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Quiz

Category: Quiz

Gratuity Calculator

—devadutta @ August 13, 2013

What did this thing famously inspire?

Cracked by: Manish Achuth, vinayaknp and Rogi

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The original iPhone calculator design!


Not Twilight

—devadutta @ July 15, 2013

Fresh off the press. What is blocked out in red?

Cracked by: Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla and Supritha Maiya

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S/2004 N 1 Neptune’s new moon!


R.I.P

—devadutta @ July 4, 2013

Great Man, R.I.P. Identify

Cracked by: Manish Achuth and Eden Hazard

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Doug Engelbart


~/.ssh

—devadutta @ June 3, 2013

What are these?

Cracked by: Ananth

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randomart, a way to visualize unusually long keys


Deeper

—devadutta @ May 19, 2013

What is this a model of?

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, Bipin Banavalikar, Abhishek, Rogi, Ananth and Manish Achuth

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James Webb Telescope. All set to replace Hubble Telescope in some time.


Dead Giveaway

—devadutta @ May 18, 2013

Who is this?

Cracked by: Bipin Banavalikar, Manish Achuth, Sumanth Patlolla, Anjul, Abhishek, Rogi and Ananth

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Bjarne Stroustrup, Creator of C++


Sorry Dave

—devadutta @ May 14, 2013

Who is Dave’s replacement (blocked out in red)?

Yes, this is an xkcd comic.

Cracked by: Bipin Banavalikar, buk, Dibyo, Abhishek, Manish Achuth, Supritha Maiya, Pawankumar Hegde, ameen, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla and vinayaknp

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GLaDOS! http://xkcd.com/375/


Momentum

—devadutta @ May 11, 2013

Guest question from %gqh% Manish Achuth.

What is being demonstrated here?

Cracked by: Abhishek, Anjul, Manish Achuth and Rogi

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Galilean Cannon


When there is an itch..

—devadutta @ May 10, 2013

Identify the programming language

Cracked by: Rakesh Rao R, Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, Abhishek, Hari K Raghavan, Bipin Banavalikar, Dibyo, Manish Achuth, Supritha Maiya and ameen

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MIT Media lab’s Scratch


Under 20

—devadutta @ May 9, 2013

Somebody is paying these kids $100,000 to quit college. Who?

Cracked by: Abhishek, Rogi, KK, Sumanth Patlolla and Bipin Banavalikar

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Peter Thiel’s 20 under 20.