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March 2012

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Ring Ring

—devadutta @ 23:03

One of the early internet sensations. Identify.

Cracked by: rickde, KK, rohanquizzer, Rogi, Manish Achuth, Bharath, Kaustubh Mhatre, Sumanth Patlolla, raklodramA, anurag, badideabear, Mayukh Bose, jowens, Ananth and Dibyo

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Mojave Phone Booth


93.3FM

—devadutta @ 22:21

Another astronomy question. Yay?

What is 2? Identify 1.

Cracked by: KK, rickde, rohanquizzer, Rogi, Manish Achuth, Bharath, Sumanth Patlolla, raklodramA, anurag, badideabear, Mayukh Bose, jowens and Ananth

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Quoting Ananth


Monday, March 19, 2012

Look up

—devadutta @ 21:55

What are these things?

Hint: They are projectors.

Cracked by: tanwi, KK, rickde, rohanquizzer, Anjul, Rogi, Manish Achuth, Bharath, Kaustubh Mhatre, Sumanth Patlolla, Rajesh, raklodramA, anurag, Mayukh Bose, jowens, Ananth and Vishwas B Sharma

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Planetarium Projectors


Sunday, March 18, 2012

Science fair project

—devadutta @ 21:50

What are these devices called as? Connect the name to 3.

Cracked by: KK, tanwi, rickde, rohanquizzer, Rogi, Manish Achuth, Bharath, Sumanth Patlolla, raklodramA, anurag, badideabear, Mayukh Bose, jowens, Ananth and Dibyo

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Orrery, named for the (4th) Earl of Orrery


Saturday, March 17, 2012

Konami code will look completely different

—devadutta @ 21:29

This machine and its keyboard layout supposedly did something to vi. What?

Cracked by: rohanquizzer, KK, Anjul, Manish Achuth, Sumanth Patlolla, Ananth, anurag and jowens

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Friday, March 16, 2012

Bzzzzt!

—devadutta @ 21:22

Next car. By which company?

Unnecessary plug for show off: I sat in one of these and it feels like a spaceship.

Cracked by: rohanquizzer, KK, Teju, rickde, Rogi, Manish Achuth, Bharath, Sumanth Patlolla, Ananth, raklodramA, anurag, badideabear, Mayukh Bose, jowens and Dibyo

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Tesla Model S


Thursday, March 15, 2012

1e6

—devadutta @ 23:59

During his “thinner” days. Who is he?

Cracked by: badideabear, jowens, Rogi, KK, rohanquizzer, Manish Achuth, rickde, tanwi, Mayukh Bose, Anjul, Bharath, Varun, Sumanth Patlolla, Ananth and raklodramA

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Pal for what?

—devadutta @ 23:17

Identify the dude in the center.

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, Manish Achuth, raklodramA, Jayaprakash B R, rohanquizzer, rickde, Bharath, jowens, KK, Ananth, anurag, badideabear, tanwi and Rogi

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PayPal co-founder Elon Musk


Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Experiment

—devadutta @ 23:59

This insect is super popular among genetic researchers. Tell us why and also identify the insect.

There are many reasons why this is popular, pls to put the most important one. Not so important ones will also get points.

Cracked by: Anjul, jowens, badideabear, Manish Achuth, Vishwas B Sharma, Sumanth Patlolla, raklodramA, anurag, Jayaprakash B R, rohanquizzer, rickde, finkle, Bharath, KK, Ananth, tanwi, Dibyo, Rogi and Teju

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Drosophila Melanogaster or the common fruit fly - Very easy to breed and has a life cycle of 10 days, which means multiple generations can be observed in a short time.


Monday, March 12, 2012

Sad

—devadutta @ 23:59

On of the most eventful control room ever. Where?

Cracked by: Manish Achuth, Bharath, tanwi, Vishwas B Sharma, rohanquizzer, Ananth, Sumanth Patlolla, raklodramA, rickde, jowens, Ep, badideabear, Gurupad, KK, anurag, buk, finkle, Dibyo, Rogi, Teju and Mayukh Bose

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Chernobyl