Here’s keeping with the spirit of the season. Something in (1) and the event in (2) share a name. Identify/connect:

Cracked by Logik, dineshk, Raghuvansh, Rogi, Manish Achuth, Dibyo, shrik, Sumanth Patlolla, krudebox, Rahulk, shenoyvarun86, Thejas V R, udupendra, byslexia, Qbrain, lanu, mankuTimma, varuns88, Kaiser Soze, madhur, Shwetha Maiya, Gurupad and Bharath

A website that is very popular now looked like this 5 years ago( when they launched ). Which website?

Cracked by: prasanth, Raghuvansh, Logik, shrik, Shwetha Maiya, Gurupad, Jean Valjean, Aparna, Sumanth Patlolla, KK, krudebox, Dibyo, Manish Achuth, anant, Bharath, Ganesh Prasad, varuns88, Rogi, madhur, udupendra, Thejas V R, Qbrain, lanu, Xanda, Rahulk, akhi, shenoyvarun86, byslexia, Kaiser Soze and Ananth

Which epic movie was inspired by 1? (1 also appears in the movie)

Hint:

Cracked By: Sumanth Patlolla, Bharath, Logik, Aparna, shrik, vijayaraghavan, Raghuvansh, Manish Achuth, Rogi, krudebox, Shwetha Maiya, Gurupad, Jean Valjean, Dibyo, Advaith, anant, varuns88, madhur, udupendra, Thejas V R, Qbrain, lanu, Rahulk, Xanda, Sohan, akhi and shenoyvarun86

Simple one, but could not resist asking this question :)
A recent internet meme did this to metro boards in NY. Which meme and what did these signs read before? (Please DO NOT expand acronyms in the

udupendra, Kaiser Soze, shenoyvarun86, Thejas V R, lionel, krudebox, Dibyo, varuns88, dineshk, Jean Valjean, Raghuvansh, shrik, Qbrain, Logik, Manish Achuth, Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, Aparna, SV, byslexia, Ganesh Prasad, Bharath, Anubhav, vijayaraghavan, Higgers, Shwetha Maiya, Gurupad, sandesh, anant and lanu

Identify this sci-fi looking device, which is actually a real (and extremely nifty) device.

Clue:

Cracked by Logik, shrik, Rogi, Dibyo, Sumanth Patlolla, udupendra, Kaiser Soze and varuns88

Identify and Connect

Cracked by: Rogi, Logik, Sumanth Patlolla, Manish Achuth, Aparna, dineshk, Dibyo, Shwetha Maiya, Rahulk, Thejas V R, lanu, Qbrain, udupendra, krudebox, Bharath, shrik, Xanda, shenoyvarun86 and varuns88

Who’s epitaph?

Pseudo-bonus points for pointing out the well-known screwup in this.

Cracked by everyone!

Logik, dineshk, varuns88, SV, Ananth, byslexia, Rogi, Aparna, sandesh, Manish Achuth, KK, Ganesh Prasad, Dibyo, Sumanth Patlolla, Anubhav, krudebox, Qbrain, Shwetha Maiya, shenoyvarun86, shrik, Rahulk, udupendra, Kaiser Soze, Thejas V R, madhur, Vishnu, sumo_ftb, Bharath, Raghuvansh, lanu, Mo, mankuTimma and Xanda

This dude, first recipient of the medal 2 and inventor of 3. Who he?

To read 3, x(t) is the signal before and y(t) is after ;)

Cracked by: Thejas V R, varuns88, Dibyo, Qbrain, Bharath, Shwetha Maiya, Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, Manish Achuth, sandesh, Logik, Aparna, Aysha, byslexia, Raghuvansh, McNeill Ivan, dineshk, Amarendra, shrik, Anubhav, lanu, shenoyvarun86, udupendra, Kaiser Soze, Gurupad, Mukul Gupta, Ananth, KK, Rahulk, Martin and sumo_ftb

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What substance connects:

1. and other such creatures
2. 

(The connect is very direct - don’t overthink this one :) )

Cracked by Logik, Raghuvansh, Thejas V R, varuns88, byslexia, Dibyo, Ananth, Siddharth Jain, Anubhav, Shwetha Maiya, Qbrain, Bharath, Sumanth Patlolla, madhur, dineshk, shrik, udupendra, shenoyvarun86, Kaiser Soze, lanu, Rogi and Rahulk