Mussaman Burj, supposedly where Shah Jahan spent his last days because of the view it offered of Taj Mahal. Connect the man to the fest.

John Charles Fields (of the Fields Medal) and an Archimedes wheel. The Fields medal carries many references to Archimedes. Whose last residence and why?

Steely Dan think their song “Cousin Dupree” was misappropriated to make the movie “You, Me and Dupree.” Read their hilarious letter here. What’s a Canadian mathematician got to do with that muddy thing?

“Numbers” by Kraftwerk, inspired “Planet Rock” by Afrika Bambaataa. Bambaataa internalized the drum pattern on “Numbers” so much that he ended up creating the music on this fantastic Nike commercial based on it. Why did the hippies want the hipster to apologize?

Bizet’s Carmen. Today’s question: This song inspired another very popular song, which in turn inspired the sounds on something which was all the rage a few years back. (Listen to it through the flash widget here or by downloading the file directly from this link.) Details? [blip.tv ?posts_id=1525682&dest=-1]

Hansa Wadkar, Smitha Patil playing her in Shyam Benegal’s Bhumika. Three black reinventions of what?

Albert Einstein’s desk in Princeton. Real life, meet reel life. Explain.

The GE Building in New York sometimes referred to as 30 Rock, a reference to its address at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. The famous photo Lunchtime atop a Skyscraper was taken here when the building was under construction in 1932. This guy probably lived by a tenet that equated an empty desk with an empty mind….

Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin who lend their names to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (or Bacille Calmette-Guérin, BCG) the vaccine against tuberculosis. Connect.

“Pop Goes The Weasel” – alludes to the Eagle pub and the spinning weasel. This French bacteriologist, and his colleague, a veterinarian, are remembered through a three letter acronym. Explain.