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Yankee, meet Arthur.

—srikanth @ May 22, 2009

Obscure trivia coming up. What connects:

  1. 4659c7ae9e9a16b8074afd981b67ba0d
  2. 97bf24d88b81ced8e64763a80993bd1a

Cracked by nishansolo , Rithwik K , Dibyo , Goyal , Raghuvansh , Johny Walker , KRIK , Anirudh , akhi , bobo , Ajay Parasuram , Nakul , p vs np , Ananth , piezocake , Mo , byslexia , byslexia , Logik , Srinivasan Narayan and alephnull.

nishansolo, Rithwik K, Dibyo, Goyal, Raghuvansh, Johny Walker, KRIK, Anirudh, akhi, bobo, Ajay Parasuram, Nakul, p vs np, Ananth, piezocake, Mo, byslexia, byslexia, Logik, Srinivasan Narayan and alephnull


Fancy Pants

—devadutta @ May 21, 2009

Who are these guys? Why is this concert performance unique?

273e312c51be3beef9bb388297e28cf3

Cracked by: aniline , udupendra and akhi only! Good Job!

aniline, udupendra and akhi

Show Answer

Jonathon Coulton and his band performing “Still Alive” on Rock Band’s instruments to mark the availability of that song on Rock Band. This song appeared in Valve’s Portal (My favorite game ever).


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—srikanth @ May 20, 2009

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What is this, why is it significant, and where did people see it first?

Cracked by Ps , Rahulk , Vivek , Goyal , Raghuvansh , u2001137 , AmK , Ameya , varuns88 , Dibyo , akhi , emrohit , byslexia , Logik , piezocake , foobar , shenoyvarun86 , blackrat and udupendra.

Ps, Rahulk, Vivek, Goyal, Raghuvansh, u2001137, AmK, raklodramA, varuns88, Dibyo, akhi, emrohit, byslexia, Logik, piezocake, foobar, shenoyvarun86, blackrat and udupendra


noteasy

—devadutta @ May 19, 2009

Start page of an uber famous internet “thing”. What is it?

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Hint: Those of us know about it have spent hours together on it.

Cracked by: akhi , udupendra , Vivek , Raghuvansh , Dibyo , AmK , Vijay , madhur , RajT , anirudh patil , aniline , Prasad , Logik , duriel , malcaluffin , varuns88 , u2001137 , foobar , priyananda and shenoyvarun86.

akhi, udupendra, Vivek, Raghuvansh, Dibyo, AmK, Vijay, madhur, RajT, anirudh patil, aniline, Prasad, Logik, duriel, malcaluffin, varuns88, u2001137, foobar, priyananda and shenoyvarun86

Show Answer

notpr0n.


Pretty Bad Control

—devadutta @ May 18, 2009

Map depicting control of what?

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Cracked by: udupendra , Raghuvansh , Kaiser Soze , shrik , Ameya , Goyal , sumo_ftb , Dibyo , Logik , byslexia , shenoyvarun86 and Rahulk.

udupendra, Raghuvansh, Kaiser Soze, shrik, raklodramA, Goyal, sumo_ftb, Dibyo, Logik, byslexia, shenoyvarun86 and Rahulk


Ctrl Alt Del?

—devadutta @ May 17, 2009

Guest question from shenoyvarun86. Tumba thanksu.

A mathematical symbol owes its name to the musical instrument shown. Name the symbol, name the instrument.

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Send your guest questions to [email protected]

Cracked by: Raghuvansh , udupendra , shrik , x3n , Ps , Kaiser Soze , Soda , Neeraj , p vs np , svgreatest , nishansolo , Johny Walker , Rahulk , akhi , varuns88 , Mitesh , abhijeet , Dibyo , Ananth , sappola , shenoyvarun86 , Mo , alephnull , Deepika , BASAB , Logik , madhur , foobar , Anoop and AmK.

Raghuvansh, udupendra, shrik, x3n, Ps, Kaiser Soze, Soda, Neeraj, p vs np, svgreatest, nishansolo, Johny Walker, Rahulk, akhi, varuns88, Mitesh, abhijeet, Dibyo, Ananth, sappola, shenoyvarun86, Mo, alephnull, Deepika, BASAB, Logik, madhur, foobar, Anoop and AmK


Geared for weird: high stakes

—srikanth @ May 16, 2009

Borderline non-tech, nevertheless interesting. What connects these and many more? Identify plz.

  1. 1d873a1534e6d76b24dfe446d0596930
  2. 5715dec96182e36b66122bda65815ed0
  3. 9a90e2d132a48283e1a20df48f5f42f7
  4. 8f9abb49aabf358ecfe05b36c4661bba

Cracked by Raghuvansh , Dibyo and shrik.

Raghuvansh, Dibyo and shrik


meep.. meep.. meep meep..

—devadutta @ May 15, 2009

This man is a very famous biologist and he coined a word to describe the similarities between 2 and culture. That word is now very famous on the internet.

Who is he, what word did he coin?

  1. a4c42f6dc88887e875ac09ce89cd36f9 2. 0b72aa241a63a11a58fe60001a7d443a

Cracked by: Goyal , AmK , bobo , piezocake , nisha’s thambi , Rithwik K , Nakul , shrik , p vs np , svgreatest , Wasi Manazir , akhi , ABHI , KRIK , RajT , Raghav , Johny Walker , varuns88 , alephnull , Dibyo , shenoyvarun86 , Ananth , foobar and Anirudh.

Goyal, AmK, bobo, piezocake, nisha’s thambi, Rithwik K, Nakul, shrik, p vs np, svgreatest, Wasi Manazir, akhi, ABHI, KRIK, RajT, Raghav, Johny Walker, varuns88, alephnull, Dibyo, shenoyvarun86, Ananth, foobar and Anirudh


Fluent in JavaScript as well as Klingon

—devadutta @ May 14, 2009

Guest question from p vs np who seems to be busy fragging his sem end exams one after the other :P

Equation 1. was given by 2. as the proof of validity for what may seem a concept too far fetched in his ‘pet-creation’. The equation was “inspired” by the one given by 3, which happens to be higher up on the scale of seriousness.
Solve 1 through 3 and also throw in the “concept”.

  1. e08319b34083938e9fa5e96edca06b54
  2. b2ab1f136cdb54b76ec8bb8007130da7 3. 1a44a60cd981065e652fcd2156f0ed18

Please to beam your questions to [email protected]

Cracked by: sj_lj , shrik , udupendra , AmK , akhi , Goyal , Rithwik K , BASAB , sappola , Dibyo , KRIK and p vs np.

sj_lj, shrik, udupendra, AmK, akhi, Goyal, Rithwik K, BASAB, sappola, Dibyo, KRIK and p vs np


Fly, robin, fly

—srikanth @ May 14, 2009

What connects these technologies?

  1. 0545f4e2d7c4beab63c1a2d130fe7142
  2. a90573cb715ee1581b544b4d1968bfda

Again, sorry for the delay… More extenuating circumstances :P This question will also stay up till about 1900 hrs IST tomorrow.

Cracked by AmK , Goyal , Dibyo , shrik , Raghuvansh , KRIK , udupendra , Rogi , akhi and sappola.

AmK, Goyal, Dibyo, shrik, Raghuvansh, KRIK, udupendra, Rogi, akhi and sappola