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Separated in inter-galactic kumbh-mela?

srikanth — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:59:38 +0000

What connects:

These events
1. Cretaceous–Tertiary
2. Triassic–Jurassic
3. Permian–Triassic
4. Late Devonian
5. Ordovician–Silurian, and so on…

Play

devadutta — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:51:01 +0000

A 17 year old’s creation. Super hot right now. What?

Unnecessary hint:

Slalom, baby, slalom!

srikanth — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:59:47 +0000

What you see on the right in both images below should be fairly obvious. Question is: what’s on the left?

a^2

devadutta — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:42:41 +0000

Getting a lot of attention of late. What is it?

Hint:

Cracked by: Logik , Amarendra , Dibyo , udupendra , Gurupad , varuns88 , shenoyvarun86 , username , krudebox , googboog , foobar , MadGenius , sandesh , shrik , Abinaya , madhur , Rogi , Bikiran , sidsen , Raghuvansh , Mo , Aditya , malcaluffin , Thejas V R , Aparna , The Lonely Saint , mankuTimma , Inglourious , AmK , ayush and Shwetha Maiya

Answer: Jack Dorsey’s Square — iPhone(or Android) payment system

It’s all about the rhythm

srikanth — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:59:42 +0000

In a gaming context, what connects:

No sonic boom

devadutta — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:59:33 +0000

Very simple. Identify

Cracked by: udupendra , Raghuvansh , Gurupad , username , shrik , Dibyo , krudebox , shenoyvarun86 , varuns88 , Logik , googboog , Rogi , Anurag , sidsen , bobo , foobar and Aditya

Answer:

Martin “jet-pack”

Although one can sell a few organs and get this thing, aviation rules all over the world disallow flying them in public airspaces. Bad.

Pepsi

devadutta — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:59:22 +0000

Guest question from shenoyvarun86

A was the first device. B was the first person to use the device. C is a hint. Identify A and B.

Cracked by: theJoker , Logik , krudebox , MadGenius , Gurupad , wanderlust , joe , googboog , Thejas V R , varuns88 , Dibyo , udupendra , , Raghuvansh , Bikiran , akhi , Rogi , anubhav bhattacharjee , shenoyvarun86 , sidsen , Sourya , username , scipio , Santosh , nishansolo and The Lonely Saint

Answer: Quoting nishansolo

A – Artificial Pacemaker
B – Arne Larsson
C – Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty

Toot toot

srikanth — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:59:59 +0000

What paradoxical construct connects:

Cracked by varuns88 , Thejas V R , Raghuvansh , Gurupad , shenoyvarun86 , googboog , shrik , Dibyo , Rogi , username , The Lonely Saint and Logik

Answer:

Gabriel’s (1) horn, or Torricelli’s (2) trumpet, an object with seemingly infinite surface area, but finite volume!

Death to Bonzi Buddy!

srikanth — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:59:55 +0000

Guest question from logik. What’s the solemn occasion?

Cracked by everyone!

Answer:

Straight from the horse’s mouth:

“The Funeral of IE6

Microsoft even sent in a bunch of flowers.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2…..6_funeral/“

Sounds like lotus*

devadutta — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:59:56 +0000

Connect these real queens to a fictional “intergalactic queen”

*in Kannada/Samskruta

Cracked by: Inglourious , Sourya , Chinmaya U.Holla , sidsen , krudebox , The Lonely Saint , Thejas V R , shenoyvarun86 , udupendra , Dibyo , MadGenius , shrik , Advaith , Prasad , Logik , username , varuns88 , Raghuvansh , nishansolo , googboog , Rogi , Vishal , foobar , Aparna , Ananth , joe , BASAB , Gurupad and Bipin Banavalikar

Answer:

Padmé Amidala’s costumes were modeled on real queens like the(?) wife of Genghis Khan and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna