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—devadutta @ February 3, 2012

What is this? To be specific, tell us what time the top dial shows.

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

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Quoting Vishwas


Golden

—devadutta @ February 2, 2012

Brilliant video demonstrating multiple physics concepts. Identify the instrument in the center and for bonus cookie points, tell us which principle is responsible for the effect seen when UV light is cast on the instrument.

Oh, there is a Zinc plate on the instrument. That is very vital for the effect you saw.

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

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Quoting Raghuvansh


Bzzzzt!!!

—devadutta @ February 1, 2012

Artist’s depiction of a famous experiment. Which experiment? Who the dude in the painting?

Cracked by: rohanquizzer, raklodramA, Rogi, finkle, tanwi, rickde, Sumanth Patlolla, Amarendra Kumar, Anjul, Vishwas B Sharma, Kaustubh Mhatre, KK, Thejas V R, shrik, Mr.Bay Leaf, Bharath, jowens, Rahulk, Manish Achuth, Ananth, Dibyo, vinayaknp, Raghuvansh, v.chandrashekar and nandha k samy

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Quoting Raghuvansh


Every living thing

—devadutta @ January 31, 2012

What is this? Who built it?

Cracked by: raklodramA, rohanquizzer, Rogi, finkle, tanwi, rickde, Sumanth Patlolla, Anjul, Amarendra Kumar, Vishwas B Sharma, KK, Thejas V R, shrik, Mr.Bay Leaf, Bharath, jowens, Rahulk, Manish Achuth, Ananth, Dibyo and Raghuvansh

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Original DNA model constructed by Watson and Crick


There is one for space too

—devadutta @ January 30, 2012

1 and 2(not shown here) invented a super popular internet protocol. 2 is very famous and is the public face of the protocol, but, not too many people have seen 1. Who is 1?

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, Rajesh, Ananth, Vishwas B Sharma, finkle, raklodramA, rohanquizzer, tanwi, rickde, varun, Anjul, Kaustubh Mhatre, KK, Thejas V R, shrik, Bharath, Shwetha Maiya, jowens, Rahulk, Manish Achuth, Dibyo, Raghuvansh and v.chandrashekar

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Bob Kahn, Vint Cerf and TCP


Intelligent?

—devadutta @ January 29, 2012

Disney sells this series of videos for babies. Very popular. What is it called?

I think they are spooky though. Cracked by: Rogi, Mo, Sumanth Patlolla, rickde, Vishwas B Sharma, shrik, jowens, Manish Achuth, Ananth, Raghuvansh and raklodramA

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The super spooky and psychedelic ‘Baby Einstein’


Quick Work

—devadutta @ January 28, 2012

This kid became very famous for what he designed recently. What did he design (Blocked in red)?

Descriptive answers et al will be accepted.

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Rogi, finkle, Sumanth Patlolla, rickde, Manish Achuth, jowens, rohanquizzer, sandeep bhat, Amarendra Kumar, tsmyelin, Godzilla101, Bharath, Jayaprakash B R, KK, Rajesh, Vishwas B Sharma, shrik, Ananth, Anjul, Shwetha Maiya, Siddarth Pai, ratpi, shreya, SV, raklodramA, Rajdeep, Kaustubh Mhatre, Rahulk, anurag, tanwi, Thejas V R, vinayaknp and nandha k samy

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Quoting Rahulk


Stop. Animation Time!

—devadutta @ January 27, 2012

This dude pioneered movies of the type below. Who he?

If it helps, google did an elaborate doodle on him.

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, finkle, rickde, Surya Narayanan, Manish Achuth, jowens, rohanquizzer, Amarendra Kumar, KV, tsmyelin, Bharath, KK, Vishwas B Sharma, shrik, Ananth, Siddarth Pai, Shwetha Maiya, raklodramA, Rahulk, Dibyo, Shivathilak, Mo and Kaustubh Mhatre

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Art Clokey


Whaaaat?

—devadutta @ January 26, 2012

Yay! Obscure meme question time.

Which very popular rage face did this still inspire?

Also, tell us who he is. For bonus cookies :)

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, finkle, rickde, Manish Achuth, jowens, rohanquizzer, Amarendra Kumar, tsmyelin, Godzilla101, Hitesh T S, Bharath, KK, Vishwas B Sharma, shrik, Ananth, Anjul, Siddarth Pai, Shwetha Maiya, raklodramA, Kaustubh Mhatre, Rahulk, Dibyo and Thejas V R

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“Are you Serious?” Face. David Silverman


Where are the photos

—devadutta @ January 25, 2012

Sitter. Which Company?

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, finkle, rickde, Manish Achuth, jowens, rohanquizzer, Amarendra Kumar, tsmyelin, Hitesh T S, Bharath, Jayaprakash B R, KK, Rajesh, Ananth, Vishwas B Sharma, shrik, Anjul, Shwetha Maiya, Siddarth Pai, SV, raklodramA, Kaustubh Mhatre, Rahulk, Dibyo and Thejas V R

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