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2010

Friday, June 4, 2010

goto Answer

—devadutta @ 23:59

Think computer science and tell us who connects 1, 2. He also likes to write 3 + 4 = 7 as 3 4 + = 7

Sorry about the delay people. Question will be up longer

Cracked By: shrik, Sumanth Patlolla, umang, varuns88, Ajay Parasuram, Dibyo, udupendra, KK, Logik, Thejas V R, akhi, piezocake, Ananth, Manish Achuth, Ganesh Prasad, dineshk, Rogi, Abinaya, Rahulk, Anubhav, dheeraj, Aravindh, Aparna, Shwetha Maiya and Xanda


Oscilloscope Open

—devadutta @ 23:59

Another one from raklodramA. Cannot believe we had not asked this one before :)

What is this?

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, varuns88, udupendra, Thejas V R, shrik, Rogi, dineshk, SV, Ananth, Manish Achuth, Dibyo, Shwetha Maiya, Anubhav, eswar, googboog, krudebox, Rahulk, Smitha R Maiya, Vishnu, Sumanth Patlolla, KK, Treyambak Madyalkar, Logik, reddevil_ani, Roy, raklodramA, Bharath, lanu, Qbrain, shenoyvarun86, dheeraj, sandesh, Arun T P, Ajay Parasuram, varun, rohanquizzer, chubaka, Advaith and Xanda


Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Party like a physicist

—srikanth @ 23:59

Who connects:

Cracked by varuns88, dineshk, Aparna, Ananth, Rahulk, krudebox, shrik, Anubhav, lanu, Sumanth Patlolla, Qbrain, Bharath, udupendra, Dibyo, Shwetha Maiya, googboog, Treyambak Madyalkar, Ganesh Prasad, akhi, Rogi, dheeraj, Logik and Xanda

Show Answer

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac. Coined the terms pipette (1) and burette (2). The alcohol concentration measure ABV is also knowns as degrees Gay-Lussac since he came up with the way of measurement.


Tuesday, June 1, 2010

He never mentioned font size!

—devadutta @ 23:59

Famous page. Identify and connect to 2.

  1. 2.

Cracked By: Jean Valjean, Raghuvansh, shrik, udupendra, Ganesh prasad, Rogi, dineshk, Shwetha Maiya, Hari, Anubhav, krudebox, varuns88, Dibyo, Goyal, Ruth, Logik, Bharath, Qbrain, Rahulk, Thejas V R, reddevil_ani, googboog, Vishnu, rohanquizzer, Sumanth Patlolla, Manish Achuth, mankuTimma, Ananth, Smitha R Maiya, Arun Krishnamoorthy, Mo, eswar, Treyambak Madyalkar, Rithwik K, shenoyvarun86, dheeraj, sandesh, Aravindh, Advaith and Xanda


Monday, May 31, 2010

Tick, tock?

—srikanth @ 20:47

The picture below is of a display at an American store. What’s the device?

Cracked by varuns88, Rahulk, Thejas V R, shrik, googboog, Divya Sreedharan, Anubhav, Rogi, dineshk, Shwetha Maiya, akhi, Bharath, bobo, Ananth, Tooby, Aparna, Qbrain, lanu, Vardhan Shenoy, Treyambak Madyalkar, umang, sandesh, dheeraj, Aravindh and Xanda


Sunday, May 30, 2010

All hail pirates!

—devadutta @ 23:59

Sitter. Identify and put details please.

Lived up to its “sitter” status. Cracked by everyone! Namely Thejas V R, shrik, wanderlust, dineshk, Dibyo, Treyambak Madyalkar, nishansolo, akhi, googboog, Logik, Rahulk, krudebox, varuns88, lanu, rohanquizzer, reddevil_ani, shenoyvarun86, Shwetha Maiya, Anubhav, Ajay Parasuram, Bharath, Sumanth Patlolla, udupendra, bobo, Goyal, mankuTimma, raklodramA, Ananth, Jean Valjean, Aparna, Qbrain, Manish Achuth, Vardhan Shenoy, umang and Rogi


Saturday, May 29, 2010

I am sorry

—devadutta @ 18:06

Simple one for the day. Duke Nukem 3D’s reference to what?

Cracked by: Logik, krudebox, akhi, varuns88, Dibyo, Googboog, dineshk, Rogi, shrik, Bharath, Shwetha Maiya, Raghuvansh, Inglourious, Thejas V R, shenoyvarun86, nishansolo, Rahulk, Anubhav, udupendra, bobo, Ananth and Aparna

Show Answer

The monolith from Arther C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey


Friday, May 28, 2010

Fix it, I say!

—srikanth @ 23:59

The two guys in (1) developed something (known by their last names) that is now used all for many many things, all the way from communications in space (2) to media storage (3). What?

Cracked by everyone!

Logik, varuns88, Goyal, Treyambak Madyalkar, reddevil_ani, akhi, Rogi, dineshk, piezocake, shrik, Inglourious, Thejas V R, Rahulk, Shwetha Maiya, Sumanth Patlolla, googboog, Anubhav and Aparna


Thursday, May 27, 2010

Make like a tree and answer this question...

—srikanth @ 23:59

What’s the deal behind this real-life device shown below?

Cracked by Rogi, udupendra, Anubhav, dineshk, shrik, Logik, Rahulk, varuns88, umang, krudebox, akhi, Dibyo, Googboog, Shwetha Maiya, Thejas V R and shenoyvarun86


Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Not the dudes from Tintin

—devadutta @ 23:59

2 shows the results of an experiment which led 1 to discover something. Identify 1 and tell us what he discovered using 2.

Really sorry for the late post people.

Cracked by: Thejas V R, shenoyvarun86, varuns88, Qbrain, krudebox, raklodramA, Shwetha Maiya, shrik, Raghuvansh, Rogi, nishansolo, rohanquizzer, Vishnu, Rahulk, googboog, Bharath, dineshk, reddevil_ani, Aparna, Ganesh Prasad, Vardhan Shenoy, Goyal, madhur, Aysha, Treyambak Madyalkar, udupendra, mankuTimma, Dibyo, Anubhav, Logik, umang and akhi

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Sir. JJ Thomson and the discovery of isotopes.