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2011

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Like the zodiac sign?

—srikanth @ 23:59

Identify the character

His creator is more famous than he was:

PS: Death to the gremlins!

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, viper1619, KK, Rogi, vinayaknp, Ananth, raklodramA, krudebox, Manish Achuth, Thejas V R, Bharath, lanu, Dibyo, shrik, v.chandrashekar, Siddarth Pai, jowens, udupendra, Sumanth Patlolla, dineshk, Riyaz Usman and Shwetha Maiya

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Dev Null, voiced by Leo Laporte - the host of Twit.tv . An animated character on an MSNBC show The site.


Think before you name your kids

—devadutta @ 23:59

This dude, started selling 2 with his last name as the brand. This made people think that the colloquial term for X originated from his name. But, ironically, the term had completely different older roots and this guy just happened to have that in his last name and even more ironically decided to sell 2.

Who is he?

Cracked by: Logik, Raghuvansh, Riyaz Usman, Rogi, dineshk, teju, KK, Sandesh, Anjul, jowens, Manish Achuth, buk, Varun, Sanador, Siddarth Pai, Vishnu, vinayaknp, shrik, Jerin Philip, Thejas V R, Sumanth Patlolla, Crackedpot, Ananth, Appu S, Bharath, Shwetha Maiya, varuns88, viper1619, Aravind, krudebox, raklodramA, lanu, rohanquizzer, Dibyo, v.chandrashekar, S.M.MUNEER ALI, jins, Vijay and udupendra

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Thomas Crapper.


Thursday, February 10, 2011

We don't need no Govt. control

—devadutta @ 23:59

Another current affairs question. Who is this Googler? Why he famous?

Apologies for the delay folks. Gremlins staged a coup and captured the quizmaster. Rescue teams have been deployed.

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Rogi, KK, Kaustubh, Anjul, Sumanth Patlolla, jowens, dineshk, Manish Achuth, vishal golcha, Appu S, Riyaz Usman, Ananth, Dibyo, Siddarth Pai, Shwetha Maiya, Thejas V R, Crackedpot, vinayaknp, Sandesh, Logik, teju, yaksha, Nanda, shrik, Bharath, varuns88, viper1619, Aravind, krudebox, raklodramA, lanu and rohanquizzer

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Many people say that the Egypt revolution picked up steam because of online campaigns run by Wael Ghonim. Mainly Facebook pages he started.


Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Its not Anakin

—devadutta @ 23:59

Recent Meme. Who is this kid?

Hint:

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, udupendra, jowens, ragwho, rohit, Rogi, krudebox, Siddarth Pai, Sandesh, Riyaz Usman, Anirudh, dineshk, KK, Manish Achuth, Aditya Date, Bharath, nishansolo, viper1619, Sumanth Patlolla, vishal golcha, Appu S, Dibyo, nikhil, Crackedpot, Shwetha Maiya, Thejas V R, SV, Logik, tungsten, teju and Anonymous

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The Kid from the VW commercial


Tuesday, February 8, 2011

No can see

—devadutta @ 23:59

Popular urban myth states that you can see this man-made structure from the Moon, but, none of the dudes who landed on the moon have ever seen it. Which structure are we talking about? (you can see it in this pic, its a satellite image)

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Kaustubh, Rogi, Ananth, Sandesh, KK, jowens, byslexia, Dibyo, Manish Achuth, NITHYA, shrik, Anjul, Bharath, buk, vishal golcha, dineshk, Thejas V R, Nanda, krudebox, teju, srinivasan, Siddarth Pai, ragwho, shrey, soumya g, Logik, v.chandrashekar, Crackedpot, vinayaknp, Sumanth Patlolla, udupendra, Riyaz Usman and Appu S

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“The Great Wall Of China”


Monday, February 7, 2011

Is Russia visible?

—srikanth @ 23:59

Who is this a reference to?

Fake whose-line-is-it-anyway style points for the whole story.

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, jowens, Riyaz Usman, SV, dineshk, Ananth, Rogi, KK, vinayaknp, Sumanth Patlolla, shrik, Thejas V R, Antariksh Bothale, Siddarth Pai, udupendra, vkamath, Logik, Sandesh, krudebox, teju, jins, Bharath and Crackedpot

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Google Chrome’s “about:internets” page/easter-egg is a very obvious reference to the comment about the internet being a series of tubes by Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens.


Sunday, February 6, 2011

100% Power

—devadutta @ 23:28

Connect these cereal boxes ( no, they are not from the future) to the dude in 2 via a physical phenomenon

Cracked by: shrik, srinivasan, Raghuvansh, Siddarth Pai, Crackedpot, aditthya, Ananth, Rogi, Sandesh, udupendra, KK, jowens, Thejas V R, Logik, Bharath, dineshk, raklodramA, vinayaknp, Kaustubh, Shwetha Maiya and krudebox

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These cereal boxes light up using wireless electricity induced in them via the racks. It is a demo of electromagnetic induction discovreed by Michael Faraday.


Saturday, February 5, 2011

There's something dark about this.

—srikanth @ 23:59

Identify and connect.

Cracked by Bharath, jowens, Ananth, Raghuvansh, dineshk, Dibyo, Rogi, Appu S, lanu, Siddarth Pai, vinayaknp, rohanquizzer, KK, Sumanth Patlolla, udupendra, Thejas V R, Sanador, shrik, Logik, Riyaz Usman, Mikey, Shwetha Maiya, raklodramA and mankuTimma


Friday, February 4, 2011

Dr. Awesome

—devadutta @ 23:59

Who he?

Hint:

Cracked by: jayanth, Rogi, Sandesh, Ananth, dineshk, jowens, Anjul, Logik, KK, buk, ChaitanyaPawanBalla, Vivek, Antariksh Bothale, Bharath, Raghuvansh, Crackedpot, Dibyo, Siddarth Pai, vinayaknp, mankuTimma, udupendra, AmK, Sanador, Thejas V R and Shwetha Maiya

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Jorge Cham, the author of PhD comics.


Thursday, February 3, 2011

So that's how he did it...

—srikanth @ 23:59

I’ll just leave this pic here…

Identify the source.

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, jayanth, shrik, Muthu Sundaresan, dineshk, Bharath, Rogi, Ananth, KK, jowens, Manish Achuth, Sumanth Patlolla, Abhiram Bharadwaj Diddigi, Moju21, Siddarth Pai, Vishnu, Thejas V R, rohanquizzer, raklodramA, Logik, v.chandrashekar, Shwetha Maiya, Crackedpot and Dibyo

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This is a diagram from Eddie Van Halen’s patent for a ‘Musical Instrument Support’. Most radical patent-app ever?