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February 2010

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Can I touch it?

—devadutta @ 23:59

What is this technique called? (clicky to see the big image)

Cracked By: krudebox, Arun T P, madhur, Rogi, byslexia, Gurupad, Dibyo, googboog, shenoyvarun86, username, sidsen, Chinmaya U.Holla, shrik, Aditya, Thejas V R, Asad, Shwetha Maiya, udupendra and sandesh


Saturday, February 27, 2010

Short and sweet

—srikanth @ 21:32

Slightly obscure/hardcore question, but hopefully enough clues here to get the answer.

Once upon a time there was a challenge. (1) was the target. (2) was the first attempt. (3) was the runner up but (4) eventually won.

Details of the challenge, please!

Cracked by username, Rogi, Gurupad, Aditya, Inglourious, shenoyvarun86, googboog, Dibyo, madhur, varuns88, krudebox, shrik, byslexia, AmK, sidsen, udupendra, Thejas V R, Raghuvansh, Bipin Banavalikar, Logik, Aparna, malcaluffin, BASAB, sandesh, Chinmaya U.Holla and Shwetha Maiya


Friday, February 26, 2010

Electrical engineers should see it. Definitely.

—devadutta @ 23:59

Sitter-ish question.

What number is 8’s new friend?

Cracked by: shenoyvarun86, Rogi, Gurupad, nishansolo, Bipin Banavalikar, sidsen, dheeraj, wanderlust, Raghuvansh, krudebox, shrik, byslexia, Dibyo, googboog, Logik, shashank, username, Chandramohan, Aditya, Inglourious, Higgers, udupendra, Thejas V R, Shwetha Maiya and Poornima


Thursday, February 25, 2010

Who wrote this?

—srikanth @ 23:59

Eccentric UC Santa Cruz Prof (1) wrote (2), which has a lot of people all agog about complicated things like the soul, consciousness, intelligence, and what not.

Identify (1) and (2)

Cracked by varuns88, madhur, Dibyo, Rogi, Thejas V R, Gurupad, shrik, googboog, shenoyvarun86, Logik, Sumanth Patlolla, SV, mankuTimma and udupendra


Wednesday, February 24, 2010

We love you too!

—devadutta @ 23:59

X’s tribute to Y’s tribute to Z. Identify X,Y and Z

Cracked by: udupendra, Dibyo, LVS, shrik, mankuTimma, shenoyvarun86, nishansolo, Rogi, sidsen, Gurupad, Logik, Raghuvansh, varuns88, byslexia, googboog and Inglourious


Tuesday, February 23, 2010

im on ur base protesting ur bombs

—srikanth @ 23:59

Identify the man (1) and the country (he’s holding the flag and the coin is in (2))

Cracked by shyam, udupendra, Gurupad, mankuTimma, raklodramA, sidsen, shrik, Raghuvansh, nishansolo, Rogi, Dibyo, Inglourious, p vs np, Logik, Ayush Agrawal, Army_of_One, sandesh, shenoyvarun86, Rahulk, Aditya, Chinmaya U.Holla, varuns88, byslexia, Thejas V R, Bipin Banavalikar and googboog


Monday, February 22, 2010

The most awesome machine EVAR

—devadutta @ 23:59

Identify and connect
Video

Repeat question. Sarry folkz. Free Points to everyone.

Chinmaya U.Holla, LVS, krudebox, Rogi, udupendra, varuns88, Inglourious, shrik, Gurupad, Mo, sidsen, shenoyvarun86, sandesh, thehaltingproblem, Raghuvansh, Dibyo, Aneesh, byslexia, mankuTimma, raklodramA, nishansolo, p vs np, Aparna, Thejas V R and Bipin Banavalikar


Sunday, February 21, 2010

Look ma, no hands!

—srikanth @ 23:59

What recently-unveiled product is being demonstrated below?

(I’m sincerely hoping this comes with life insurance of some sort)

Cracked by Gurupad, Logik, udupendra, madhur, sidsen, krudebox, shenoyvarun86, shrik, sandesh, varuns88, Rogi, Dibyo, nishansolo, Raghuvansh, Rahulk, Thejas V R, mankuTimma, Aditya, Chinmaya U.Holla, Inglourious, raklodramA, Ayush Agrawal and Army_of_One


Saturday, February 20, 2010

Happiness, I has it

—devadutta @ 23:59

We have ended the GQ marathon. It was awesome fun! Keep sending in questions to [email protected]

Identify and connect to an “effect” which only these two songs supposedly possess.

  1. [audio:http://boiledbeans.net/audio/km.mp3]
    Clip 1
  2. [audio:http://boiledbeans.net/audio/ym.mp3]
    Clip 2

Bonus cookies if you can connect the “effect” to this kid

Cracked By: varuns88, Dibyo, shenoyvarun86, sidsen, Rogi, shrik, nishansolo, mankuTimma and udupendra

Show Answer

Mozart Effect


Friday, February 19, 2010

Amerika!

—srikanth @ 23:59

Guest Question Marathon continues with this really neat question (slightly modified) from Rogi ! What’s the story connecting:

Keep running! Send them to [email protected]!

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, varuns88, udupendra, nishansolo, shenoyvarun86, madhur, Rogi, Dibyo, umang, Bharath and Rahulk