What’s the story behind this image?

Cracked (well, almost) by everyone: insufferablejake , Priya , gudanggurum , Kamal Rathi , akhi , sidsen , Prasad , svgreatest , duriel , Rohan , Kiran , Chandrakant Nair , Atul Mathew , Nakul , rajeshvj , shenoyvarun86 , Ganesh Prasad , varuns88 , kunal chaubey , bobo , jayanth , Wasi Manazir , rubhatta , Dibyo , Dibyo , Siddharth Jain , Keerthi M R , Poornima and VikraM.

insufferablejake, Priya, Gurupad, Kamal Rathi, akhi, sidsen, Prasad, svgreatest, duriel, Rohan, Kiran, Chandrakant Nair, Atul Mathew, Nakul, rajeshvj, shenoyvarun86, Ganesh Prasad, varuns88, kunal chaubey, bobo, jayanth, Wasi Manazir, rubhatta, Dibyo, Siddharth Jain, Keerthi M R, Poornima and VikraM

Connect

Cracked by a whole bunch of people: Priya , gudanggurum , sidsen , svgreatest , psrinivas , Nakul , Prasad , piezocake , Keerthi M R , varuns88 , Poornima , Debasish , joe , shakeel , VikraM , akhi , gammafunction , Atul Mathew , Rohan , udupendra , Siddharth Jain , Kiran , duriel , bobo and Dibyo.

and Prasada, you are right. I stand corrected. After all, you are the gravity hero who can launch awesome projectiles at tanks on a computer screen :D

Priya, Gurupad, sidsen, svgreatest, psrinivas, Nakul, Prasad, piezocake, Keerthi M R, varuns88, Poornima, Debasish, joe, Anonymous, shakeel, VikraM, akhi, gammafunction, Atul Mathew, Rohan, udupendra, Siddharth Jain, Kiran, duriel and bobo

World’s first ever __________

Hint: You have all the required info in the image.

Cracked by: Priya , anirudh patil , Akshat , Rc , gudanggurum , Dibyo , svgreatest , Atul Mathew , duriel , Tathagata Chatterjee , varuns88 , akhi , rajeshvj , Prasad.

Priya, anirudh patil, Akshat, Rc, Gurupad, Dibyo, svgreatest, Atul Mathew, duriel, Tathagata Chatterjee, varuns88, akhi, rajeshvj and Prasad

Identify both

Only akhi and piezocake get it! ^:)^

akhi and piezocake

What is happening in 1? Why did 2 get into trouble for this?

P.S: I am back after a long vacation :)
Thanks to Srikanth for covering up for me.

Cracked by: Goyal , varuns88 , Rohan , svgreatest. Good job guys!

Goyal, varuns88, Rohan and svgreatest

You’ve heard him recently in the first, but his pedigree stretches back to the second.

1. [audio:http://www.boiledbeans.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/ce5c550917abd54b07c2052309ea679b.mp3]
2. [audio:http://www.boiledbeans.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/2c0ced4ad71a04b37b098fa8c133bf77.mp3]

Who? And where are (1) and (2) from?

Cracked by Dibyo , Prasad , Nayantara , Goyal , Siddharth Jain , duriel and joe.

Dibyo, Prasad, Nayantara, Goyal, Siddharth Jain, duriel and joe

How are these three crime-mystery authors

connected to one particular work of this sci-fi author?

Cracked by Dibyo , Chandrakant Nair , Rey de Vaqueiros , sidsen , Goyal , varuns88 , Ashwin , Priya , Debasish , akhi , udupendra , madhur , varmaOne , Rohan , Tathagata Chatterjee , Atul Mathew , insufferablejake , BiGFooT and rubhatta.

Dibyo, Chandrakant Nair, Rey de Vaqueiros, sidsen, Goyal, varuns88, Ashwin, Priya, Debasish, akhi, udupendra, madhur, varmaOne, Rohan, Tathagata Chatterjee, Atul Mathew, insufferablejake, BiGFooT and rubhatta

What is this funky device called?

Cracked by Dibyo , gudanggurum , Tathagata Chatterjee , Goyal , Ranjana Ninan , Rohan , Chandrakant Nair , Prasad , malcaluffin , akhi , varuns88 , Priya , rajeshvj and udupendra.

Dibyo, Gurupad, Tathagata Chatterjee, Goyal, Ranjana Ninan, Rohan, Chandrakant Nair, Prasad, malcaluffin, akhi, varuns88, Priya, rajeshvj and udupendra

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

Who is he and what is that an illustration of?

Cracked by insufferablejake , Chandrakant Nair , kamalrathi , Dibyo , Tathagata Chatterjee , Nakul , sidsen , gudanggurum , rajeshvj , madhur , duriel and malcaluffin.

insufferablejake, Chandrakant Nair, kamalrathi, Dibyo, Tathagata Chatterjee, Nakul, sidsen, Gurupad, rajeshvj, madhur, duriel and malcaluffin