Question 3 of the five-question theme round.

Journalist Ron Rosenbaum described a military simulations computer in this article

Two hollywood storywriters were inspired by this and created one of the most famous movie computers of all time. What was it called?

Hint: a recent XKCD.

Cracked by p vs np , udupendra , Rogi , Raghuvansh , Advaith , Johny Walker , krudebox , Dibyo , nishansolo , akhi , varuns88 , joe and Logik.

Theme cracked by: Logik, varuns88, nishansolo, krudebox, Dibyo, Johny Walker, p vs np and udupendra. 3 points to each of you when this round is done :-)

udupendra(3), p vs np(3), Johny Walker(3), Dibyo(3), krudebox(3), nishansolo(3), varuns88(3), Logik(3), p vs np, udupendra, Rogi, Raghuvansh, Advaith, Johny Walker, krudebox, Dibyo, nishansolo, akhi, varuns88, joe and Logik

Question 2 of the five question theme round.

(1) is less famous for (2). He’s actually really famous for something else. (2) was actually based on that something else. Who is (1), what is (2) and what is he more famous for?

Cracked by nishansolo , udupendra , Rogi (Forbidden planet is way geekier than Lost in Space, plz :) ) , Advaith , lordmaldy , krudebox , bobo , Nakul , Raghuvansh , shenoyvarun86 , Dibyo and p vs np.

Theme cracked by: Raghuvansh and Advaith! Great going guys. You will each get 4 additional points :-). Raghuvansh, can you please post your theme answer separately from the individual answer?

Raghuvansh(4), nishansolo, udupendra, Rogi, Advaith, lordmaldy, krudebox, bobo, Nakul, Raghuvansh, shenoyvarun86, Dibyo and p vs np

Alright folks.

It’s been a while since we deviated from the bog-standard question-a-day format, so here’s something slightly different.

The next five questions form a theme round. i.e., all their answers are connected by a common theme.(e.g, if the five answers were to be Jimmy Page, John Bonham, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and Ahmet Ertegun, the theme would be Led Zeppelin).

Point scoring rules:

1. For answering each question, you get one point, as usual.
2. If you guess the theme after the first question, you get five additional points. Second question: four points. Third question: three points. Fourth question: two points. Fifth question: one point.
3. Please post your answer to each question, and the guesses to the theme if any, as separate posts.
4. One theme attempt per question, only.
5. Our decisions are final :)

So here’s the first question of the set.

Question 1: Identify the object being demonstrated in this audio clip.

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Please note that this set is exhaustive (i.e. these are the only 5 related to this particular theme)

Cracked by Shrey Goyal , Kaiser Soze , Higgers , udupendra , Raghuvansh , Rogi , lordmaldy , krudebox and Johny Walker.

A few attempts, but no-one cracked the theme yet.

Shrey Goyal, Kaiser Soze, Higgers, udupendra, Raghuvansh, Rogi, lordmaldy, krudebox and Johny Walker

These stamps were recently issued to commemorate something. What?

Cracked by everyone who attempted.

Sitterishness was deliberate (in the grand scheme of things it makes sense :P ).
Ananth, I didn’t realize I was petering this… Thanks for pointing it out!

p vs np, krudebox, achyuth, Pranav, tete80, shenoyvarun86, Johny Walker, Prabodh, Gurupad, eli, Debasish, Rogi, Raghuvansh, Shrey Goyal, Ram, Gaurav Jindal, emrohit, nishansolo, wanderlust, Nakul, madhur, joe, Chitananda, Higgers, Ajay Parasuram, BASAB, Ananth, Rithwik K, sandman, Hitesh, saurabh arora, Wasi Manazir, Deepthi JS, Logik, Aparna, Dibyo, superbrat, RajT, shenoyvarun86, akhi, prasanth, Advaith, abhijeet, Johny Walker, Gautam Dn(RV) and blackrat

What controversy?

Jean Valjean, Ram, varuns88, wanderlust, Johny Walker, shenoyvarun86, Dibyo, Rogi, Gurupad, Athreya, p vs np, udupendra, akhi, Rithwik K, nishansolo, tete80, Gaurav Jindal, sandman, eli, Logik, Mitesh, superbrat, Raghuvansh, Anonymous, Aparna, Higgers, saurabh arora, Advaith, Joshan and achyuth

Identify this nobel-rich family

Cracked by everyone!

Joshan, Dibyo, tete80, shenoyvarun86, Ananth, wanderlust, p vs np, Rogi, krudebox, emrohit, udupendra, achyuth, Advaith, Ram, Jean Valjean, Gaurav Jindal, akhi, Chitananda, abhijeet, Gurupad, Hitesh, joe, piezocake, Rithwik K, blackrat, varuns88, Logik, Wasi Manazir, Deepthi JS, Shrey Goyal, madhur, Mukul, Mo, Johny Walker, superbrat, Siddharth Jain, nishansolo, Nakul, Arjun Chennu and Athreya

Connect to a celestial body

Cracked by: shenoyvarun86 , udupendra , varuns88 , Advaith , superbrat , Joshan , Dibyo , tete80 , p vs np , Rogi and Jean Valjean.

shenoyvarun86, udupendra, varuns88, Advaith, superbrat, Joshan, Dibyo, tete80, p vs np, Rogi and Jean Valjean

ID this object that is not the source of a famous US vs. Russia urban legend.

In reality, an object of this sort was closer to said legend :-)

Cracked in bits and pieces by jayanth , Dibyo , tete80 , udupendra , UDit , Rogi , Ram , krudebox , p vs np , achyuth , Advaith , BASABB , joe , Mo , Deepthi JS , Joshan , shenoyvarun86 , gudanggurum and Higgers.

Edit: Rogi, thanks for pointing it out. Seems to have been a hiccup in storing the right/wrong numbers, and a lot of people got skipped. And thanks for the additional info, too!

jayanth, Dibyo, tete80, udupendra, UDit, Rogi, Ram, krudebox, p vs np, achyuth, Advaith, BASAB, joe, Mo, Deepthi JS, Joshan, shenoyvarun86, Gurupad and Higgers

Almost everyone would have seen devices designed by this guy, but not too many people have seen him.

Who is he?

Cracked by: varuns88 , shenoyvarun86 , Johhny Walker , Rogi , joe , Raghuvansh , Gaurav Jindal , Advaith , Rohan , shashank , Jean Valjean , superbrat , Joshan , nishansolo , tete80 , gudanggurum and saurabh arora.

varuns88, shenoyvarun86, Johhny Walker, Rogi, joe, Raghuvansh, Gaurav Jindal, Advaith, Rohan, shashank, Jean Valjean, superbrat, Joshan, nishansolo, tete80, Gurupad and saurabh arora

Sitter for the saturday.. ID the project :-)

Cracked by Logik , jayanth , Jean Valjean , Rogi , shenoyvarun86 , visaka simhan , foobar , Joshan , Dibyo , gudanggurum , dheeraj and tete80.

Logik, jayanth, Jean Valjean, Rogi, shenoyvarun86, visaka simhan, foobar, Joshan, Dibyo, Gurupad, dheeraj and tete80