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Crack your oars men!

—devadutta @ December 14, 2010

Another guest question. This one is from Dibyo %gqh%. Thanksu saa!

What is this? What is it a reference to?

Dr.Strangelove has aptly said that the whole point of having a guest question in your mind is lost if you keep it a secret! so, tell us about it at [email protected]

Cracked by: Kaustubh, apar, krudebox, Pawankumar Hegde, shrik, Rogi, SV, shrey, jowens, dineshk, AmK, vinayaknp, byslexia, Manish Achuth, Logik, duriel, Bharath, Dibyo, Thejas V R, raklodramA, santoshG, mankuTimma, Arjun, Moju21, wanderlust, udupendra, v.chandrashekar, Arjun B, xeqtor, Goyal, vkamath, Sumanth Patlolla, Raghuvansh, ragwho, Vinay Nair Karath, Siddarth Pai and Piyush

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Google Books’s 404 page of sorts, which is a reference to Moby Dick!


Shiny

—devadutta @ December 13, 2010

Guest question from krudebox %gqh%. Thank you, sire!

Fresh off the press. If you had solved the problem on the board before anybody else, what would you have won for yourself?

This is a frame-grab from a recently popular video made by a popular company announcing a new product. Needless to say, someone already solved it!

Cracked by: vinayaknp, shrey, Moju21, Logik, Tushar S, krudebox, vkamath, shrik, apar, stinky94, Rogi, mankuTimma, jowens, duriel, Pawankumar Hegde, dineshk, SS, Dibyo, byslexia and Arjun B

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This is a video made for the release Google’s Chrome OS and some dude named Sylvain Zimmer solved the problem on the blackboard to win himself a Cr-48 laptop!


Purple ink

—devadutta @ December 9, 2010

Guest question from udupendra %gqh%. Thanks saar!

Identify this person pictured here with an award that calls him a pioneer, and what is his claim to fame?

Sorry for the delay folks. Question will be kept open longer.

Cracked by: udupendra, Raghuvansh, Ananth, shrik, jowens, Dibyo, apar, SS, Pawankumar Hegde, dineshk, aditthya, Moju21, Rogi, Manish Achuth, vkamath, Piyush, Logik, Thejas V R, raklodramA, Shwetha Maiya, Qbrain and Sumanth Patlolla

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Quoting udupendra: Hari Krishna Prasad Vemuru, who discovered security flaws in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used in Indian elections. He was awarded an EFF Pioneer award for his efforts.


Awkward name

—devadutta @ November 13, 2010

Guest question from Manish Achutha %gqh%. Thank you sire and congrats on winning your first GQH trophy!

Identify.

Cracked by: SS, apar, jowens, Raghuvansh, username, Ananth, Rogi, pavan, Pawankumar Hegde, byslexia, Vaibhav Bajpai, Rohit, Vijay, raklodramA, dineshk, Thejas V R, krudebox, Anubhav Chatterjee, Shwetha Maiya, Dhan, mankuTimma, Anjul, shrik, Rahul Rajeev, KK, Abhiram Bharadwaj Diddigi, shenoyvarun86, Sumanth Patlolla, Rahulk, bluegem4, Logik, v.chandrashekar, Manish Achuth, Bharath and Piyush

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Fujitsu IPad. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujitsu_iPAD


Not James Bond

—devadutta @ November 2, 2010

Guest question from krudebox %gqh%. Thanks saar!

Who does this famous van belong to?

In case you cannot squint your eyes enough to see the drawings on the van, you can look at this license plate

Cracked by: Rogi, shrik, apar, jowens, Vijay, Ananth, Sumanth Patlolla, Raghuvansh, SS, byslexia, Pawankumar Hegde, Thejas V R, krudebox, mankuTimma, username, dineshk, Vinay Nair Karath, Dhan, vijayaraghavan and Shwetha Maiya

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Feynman Van!


Stop teaching them so much!

—devadutta @ October 1, 2010

Guest question from udupendra %gqh%. Tumba Thanksu!

What is it? What algorithm does it use?

Cracked by: jowens, Shwetha Maiya, shrik, Logik, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, N@ngA, udupendra, Thejas V R, krudebox and dineshk


Healthy breakfast

—devadutta @ September 22, 2010

Nice and easy question from udupendra %gqh% Thanks saar!

Identify him. How does the famous website he started get its name?

Please to put answer for both parts of the question.

Updated hint: His website is “web-comic” type and very popular. Subject is a big hint!

Got questions? Mail it to [email protected]

Cracked by: udupendra, Atul Mathew, mankuTimma, shrik, Raghuvansh, Logik, Ananth, byslexia, jowens, Thejas V R, Rogi, akhi, Anjul, shrey, username, Aditya, Kriti and joe


That guy

—devadutta @ September 6, 2010

Nice question from udupendra %gqh%. Thanks Saar!

Whose old logo? Who is featured in the logo?

Cracked by: Rogi, Bharath, username, krudebox, v.chandrashekar, Goyal, Raghuvansh, raklodramA, Qbrain, udupendra, lanu, Atul Mathew, shrik, Xanda, Rahulk, Shwetha Maiya, Debasish, Logik, ht, Sumanth Patlolla, Vishnu, Dibyo, Vasanth Kamath, byslexia, Nanda, Thejas V R, dineshk, Rahul Rajeev, Ananth and jowens


Professional Witness

—srikanth @ September 3, 2010

Fully-formed guest question from Rogi - the latest winner of the shiny

The gentleman in (1) created the device in the foreground of (2) with all the stickers on it.
If you can tell us what the stickers are, we’ll assume you know who he is and what he created.

Got more questions? [email protected] awaits.

Cracked by jowens, Rogi, Bharath and shrik

Check out Rogi’s answer for the full details.


http://guitarist.

—srikanth @ August 27, 2010

Fully framed guest question from logik!
W - founded by the people shown in (1)
X - The company that currently runs W.
The speaker adopted a very famous nickname Y, in reference to a section in the book (3) ..
Give me W, and Y

Cracked by udupendra, Logik, Manish Achuth, Rogi, shrik, Bharath, Raghuvansh, Dibyo, Qbrain, Girish, lanu, Rahulk, jowens and Thejas V R.

Check out Logik’s comment for the answer, of course :)