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

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

1. 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

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

This fight between an infamous hollywood director and a famous internet nerd was one of a series. What was the series called, and who are the fighters in this particular bout?

Hear the audio for a host of clues

Cracked by: iamniks, Varun, Dibyo, Keerthi Kiran M, Gammafunction, udupendra, prasanth, yaksha, bobo, sidsen, Vivek, Vinay, Abhishek, and shreyas.

iamniks, Varun, Dibyo, Keerthi Kiran M, Gammafunction, udupendra, prasanth, yaksha, bobo, sidsen, Vivek, Vinay, Abhishek and shreyas

1. 2.

1 is rather famous for bringing 2 into the British army. 1’s design of 2 was largely borrowed from similar designs used in another army. Which army?

Cracked By: teju , sidsen , Quehin , jayanth , bobo , iamniks , Dibyo , alephnull , aandthirtyeights , Madan , shivathilak , Lord Jim , Anirudh , prasanth , Gammafunction , Vivek , Tathagata Chatterjee , Anon and yaksha.

teju, sidsen, Quehin, jayanth, bobo, iamniks, Dibyo, alephnull, aandthirtyeights, Madan, shivathilak, Lord Jim, Anirudh, prasanth, Gammafunction, Vivek, Tathagata Chatterjee, Anonymous and yaksha