Who is this brilliant guy?

Hint:

Almost everyone got it.

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Johny Walker, Logik, Madhu, Rogi, Vaishnavi, Goyal, Ananth, dheeraj, Wasi Manazir, superbrat, akhi, Dibyo, nishansolo, wanderlust, varuns88, piezocake, Martin, udupendra, Atul Mathew, Ram, Hari Parameswaran, K.Manish, Fakeer and dsylexicdesi

These now-staple creatures of Horror stories originated in British RAF lingo. They were popularized by (1), and brought to the masses by Disney in (2). We’re probably most familiar with them in (2) and (3). Identify the creatures.

1. 
2. 
3. 

Cracked by

udupendra , Rogi , Raghuvansh , varuns88 , superbrat , bobo , Chitananda , p vs np , Dibyo , dheeraj , Logik , Johny Walker , Advaith and Rahulk.

udupendra, Rogi, Raghuvansh, varuns88, superbrat, bobo, Chitananda, p vs np, Dibyo, dheeraj, Logik, Johny Walker, Advaith and Rahulk

What is this apparatus called and what is the technique originially introduced by this apparatus used for?

Hint:

Cracked by: Kamal Rathi , Rahulk , Raghuvansh , lordmaldy , varuns88 , Logik , Dibyo , Rogi and Joshan.

Kamal Rathi, Rahulk, Raghuvansh, lordmaldy, varuns88, Logik, Dibyo, Rogi and Joshan

Free points for everyone. Identify claim to fame of image:

Cracked more or less by MitC , sUSHRUT , Rogi , udupendra , Raghuvansh , Dibyo , lordmaldy , abhijeet , Logik , Wasi Manazir , Anirudh and Rahulk.

MitC, sUSHRUT, Rogi, udupendra, Raghuvansh, Dibyo, lordmaldy, abhijeet, Logik, Wasi Manazir, Anirudh and Rahulk

This girl named something (when she was eleven) and got a reward of 5 pounds. Her suggestion was taken over thousands of other names suggested from around the world. 2 was one of the three names which made it to the final vote, where her suggestion won.

What did she name? (ID her for extra fun)

1. 2.

Hint: She died recently at the age of 90. RIP.

Cracked by everyone.

Kaiser Soze(2), Atul Mathew, Higgers, emrohit, wanderlust, Anonymous, udupendra, Rahulk, Rithwik K, Vaishnavi, lordmaldy, Kamal Rathi, akhi, Chandrakant Nair, Rohan, Logik, Superbrat, Siddharth Jain, Rudradeep, Dibyo, nishansolo, byslexia, foobar, varuns88, Jean Valjean, Rogi and Joshan

A running theme of similar occurences to characters of this sort led to a term being created in the movie industry. What term?

Cracked by udupendra , Dibyo , Whattra , Johny Walker , lordmaldy , Raghuvansh , Rogi and Rahulk.

udupendra, Dibyo, Whattra, Johny Walker, lordmaldy, Raghuvansh, Rogi and Rahulk

Identify and Connect

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Cracked by: udupendra , alephnull , Nakul , Chandrakant Nair , Rogi , Rahulk , Dibyo , Atul Mathew , sidsen , superbrat , Raghuvansh , byslexia and Ananth.

udupendra, alephnull, Nakul, Chandrakant Nair, Rogi, Rahulk, Dibyo, Atul Mathew, sidsen, superbrat, Raghuvansh, byslexia and Ananth

Long before this term was used to describe a device, it was used as a job description. Identify maadi:

Cracked by Ananth , udupendra , Shrey Goyal , Johny Walker , Raghuvansh , bobo , p vs np , Chandrakant Nair , Rahulk , byslexia , madhur , Mo , Dibyo , wanderlust and Hari Parameswaran.

Ananth, udupendra, Shrey Goyal, Johny Walker, Raghuvansh, bobo, p vs np, Chandrakant Nair, Rahulk, byslexia, madhur, Mo, Dibyo, wanderlust and Hari Parameswaran

Who connects

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Cracked by: Raghuvansh , udupendra , Rogi , Logik , p vs np , akhi , Chandrakant Nair and Rahulk.

Raghuvansh, udupendra, Rogi, Logik, p vs np, akhi, Chandrakant Nair and Rahulk

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Andrew S Tanenbaum

Guest question from Raghuvansh Ramaswamy. Thanks saar!

Term X was coined by 1, who also provided the first example of it. Later examples came from the other three people shown, among a whole lot of others. ID X and 1 and explain what X means. (Optionally, you can id all the four junta)

1. 

2. 

3 and 4

Hint: Click on 2 and observe closely. He was(is) very famous because of this.

Went Uncracked.