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October 31, 2007

78 protons

— srikanth @ 9:57 am, GMT +0000 ( 1193824654 )

This question was handed in to us by Prasanth. What is going on here?


Cracked by: udupendra , bs , Varun.M , sidsen , vaibhav008 , Biki , alephnull , yaksha , Tathagata Chatterjee , nihit , rajeshvj , C’na and Keerthi.

Answer: (more…)

October 30, 2007

The holy trinity

— srikanth @ 10:01 am, GMT +0000 ( 1193738509 )

I had a bit of extra time today, so here’s a question that may require you to dig deeper than usual. Connect the three magazine covers below.

udupendra , 2ndratequizzer , alephnull , nihit , prasanth , Tathagata Chatterjee and SidSen have some real good taste.

Answer: (more…)

October 29, 2007

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— devadutta @ 10:30 am, GMT +0000 ( 1193653842 )

1,2 and 3 are few of the many things which have a 4 letter name you would have heard a 1000 times over the past year or so.

What is it? ( and identify 1,2,3)

1. 2.

3.

Cracked by everyone who tried. Namely, Quehin , SidSen , srichand , jayanth , bs , Atul Mathew , vaibhav008 , Ganesh Prasad , Srivatsa , iamniks , Keerthi Kiran M , rajeshvj , sharath , udupendra , Gammafunction , Madan , shivathilak , Abhishek , Tathagata Chatterjee , prasanth , yaksha and nihit.

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October 28, 2007

Fundamental

— srikanth @ 10:27 am, GMT +0000 ( 1193567229 )

Physics dudes rejoice! This question is ideally suited for you. Connect:

Identify them all for bonus points. Clue: This list is, currently, exhaustive.

Cracked by: Goutham , vaibhav008 , alephnull , Keerthi Kiran M , iamniks , Quehin , prasanth , Tathagata Chatterjee , Gammafunction , 2ndratequizzer and SidSen.

Answer: (more…)

October 27, 2007

High-School Physical

— devadutta @ 9:51 am, GMT +0000 ( 1193478716 )

If you replace the pictures of these dudes with their names in the equation below, you will see a very fundamental physics equation. Identify the equation and name the three. ( if you get the equation, naming them is a piece of cake)

= x

Cracked by: srikanth , piezocake , Poornima , vaibhav008 , sidsen , bs , sridhar , Atul Mathew , Ganesh Prasad , Gammafunction , Quehin , Shakeel , Goutham , rajeshvj , iamniks , nihit , Prasad and BiGFooT.

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October 26, 2007

Life, what is it but a dream?

— srikanth @ 9:26 am, GMT +0000 ( 1193390781 )

Connect everything.

The answer, ideally, consists of a number, and a bunch of explanations as to why that number makes sense in this context.

Cracked by: sidsen (Take a gander at his meticulously-crafted rant in the answers. It’s worth your time :-) ) , Poornima , Quehin , alephnull and prasanth.

Nope, the answer wasn’t Jabber. The real answer: (more…)

October 25, 2007

d/dx(sin(x)) = cos(x)

— devadutta @ 9:55 am, GMT +0000 ( 1193306110 )

Who is he?

Hints:

Cracked by: Poornima , Quehin , 2ndratequizzer , alephnull , Keerthi , Gammafunction , Mahesh , Ganesh Prasad , iamniks , Keerthi Kiran M , Abhishek , Varun.M , SidSen , yaksha and  nihit .

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October 24, 2007

There is hope

— srikanth @ 10:41 am, GMT +0000 ( 1193222478 )

The fate of an entire civilization depended on this, at one point of time. What is it?

Cracked by: bs , Prasad , Quehin , MGS, 2ndratequizzer , sridhar , Hari , C’na , Mahesh , rajeshvj , jayanth , iamniks , Swetha , Abhishek , Ganesh Prasad , Poornima , Keerthi , shyam , Goutham , udupendra , Keerthi Kiran M , prasanth , shivathilak , Gammafunction , insufferablejake , bobo , Vinod and Shashank.

Answer: (more…)

October 23, 2007

The sun is out already?

— devadutta @ 9:58 am, GMT +0000 ( 1193133502 )

What happened here?

and oh, Google did this when the above happened..

Whoa! 42 Comments! This question has had enough comments to give an Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything !

Bravo!! Poornima , Quehin , bs , rajeshvj , iamniks , Ganesh Prasad , Gammafunction , shyam , Abhishek , Keerthi Kiran M , Madan , alephnull , sharath , shivathilak , prasanth , Preetish , Varun.M , Shakeel , SidSen , uma , asha , yaksha , Vinod , Mahesh , bobo , nihit , jayanth , Shashank , sridhar , srikanth , Kishen , Swetha , Deepshikha , vaibhav008 , Prithvi , Prasad.

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October 22, 2007

The origins of techno?

— srikanth @ 10:12 am, GMT +0000 ( 1193047920 )

Identify the instrument being played in this clip:


Cracked by: devadutta , Poornima , Quehin , udupendra , bs , Varun.M , Keerthi , Keerthi Kiran M , iamniks , Mahesh , Gammafunction , alephnull , bobo , shyam , Abhishek and prasanth

Answer: (more…)

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