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Category: Quiz

Dramatic Change

—devadutta @ June 5, 2012

Who is he? Which very popular movie is this from?

Cracked by: Rogi, vinayaknp, Sumanth Patlolla, rickde, Vishnu Prashanth, Bharath, Mayukh Bose, Manish Achuth, tanwi, KK and Shwetha Maiya

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ESR from the opening scene of “Revolution OS”


And Two Shall Become One

—devadutta @ June 4, 2012

Awesome guest question from %gqh% Rogi! Yay!

What recent announcement connects the two facilities pictured?

Cracked by: Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, rickde, Bharath, Manish Achuth and Shwetha Maiya

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Flerovium and Livermorium. New elements on the periodic table!


Like Norton Ghost

—devadutta @ June 3, 2012

Connect

Cracked by: Anjul, Rogi, Manish Achuth, KK, Ananth, Amarendra Kumar, rohanquizzer, Logik, Bipin Banavalikar, rickde, Sumanth Patlolla, Manoj, Dibyo, Bharath, bhargava, bastet, username, Vishnu Prashanth, Mayukh Bose and tanwi

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Dolly the sheep was named after Dolly Parton


Celebrate with high probability

—devadutta @ June 2, 2012

What “problem”/paradox does this graph show?

If I told you what pair the Y-Axis was, I would be telling you the answer.

Cracked by: Rogi, Manish Achuth, KK, Ananth, Amarendra Kumar, Logik, rickde, Bipin Banavalikar, Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, Bharath, K. Vijayanth Reddy and Vishnu Prashanth

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Birthday Paradox


Zoom In

—devadutta @ June 1, 2012

Yay! More astronomy questions!

Identify

Cracked by: rickde, Bharath, Rogi, Manish Achuth, KK, Ananth, Bipin Banavalikar, Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, username, Vishnu Prashanth and Shwetha Maiya

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Large Binocular Telescope, one of the most advanced telescopes in the world


Smile!

—devadutta @ May 31, 2012

Identify and connect

Cracked by: rickde, Bharath, Rogi, Manish Achuth, KK, Ananth, Bipin Banavalikar, Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, username, K. Vijayanth Reddy, Vishnu Prashanth and Shwetha Maiya

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First ever photo of the moon taken by John William Draper


Will happen soon..

—devadutta @ May 30, 2012

What is happening here?

Cracked by: rickde, Bharath, Anjul, Rogi, Manish Achuth, KK, Ananth, Shwetha Maiya, Bipin Banavalikar, Jayaprakash B R, Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, Logik, vinayaknp, Vishnu Prashanth, bhargava, bastet, username, Somu and K. Vijayanth Reddy

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Transit of Venus


Also a rect.

—srikanth @ May 29, 2012

Pretty strange question, but nevertheless: which company’s logo is inspired by this function?

Pseudobonus points for the significance of said function.

Cracked by: Ananth, username, Sumanth Patlolla, Swarun, KK, Manoj, bhargava, Bharath, Anjul, Rogi, Raghu, Dibyo, sanador and Shwetha Maiya

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Broadcom logo, inspired by the so-called Sinc function (sin(x)/x). Holds lot of special significance, especially in the world of signal processing.


Flame on!

—srikanth @ May 28, 2012

Shocking bit of tech-related drama, this. (1) has mom in the foreground, and dad in the background. The couple cofounded a famous firm. Their son (2) was kidnapped for ransom last year, but some speculate it might have had something to do with the company.

Name the company.

Cracked by: Ananth, badideabear, Sumanth Patlolla, vinayaknp, Manish Achuth, username, arpit mehta, KK, Bipin Banavalikar, Bharath, Rogi, Logik, rickde, Amarendra Kumar, Jayaprakash B R, Dibyo, Vishnu Prashanth, debjani and Shwetha Maiya

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Kaspersky Labs.


Real Programmers

—devadutta @ May 27, 2012

Guest question from KK %gqh% Thanks Saa!

Text only question, u can no has google.

Popular essay.

Who said these?
What doesn’t the real programmer use?

  • No Real Programmer works 9 to 5. (Unless it’s 9 in the evening to 5 in the morning.)
  • Real Programmers don’t wear neckties.
  • Real Programmers don’t wear high heeled shoes.
  • Real Programmers arrive at work in time for lunch. [9]
  • A Real Programmer might or might not know his wife’s name. He does, however, know the entire ASCII (or EBCDIC) code table.
  • Real Programmers don’t know how to cook. Grocery stores aren’t often open at 3 a.m., so they survive on Twinkies and coffee.

Cracked by: Manish Achuth, Dibyo, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, Ananth, Bharath and KK

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See this http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf/hack/realmen.html