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February 2012

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Aqua Awesomea

—devadutta @ 23:59

Instrument that gained popularity for being able to generate sc-fi and spooky sounds. Identify.

Cracked by: rickde, Manish Achuth, tanwi, shrik, rohanquizzer, Rogi, KK, Vishwas B Sharma, Raghuvansh, jowens and raklodramA

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Quoting Rogi


Just 16 years

—devadutta @ 23:59

Highest medal of honor you can achieve. Where?

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, rickde, Manish Achuth, shrik, rohanquizzer, Rogi, KK, Ananth, Raghuvansh, jowens, raklodramA, Rahulk, Bharath and Vishwas B Sharma

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Quoting Bharat


Thursday, February 9, 2012

Here kitty kitty

—devadutta @ 23:59

What is this patent for?

Yes, this is a real patent.

Cracked by: Anirudh Patil, Sumanth Patlolla, Anjul, rickde, Manish Achuth, shrik, rohanquizzer, Rogi, Vishwas B Sharma, KK, Ananth, Raghuvansh, raklodramA, jowens, Rahulk, Bharath, Dibyo, Jayaprakash B R and anurag

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Quoting anurag


Wednesday, February 8, 2012

What the *bleep*?

—devadutta @ 23:59

Guest Question from %gqh% Rakesh KK. Thank you, great sire!

Identify and say

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to him!

Please do not identify his most popular invention. Please.

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, rickde, Manish Achuth, finkle, shrik, Rogi, Vishwas B Sharma, Ananth, KK, Raghuvansh, raklodramA, jowens, Rahulk, Bharath and vishal

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Urban Müller, inventor of Brainf***


Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Idea!

—devadutta @ 23:59

Traceable history of a celebrated invention. The British scientist appearing in the last image is supposed to be the real inventor, but it was patented and perfected by another inventor in America.

Which invention are we talking about? Who is the British inventor and Who is the American inventor ?

For fake bonus points, identify everyone.

Cracked by: Bharath, KK, Raghuvansh, Manish Achuth, Sumanth Patlolla, rickde, Rogi, jowens, shrik, Vishwas B Sharma, Ananth, raklodramA, Rahulk and Dibyo

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(1) Humphrey Davy


Monday, February 6, 2012

Someone should do a modern pop version of this

—srikanth @ 23:59

No point explaining this too much. Who wrote this?

Cracked by: shrik, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, rickde, jowens, Bharath, KK, Raghuvansh, Manish Achuth, Aditya, Vishwas B Sharma, Ananth, raklodramA, Rahulk and Dibyo

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Quoting Rahulk


Sunday, February 5, 2012

Are these the droids?

—devadutta @ 23:59

These places which are very much on Earth have been shown to be from another planet in a popular movie. Which movie?

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Manish Achuth, Rogi, Bharath, KK, jinz, raklodramA, Sumanth Patlolla, rickde, finkle, jowens, Dibyo, shrik, rohanquizzer, Puja, Aditya, Vishwas B Sharma, Ananth, Rahulk and Shwetha Maiya

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Quoting Shwetha


Saturday, February 4, 2012

Radio City

—srikanth @ 23:59

What is this tower famous for? You probably recognize a silhouetted b&w image.

Cracked by: Ananth, KK, Manish Achuth, raklodramA, Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, shrik, Vishwas B Sharma, finkle, Raghuvansh, Rogi, Bharath, jinz, rickde, jowens, Godzilla101, rohanquizzer, Rahulk and Shwetha Maiya

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Quoting RahulK who is quoting Wiki


Friday, February 3, 2012

876

—devadutta @ 23:59

What is this? To be specific, tell us what time the top dial shows.

Cracked by: Thejas V R, shrik, Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, KK, rickde, Bharath, jowens, Rahulk, Vishwas B Sharma, Manish Achuth, Ananth, Raghuvansh and raklodramA

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Quoting Vishwas


Thursday, February 2, 2012

Golden

—devadutta @ 23:59

Brilliant video demonstrating multiple physics concepts. Identify the instrument in the center and for bonus cookie points, tell us which principle is responsible for the effect seen when UV light is cast on the instrument.

Oh, there is a Zinc plate on the instrument. That is very vital for the effect you saw.

Cracked by: Rogi, tanwi, rickde, Vishwas B Sharma, shrik, jowens, Manish Achuth, Raghuvansh and raklodramA

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Quoting Raghuvansh