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"We don't wear suits"

—devadutta @ July 20, 2010

Company X was founded by three people - 1, 2 and 3. 1 is uber famous, some people worship him. 2 is slightly sidelined and only geeks remember him. 3 is totally unknown and probably a few quizzers know him.

Identify 3 and the company X

Cracked by: Thejas V R, Jean Valjean, wanderlust, Rogi, Shrey Goyal, mankuTimma, lanu, Shwetha Maiya, raklodramA, Goyal, Dibyo, Qbrain, krudebox, Sumanth Patlolla, Bharath, Raghuvansh, Aparna, Ananth, Amar Peluri, Logik, KK, SV, Rahulk, Vinay Hegde, yagnyesh, madhur, varuns88, shrik, udupendra, Anubhav, dineshk, Manish Achuth and Joshan


Set the controls for the...

—srikanth @ July 19, 2010

First of its kind something. What this is?

Cracked by Thejas V R, Qbrain, Rogi, krudebox, lanu, Bharath, Sumanth Patlolla, varuns88, Logik, bobo, Shwetha Maiya, shrik, raklodramA, Anubhav and dineshk


Does it move? Patent it!

—devadutta @ July 18, 2010

Very controversial patent. Identify.

Cracked by: udupendra, Thejas V R, Anirudh Patil, Rahulk, lanu, Venkatrangan, Bharath, mankuTimma, dhruv.sharma, Goyal, raklodramA, Sumanth Patlolla, varuns88, Qbrain, wanderlust, krudebox, Aparna, Amar Peluri, Logik, Rogi, Ananth, Raghuvansh, SV, Vinay Hegde, madhur, Dibyo, dineshk, Debasish, vijayaraghavan, kiran and Shwetha Maiya


Filed your returns yet?

—srikanth @ July 17, 2010

What is this device, and who invented it?

Cracked by everyone!

Jean Valjean, Raghuvansh, Bharath, Manish Achuth, Sumanth Patlolla, dhruv.sharma, Dibyo, Thejas V R, Logik, Vinay Hegde, Aparna, Ananth, varuns88, Rogi, Qbrain, lanu, krudebox, udupendra, Rahulk, mankuTimma, raklodramA, dheeraj and dineshk


Hello?! Hel..o..

—devadutta @ July 16, 2010

What are these facilities called and what are they used for? Although these things have been around for a while, its at the center of media attention recently.

Close up of the walls in 1

Cracked By: Logik, Rogi, dhruv.sharma, Bharath, Vinay Hegde, Raghuvansh, Advaith, Aparna, byslexia, Sumanth Patlolla, Manish Achuth, Ananth, Jean Valjean, Dibyo, Thejas V R, varuns88, lanu, krudebox, Qbrain, udupendra, Rahulk, mankuTimma, raklodramA, Amar Peluri and dineshk

Show Answer

Anechoic chambers – used to test mobile phones and other RF devices by simulating different kinds of signal situations. In news because Apple disclosed pictures of their Anechoic test to douse some fire off its ‘Antennagate’ controversy. Needless to say, the chambers look super funky!


3GQ

—devadutta @ July 15, 2010

No, not a new video format. 3 guest questions today, all sent in by Dibyo. Thanks a lot sire and apologies about the late post. You get 3 shiny trophies for this!

Rules: One point per correct answer. Get at least one right to count for your run-length.

  1. Put details about this funky image.

  1. a is Japan’s favorite, b is Russia’s favorite and c is Mexico’s favorite. What are these microscopic images of?

a.

b.

c.

  1. Identify, and connect to hottest marketing meme around.

Cracked by: Dibyo(3), Thejas V R(3), Raghuvansh(3), Goyal(3), krudebox(3), byslexia(3), varuns88(3), Rahulk(3), Hegde(3), Rogi(3), raklodramA(3), lanu(3), Qbrain(3), Bharath(3), Manish Achuth(3), Sumanth Patlolla(3), udupendra(3), Aparna(3), Logik(3), Ananth(3), dineshk(3), madhur(2), Jean Valjean and dhruv.sharma . All got three points, except Except Jean Valjean(1), drruv.sharma(1) and madhur(2)


.. _____ . __ .

—srikanth @ July 14, 2010

Identify the movie:

Clue:

Cracked by vijayaraghavan, Vinay Hegde, Logik, Jean Valjean, krudebox, Bharath, Raghuvansh, Ananth, Rogi, dineshk, Dibyo, Manish Achuth, Sumanth Patlolla, Shwetha Maiya, Thejas V R, dhruv.sharma, lanu, Qbrain, Rahulk, varuns88, byslexia, mankuTimma, Goyal, raklodramA, udupendra, Aparna and Advaith


India to US?

—devadutta @ July 13, 2010

This bridge looks funky, but is built to achieve something in particular. What special functionality does this bridge achieve?

Cracked by: Logik, Vinay Hegde, Aparna, Jean Valjean, bobo, Raghuvansh, Rogi, SV, jayanth, Manish Achuth, KK, dineshk, Ananth, Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, Bharath, ragwho, Thejas V R, krudebox, raklodramA, Qbrain, varuns88, Shwetha Maiya, lanu, Higgers, Anonymous, Rahulk, mankuTimma, Mo, Arjun, Bipin Banavalikar, dhruv.sharma, byslexia and udupendra


*tweet* *tweeeeet*

—srikanth @ July 12, 2010

What’s the story connecting these 3:

Cracked by Logik, Aparna, dineshk, Rogi, Vinay Hegde, Raghuvansh, Manish Achuth, Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, Ananth, krudebox, Jean Valjean, Qbrain, Thejas V R, raklodramA, lanu, Shrey Goyal, Rahulk, Shwetha Maiya, madhur, udupendra, Bharath, jayanth and varuns88


Billions and billions

—srikanth @ July 11, 2010

Who connects…

Cracked by Qbrain, Shwetha Maiya, lanu, Dibyo, varuns88, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, dineshk, krudebox, udupendra, Bharath, Logik, Rahulk and Thejas V R

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