shashank