Hola quiz-amigos. I am back after a long hiatus, during which time The Incredible Devadutta has posted some utterly brilliant questions and managed this place completely solo. Many thanks Mr D!

Here’s welcoming the new year with a back-to-basics Geekiness question. See the graphs below. What are they depicting?

PS: Refrain from going into gory details, plzkthx!

Cracked by: udupendra, Kaustubh, Bharath, dineshk, Rogi, jowens, Manish Achuth, duriel, Shwetha Maiya, shrik, Tushar S, Dibyo, raklodramA, Raghuvansh, Pawankumar Hegde, SV, Logik, Sumanth Patlolla, Rahul Rajeev, apar, lanu, Thejas V R, Ananth, Bipin Banavalikar, Siddarth Pai and Rahulk

Yay! Obscure meme question time.

Explain.

There are a lot more “art” forms of this type all over the net.

Treasure Hunt update: 3 people have cracked the puzzle, so the hunt will be closed tomorrow. If you hurry up, you can still get yourself 3 points!

Hint for stage 4: The blowfish you see is not a reference to the cipher.

Cracked by: Kaustubh, Sumanth Patlolla, jowens, xeqtor, Manish Achuth, Pawankumar Hegde, Dibyo, Rahulk, Rahul Rajeev, Rogi, Thejas V R, Anjul, udupendra, shrey, shrik, aditthya, apar, Bharath, Aparna, dineshk, duriel, Shwetha Maiya, Rithwik K, raklodramA, Logik, Raghuvansh and Ananth

Famous psychological experiment. Identify the dude (the freaky looking dog is his “apparatus” for the experiment)

AutoRaja will be back on Wednesday. So, please leave comments on unanswered questions asap.

Hint for treasure hunt: In stage 2, the owl is asking you to find a file.

Cracked by: xeqtor, Pawankumar Hegde, Kaustubh, Rahulk, mrsgollum, udupendra, Tribhuvanesh, shrik, Rogi, Dibyo, fistea, Logik, nishansolo, buk, Anjul, Tushar S, aditthya, joe, rohanquizzer, rey de v, Sumanth Patlolla, Rahul Rajeev, vinayaknp, Manish Achuth, Ananth, Goyal, Chris Danaceau, v.chandrashekar, duriel, dineshk, Siddarth Pai, badideabear, byslexia, shrey, jowens, Qbrain, Piyush, Thejas V R, eswar.pm, lanu, Nanda, shenoyvarun86, apar, Bharath, Aparna, Shwetha Maiya, Rithwik K, mankuTimma, Sanador, raklodramA and stinky94

Identify this “car"and tell us what makes it special.

Cracked by: xeqtor, pavan, shrik, shrey, Thejas V R, Logik, Dibyo, Manish Achuth, Raghuvansh, jowens, Rahul Rajeev, duriel, dineshk, Pawankumar Hegde, Tushar S, Ananth, Piyush, apar, Anjul, Moju21, lotuseater, Sumanth Patlolla, nishansolo, Rithwik K, Rogi, udupendra, Qbrain, rohanquizzer, Goyal, mankuTimma, byslexia, SV, Rahulk, lanu, eswar.pm, aditthya, Sanador, Bharath, Shwetha Maiya, bluegem4, raklodramA, Aparna and v.chandrashekar

What is blocked out in black? (Ignore the pixelized content)

Cracked by: udupendra, jowens, dineshk, Rogi, shrik, shrey, Dibyo, apar, duriel, Manish Achuth, Moju21, Tushar S, Mukul, sandman, xeqtor, pavan, Thejas V R, Logik, Raghuvansh, Rahul Rajeev, Pawankumar Hegde, Ananth, Piyush, Anjul, lotuseater, Sumanth Patlolla, nishansolo, Rahulk, rey de v, rohanquizzer, vinayaknp, Goyal, byslexia, Kaustubh, lanu, shenoyvarun86, aditthya, Bharath, Aparna, Qbrain, Shwetha Maiya, mankuTimma, bluegem4, raklodramA and v.chandrashekar

Identify

Here is a video of it in action

and yes, hint:

Cracked by: shrik, puneet_k, Rahul Rajeev, Tushar S, Thejas V R, Sumanth Patlolla, Manish Achuth, pavan, Dibyo, Rogi, jowens, duriel, xeqtor, Rahulk, Raghuvansh, Moju21, udupendra, dineshk, apar, sandman, Logik, Pawankumar Hegde, Ananth, Piyush, Rithwik K, rohanquizzer, Kaustubh, lanu, shenoyvarun86, aditthya, aditthya, Bharath, Shwetha Maiya, Qbrain, mankuTimma, raklodramA, Aparna and v.chandrashekar

Guest question from Satya Saha %gqh%. Thanks a lot sire!

What is this?

Cracked by: jowens, Rogi, Kaustubh, Pawankumar Hegde, xeqtor, nishansolo, duriel, dineshk, Tushar S, Manish Achuth, Ashish Agrawal, shrik, byslexia, Dibyo, udupendra, lanu, Rahul Rajeev, Thejas V R, Piyush, Sumanth Patlolla, pavan, Ananth, shrey, Rahulk, Raghuvansh, apar, Logik, lotuseater, Rithwik K, rohanquizzer, Qbrain, shenoyvarun86, aditthya, Bharath, Shwetha Maiya, mankuTimma, Sanador, raklodramA and v.chandrashekar

[Update] - Dupe question! My apologies.

Pictures from what?

Cracked by: Kaustubh, xeqtor, mrsgollum, dineshk, puneet_k, Rogi, duriel, shrik, Manish Achuth, Rahul Rajeev, Sumanth Patlolla, Ananth, joe, Pawankumar hegde, jowens, Tushar S, nishansolo, byslexia, udupendra, Dibyo, lanu, Thejas V R, Piyush, shrey, Logik, Rahulk, Raghuvansh, apar, Moju21, Rithwik K, mankuTimma, shenoyvarun86, aditthya, Bharath, Shwetha Maiya, Qbrain, raklodramA and v.chandrashekar

What’s being discussed here?

imaginary bonus points for naming the standing chap.

Cracked by: jowens, SV, username, Pawankumar Hegde, duriel, Anjul, xeqtor, dineshk, byslexia, Rogi, shrik, nishansolo, udupendra, Sumanth Patlolla, Rahul Rajeev, Logik, vkamath, Bharath, Ananth, da thinker, Varun Ratnakar, Thejas V R, apar, Pradeep and Rithwik K

1 and 2 started a fairly popular service (whose name is blacked out in the image) and sold it to a huge company. That company shut it down and 1 and 2 quit their own company in disappointment (the photo below was taken when they quit). 1 went ahead and started a very similar service again and now it is one of the most happening places on the web.

Who he? What service did he start?

Cracked by: xeqtor, username, shenoyvarun86, shrik, Logik, vijayaraghavan, Sumanth Patlolla, apar, Piyush, jowens, Rahul Rajeev, Pawankumar Hegde, Rogi, dineshk, Ananth, nishansolo, Amarendra, Manish Achuth, Bipin Banavalikar, Vijay, Parantap Singh, lanu, Qbrain, duriel, Dibyo, byslexia, mankuTimma, aditthya, Nanda, udupendra, vkamath, Bharath, puneet_k, Thejas V R, Rahulk, Moju21, Rithwik K, Shwetha Maiya, Sanador, raklodramA and v.chandrashekar