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2009

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Totally tubular!

—srikanth @ 23:59

(Edit: Question dates fudged to push it back in time)

Here’s a second question for the day to make up for the repeat one earlier this week, folks.

Identify this chap and why he shot to “fame” on the interwebs:

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Cracked by Atul Mathew , Kal , Goyal , Rohan , Raghuvansh , username , udupendra , Jean Valjean , Mo and karthik.

Atul Mathew, Kal, Goyal, Rohan, Raghuvansh, username, udupendra, Jean Valjean, Mo and karthik


"Listen, strange women lying in ponds and handing out swords is no basis for a system of government."

—srikanth @ 20:43

What’s the story involving the guy in (1), a place in (2)’s legend, and a very irritating file format?

  1. 0a53adb5586bd531a09a5883c248864c
  2. 743f79fbabee74718aedd99a01d42ffb

Cracked by almost everyone.

Raghuvansh, Kal, Dibyo, Rohan, Ananth and Ananta


Friday, January 23, 2009

It's not the Illuminati...

—srikanth @ 21:00

A really neat question from p vs np. Identify the dude and connect to the rest

  1. 733f063867d704e8a7a2ff5d9efca1da
  2. fe8e81313c8abc4170d46fa179b25727
  3. 397287aeef8539d45c323c44c6f8bbcd
  4. 43469ca05bd33c4b80b06e5a95a20d42

Cracked by Jean Valjean alone! Great job…

Check out p vs np’s answer for the whole funda…

p vs np and Jean Valjean


Thursday, January 22, 2009

Take that, Tesla!

—devadutta @ 23:59

Who is this guy? and what is he famous for?

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Cracked by: Bipin Banavalikar , Kal , shenoyvarun86 , karthik , malcaluffin , Wasi Manazir , sumo , p vs np , lightyagami.

Bipin Banavalikar, Kal, shenoyvarun86, karthik, malcaluffin, Wasi Manazir, sumo, p vs np and lightyagami

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Nathan Stubblefield


Wednesday, January 21, 2009

And the award goes to...

—srikanth @ 21:00

A simple painting, but interesting nonetheless… What’s the medium of expression??

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Cracked by shenoyvarun86 , Goyal , karthik , Kal , Bipin Banavalikar , and udupendra.

shenoyvarun86, Goyal, karthik, Kal, Bipin Banavalikar and udupendra


Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Shining

—devadutta @ 22:23

Easy one. No, srsly, really easy.

What is blacked out?

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Cracked by: quaziluffy , priyananda , bobo , Ananth , K.S.Manish , Debasish , Martin , Raghuvansh , Rohan , Chandrakant Nair , username , Vinay Nair , Naveen Giles , Pradeep Ramarathnam , BASAB , Guneet , saurabh arora , Ajay Parasuram , Dibyo , shrik , Bharath , Kal , p vs np , duriel , Jean Valjean , Bipin Banavalikar , UDit , karthik , udupendra , Prasad , mach101 , Johny Walker , coffeebeans , abhishek and shenoyvarun86.

quaziluffy, priyananda, bobo, Ananth, K.S.Manish, Debasish, Martin, Raghuvansh, Rohan, Chandrakant Nair, username, Vinay Nair, Naveen Giles, Pradeep Ramarathnam, BASAB, Guneet, saurabh arora, Ajay Parasuram, Dibyo, shrik, Bharath, Kal, p vs np, duriel, Jean Valjean, Bipin Banavalikar, UDit, karthik, udupendra, Prasad, mach101, Johny Walker, coffeebeans, abhishek and shenoyvarun86

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Monday, January 19, 2009

Are you in it to win it?

—srikanth @ 20:00

Identify the statue below

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Cracked by everyone…

shenoyvarun86, Rohan, username, Gurupad, Goyal, Rahulk, udupendra, mach101, Bipin Banavalikar, bulldozer, Atul Mathew, Kal, saurabh arora, bs, priyananda, duriel, shrik, malcaluffin, karthik and Siddharth Jain


Sunday, January 18, 2009

It's all about type

—srikanth @ 22:30

Guest question from Dibyo.

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Identify the elderly gentleman sitting with the God and connect both to give a eight letter answer.

Send questions to [email protected] , the rest of you can.

Cracked by Rohan alone!

Dibyo and Rohan


Saturday, January 17, 2009

Ogres are like..

—devadutta @ 23:13

What technology?

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Note: 2 just represents its class of devices. You should not consider it in particular.

Cracked by: Kal , Raghuvansh , Rohan , ps , shrik , Bharath , Goyal , p vs np , madhur , Dibyo , Neeraj , Prasad , Ananth , udupendra , username , Vinay Nair , Chandrakant Nair , Pawankumar and Bipin Banavalikar.

Kal, Raghuvansh, Rohan, ps, shrik, Bharath, Goyal, p vs np, madhur, Dibyo, Neeraj, Prasad, Ananth, udupendra, username, Vinay Nair, Chandrakant Nair, Pawankumar and Bipin Banavalikar

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TOR – The onion Routing


Friday, January 16, 2009

Staple question

—srikanth @ 20:00

Identify and Connect

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Surprisingly, this one went uncracked.