The woman in the picture: what is her claim to fame?

To establish the context:

Cracked by: udupendra , madhur , BiGFooT , Dibyo , teju , sidsen , jayanth , Tathagata Chatterjee , nishas thambi , shashank , prasanth and rahultimate.

udupendra, madhur, BiGFooT, Dibyo, teju, sidsen, jayanth, Tathagata Chatterjee, nishas thambi, shashank, prasanth and rahultimate

1. 2.

3.

Identify 1 and Connect to 2,3.
Hint: 1 named his most-popular “product” on a “store” in 2.

Cracked by: udupendra , bs , jayanth , nishansolo , Dibyo , teju , madhur , bobo , shashank and nishas thambi.

udupendra, bs, jayanth, nishansolo, Dibyo, teju, madhur, bobo, shashank and nishas thambi

“Regular” film stock looks like what you see in the picture at the left below. A subtle difference in film stock, shown in the picture on the right below, allowed for much higher resolution and clarity (in its time). What is the technology that uses the stock on the right called?

Cracked by: udupendra, Rohan, Dibyo, prasanth, and shashank.

udupendra, Rohan, Dibyo, prasanth and shashank

Who he

Cracked by: Shashank , jayanth , Shreyas , udupendra , BiGFooT , shenoyvarun86 , Dibyo , nishansolo , Arjun Chennu , yaksha , cas , prasanth , sidsen , rajeshvj , Rohan , arbitguy , bobo , nishas thambi and Tathagata Chatterjee.

Shashank, jayanth, Shreyas, udupendra, BiGFooT, shenoyvarun86, Dibyo, nishansolo, Arjun Chennu, yaksha, cas, prasanth, sidsen, rajeshvj, Rohan, arbitguy, bobo, nishas thambi and Tathagata Chatterjee

It was first described thirty years before Armstrong’s famous line, and updated with the latest tech ten years after its first description, to the form you see it in below.

One of the members of the design team was this guy, who’s more famous for other things.

Identify the device, and name the chap.

Cracked by only udupendra and Dibyo. Great work guys!

udupendra and Dibyo

Connect to a popular internet company.

Hint: The building you see in 2 is where the company runs from.

Cracked by: Dibyo and nishas thambi :) (and udupendra, on email)

Dibyo, nishas thambi and udupendra

Connect (Identification optional):

Clue:

Cracked by : udupendra , nishas thambi , Dibyo , Ranjana Ninan , jayanth and bobo.

udupendra, nishas thambi, Dibyo, Ranjana Ninan, jayanth and bobo

Greetings, fellow time-travelers! Arbitrary as all conventions may be, we’re quite attached to them. And, in the spirit of the season, here’s wishing you a very happy new year! We hope you’ve enjoyed the ride so far in the 4th dimension, and will continue to do so over this notch on the time axis.

We’ve had a blast racking our brains (and Wikipedia :-) for those crazy little details that make things so much more interesting. From music to sci-fi, we’ve managed to land on quite a few strange lands and plan to touch on many more in 2008. We’ve barely scratched the surface of geekery.

Now, on to the regular schedule.

Today is another interesting occasion. Udupendra has scored a 100 points on BoiledBeans! Congratulations! This occasion definitely deserves a w00t. To celebrate this century, here’s a perfectly-formed guest question from this King of Nerds - all hail! (The Q came to us complete with post-title clue… Guess you’ve been spending lots of time here dude :-).

Identify this scientist (who has a unit named after him):

And connect him to this album cover:

Cracked by: madhur, bs, bobo, Dibyo, Keerthi Kiran M, Rohan, gammafunction, Ranjana Ninan, jayanth, prasanth, Prasad, nishas thambi, Tathagata Chatterjee, nishansolo and shashank.

madhur, bs, bobo, Dibyo, Keerthi Kiran M, Rohan, gammafunction, Ranjana Ninan, jayanth, prasanth, Prasad, nishas thambi, Tathagata Chatterjee, nishansolo, shashank and udupendra

This map lead to a conjecture in graph theory in 19th century which till now has not been proved “properly”. Although computerized exhaustive search proofs exist, mathemeticians reject it by calling it a “telephone directory” and they want the proof to be a “poem”.

Identify the conjecture/theorem/problem.

Happy New Year!

Cracked by: udupendra(Congratulations on scoring a century!) , jayanth , madhur , Dibyo , shenoyvarun86 , sumanth , sidsen , Ranjana Ninan , Shreyas , Keerthi , VikraM , piezocake , BiGFooT , nishas thambi , Gammafunction , prasanth , yaksha , Poornima , bobo , shashank and Arjun Chennu.

udupendra, jayanth, madhur, Dibyo, shenoyvarun86, sumanth, sidsen, Ranjana Ninan, Shreyas, Keerthi, VikraM, piezocake, BiGFooT, nishas thambi, Gammafunction, prasanth, yaksha, Poornima, bobo, shashank and Arjun Chennu

What was the function of the structures you see at the three points marked on the map at this link?

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie= UTF8&hl=en&msa=0& msid=104245191237712906664.000 4427e679acbfa0f156&ll=50.95596, 0.953665 &spn=0.00171,0.004334&t=h&z=18&om=1

(Your browser will have to be able to handle Google maps if you want to get this one)

Here’s another clue:

Cracked by: udupendra , jayanth , madhur , vaibhav008 , Dibyo , nishas thambi , prasanth , nishansolo , shenoyvarun86 , bs and sidsen.

udupendra, jayanth, madhur, vaibhav008, Dibyo, nishas thambi, prasanth, nishansolo, shenoyvarun86, bs and sidsen