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ho ho ho

—srikanth @ December 20, 2009

What exactly is this?

Call it holiday cheer :-P This is just free points for everyone!

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Its snowing men!

—devadutta @ December 19, 2009

Traffic lights in regions with heavy snowfall did not have this problem until recently.

What makes present day traffic lights susceptible to this kind distributed devastation by snow (DDbS ;) ) attack?

Snow Covered Stoplights

@Logik: Glad you liked the question sire!

@varun uncle: the interwebs is a small place :P

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Logik, krudebox, Ps, varuns88, Rogi, shenoyvarun86, Gurupad, akhi, byslexia, adiS, umang, p vs np, shashank, Higgers, Shrey Goyal, Ananth, sidsen, dheeraj, madhur, Dibyo, Sandesh, BASAB, Ludwig, joe and Aditya


Killing me softly with her game

—devadutta @ December 18, 2009

Fully framed guest question from sidsen(after a long long time). Your trophy, sire:

Id. this Uber pretty chika, who has also been ranked as one of the 100 most desirable women by askmen.com.

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A little mixed up?

—srikanth @ December 17, 2009

What strange property connects these 5 fairly random people? The list is by no means exhaustive.

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Shine

—devadutta @ December 16, 2009

What is this?

800px-PS20andPS10

Cracked By: krudebox, Chinmaya U.Holla, p vs np, udupendra, RahulN, shrik, byslexia, sidsen, akhi, Abinaya, Gurupad, Rogi, Logik, umang, Raghuvansh, Ps, Aparna, Ananth, Dibyo, emrohit, MadGenius, shenoyvarun86, Mitesh, Hemank, prasanth, dheeraj, adiS, manikandan, murphy, Rand Al’Thor and Anubhav

Show Answer

The ultra awesome PS10 and PS20 solar power generators. They have heliostat mirrors which reflect sun’s energy into a tower where it converts water into steam and runs turbines to generate electricity.

Many of you got the place wrong, but since I did not ask for it, you will not loose points :)


Ouch.

—srikanth @ December 15, 2009

Connect to a single word.

  1. 2f5c2f98a91cc0e991b67f4044c8d0d3
  2. 3ee414c32e68892ca9f75dadc2bfe09c
  3. 2ecc749cb937d31d384ea97c98c7c892

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The answer knows the question.

—srikanth @ December 14, 2009

A guest question submitted by Logik (your GQHero badge) Who is the somewhat unlikely creator of these devices? He’s better known for his work in a more theoretical field.

Cracked by everyone!

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Wake me up when the ticket is $100

—devadutta @ December 13, 2009

We all have seen this thing’s elder brother. What is this?

ss2-and-vms-eve3-660x423

Cracked by: udupendra, Rogi, shrik, Dibyo, shenoyvarun86, Gurupad, byslexia, Ps, raklodramA, prasanth, Chinmaya U.Holla, joe, murphy, dheeraj, nishansolo, p vs np, Logik, umang, Mitesh, Raghuvansh, madhur, akhi, sidsen and Anubhav

Show Answer

Virgin’s Spaceship 2


Look out below!

—srikanth @ December 12, 2009

Identify and connect.

Cracked by everyone!

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Operation Diamond Racket

—devadutta @ December 11, 2009

This picture was taken by IBM scientists recently. What is it of?

500x_500_Pentacene_anatomy

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