Question 1 of 5 from the theme round. Be sure to read the rules in that post carefully!

In a particular episode of this show, the scientists (pic 1) decide something based on their observations but the guy (pic 2) objects. Why does he object?

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(tejurao, please post this answer separately from the theme. Your answer is right, but currently we can’t give you points for it :-) ).

No one got the theme right.

nishas thambi, alephnull, prasanth, Biki, deepak, VikraM, Anirudh, sidsen, piezocake, shreyas, udupendra and Tathagata Chatterjee

Connect 1 and 2 to a physics concept.

Cracked by: **srikanth , nisha’s thambi , udupendra , teju , Biki , Anirudh , alephnull , shreyas , Shakeel , sidsen , piezocake , bs , Tathagata Chatterjee , Arjun , yaksha , Gammafunction , jayanth , VikraM , bobo **and Quehin.

srikanth, nishas thambi, udupendra, teju, Biki, Anirudh, alephnull, shreyas, Shakeel, sidsen, piezocake, bs, Tathagata Chatterjee, Arjun, yaksha, Gammafunction, jayanth, VikraM, bobo and Quehin

The KQA Annual Science Quiz is going to be held on 18th Nov (this Sunday), at 1000hrs in Daly Hall, Bangalore. If you like this site, you’ll probably like that quiz too :-)

On to the question: connect the three images below, and identify the man behind them:

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udupendra, sidsen, teju, alephnull, Keerthi Kiran M, Tathagata Chatterjee, Gammafunction, aandthirtyeights, Madan, Anirudh, Quehin, iamniks, Shakeel, prasanth, Varun.M, yaksha and nishas thambi

Analogically speaking,

::: : ?

Hint: The text in the first logo is (obviously.. duh) cropped :)

Cracked by: Prasad , nisha’s thambi , vaibhav008 , samarth , Gammafunction , alephnull , udupendra , Abhishek , bobo , Anirudh , iamniks , Preetish , prasanth , Varun.M , Keerthi Kiran M , Tathagata Chatterjee , Shakeel , shreyas , deepak and yaksha.

and **sidsen of course **with his depth 2 answer :)

sidsen, Prasad, nishas thambi, vaibhav008, samarth, Gammafunction, alephnull, udupendra, Abhishek, bobo, Anirudh, iamniks, Preetish, prasanth, Varun.M, Keerthi Kiran M, Tathagata Chatterjee, Shakeel, shreyas, deepak and yaksha

Identify:

Half the clues:

(The other half is unclued :-P )

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alephnull, Gammafunction, Anirudh, nishas thambi, Quehin, Tathagata Chatterjee, iamniks, bobo and sidsen

Which internet phenomenon is xkcd mocking in the comic below

OH HAI!
THSE PEOPLEZ HAS GOT ANS sidsen , shreyas , iamniks , alephnull , shyam , udupendra , Suyog , Tathagata Chatterjee , VikraM , vijayaraghavan , bobo , Quehin , piezocake , Keerthi Kiran M , prasanth , Gammafunction , nisha’s thambi , Abhishek , ganesh , yaksha and Goutham.
KTHXBYE

sidsen, shreyas, iamniks, alephnull, shyam, udupendra, Suyog, Tathagata Chatterjee, VikraM, vijayaraghavan, bobo, Quehin, piezocake, Keerthi Kiran M, prasanth, Gammafunction, nishas thambi, Abhishek, ganesh, yaksha and Goutham

Identify the woman in this picture (and also why she’s relevant to this site :-) ):

Additional clues:

Cracked by:Atul Mathew, Tathagata Chatterjee, alephnull, Gammafunction, shyam, udupendra, shivathilak, Hot Chick with Brains, samarth, iamniks, sparshithp, Ganesh Prasad, VikraM, shreyas, Suyog, ram, Dibyo, prasanth, sidsen, nisha’s thambi, Vinod, Keerthi Kiran M, jayanth, yaksha, BiGFooT and Shakeel.

She seems to have lots of fans…

Atul Mathew, Tathagata Chatterjee, alephnull, Gammafunction, shyam, udupendra, shivathilak, Hot Chick with Brains, samarth, iamniks, sparshithp, Shakeel, Ganesh Prasad, VikraM, shreyas, Suyog, ram, Dibyo, prasanth, sidsen, nishas thambi, Vinod, Keerthi Kiran M, jayanth, yaksha and BiGFooT

1. 2.

1 is a computer program which prints “Hello World”. Really.
2 is the logo of a Google’s internal product (quite famous for some reasons).

The language in which 1 is written and the product 2 are both named as a tribute to the same person. Who is he?
Hint: Both 1 & 2 resemble what this person has created. Specially 2.

Cracked by: **udupendra , bobo , jayanth , yaksha , Tathagata Chatterjee , sumanthvanahalli , nisha’s thambi , Suyog , Shakeel **and Shreyas.

udupendra, bobo, jayanth, yaksha, Tathagata Chatterjee, sumanthvanahalli, nishas thambi, Suyog, Shakeel and Shreyas

Identify and connect:

Cracked by: udupendra , yaksha , Shreyas , Biki , Atul Mathew , alephnull , Tathagata Chatterjee , bobo , and prasanth

udupendra, yaksha, Shreyas, Biki, Atul Mathew, alephnull, Tathagata Chatterjee, bobo and prasanth

As promised, we are posting this question sent in by sidsen after his streak of 12 right answers was broken *(alas dude.. one more and you could have beaten Poornima ;) )
*Thanks for the question dude!

What does this map depict?

Useful information: This visual was brought out in 2007.

** Shakeel , yaksha , Atul Mathew , MGS , shivathilak , prasanth , Rahul Ranade , Gammafunction , Ganesh Prasad , Keerthi , VikraM , Tathagata Chatterjee , iamniks and udupendra** are aware of this event horizon.

Shakeel, yaksha, Atul Mathew, MGS, shivathilak, prasanth, Rahul Ranade, Gammafunction, Ganesh Prasad, Keerthi, VikraM, Tathagata Chatterjee, iamniks and udupendra