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August 2012

Friday, August 31, 2012

Da-See clearly

—devadutta @ 21:49

This Da-Vinci illustration is said to be the first time X was conceived. What is X?

Cracked by: Rogi, vinayaknp, Sumanth Patlolla, KK, Manish Achuth, manas, Aparna, Vishnu Prashanth, Supritha Maiya, soda buddi, Prabhu, mankuTimma, Harsha and Ananth

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Contact Lenses!


Thursday, August 30, 2012

And free Wi-Fi!

—devadutta @ 01:10

Real currency. Which country?

Cracked by: Goyal, Sumanth Patlolla, varuns88, vinayaknp, Jayaprakash B R, Rogi, KK, mankuTimma, bhargava, Supritha Maiya, Manish Achuth, Aparna, Prabhu, Dibyo, Bipin Banavalikar, Shubhang, Divya Sreedharan, Anonymous, Harsha, Mayukh Bose, Ananth, AbHi and Vishnu Prashanth

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Niue


Wednesday, August 29, 2012

These guys should sue everyone

—devadutta @ 10:57

Identify

Cracked by: Ananth, Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, mankuTimma, Jayaprakash B R, manas, Manish Achuth, Aparna, vinayaknp, Supritha Maiya, Vishnu Prashanth, Thirudgr8, varuns88, KK and Dibyo

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Simon by IBM, the first phone with a touch screen.


Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Round 1: What?

—devadutta @ 22:20

This actually happens. What is this game?

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, Siddarth Pai, Manish Achuth, Vishnu Prashanth, Supritha Maiya, Sujoy, Bipin Banavalikar, vinayaknp, Dibyo, mankuTimma, rohanquizzer, Jayaprakash B R, KK, Ananth, AMIT KANSAL, Rogi and Mayukh Bose

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Chess Boxing. Contestants play a round of boxing followed by a round of chess.


Monday, August 27, 2012

Explore

—devadutta @ 22:18

Identify

Cracked by: Vishnu Prashanth and Rogi

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fsn - The 3d file system browser


Sunday, August 26, 2012

Stay Put

—devadutta @ 13:37

Sitter. What is blocked out here?

Cracked by: Anjul, Manish Achuth, KK, vinayaknp, mankuTimma, chetana, rickde, Sumanth Patlolla, Bipin Banavalikar, Jayaprakash B R, Supritha Maiya, Ananth, Rogi and Dibyo

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One of the easiest ways to find the pole star.


Saturday, August 25, 2012

Can you see?

—devadutta @ 12:24

Another great question from %gqh% Manish Achuth.

What is special about these Rubik’s Cubes?

Cracked by: Manish Achuth, KK, vinayaknp, chetana, mankuTimma, rickde, Sumanth Patlolla, manas, Bipin Banavalikar, Supritha Maiya, Ananth, Jinz, Rogi and Dibyo

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Designed specifically for visually impaired people


Friday, August 24, 2012

What legen -- wait for it --

—srikanth @ 23:59

– dary award is he holding up?

Cracked by: Manish Achuth, Rogi, mankuTimma, KK, Dibyo, Sumanth Patlolla, Supritha Maiya, duriel, Bipin Banavalikar and Harsha

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The Streamy Award for the amazing Dr Horrible’s sing-along blog


Thursday, August 23, 2012

Monster!

—devadutta @ 10:40

What is this a reference to?

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, Anjul, raklodramA, vinayaknp, Manish Achuth, Rogi, Supritha Maiya, duriel, Anonymous, mankuTimma and Bipin Banavalikar

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Loch Ness Monster


Wednesday, August 22, 2012

And they worship.. Luke?

—devadutta @ 10:30

What is blocked out here?

Cracked by: Rogi, Ananth, vinayaknp, Jayaprakash B R, KK, Sumanth Patlolla, Supritha Maiya, raklodramA, Harsha, duriel, Dibyo, Jinz, Manish Achuth, chetana, mankuTimma and Bipin Banavalikar

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Jedi