All you need is some orientation

A celebrity in the field of Biochemistry, and a knight to boot,

this man X created a technique which has something to do with pic1. The technique is thusly, named after him. Let’s call it X1.

sir_biochemist

structure_pic1

Now, the prankster scientists in the field started naming other techniques as a pun on X1.

So, a technique based on pic2 was called Y ( which had some relevance in naming, in fact)
and one based on pic3 was called Z ( no connection whatsoever, done just for kicks) and so on.
The list continues for some 2 more techniques.

structure_pic2

structure_pic3

hints:
1. pic1, pic2, and pic3 are generic representations.
2. pic2 has three subtypes, one of which is a courier of sorts.

X, X1.
Y, Z, please.

 

Suit yourself, Mr. Tweedledum

Yeah, we didn’t post for a while. Lazy QM’s, we.
Here are three questions. All of them are fairly easy.

1. A, is known by the name of a person B in the western world, while in the land of the Great Firewall, it’s known by the name of C.
B, C ?

2. Sean Connery, and Mike Myers, are flaunting this apparel, that became immensely popular in the west, following a certain celebrity group’s endorsement in one of their historic music tours.
The suit, and the group, please.

3. Shown is a representation of a character Z, wearing a suit, famous around the WWII times. These have had their share of notoriety owing to a violent sequence of events, at around the same timeframe. The chief perpetrators were identified by their excessive ‘wearage’ of these type of suits.
The character is of course part of a long-running comic strip created by Y.
The ’soot’, and Y( or the comic strip).

P.S : Also, In the witty words of bigfatphoenix,
Safari Suit #kvlt

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Mrinalini cracks all three. Respect.

Mr. Guessthelogo, and Mr.quintili < long_name> get the 2nd one right.

Answer:

 

Rockstar Symphony

This gentleman here, happens to be a composer.

He’s very famous in the tech-biz world for an interesting composition consisting of just 5 notes.

Simple. Id him and the creation.

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Cracked by Akshay. Welcome back, i say.

Answer:

 

Beep Beep

Jolly sitter.

What’s this xkcd strip about?

Or to put it simply, blanks fill maadi.

engineering

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Cracked by Shrey, kcm, and Nair

 

Gaaah Kadpapa!

Hybrid of which 2 people?

Maul Stanley is a parody hybrid of Darth Maul and Paul Stanley (aka The Starchild of KISS fame)

Cracked completely by Panda.

 

25$

Id the book.

Velvet Underground by Michael Leigh from which Lou Reed took the band’s name.
Cracked by Panda and Kartik.

 

Yarrr!!!

Id the book and its super-famous sci-fi author.

Also put a bit on the book’s recent claim to fame.

book

author

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Cracked by Kartik and Panda.

 

Longbows?

What unique achievement does the guy in the first pic hold wrt to the second pic?

Owain Glyndŵr is the only Welshman (and not the heir apparent to the English throne) to ever hold the title of the Prince of Wales after England conquered Wales.

Logik got the insignia right.

 

Stuff white people like

Sitter Sunday. Two questions.

1 .

These books are marketed under a common brandname. What it is?

book

Clues:

2.

On a similar note , What is this method ( a means of productivity ) called?

method

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1. Cracked by panda, Kitta, and Hasan.
2. Cracked by Kitta, although Hasan got the general funda right

Answer:

 

Sane Man

Connect this list:

These 2 videos:

And these 2 pics

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cracked by gudur, dl, logik and srikanth

Answer :

 

And the difference would be a movie

And the final question from the theme week. A sitter, I think. [ late night question, excuse the grammar]

Composer A made a very popular tune B to remember the fact that his nation’s troops defended against the warring forces.

composer

Image © Corbis

Band, C , released a monstrous song D, which is a tribute of sorts to B, because of its name, and a section of the guitaring being similar to B.

band

Oh, I’ve started, so I’ll finish.
There is the audio as well. Help yourselves. [reduce the volume a few notches]
B

D

A?B?C?D?

Cracked by Panda.

Answer:

 

These germans are crazy

X was a German academic in the field of literature and linguistics, and a librarian. During his extended period of free-book-readings, he coined the term Y in his language, to describe a particular sort of educative novels.

scholar

Few examples of the sort of novels, are shown here. Figuring out a common motif might help.

harry potter series

huckleberry finn

So, I’ll have the usual please. X and Y?

Cracked only by Shri. Royan.
Answer:

 

Jungle Boogie

A random movie was X, whose cover is shown in its Technicolor glory.

For those well-versed in African languages, X is a word meaning danger/risk, and has Arabic roots.

movie

The only reason this movie would be known is for this particularly joyous n jazzy theme song Y, which should hopefully play if you click on it.

The tune became very popular, covered and copied by zillions of artists.

The composer of the tune was Mr.Z, who’s a celebrity in the music world for composing another tune, which should be apparent if you listen to Y.

composer

Id X, Y, and Z.

[ Note : Boogie usually means the blues, and Jungle Boogie was a funk song. Consider it as a desperate pulp fiction reference, and NOT as a clue. much thanks ]

Cracked by everybody
@Chandrakant – cool.

Answer:

 

Baba Pasha Bangali

The question is timepass, but the word usage is interesting.

Shown is an image of a salesman pitching his products.

A stereotype image of the ’salesman’ is also shown. What be the product?

pic1

pic2

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Cracked by Debasish, Panda, Priya, and Capt. PJ Vogon

Answer: