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What is the this news bulletin’s claim to fame ?

Identified by: pratap , Dibyo , Keerthi Kiran M , Atul Mathew , Rohan , Arun Krishnamoorthy , shivathilak , priyananda , yaksha , and RajT.

Complete answer by: Rahul, varuns88, Tathagata Chatterjee, Sandesh, udupendra, jayanth, duriel, Ginkgo100, and Ajay Parasuram.

And piezocake is just weird.

pratap, Rahul, Dibyo, Keerthi Kiran M, Atul Mathew, varuns88, Rohan, Arun Krishnamoorthy, shivathilak, Tathagata Chatterjee, Sandesh, jayanth, priyananda, duriel, udupendra, Ginkgo100, yaksha, Ajay Parasuram and RajT

What is the (alleged) connection between the creature in (1) and the strange-looking pattern in (2)?

Clue: We’ve been here before.

Cracked by: BiGFooT , shivathilak , Sandesh , varuns88 , Tathagata Chatterjee , priyananda , yaksha and pratap.

BiGFooT, shivathilak, Sandesh, varuns88, Tathagata Chatterjee, priyananda, yaksha and pratap

Whats happening here? and what is it popularly known as?

oh, btw, that’s Downtown Manhattan..

Cracked by: udupendra , varuns88 , srichand , pratap , jayanth , bobo , Dibyo , Sandesh , Vinay and Rahul

udupendra, varuns88, srichand, pratap, jayanth, bobo, Dibyo, Sandesh, Vinay and Rahul

Connect

Hint: See subject line

Cracked by: Ajay Parasuram , jayanth , udupendra , duriel , Sridhar C , Dibyo , svgreatest , pallavi , Atul Mathew and varuns88.

Ajay Parasuram, jayanth, udupendra, duriel, Sridhar C, Dibyo, svgreatest, pallavi, Atul Mathew and varuns88

Legend has it that (1) was describing a “special” form of (2) to (3) as a lark (possibly hoping to fire off (3)s imagination and get him to write a book). After (1) and (3) died, (4) wrote a novel about it that turned out to be one of his greatest hits.

Identify 1, the special form of 2, 3 and 4, and also name the novel.

Cracked by: udupendra , manubhardwaj , Anon , Dibyo , Ginkgo100 , Sandesh , duriel , varuns88 and Mo.

udupendra, manubhardwaj, Anonymous, Dibyo, Ginkgo100, Sandesh, duriel, varuns88 and Mo

Jet plane routes from Tokyo-LA and back.

Why are the routes different?

Cracked by everyone! duriel , teju , Ginkgo100 , pratap , manubhardwaj (nice find :) ) , Dibyo , varuns88 , shivathilak , Sandesh , shyam , Vinay , yaksha , Ganesh Prasad , Tathagata Chatterjee and shashank.

duriel, teju, Ginkgo100, pratap, manubhardwaj, Dibyo, varuns88, shivathilak, Sandesh, shyam, Vinay, yaksha, Ganesh Prasad, Tathagata Chatterjee and shashank

A court statement made by (1) during a hearing three years ago claimed that someone, say X, made some very very obnoxious statements involving (2)s and (3).

What am I talking about? Identify (X), (1) and (3). Don’t bother with (2), it is just a representative of its species.

Cracked by: udupendra , varuns88 , shashank , priyananda , Arun Warrier , Dibyo and Vinay.

udupendra, varuns88, shashank, priyananda, Arun Warrier, Dibyo and Vinay

Logo of ____

Hint:

Cracked by: varuns88 , srichand , Dibyo , priyananda , duriel and udupendra

varuns88, srichand, Dibyo, priyananda, duriel and udupendra

Which famous geek connects these people?

Cracked by: udupendra , Arun Warrier , varuns88 , teju , Dibyo , shenoyvarun86 , Atul Mathew , jayanth , RajT , duriel, bobo and Rohan (bravo to you, sir).

udupendra, Arun Warrier, varuns88, teju, Dibyo, shenoyvarun86, Atul Mathew, jayanth, Rohan, RajT, duriel and bobo

Which fictional character has been “teddy bear”-ized here?

Hint: All geeks would have read the book in which this character appears

Cracked by: udupendra , RajT , teju , bobo , varuns88 , Dibyo and duriel.

udupendra, RajT, teju, bobo, varuns88, Dibyo and duriel