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2017

Thursday, April 13, 2017

They over charged

—devadutta @ 13:03

High fashion in Paris after a particular invention by a person seen on US currency bills gained worldwide traction. What are these?

Cracked by: s m muneer ali, Sumanth Patlolla and Dibyo

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Paradox correcting

—devadutta @ 00:19

On June 28, 2009, he threw a “party”, but no one showed up. Who was the party for?

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo and Shwetha Maiya

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For Time Travelers. He announced the party after it was over.


Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Antisocial no more

—devadutta @ 14:54

The mad scientist should be tweeting and posting to Facebook again. Lets see if that works.


Monday, April 10, 2017

Righty Tighty..

—devadutta @ 22:42

A particular thing (tool) found on almost every man made machine is named after this guy. Who is he?

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Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, s m muneer ali, Dibyo and veera

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Henry F. Phillips, inventor of the Phillips screwdriver


Sunday, April 9, 2017

Consolation Prize

—devadutta @ 20:00

Newton wrote it like this

, Lagrange wrote it like this
and Euler wrote it with just the first letter of the function’s name. However, the most widely used notation for the function was written by this guy.

Who is he (AutoRaja will be happy), What function are we talking about, how did he write it?

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Bernhard Christoph Francke.jpg

Cracked by: Dibyo

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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz wrote differentiation function as dy/dx, which is the most widely used notation for differentiation since it makes it explicit which variable is differentiated with which.


Friday, April 7, 2017

Arrrrr!!

—devadutta @ 11:21

What be happenin’ here? What be it known as? Bonus points fer tellin’ us which ghost ship legend be thought to have emerged from ’tis.

Cracked by: Dibyo, Sumanth Patlolla and s m muneer ali

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Fata Morgana - the optical illusion that makes it seem ships are flying. Led to the legend of the “Flying Dutchman”.


Tuesday, March 28, 2017

It's not just what you see

—devadutta @ 17:34

Most people identify his work but not him. Who is this?

Cracked by: s m muneer ali and Sumanth Patlolla

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Koji Kondo, music composer for Mario and Zelda series games.


Monday, March 27, 2017

Men in black

—devadutta @ 15:28

Believe it or not, this guy is holding a basketball in his hand. What is it sprayed with?

Cracked by: Dibyo and s m muneer ali