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Now at Infinity

—devadutta @ May 4, 2012

Guest question from Manish Achuth %gqh%. YAY!

Whose business card circa 1979?

Cracked by: bhargava, KK, Rogi, badideabear, Anjul, Bharath, Ananth, Vishnu Prashanth, Manish Achuth, Dibyo, raklodramA, rohanquizzer, Sujoy, vinayaknp and Sumanth Patlolla

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Steve Jobs


Are these the droids?

—devadutta @ February 5, 2012

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


There is one for space too

—devadutta @ January 30, 2012

1 and 2(not shown here) invented a super popular internet protocol. 2 is very famous and is the public face of the protocol, but, not too many people have seen 1. Who is 1?

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, Rajesh, Ananth, Vishwas B Sharma, finkle, raklodramA, rohanquizzer, tanwi, rickde, varun, Anjul, Kaustubh Mhatre, KK, Thejas V R, shrik, Bharath, Shwetha Maiya, jowens, Rahulk, Manish Achuth, Dibyo, Raghuvansh and v.chandrashekar

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Bob Kahn, Vint Cerf and TCP


Was that sweet?

—devadutta @ September 26, 2011

This fruit has become majorly popular in recent times mainly because of 2. What is this fruit called? what is 2?

Cracked by: raklodramA, username, Thejas V R, KK, krithika rai, Manish Achuth, shivathilak, Amarendra Kumar, Sumanth Patlolla, jowens, Ananth, aditthya, badideabear, Rogi, shrik, wanderlust, Bharath, rickde, Urthstripe, Siddarth Pai, Shwetha Maiya, Aditya S, vishwanath, mankuTimma, Bipin Banavalikar, Jayaprakash B R, Logik, Raghuvansh, Dibyo, Rahulk and Rahul Rajeev

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Miracle Berry that temporarily changes your tastebud’s reception to tastes.


Round 1

—devadutta @ August 21, 2011

Guest question from %gqh% raklodramA. Thanks sire!

What is this graphic showing?

Cracked by: Thejas V R, username, KK, Bipin Banavalikar, Debasish, badideabear, raklodramA, Riyaz Usman, Anjul, amarendra, shrik, Manish Achuth, mankuTimma, Ananth, Aditya S, jowens, anurag, aditthya, Bharath, Mayank Agarwa, Goyal, Sumanth Patlolla, Mayukh Bose, Urthstripe, Rahulk, Rogi, vinayaknp, Rahul Rajeev and vkamath

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Companies suing each other over patents. huh.


Style

—devadutta @ July 21, 2011

If you were doing something according to any of the below “styles”, what would you be doing?

The list is not exhaustive and 2 is just a hint.

Cracked by: dineshk, shrey, Ananth, shrik, Sumanth Patlolla, username, Rogi, Raghuvansh, jowens, raklodramA, Rahulk, Thejas V R, Bharath, Swarun and Jayaprakash B R

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Quoting Sumanth Patlolla -


Your body is the controller.

—devadutta @ July 20, 2011

This happened much before Kinect. Identify.

Video Link

Cracked by: dineshk, Ananth, shrik, Manish Achuth, Sumanth Patlolla, username, Rogi, rickde, Raghuvansh, jowens, Rahulk, Swarun and Thejas V R

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Sega Activator


Genericized Trademark

—devadutta @ July 13, 2011

Fully framed guest question from %gqh% Jean Valjean. Thanks Sire!

Simply identify this guy who passed away about 3 months back. Perhaps
best known for inventing X for which he was inducted into the Cable
Hall of Fame and given 2 Emmy Awards. Plenty of clues in the picture

X is a good example of the subject line.

Cracked by: grey_matters, anurag, Raghuvansh, raklodramA, Nagendra U M, Sai Subramanian, Thejas V R, Sumanth Patlolla, Swarun, username, Dibyo, Rogi, kapinjal chowdhury, shrik, Ananth, Manish Achuth, jowens, Shwetha Maiya, Mridul, Prasad, rickde, Bharath, Rahulk, udupendra and dineshk

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Hubert Schlafly


Close your windows?

—devadutta @ June 24, 2011

Who shot to instant fame due to this news report? Obviously, the important part is cut out.

Video Link

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, Ananth, shrey, shrik, Rogi, Urthstripe, Anjul, Manish Achuth, Raghuvansh, Dibyo, grey_matters, raklodramA, Thejas V R, dirty-i, anurag, username, udupendra, Ebzhent, Manoj Venkat, krudebox, SV, jowens, Mod, Siddarth Pai, Logik, sandeep bhat and yaksha

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Antoine Dodson and the Bed Intruder song


Gandhiji loves it.

—devadutta @ June 23, 2011

Yay! Guest question time! %gqh% raklodramA (Ameya) sent us this question. Thanks saar!

Simple. Identify this device.

Cracked by: thiru d gr8, Sumanth Patlolla, Ananth, shrey, Manish Achuth, shrik, akhi, Rogi, raklodramA, Urthstripe, Martin, Anjul, Raghuvansh, Dibyo, username, grey_matters, KK, Shwetha Maiya, anurag, Benjamin, Swarun, Nagendra U M, Thejas V R, dirty-i, s m muneer ali, mankuTimma, udupendra, Ebzhent, krudebox, Jayaprakash B R, SV, jowens, dhruv, Mod, Rahulk, Siddarth Pai, Logik and BastardoH

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Sewing machine