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Not the Dark Side

—devadutta @ February 13, 2012

Borderline arbit question. If you are to believe the NYT, this “art form” is in a “museum” which has been visited by only 2 humans. Ever. Where is this museum?

The art piece is actually small. About this small. For a reason.

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, rickde, Manish Achuth, shrik, rohanquizzer, Rogi, Vishwas B Sharma, KK, Ananth, raklodramA, Raghuvansh, badideabear, jowens, Dibyo, Bharath, vishal, Rahulk and anurag

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The Moon Museum


And you said it was bad?

—devadutta @ February 12, 2012

Sitter of all sitters. Identify the “problem”.

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, rickde, Manish Achuth, finkle, shrik, rohanquizzer, Rogi, Vishwas B Sharma, KK, Godzilla101, Ananth, raklodramA, Raghuvansh, jowens, badideabear, Bharath, Dibyo, Jayaprakash B R, Anonymous, debjani, Anjul, Rahulk and anurag

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Quoting badideabear


Aqua Awesomea

—devadutta @ February 11, 2012

Instrument that gained popularity for being able to generate sc-fi and spooky sounds. Identify.

Cracked by: rickde, Manish Achuth, tanwi, shrik, rohanquizzer, Rogi, KK, Vishwas B Sharma, Raghuvansh, jowens and raklodramA

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Quoting Rogi


Just 16 years

—devadutta @ February 10, 2012

Highest medal of honor you can achieve. Where?

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, rickde, Manish Achuth, shrik, rohanquizzer, Rogi, KK, Ananth, Raghuvansh, jowens, raklodramA, Rahulk, Bharath and Vishwas B Sharma

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Quoting Bharat


Here kitty kitty

—devadutta @ February 9, 2012

What is this patent for?

Yes, this is a real patent.

Cracked by: Anirudh Patil, Sumanth Patlolla, Anjul, rickde, Manish Achuth, shrik, rohanquizzer, Rogi, Vishwas B Sharma, KK, Ananth, Raghuvansh, raklodramA, jowens, Rahulk, Bharath, Dibyo, Jayaprakash B R and anurag

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Quoting anurag


What the *bleep*?

—devadutta @ February 8, 2012

Guest Question from %gqh% Rakesh KK. Thank you, great sire!

Identify and say

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to him!

Please do not identify his most popular invention. Please.

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, rickde, Manish Achuth, finkle, shrik, Rogi, Vishwas B Sharma, Ananth, KK, Raghuvansh, raklodramA, jowens, Rahulk, Bharath and vishal

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Urban Müller, inventor of Brainf***


Idea!

—devadutta @ February 7, 2012

Traceable history of a celebrated invention. The British scientist appearing in the last image is supposed to be the real inventor, but it was patented and perfected by another inventor in America.

Which invention are we talking about? Who is the British inventor and Who is the American inventor ?

For fake bonus points, identify everyone.

Cracked by: Bharath, KK, Raghuvansh, Manish Achuth, Sumanth Patlolla, rickde, Rogi, jowens, shrik, Vishwas B Sharma, Ananth, raklodramA, Rahulk and Dibyo

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(1) Humphrey Davy


Someone should do a modern pop version of this

—srikanth @ February 6, 2012

No point explaining this too much. Who wrote this?

Cracked by: shrik, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, rickde, jowens, Bharath, KK, Raghuvansh, Manish Achuth, Aditya, Vishwas B Sharma, Ananth, raklodramA, Rahulk and Dibyo

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Quoting Rahulk


Are these the droids?

—devadutta @ February 5, 2012

These places which are very much on Earth have been shown to be from another planet in a popular movie. Which movie?

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Manish Achuth, Rogi, Bharath, KK, jinz, raklodramA, Sumanth Patlolla, rickde, finkle, jowens, Dibyo, shrik, rohanquizzer, Puja, Aditya, Vishwas B Sharma, Ananth, Rahulk and Shwetha Maiya

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Quoting Shwetha


Radio City

—srikanth @ February 4, 2012

What is this tower famous for? You probably recognize a silhouetted b&w image.

Cracked by: Ananth, KK, Manish Achuth, raklodramA, Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, shrik, Vishwas B Sharma, finkle, Raghuvansh, Rogi, Bharath, jinz, rickde, jowens, Godzilla101, rohanquizzer, Rahulk and Shwetha Maiya

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Quoting RahulK who is quoting Wiki