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2010

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Missing comments

—srikanth @ 08:02

Gremlins ate your comments.

We’re working to get them back. Stay tuned…

Update: In the meantime, all comments are disabled till further notice. We’ll give you more time to post answers later. Thanks for your patience…

Update 2: Alright, comments are back. Answers are open again, as most of you noticed. We will now return to our regularly scheduled programming…


Plug me in...

—srikanth @ 23:59

Plaintext question for today.

  1. Created in 1968. Brought life back into a dying brand.
  2. They are made from 6 individual parts of ABS.
  3. Started with a cop, a fireman, a nurse, and astronauts.
  4. The most expensive one ever was made of gold, and was a model of C3P0
  5. Globally, 3.9 are sold per second

What am I talking about?

Cracked by: Kaustubh, apar, dineshk, Rogi, Ananth, SV, byslexia, jowens, Shwetha Maiya, krudebox, Bharath, Thejas V R, shrik, mankuTimma, Pawankumar Hegde, Dibyo, Rahulk, krikkrak, Raghuvansh, Akshay Lal, Siddarth Pai, Pawankumar Hegde, Abhiram Bharadwaj Diddigi, bluegem4, Sumanth Patlolla, Logik, Vijay, udupendra, Rohit, Rohit, username and SS

Edit: It should be 1978, and not 1968. My bad. Points given to anyone who mentioned Lego.


Saturday, November 20, 2010

Understanding the depth of the situation ;)

—devadutta @ 23:59

Sitter.

Identify and connect 1 to the point A in 2

Cracked by: vijayaraghavan, Ananth, apar, jowens, Raghuvansh, byslexia, shrik, v.chandrashekar, Bharath, aditthya, Rogi, Shwetha Maiya, Pawankumar Hegde, username, rohit, Anjul, bluegem4, raklodramA, Thejas V R, dineshk, mankuTimma, krudebox, Piyush, Arjun Murali, Kaustabh Datta Choudhury, SS, Dibyo, Himadri, Hari, Sumanth Patlolla and udupendra

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Microsoft’s Kinect was originally codenamed “Project Natal” after the city Natal.


Friday, November 19, 2010

You no goeth.

—devadutta @ 23:59

Bayeux Tapestry showing the king begin told of what?

Cracked by: Pawankumar Hegde, udupendra, Kaustubh, Ananth, apar, SS, Rogi, Raghuvansh, Bharath, Vijay, Piyush, Abhiram Bharadwaj Diddigi, Shwetha Maiya, aditthya, bluegem4, username, Sumanth Patlolla, dineshk, krikkrak, shrik, Rohit, Dibyo, Thejas V R, vijay, mankuTimma, Siddarth Pai, Aditya Prabhu, quaziluffy, jowens, pavan, v.chandrashekar, byslexia, Mikey, Anjul, raklodramA, Rahulk, krudebox and Manish Achuth

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Halley’s Comet!


Thursday, November 18, 2010

Unify

—srikanth @ 23:59

In one word, what connects:

Cracked by: Logik, Kaustubh, jowens, Pawankumar Hegde, apar, Rogi, Bharath, shrik, udupendra, Shwetha Maiya, v.chandrashekar, SS, Raghuvansh, Thejas V R, username, Siddarth Pai, raklodramA and Rahulk

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PZ Myers’s famous blog is named Pharyngula after his “favourite” stage of an embryo’s development. At the Pharyngula stage, almost all animal embryos look the same.


Wednesday, November 17, 2010

It works, #*%@#*!

—devadutta @ 23:59

Explain how the “thing” is defying gravity in the copper tube.

Video Link for the flash challenged.

Cracked by: apar, Ananth, Pawankumar Hegde, Rogi, jowens, dineshk, username, Raghuvansh, Manish Achuth, udupendra, Piyush, Thejas V R, wizardofid, shrik, krikkrak, Siddarth Pai, SS, Logik, Bharath, Shwetha Maiya and prasanna

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Eddy currents induced by the magnet in the copper tube creates a magnetic field which in turn slows it down. Science is awesome.


Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Grow a spines!

—srikanth @ 23:59

What/who came after 1 and 2?

Cracked by: Rogi, bluegem4, Kaustubh, Pawankumar Hegde, dineshk, Ananth, Raghuvansh, Bharath, apar, jowens, Manish Achuth, Rahulk, Thejas V R, username, shrik, raklodramA, Sumanth Patlolla, aditthya, v.chandrashekar, udupendra, Ramprasad, Ramprasad and krikkrak

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SEGA wanted a mascot to rival Nintendo’s Mario. Their first attempt was Opa-opa (1). Then they tried Alex Kidd (2). They eventually hit upon Sonic the hedgehog, and stuck with it till now.


Monday, November 15, 2010

Chain

—devadutta @ 23:59

Simple one for the day. Identify 1 and 2 (which will actually connect them too).

Cracked by: Bharath, apar, jowens, Rogi, Pawankumar Hegde, shrik, bluegem4, Sumanth Patlolla, Rahul Rajeev, v.chandrashekar, krudebox, pavan, dineshk, Raghuvansh, username, raklodramA, Abhiram Bharadwaj Diddigi, Thejas V R, Ananth, SS, Piyush, aditthya and Shwetha Maiya

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FERMIAC - an Analog computer invented by Enrico Fermi!


Sunday, November 14, 2010

No more turtles?

—srikanth @ 23:59

This programming language kinda saw a revival with the OLPC. What’s it called?

Cracked by: Pawankumar Hegde, shrik, Rahul Rajeev, dineshk, apar, Rogi, SV, shenoyvarun86, jowens, krudebox, Rahulk, Manish Achuth, bluegem4, raklodramA, Vinay Nair Karath, Thejas V R, SS, username and udupendra

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eToys. The wiki page has neat info on its pedigree.


Saturday, November 13, 2010

Awkward name

—devadutta @ 23:59

Guest question from Manish Achutha %gqh%. Thank you sire and congrats on winning your first GQH trophy!

Identify.

Cracked by: SS, apar, jowens, Raghuvansh, username, Ananth, Rogi, pavan, Pawankumar Hegde, byslexia, Vaibhav Bajpai, Rohit, Vijay, raklodramA, dineshk, Thejas V R, krudebox, Anubhav Chatterjee, Shwetha Maiya, Dhan, mankuTimma, Anjul, shrik, Rahul Rajeev, KK, Abhiram Bharadwaj Diddigi, shenoyvarun86, Sumanth Patlolla, Rahulk, bluegem4, Logik, v.chandrashekar, Manish Achuth, Bharath and Piyush

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Fujitsu IPad. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujitsu_iPAD