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2009

Monday, December 21, 2009

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—devadutta @ 23:59

Identify and connect

googlephonemain-420x0 Blade_Runner_poster

Cracked by: shashank, anurag, krudebox, p vs np, joe, shrik, madhur, Logik, MadGenius, shenoyvarun86, Suhel Banerjee, prasanth, varuns88, udupendra, Rogi, Ps, SV, Gurupad, Dibyo, Ananth, Jean Valjean, umang, Raghuvansh, dheeraj and Chinmaya U.Holla

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Google’s Nexus One phone, whocse name is supposedly a reference to the bots in Bladerunner.


ho ho ho

—srikanth @ 21:30

What exactly is this?

Call it holiday cheer :-P This is just free points for everyone!

Cracked byjoe, p vs np, Dibyo, byslexia, akhi, udupendra, eli, Gurupad, Rogi, varuns88, RahulN, shenoyvarun86, umang, shrik, shashank, Logik, madhur, Ananth, Raghuvansh, dheeraj, Sandesh, Anubhav, anurag, quaziluffy and Higgers


Saturday, December 19, 2009

Its snowing men!

—devadutta @ 23:56

Traffic lights in regions with heavy snowfall did not have this problem until recently.

What makes present day traffic lights susceptible to this kind distributed devastation by snow (DDbS ;) ) attack?

Snow Covered Stoplights

@Logik: Glad you liked the question sire!

@varun uncle: the interwebs is a small place :P

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Logik, krudebox, Ps, varuns88, Rogi, shenoyvarun86, Gurupad, akhi, byslexia, adiS, umang, p vs np, shashank, Higgers, Shrey Goyal, Ananth, sidsen, dheeraj, madhur, Dibyo, Sandesh, BASAB, Ludwig, joe and Aditya


Friday, December 18, 2009

Killing me softly with her game

—devadutta @ 23:59

Fully framed guest question from sidsen(after a long long time). Your trophy, sire:

Id. this Uber pretty chika, who has also been ranked as one of the 100 most desirable women by askmen.com.

266864.4

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Ps, sidsen, Rogi, shenoyvarun86, xtremevarun, udupendra, Dibyo, Gurupad, Logik, dheeraj, Jean Valjean, Mitesh, akhi, Aditya, Swamy, p vs np and umang


Thursday, December 17, 2009

A little mixed up?

—srikanth @ 23:59

What strange property connects these 5 fairly random people? The list is by no means exhaustive.

Cracked by Logik, Raghuvansh, MadGenius, Ps, Rogi, Dibyo, shenoyvarun86, udupendra, sidsen, krudebox, p vs np, shrik, byslexia, umang, dheeraj, Mitesh, Gurupad, abhijeet, akhi and Ananth


Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Shine

—devadutta @ 23:14

What is this?

800px-PS20andPS10

Cracked By: krudebox, Chinmaya U.Holla, p vs np, udupendra, RahulN, shrik, byslexia, sidsen, akhi, Abinaya, Gurupad, Rogi, Logik, umang, Raghuvansh, Ps, Aparna, Ananth, Dibyo, emrohit, MadGenius, shenoyvarun86, Mitesh, Hemank, prasanth, dheeraj, adiS, manikandan, murphy, Rand Al’Thor and Anubhav

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The ultra awesome PS10 and PS20 solar power generators. They have heliostat mirrors which reflect sun’s energy into a tower where it converts water into steam and runs turbines to generate electricity.

Many of you got the place wrong, but since I did not ask for it, you will not loose points :)


Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Ouch.

—srikanth @ 21:30

Connect to a single word.

  1. 2f5c2f98a91cc0e991b67f4044c8d0d3
  2. 3ee414c32e68892ca9f75dadc2bfe09c
  3. 2ecc749cb937d31d384ea97c98c7c892

Cracked by Raghuvansh, udupendra, shrik, Chinmaya U.Holla, Rogi, p vs np, sidsen, Ps, shenoyvarun86, joe, Dibyo, Gurupad, Logik and byslexia


Monday, December 14, 2009

The answer knows the question.

—srikanth @ 21:30

A guest question submitted by Logik (your GQHero badge) Who is the somewhat unlikely creator of these devices? He’s better known for his work in a more theoretical field.

Cracked by everyone!

Raghuvansh, Gurupad, Mitesh, Dibyo, Rogi, Chinmaya U.Holla, shrik, byslexia, shenoyvarun86, udupendra, Ps, Logik, p vs np, madhur and xtremevarun


Sunday, December 13, 2009

Wake me up when the ticket is $100

—devadutta @ 23:31

We all have seen this thing’s elder brother. What is this?

ss2-and-vms-eve3-660x423

Cracked by: udupendra, Rogi, shrik, Dibyo, shenoyvarun86, Gurupad, byslexia, Ps, raklodramA, prasanth, Chinmaya U.Holla, joe, murphy, dheeraj, nishansolo, p vs np, Logik, umang, Mitesh, Raghuvansh, madhur, akhi, sidsen and Anubhav

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Virgin’s Spaceship 2


Saturday, December 12, 2009

Look out below!

—srikanth @ 23:10

Identify and connect.

Cracked by everyone!

Logik, Chinmaya U.Holla, Rogi, sidsen, shrik, Dibyo, Ps, p vs np, Gurupad, Raghuvansh, Ajay Parasuram, v.chandrashekar, byslexia, udupendra, shenoyvarun86, dheeraj and Mitesh