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Anil Kumble Special

—devadutta @ September 25, 2008

Before this ubiquitous logo took its current form, many design variations like the ones below were tried. Which logo are we talking about?

  1. 2.

Hint: These are just parts of the whole logo(as though it is not obvious enough)..

Cracked by: Ajay Parasuram , Kamal Rathi , srikar , Atul Mathew , anirvan , Rohan , Achilles , shenoyvarun86 , anirudh , Dibyo , Priya , rajeshvj , Debasish , Nakul , varuns88 , Ananth , Anu , sidsen , udupendra , teju.

Ajay Parasuram, Kamal Rathi, srikar, Atul Mathew, anirvan, Rohan, Achilles, shenoyvarun86, anirudh, Dibyo, Priya, rajeshvj, Debasish, Nakul, varuns88, Ananth, Anu, sidsen, udupendra and teju


Thought is free.

—srikanth @ September 24, 2008

If movie (1) is based on the play (2), then which awesome fictional character is based on (3) (3 is a character in 2)?

Cracked by Dibyo , shenoyvarun86 , udupendra , varuns88 , sidsen and Pillai.

Dibyo, shenoyvarun86, udupendra, varuns88, sidsen and Pillai


Antagonizing Dan Brown

—srikanth @ September 23, 2008

1, 2, and 3 did not like something related to 4 and hence started what?

Cracked by Achilles , shenoyvarun86 , Dibyo , Goyal , Ajay Parasuram , Kamal Rathi , sidsen , Rohan , udupendra and jayanth.

Achilles, shenoyvarun86, Dibyo, Goyal, Ajay Parasuram, Kamal Rathi, sidsen, Rohan, udupendra and jayanth


Wabbit

—devadutta @ September 22, 2008

1 was world’s first. 2 followed footsteps of 1. Both made using 3.
Identify 1,2 and 3.

  1. 2.

Cracked by: Goyal , nihit , Rc , shenoyvarun86 , Tathagata Chatterjee , Kamal Rathi , Achilles , gammafunction , Dibyo , Phani , pinaki sarkar , madhur , joe , varuns88 , jayanth , Ajay Parasuram , ali , akhi , udupendra , duriel , malcaluffin , Rohan.

Goyal, nihit, Rc, shenoyvarun86, Tathagata Chatterjee, Kamal Rathi, Achilles, gammafunction, Dibyo, Phani, pinaki sarkar, madhur, joe, varuns88, jayanth, Ajay Parasuram, ali, akhi, udupendra, duriel, malcaluffin and Rohan


It is what it is

—devadutta @ September 21, 2008

What is this website’s claim to fame?

(Click on the image to make it bigger and take a look)

Some more shots

Hint: What can you notice as soon as you see the page?

Only yaksha managed to crack it! Nice job!

Update: malcaluffin with awesome search engine skills also gets the point. Since you had not mentioned the magic words in the answer below, I had overlooked your answer. Thanks for letting me know! Good Job!

malcaluffin and yaksha


WAR!

—srikanth @ September 20, 2008

What connects these parties?

  1. The good:
  2. The bad:

Edit: fixed (good and bad were mixed up :-/). Note to self: 4AM is a bad time to frame questions.

Cracked by udupendra , shenoyvarun86 , akhi , Achilles , Phani , Pankaj KR , jayanth , Siddharth Jain , and sidsen (who is extra awesome for owning it).

  1. The good: Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla
  2. The bad: Thomas Edison and J P Morgan

The connect: Prota/antagonists in the strange graphic novel The Five Fists of Science

udupendra, shenoyvarun86, akhi, Achilles, Phani, Pankaj KR, jayanth, Siddharth Jain and sidsen


Hello, Hola, Hoi..

—devadutta @ September 19, 2008

Which common quality connects?

Cracked by: gammafunction , Phani , shenoyvarun86 , nihit , akhi , pinaki sarkar , anirudh , madhur , udupendra , Kamal Rathi , Goyal , Achilles , abdulla , bhootha , piezocake.

gammafunction, Phani, shenoyvarun86, nihit, akhi, pinaki sarkar, anirudh, madhur, udupendra, Kamal Rathi, Goyal, Achilles, abdulla, bhootha and piezocake


Probably true

—srikanth @ September 18, 2008

This strip is a reference to what popular meme?

Cracked either exactly or approximately by Goyal , Atul Mathew , Phani , Dibyo , udupendra , shenoyvarun86 , shyam , nihit , gammafunction , bobo , ratnakar , Keerthi M R , Achilles , Ajay Parasuram , sidsen , Priya , Vinayak Sapru , joe , sangoman , madhur , Ananth , Pillai , jayanth and Kuttppan.

Dibyo(2), Goyal, Atul Mathew, Phani, udupendra, shenoyvarun86, shyam, nihit, gammafunction, bobo, ratnakar, Keerthi M R, Achilles, Ajay Parasuram, sidsen, Priya, Vinayak Sapru, joe, sangoman, madhur, Ananth, Pillai, jayanth and Kuttppan


Should I name this?

—devadutta @ September 17, 2008

Plain text question for a change. What is this?
Romeo, a young man of Verona.
Juliet, a young woman.
Hamlet, a temporary variable from Denmark.
The Ghost, a limiting factor (and by a remarkable coincidence also
Hamlet’s father).

                Act I: Interview with the other side.

                Scene I: At the last hour before dawn.

[Enter the Ghost and Juliet]
/*
Cracked by 26 people. Phani , Tathagata Chatterjee , shenoyvarun86 , Goyal , anirudh ,
Achilles , ali , Dibyo , Rc , gammafunction , varuns88 , joe , p vs np
, yaksha , Ajay Parasuram , duriel , Rohan , sangoman , Kamal Rathi ,
shyam , madhur , BiGFooT , udupendra , Sindhura , Vinay , Siddharth
Jain , Atul Mathew , nihit.

Phani, Tathagata Chatterjee, shenoyvarun86, Goyal, anirudh, Achilles, ali, Dibyo, Rc, gammafunction, varuns88, joe, p vs np, yaksha, Ajay Parasuram, duriel, Rohan, sangoman, Kamal Rathi, shyam, madhur, BiGFooT, udupendra, Sindhura, Vinay, Siddharth Jain, Atul Mathew and nihit

Show Answer

Shakespeare Programming Language


npn

—devadutta @ September 16, 2008

A slightly complicated version of a question sent in by Darshan BIGFooT Ashpal.

Connect

Cracked by: shenoyvarun86 , Goyal , Rc , gammafunction , Mridul Kapoor , Achilles , pinaki sarkar , svgreatest , bobo , Phani , Tathagata Chatterjee , Boneywasawarriorwayayix , Ajay Parasuram , googlesh , Kamal Rathi , Vinayak Sapru , joe , Rohan , Nakul , ali , udupendra , Sindhura , Ananth , madhur , pratap.

shenoyvarun86, Goyal, Rc, gammafunction, Mridul Kapoor, Achilles, pinaki sarkar, svgreatest, bobo, Phani, Tathagata Chatterjee, Boneywasawarriorwayayix, Ajay Parasuram, googlesh, Kamal Rathi, Vinayak Sapru, joe, Rohan, Nakul, ali, udupendra, Sindhura, Ananth, madhur and pratap