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April 2011

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

God created Tetris

—devadutta @ 23:59

If Tetris was a religion, what would these be? ( According to a famous “artist” :P )

Cracked by: shrik, jowens, Raghuvansh, Ananth, Anjul, Riyaz Usman, Dibyo, Debasish, Manish Achuth, Kriti Kalwad, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, shrey, aditthya, jins, rohanquizzer, nikhil, Siddarth Pai, piezocake, Rahul Rajeev, dineshk, Antariksh Bothale, Tribhuvanesh, krudebox, Mahi, Thejas V R and udupendra


My hero!

—srikanth @ 23:59

Extremely aggressive ad (slightly censored), but I don’t think it was ever used. Identify the creator/designer (not the company).

Cracked by: shrik, Raghuvansh, jowens, Rogi and dineshk

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Bob widlar. Analog IC pioneer and drunk, worked for National Semiconductor.


Monday, April 18, 2011

Dont tell anyone

—devadutta @ 23:59

Which “art project” started off with these 3 postcards?

Bonus question for today. What is blacked out?

Cracked by: shrik(2), Shwetha Maiya(2), udupendra(2), Manish Achuth(2), Sumanth Patlolla(2), rohanquizzer(2), aditthya(2), Debasish(2), raklodramA(2), krudebox(2), Siddarth Pai(2), jowens(2), Riyaz Usman(2), Rogi(2), Raghuvansh(2), dineshk(2), Ananth(2), Anjul(2), Jins(2), Thejas V R(2), shrey, varun, Moju21, vinayaknp, Dibyo and Qqsachin


Sunday, April 17, 2011

Black and white....

—srikanth @ 23:59

Identify famous book.

Book has incredibly annoying TV-show named after it. Not that I ever watch the show.

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, shrey, Mo, Ananth, Rogi, shrik, jowens, rohit, Manish Achuth, Dibyo, rohanquizzer, Debasish, Martin Antony, jins, Sanador, krikkrak, Sumanth Patlolla, Siddarth Pai, aditthya, krudebox, S M MUNEER ALI, udupendra, dineshk, grey_matters, Aravind, varun, Shwetha Maiya, Jayaprakash B R, Thejas V R, Pawankumar Hegde, raklodramA and Riyaz Usman

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This book is popularly called Gray’s Anatomy. Sitter.


Saturday, April 16, 2011

Apple of his eye.

—srikanth @ 23:59

Whose eye?

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, aditthya, Sumanth Patlolla, Siddarth Pai, Riyaz Usman, Ananth, KK, shrik, Manish Achuth, jowens, Dibyo, Rogi, dineshk, raklodramA, rohanquizzer, Thejas V R, smhashmi123, udupendra, jins, Mo, Bharat, krudebox, Shwetha Maiya and Pawankumar Hegde

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This is Isaac Newton’s diagram of an experiment where he stuck a needle under his eyeball and twisted it around to check how the colours would change.


Friday, April 15, 2011

Bleeping magnets.. how do they work?

—devadutta @ 23:59

What is this?

Video link for the Flash challenged.

Cracked by: S M MUNEER ALI, Rahul Rajeev, Rogi, shrik, Raghuvansh, jowens, Manish Achuth, Ananth, aditthya, Siddarth Pai, Sumanth Patlolla, Riyaz Usman, Dibyo, dineshk, raklodramA, Moju21, Thejas V R, smhashmi123 and udupendra

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Ferrofluids – Ferromagnetic particles suspended in a liquid takes these weird shapes when subjected to magnetic fields.


Thursday, April 14, 2011

Burning love!

—devadutta @ 23:59

Which now super popular software started off with 1 as its logo?

They got into trademark disputes etc and eventually changed the name to what it is now.

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Sumanth Patlolla, Anjul, Manish Achuth, Rogi, Debasish, shrey, jins, Jean Valjean, shrik, Riyaz Usman, aditthya, Antariksh Bothale, vinayaknp, Sandor, Dibyo, Ananth, sandeep bhat, Siddarth Pai, dineshk, KK, Logik, Mo, jowens, S M MUNEER ALI, Rahul Rajeev, chaitanya, piezocake, Atul Mathew, raklodramA, rohanquizzer, Shwetha Maiya and Moju21

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FireFox, which was earlier called Phoenix and later Firebird


Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Tick tock

—srikanth @ 23:59

Identify.

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Ananth, Sumanth Patlolla, Manish Achuth, Rogi, shrik, Dibyo, Siddarth Pai, dineshk, Logik and jowens

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Hello Kitty

—devadutta @ 23:59

Mascot of a “famous” company from the early 2000s. Which company?

Cracked by: jowens, Rogi, Ananth, Siddarth Pai, shrik, Riyaz Usman, dineshk, krudebox, raklodramA, Manish Achuth, Sumanth Patlolla, grey_matters, Dibyo, rohanquizzer, sandeep bhat, s m muneer ali, Raghuvansh and Thejas V R

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Pets.com, another .com bubble flop


Monday, April 11, 2011

1up

—srikanth @ 23:59

Audio sitter. Identify the band.

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Sorry for late post folks.

Cracked by: udupendra, shrik, Ananth, Raghuvansh, Rogi, dineshk, jowens, Thejas V R, aditthya, krudebox and raklodramA

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The NESkimos - a nintendocore band that pretty much always played music of this sort :)