Guest Question from udupendra %gqh%. Thanks saar!

What pop-culture icon of the 1980s is this the patent diagram of?

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%gqh% krudebox had sent us a very similar question a few days ago but we had not seen it. So, we are marking this question as his contribution.

Identify the “game”

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Guest Question from %gqh% Manish Achutha. Thanks saar!

What is happening here?

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Yay! Guest question time! This one is from %gqh% udupendra. Thanksu saar.

After what device is this microbe (the circular one at the center of the picture) named?

Update: Hint: The device it is named after sucks. Literally.

Update: Hint: Think about devices that suck and look like the microbe in center.

Cracked by: udupendra, Raghuvansh, Rogi, jowens and dineshk

Today, we are posting a special round of 3 questions all sent in by %gqh% Rogi. Reason? Rogi registered an unbeaten runlength of 500 correct answers in a row! Congrats sire! Just fantastic!

Leave your answers (and any note to Rogi) in a single comment. One point per correct answer. Get at least one correct for keeping your runlength intact.

1. The actor (1) starred in two movies, made almost three decades apart, based on ideas put forth by (2) and shared with his screenwriter wife (3). Name either of the 2 films.
   Note: While the pic in (1) is a clip from a movie, it is not one of the movies we’re looking for.

2. Connect the three gentlemen by naming a fourth. The last one wasn’t as smart as the other two.

Hint:

3. This is a cool puzzle.

Tell us what’s found here
[Sum of all digits].[1991, AUC] , -1 x [Unbitrium].[Lucas Number]

(Maybe a different Lucas?)

Update: Made the question 1 simpler.

Update 2: Fixed a typo in Q 3

Update 3: Question 3 is super cool. Do not miss it. Hint: Zoom in and look around.

Cracked by: Rogi(3), shrik(3), jowens(3), Raghuvansh(3), dineshk(3), Siddarth Pai(2), udupendra(2), Bharath(2), Logik, Sumanth Patlolla, Shwetha Maiya, Mo and Anubhav

Only shrik, jowens, Raghuvansh and dineshk(close enough :) ) cracked the puzzle! Good crack guys! That was an awesome puzzle and you got it!

Answers:

1. TRON or TRON:Legacy
   1=Jeff Bridges (As seen in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot)
   2=Alan Kay (Yes the guy from PARC)
   3=Bonnie MacBird

2. The three guys pictured are:
   Hugo de Vries
   Carl Correns
   Erich von Tschermak

All of whom were thought to have independently “rediscovered” in the year 1900, the work of Gregor Mendel and after some prodding for at least one of them, gave him the posthumous credit for his discoveries in genetics. Tschermak is no longer recognized as a rediscoverer as he obviously didn’t understand what Mendel had figured out, earlier.

3. Sum of digits 0-9 is 45
   “Ab urbe condita” 1991 is “Gregorian”, 1238
   Unbitrium’s atomic number will be 123
   George Lucas’ Easter Egg number is 1138 (Not to be confused with the Numbers of François Édouard Anatole Lucas)

Filling in the variables gives:
45.1238
-123.1138

Or:
45.1238, -123.1138

Quick link:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=45.1238,-123.1138&aq=&sll=45.125284,-123.113393&sspn=0.010401,0.018904&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=45.123989,-123.113673&spn=0.004088,0.018711&z=16

Answer is: “Firefox” or “Firefox logo”

Guest question from %gqh% sidsen. After a long long time. Thank you sire!

The text in the image reads(approximately :) ) The gentlemen above were nominated but did not make it. The mooning characters below did. What would they collectively be known as.

Apologies for the delay folks.

Cracked by: shrik, vinayaknp, udupendra, Rogi, jowens, Raghuvansh, Siddarth Pai, Thejas V R, Rahulk, dineshk, Ananth and Bharath

Modified version of a question sent in by %gqh% Satya Saha

1,2 are named after their inventors who had the same(almost) last name, which happens to be the name of another brand of very popular products. What is the last name we are talking about?

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First, congrats to jowens for reaching a runlength of 100! You won yourself a Star of Honor %soh%, sire!

Fully framed guest question from %gqh% udupendra. Thanks saar!

What is being compared here?

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Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Rogi, jowens, Vijayaraghavan, Siddarth Pai, Manish Achuth, shrey, Riyaz Usman, shrik, Martin Antony, Bharath, udupendra, Thejas V R, vinayaknp, Ananth, dineshk, Dibyo, SV, srinivasan, Hari Parameswaran, Logik, KK, Higgers, krudebox and Shwetha Maiya

This question (including the title clue) comes to us from %gqh% Rogi!

What is this device?

Cracked by: Rogi and jowens

Guest question from Satya Saha %gqh%. Thanks a lot sire!

What is this?

Cracked by: jowens, Rogi, Kaustubh, Pawankumar Hegde, xeqtor, nishansolo, duriel, dineshk, Tushar S, Manish Achuth, Ashish Agrawal, shrik, byslexia, Dibyo, udupendra, lanu, Rahul Rajeev, Thejas V R, Piyush, Sumanth Patlolla, pavan, Ananth, shrey, Rahulk, Raghuvansh, apar, Logik, lotuseater, Rithwik K, rohanquizzer, Qbrain, shenoyvarun86, aditthya, Bharath, Shwetha Maiya, mankuTimma, Sanador, raklodramA and v.chandrashekar