Hola quiz-amigos. I am back after a long hiatus, during which time The Incredible Devadutta has posted some utterly brilliant questions and managed this place completely solo. Many thanks Mr D!

Here’s welcoming the new year with a back-to-basics Geekiness question. See the graphs below. What are they depicting?

PS: Refrain from going into gory details, plzkthx!

Cracked by: udupendra, Kaustubh, Bharath, dineshk, Rogi, jowens, Manish Achuth, duriel, Shwetha Maiya, shrik, Tushar S, Dibyo, raklodramA, Raghuvansh, Pawankumar Hegde, SV, Logik, Sumanth Patlolla, Rahul Rajeev, apar, lanu, Thejas V R, Ananth, Bipin Banavalikar, Siddarth Pai and Rahulk

Yay! Obscure meme question time.

Explain.

There are a lot more “art” forms of this type all over the net.

Treasure Hunt update: 3 people have cracked the puzzle, so the hunt will be closed tomorrow. If you hurry up, you can still get yourself 3 points!

Hint for stage 4: The blowfish you see is not a reference to the cipher.

Cracked by: Kaustubh, Sumanth Patlolla, jowens, xeqtor, Manish Achuth, Pawankumar Hegde, Dibyo, Rahulk, Rahul Rajeev, Rogi, Thejas V R, Anjul, udupendra, shrey, shrik, aditthya, apar, Bharath, Aparna, dineshk, duriel, Shwetha Maiya, Rithwik K, raklodramA, Logik, Raghuvansh and Ananth

Famous psychological experiment. Identify the dude (the freaky looking dog is his “apparatus” for the experiment)

AutoRaja will be back on Wednesday. So, please leave comments on unanswered questions asap.

Hint for treasure hunt: In stage 2, the owl is asking you to find a file.

Cracked by: xeqtor, Pawankumar Hegde, Kaustubh, Rahulk, mrsgollum, udupendra, Tribhuvanesh, shrik, Rogi, Dibyo, fistea, Logik, nishansolo, buk, Anjul, Tushar S, aditthya, joe, rohanquizzer, rey de v, Sumanth Patlolla, Rahul Rajeev, vinayaknp, Manish Achuth, Ananth, Goyal, Chris Danaceau, v.chandrashekar, duriel, dineshk, Siddarth Pai, badideabear, byslexia, shrey, jowens, Qbrain, Piyush, Thejas V R, eswar.pm, lanu, Nanda, shenoyvarun86, apar, Bharath, Aparna, Shwetha Maiya, Rithwik K, mankuTimma, Sanador, raklodramA and stinky94

Happy New Year folks!

We wish you a very bright and awesome 2011! 2010 was a lot of fun for us and hope you had fun too.

We had planned a lot of special events for 2010, but we were never able to get those things up to release quality. So, to change things for 2011, lets start the new year with a small treasure hunt!

Decipher the message below to get started with the hunt!

1. The first person to solve the puzzle will get 5 points and a surprise award!
2. The puzzle will be kept open for 2 days after the first person solves it
3. Anyone else who solves the puzzle(while its open) gets 3 points
4. Your runlength will NOT be affected if you do not answer this puzzle.

IMPORTANT: When you reach the treasure (end of the puzzle), follow instructions which you can find there.

So get cracking!

First clue:
=========== Start Message ==============

Fgrc 1: Qb jung gur Benpyr fnvq frpbaq
Fgrc 2: Qb jung gur bjy fnlf
Fgrc 3: Tb gb Fgrc 2

=========== End Message ==============

Update (2nd Jan)
Hints:
Stage 1: Gur Benpyr nfxrq Arb gb tb gb gur fbhepr va gur frpbaq zbir.
Stage 2: 1e3 is 1000

Logik(5), udupendra(3), shrik(3) and Rogi(3)