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October 2011

Friday, October 21, 2011

Not Like the SI Unit

—srikanth @ 23:59

This fully formed guest question comes to us from Rogi %gqh%

You must continue to name the person made (in)famous by this device

Got more awesome questions for us to ask? Send them in to [email protected]!

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, Amarendra Kumar, jowens, Rogi, Thejas V R, Bharath, badideabear, shrik, Dibyo, raklodramA, Shwetha Maiya, Raghuvansh, KK, Ananth, Aditya S, Rahulk, Bipin Banavalikar and s m muneer ali


Hopefully not the "worst ever made"

—srikanth @ 23:59

Since we’re on the theme of logos: There are two logos below that seem fairly similar. What is the connection?

Hint: The similarities do NOT end here :)

Cracked by: badideabear, Shwetha Maiya, jowens, Manish Achuth, KK, Bharath, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, Thejas V R, shrik, Dibyo, raklodramA, Raghuvansh, Ananth, Rahulk, Bipin Banavalikar, s m muneer ali, vkamath, Siddarth Pai, rickde and RR

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

[ctrl]+[alt]+[down]

—srikanth @ 23:59

You can probably figure out this company’s founding history from the logo.

What company?

Cracked by: Shwetha Maiya, Manish Achuth, badideabear, jowens, KK, Bharath, Rogi, Jayaprakash B R, Sumanth Patlolla, Thejas V R, arjun, shrik, Dibyo, Amarendra Kumar, Anonymous, vishwanath, raklodramA, Raghuvansh, Ananth, Aditya S, Rahulk, Bipin Banavalikar, s m muneer ali, Urthstripe, Godzilla101, Siddarth Pai, grey_matters, rickde and rohanquizzer

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HP spinoff DYNAC


Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Look Up.

—srikanth @ 23:59

What is this?

Cracked by: shrik, Shwetha Maiya, Manish Achuth, badideabear, jowens, Bharath, Rogi, Jayaprakash B R, Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, Amarendra Kumar, Thejas V R, raklodramA, Kaustubh Mhatre, Raghuvansh, Ananth, Rahulk, vkamath, Siddarth Pai and rickde

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A full version of Zork I is playable on a computer terminal in the interrogation room in the 2010 game Call of Duty: Black Ops where it unlocks the achievement or bronze trophy (Xbox 360 or PS3, respectively) called “Eaten by a Grue”. Quoting Rahulk


Monday, October 17, 2011

No pets.

—srikanth @ 23:59

A very cool guest question from user raklodramA %gqh%. What is this?

Cracked by: Manish Achuth, Urthstripe, shrik, Sumanth Patlolla, badideabear, Rogi, Logik, jowens, Bharath, KK, Rahulk, raklodramA, Aditya S, Jayaprakash B R, Ananth, vishwanath, piezocake, Mayukh Bose, Shwetha Maiya and mankuTimma

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When the Apollo 11 astronauts returned from the moon, they filled out a customs form and declared their cargo.


Sunday, October 16, 2011

For the Horde!

—srikanth @ 10:00

Identify the group -

Cracked by: Thejas V R, Siddarth Pai, Dibyo, Rahulk, jowens, KK, Sumanth Patlolla, Aditya S, badideabear, raklodramA, Rogi, shrik, mankuTimma, Raghuvansh, Bharath, Ananth, Manish Achuth, Urthstripe, vishwanath, krudebox, Mayukh Bose and Shwetha Maiya

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Cast of The Guild - the show about a group of MMORPG gamers.


Saturday, October 15, 2011

Cake will be served.

—devadutta @ 20:45

What is happening here?

Hint: Listen carefully

Cracked by: Jayaprakash B R, KK, raklodramA, badideabear, Amarendra Kumar, Sumanth Patlolla, Thejas V R, shrik, Siddarth Pai, Dibyo, Rogi, jowens, Surya Narayanan, Raghuvansh, Bharath, Ananth, Manish Achuth, Urthstripe and Shwetha Maiya


Friday, October 14, 2011

Without change

—devadutta @ 23:59

Identify 1 and connect to 2

Cracked BY: KK, raklodramA, badideabear, Amarendra Kumar, Sumanth Patlolla, Rahulk, Jayaprakash B R, Thejas V R, shrik, Rogi, jowens, Aditya S, Prasad, Raghuvansh, SV, Bharath, Ananth, Manish Achuth, Shwetha Maiya and Bipin Banavalikar


Thursday, October 13, 2011

Midnight!?

—devadutta @ 23:59

Yay! Obscure meme question time!

What meme did this cartoon supposedly trigger?

Cracked by: KK, Rosh, raklodramA, wanderlust, badideabear, Amarendra Kumar, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, Rahulk, Thejas V R, shrik, Siddarth Pai, Dibyo, jowens, Aditya S, Raghuvansh, Bharath, Ananth, Manish Achuth, Urthstripe, Logik and Shwetha Maiya


Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Curvy River

—devadutta @ 23:59

Soon you will be able to see lockers like this in a 7-Eleven close to you. What are they used for?

Another image

Cracked by: KK, Rosh, raklodramA, badideabear, Amarendra Kumar, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, Rahulk, Thejas V R, shrik, Siddarth Pai, Anjul, Dibyo, jowens, Aditya S, Surya Narayanan, Raghuvansh, SV, Bharath, Manish Achuth, Shwetha Maiya, Jayaprakash B R, Ananth and Bipin Banavalikar