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No can see

—devadutta @ February 8, 2011

Popular urban myth states that you can see this man-made structure from the Moon, but, none of the dudes who landed on the moon have ever seen it. Which structure are we talking about? (you can see it in this pic, its a satellite image)

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Kaustubh, Rogi, Ananth, Sandesh, KK, jowens, byslexia, Dibyo, Manish Achuth, NITHYA, shrik, Anjul, Bharath, buk, vishal golcha, dineshk, Thejas V R, Nanda, krudebox, teju, srinivasan, Siddarth Pai, ragwho, shrey, soumya g, Logik, v.chandrashekar, Crackedpot, vinayaknp, Sumanth Patlolla, udupendra, Riyaz Usman and Appu S

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“The Great Wall Of China”


Is Russia visible?

—srikanth @ February 7, 2011

Who is this a reference to?

Fake whose-line-is-it-anyway style points for the whole story.

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, jowens, Riyaz Usman, SV, dineshk, Ananth, Rogi, KK, vinayaknp, Sumanth Patlolla, shrik, Thejas V R, Antariksh Bothale, Siddarth Pai, udupendra, vkamath, Logik, Sandesh, krudebox, teju, jins, Bharath and Crackedpot

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Google Chrome’s “about:internets” page/easter-egg is a very obvious reference to the comment about the internet being a series of tubes by Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens.


There's something dark about this.

—srikanth @ February 5, 2011

Identify and connect.

Cracked by Bharath, jowens, Ananth, Raghuvansh, dineshk, Dibyo, Rogi, Appu S, lanu, Siddarth Pai, vinayaknp, rohanquizzer, KK, Sumanth Patlolla, udupendra, Thejas V R, Sanador, shrik, Logik, Riyaz Usman, Mikey, Shwetha Maiya, raklodramA and mankuTimma


Dr. Awesome

—devadutta @ February 4, 2011

Who he?

Hint:

Cracked by: jayanth, Rogi, Sandesh, Ananth, dineshk, jowens, Anjul, Logik, KK, buk, ChaitanyaPawanBalla, Vivek, Antariksh Bothale, Bharath, Raghuvansh, Crackedpot, Dibyo, Siddarth Pai, vinayaknp, mankuTimma, udupendra, AmK, Sanador, Thejas V R and Shwetha Maiya

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Jorge Cham, the author of PhD comics.


So that's how he did it...

—srikanth @ February 3, 2011

I’ll just leave this pic here…

Identify the source.

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, jayanth, shrik, Muthu Sundaresan, dineshk, Bharath, Rogi, Ananth, KK, jowens, Manish Achuth, Sumanth Patlolla, Abhiram Bharadwaj Diddigi, Moju21, Siddarth Pai, Vishnu, Thejas V R, rohanquizzer, raklodramA, Logik, v.chandrashekar, Shwetha Maiya, Crackedpot and Dibyo

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This is a diagram from Eddie Van Halen’s patent for a ‘Musical Instrument Support’. Most radical patent-app ever?


Round Round

—devadutta @ February 2, 2011

Identify and explain the significance of this video clip.

Cracked by: jowens, Rogi, Raghuvansh, Anjul, KK, Siddarth Pai, Thejas V R, dineshk, Bharath, Aparna, Ananth and Sandesh

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Roundhay Garden Scene, the earliest surviving motion picture clip! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundhay_Garden_Scene


My internship wasn't like this...

—srikanth @ February 1, 2011

Identify:

Clue:

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Logik, shrik, dineshk, Ananth, SV, Rogi, jowens, KK, Bharath, Bipin Banavalikar, Anonymous, Thejas V R, shrey, raklodramA, jins, rohanquizzer, jayaprakashbr, v.chandrashekar, Sanador, aditthya, krudebox, udupendra, Antariksh Bothale, Aparna, sandesh, Crackedpot, vishal golcha, Siddarth Pai, Sohail Nijas and Sumanth Patlolla

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This graph, by a Facebook intern named Paul Butler, graphs “friendships” across continents.


Like the music, except, probably, louder.

—srikanth @ January 31, 2011

What is this class of devices called?

Hint: Name is blanked out here:

PS: I fought off the gremlins and came back. Yay.

Cracked by: vijayaraghavan, Rogi, shrik, jowens, dineshk, Mikey, KK, Sumanth Patlolla, Logik, vinayaknp, Antariksh Bothale, Raghuvansh, Manish Achuth, Ananth, sandesh, Bharath, Thejas V R, Siddarth Pai, raklodramA, Appu S, rohanquizzer, v.chandrashekar, Sanador, Aparna, udupendra, Kaustubh and Sohail Nijas

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Tokamak reactors.


Drink Water

—devadutta @ January 30, 2011

Comic suggestion for a social-network’s 503 page by a famous web-comic artist. It was actually used. Who is the artist? Which social network?

Late question is soooper laaate. Sorry folks, Gremlins kidnapped the Quizmaster.

Cracked by: dineshk, Anonymous, Riyaz Usman, raklodramA, Sanador, Dibyo, Rogi, Thejas V R, Bipin Banavalikar, vinayaknp, Moju21, jins, KK, shrey, madhur, jowens, Sumanth Patlolla, Siddarth Pai, Aparna, Bharath, shrik, Logik, Raghuvansh, Ananth, Manish Achuth, sandesh, udupendra, Kaustubh and Shwetha Maiya

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The Oatmeal’s suggestion for Tumblr’s 503 page.


Just about red

—devadutta @ January 29, 2011

This dude, is a famous composer. He is even more famous for his scientific discoveries. Who he?

For fake bonus points, tell us what he discovered.

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Ananth, jowens, Bharath, sandesh, KK, Dibyo, Rogi, dineshk, shrik, lanu, Qbrain, raklodramA, puneet_k, Bipin Banavalikar, Muthu sundaresan, Manish Achuth, vishal, udupendra, rohanquizzer, Appu S, v.chandrashekar, Sohail Nijas, Sumanth Patlolla, Aparna, vishal golcha, Thejas V R, Nanda, Riyaz Usman, Siddarth Pai and Logik

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Sir William Herschel, great composer and discoverer of Uranus.