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Another Simpson Reference

—devadutta @ November 29, 2012

Identify and connect

Cracked by: jayanth, Vishnu Prashanth, Rogi, KK, Supritha Maiya, rickde, Logik, Manish Achuth, Sumanth Patlolla, Mayukh Bose, s m muneer ali, ady1995555, Ananth and Bipin Banavalikar

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Apple Lisa, named after Lisa Brennan-Jobs in 2. Apparently Jobs initially swore that Lisa was not her daughter, but then embraced her.


Beep.. Beep..? Take this!

—devadutta @ November 28, 2012

USA’s answer to the Soviet. What is this?

Cracked by: KK, Rogi, raklodramA, rickde, Supritha Maiya, Ananth, Manish Achuth, Shubhang, Sumanth Patlolla, Mayukh Bose, jayanth, Logik, s m muneer ali and Bipin Banavalikar

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Explorer 1, USA’s first artificial satellite to orbit the earth.


I see your tin foil hats and I raise you this..

—devadutta @ November 27, 2012

What is this?

Cracked by: raklodramA, KK, Ananth, Rogi, rickde, Manish Achuth, Sumanth Patlolla, jayanth, Logik and s m muneer ali

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Goggles that block face detection algorithms from working. Sweet!


Impossible to imagine a version of this on my wrist..

—devadutta @ November 26, 2012

What is this?

BTW, same advantage with Arabic as with Russian.

Cracked by: Supritha Maiya, Bipin Banavalikar, rickde, Manish Achuth, Logik, raklodramA, KK, Ananth, Dibyo, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla and s m muneer ali

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Candle Clock designed by Al Jazari in 12th Century. Nice.


Final Frontier

—devadutta @ November 25, 2012

Good thing about Russian post-card questions: I do not have to blur out any text.. because no one here can read it! (Or, am I wrong?)

Who is he?

Cracked by: Manish Achuth, Bipin Banavalikar, bhargava, Supritha Maiya, Raghu, Jayaprakash B R, rickde, Logik, raklodramA, KK, Ananth, Dibyo, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, Mayukh Bose, Anjul, jayanth and s m muneer ali

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Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space!


Maybe you'll find someone else to help you.. maybe some Europeans

—devadutta @ November 24, 2012

We have seen a similar thing spanning over Europe. But this is supposedly the world’s biggest. What it is?

Cracked by: Bipin Banavalikar, bhargava, Manish Achuth, rickde, Logik, Supritha Maiya, raklodramA, KK, Ananth, Dibyo, Sumanth Patlolla, Mayukh Bose, jayanth, Gesar_Lin and s m muneer ali

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“World’s largest” superconducting supercollider in TX.


He threw a party today and invited everyone tomorrow

—devadutta @ November 23, 2012

Not easy to identity this great man in zero G. Who is he?

Cracked by: Ananth, Manoj, KK, Jayaprakash B R, Sumanth Patlolla, Bipin Banavalikar, bhargava, Manish Achuth, vinayaknp, rickde, Vishnu Prashanth, Logik, Supritha Maiya, raklodramA, Dibyo, Rogi, Mayukh Bose, Anjul, jayanth and piezocake

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Stephen Hawking..


You're probably not one of them.

—srikanth @ November 18, 2012

Who? (The group, not the person)

Cracked by: bhargava, rickde, Manish Achuth, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, KK, Logik, Ananth, Bipin Banavalikar, Supritha Maiya, raklodramA and Dibyo

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The Luddites, who took their name from Ned Ludd - a person (and possible nutcase) who went around breaking stocking frames to protest the use of technology taking jobs away from people.


Answer is probably inconsistent, or incomplete.

—srikanth @ November 17, 2012

(2) said his “own work no longer meant much, that he came to the Institute merely…to have the privilege of walking home with (1)”

(1) on the left, (2) on the right.

Identify (1) and (2), please.

Cracked by: Bipin Banavalikar, Rogi, rickde, Manish Achuth, Supritha Maiya, Jayaprakash B R, Sumanth Patlolla, Anjul, KK, Logik, Ananth, bhargava, vinayaknp, raklodramA, Dibyo and Mayukh Bose

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Kurt Godel, Albert Einstein


Let's eat them later..

—devadutta @ November 9, 2012

What is happening here?

Cracked by: Rogi, s m muneer ali, raklodramA, Sumanth Patlolla, Ananth, rickde, KK, jinz and Manish Achuth

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Boeing using potatoes instead of humans for testing Wi-Fi