Category: Quiz
What’s common to all of these?
Cracked by: udupendra , sidsen , madhur , Dibyo , Lord Jim , jayanth , Tathagata Chatterjee , varun , shivathilak , VikraM , RahulRanade , Ranjana , iamniks , Shashank and yaksha
udupendra, sidsen, madhur, Dibyo, Lord Jim, jayanth, Tathagata Chatterjee, varun, shivathilak, VikraM, RahulRanade, Ranjana, iamniks, Shashank and yaksha
The TARDIS from the Dr. Who series.
Connect 1,2 and 3.
2. 
Please don’t take the pains of identifying 3, but do identify 1 and 2.
Cracked by: udupendra(but, of course!) , bobo , nisha’s thambi , jayanth , Lord Jim , RahulRanade , Shashank , prasanth , Tathagata Chatterjee , sidsen and Dibyo(Perseverance is the key, huh dude? ;) ).
udupendra, bobo, nishas thambi, jayanth, Lord Jim, RahulRanade, Shashank, prasanth, Tathagata Chatterjee, sidsen and Dibyo
Identify this Czech play, and its impact on modern English
Cracked by: udupendra , BiGFooT , teju , Dibyo , shenoyvarun86 , VikraM , Tathagata Chatterjee , prasanth , jayanth , yaksha , bobo , arbitguy , Shashank , nisha’s thambi , Lord Jim , Gammafunction , and Rohan.
udupendra, BiGFooT, teju, Dibyo, shenoyvarun86, VikraM, Tathagata Chatterjee, prasanth, jayanth, yaksha, bobo, arbitguy, Shashank, nishas thambi, Lord Jim, Gammafunction and Rohan
A still from the play Rossums Universal Robots. This introduced the term “robot” for mechanical men. See udupendra’s post down below for a more in-depth version of a similar question!
Analogically speaking,
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Cracked By: jayanth , Gammafunction , VikraM , bobo and Dibyo.
jayanth, Gammafunction, VikraM, bobo and Dibyo
This company was originally founded by Thomas Kelliher as a media business. The capital that was generated then helped the company move on to more interesting things. Today, the company is infamous for its failed experiments.
Identify the company. (Bonus for getting the clue in the title ;) )
Cracked by: udupendra , teju , vaibhav008 , shyam , Vinay , Lord Jim , varun , shivathilak , Vinod P.V , Mahesh , Shakeel , Vinod P.V , sidsen , jayanth , bobo , A Nony Mouse , prasanth , Shiva , Abhishek , Madan , Tathagata Chatterjee and BiGFoot (and yaksha and Keerthi Kiran M and Dibyo).
udupendra, teju, vaibhav008, shyam, Vinay, Lord Jim, varun, shivathilak, Vinod P.V, Mahesh, Shakeel, Vinod P.V, sidsen, Dibyo, jayanth, bobo, A Nony Mouse, prasanth, Shiva, Abhishek, Madan, Tathagata Chatterjee, BiGFooT, yaksha and Keerthi Kiran M
The infamous Union Aerospace Corporation, from the Doom series. UAC created all the mischief with teleporting demons from hell and whatnot. See UAC’s official website for more details.
2. 
Identify the controversial device in 2 and connect to 1.
Huge bunch of people got this one. Namely bobo , Shreyas , teju , shenoyvarun86 , Dibyo , varun , Vinay S , Shiva , Keerthi Kiran M , Vinod P.V , shivathilak , udupendra , vaibhav008 , jayanth , Madan , Lord Jim , Lord Jim , Gammafunction , Archana , prasanth , Mahesh , Shakeel , Tathagata Chatterjee , yaksha , BiGFooT and Abhishek . Others were close, but not close enough for a cookie :)
bobo, Shreyas, teju, shenoyvarun86, Dibyo, varun, Vinay S, Shiva, Keerthi Kiran M, Vinod P.V, shivathilak, udupendra, vaibhav008, jayanth, Madan, Lord Jim, Lord Jim, Gammafunction, Archana, prasanth, Mahesh, Shakeel, Tathagata Chatterjee, yaksha, BiGFooT and Abhishek
How are the four astronomers in the pictures below related?
Cracked by: teju, VikraM, Vivek, prasanth, bobo, Gammafunction, Dibyo, alephnull and Lord Jim
teju, VikraM, Vivek, prasanth, bobo, Gammafunction, Dibyo, alephnull and Lord Jim
The four telescopes of NASA’s Great Observatories program are named after these chaps. Clockwise from top-left, they are: Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Arthur Compton, Lyman Spitzer and Edwin Hubble
Identify the rightmost dude. ( the one with a lappie showing “!?!”)
In case 1 was not a big enough giveaway, here is another hint
2. 
Cracked by: Dibyo , Gammafunction , jayanth , shivathilak and alephnull.
Dibyo, Gammafunction, jayanth, shivathilak and alephnull
Which common computing phrase connects 1 and 2
1.
2. 
Cracked by: udupendra , Abhishek , teju , shivathilak , iamniks , yaksha , Ganesh Prasad , Dibyo , Tathagata Chatterjee , Prasad , Gammafunction , varun , jayanth , Keerthi Kiran M ( Who blew the weekend looking for the answer :) ) and Lord Jim.
udupendra, Abhishek, teju, shivathilak, iamniks, yaksha, Ganesh Prasad, Dibyo, Tathagata Chatterjee, Prasad, Gammafunction, varun, jayanth, Keerthi Kiran M and Lord Jim
Identify and connect them all . (List is not exhaustive :-)
Cracked by: teju, Abhishek, sidsen, Prasad, Gammafunction, udupendra and Keerthi Kiran .
teju, Abhishek, sidsen, Prasad, Gammafunction, udupendra and Keerthi Kiran M
To flick Udupendra’s answer: