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For science!

—srikanth @ July 28, 2010

I don’t know what one thing to ask, TBH, so I’m going to ask for EVERYTHING. Look at this video and identify

  1. The source
  2. The two characters in fatigues
  3. What these two characters are more popular for
  4. The ‘object’ off screen that everyone’s talking about.

Cracked by Logik, Aparna, Rogi, Raghuvansh, vijayaraghavan, dineshk, Dibyo, Bharath, Jean Valjean, Anubhav, varuns88 and Ananth - great work!


Default answer probably works here

—srikanth @ July 27, 2010

Ad campaign for?

Cracked by everyone.

IBM computers - specifically the IBM 604 electronic calculator.

Aparna, Logik, Raghuvansh, Vinay Hegde, varuns88, dineshk, Rogi, Dibyo, sandman, Sumanth Patlolla, raklodramA, Rahulk, Nanda, Thejas V R, krudebox, udupendra, Smitha R Maiya, lanu, Shwetha Maiya, Bharath, Vishnu, Manish Achuth, joe, Anubhav, Qbrain, shrik and Ananth


Make it in your own image?

—srikanth @ July 26, 2010

Identify and connect to a term.

Cracked by udupendra, Logik, dineshk, Rogi, lanu, varuns88, Qbrain and shrik


XX question

—srikanth @ July 25, 2010

Identify comic, and protagonist.

Cracked by Logik, dineshk, Ananth, Manish Achuth, Dibyo, Rogi, sandman, Sumanth Patlolla, krudebox, raklodramA, lanu, udupendra, joe, Qbrain, Smitha R Maiya, Bharath, Rahulk, Shwetha Maiya, varuns88, Thejas V R and Nanda


*click*

—srikanth @ July 24, 2010

This small diagram is some sort of schematic for a theater-like building. The creator (more famous for another invention of his) used this to create a very interesting experience.

The audience would be seated inside be surrounded by giant paintings on canvases. Some complex trickery with lights would be used to illuminate different parts of the paintings and the audience would ‘feel’ like they were watching a movie with changing scenes.

Who’s the creator, and what is this system called?

Cracked by udupendra, varuns88, Logik, Sumanth Patlolla, Raghuvansh, Ananth, Aparna, Bharath, Rogi, Anubhav, krudebox, shrik, Qbrain, Thejas V R, Shwetha Maiya, raklodramA, lanu, AmK, dineshk, Vinay Hegde, sandman, shenoyvarun86 and abhishek toppo


Hello?! Hel..o..

—devadutta @ July 16, 2010

What are these facilities called and what are they used for? Although these things have been around for a while, its at the center of media attention recently.

Close up of the walls in 1

Cracked By: Logik, Rogi, dhruv.sharma, Bharath, Vinay Hegde, Raghuvansh, Advaith, Aparna, byslexia, Sumanth Patlolla, Manish Achuth, Ananth, Jean Valjean, Dibyo, Thejas V R, varuns88, lanu, krudebox, Qbrain, udupendra, Rahulk, mankuTimma, raklodramA, Amar Peluri and dineshk

Show Answer

Anechoic chambers – used to test mobile phones and other RF devices by simulating different kinds of signal situations. In news because Apple disclosed pictures of their Anechoic test to douse some fire off its ‘Antennagate’ controversy. Needless to say, the chambers look super funky!


.. _____ . __ .

—srikanth @ July 14, 2010

Identify the movie:

Clue:

Cracked by vijayaraghavan, Vinay Hegde, Logik, Jean Valjean, krudebox, Bharath, Raghuvansh, Ananth, Rogi, dineshk, Dibyo, Manish Achuth, Sumanth Patlolla, Shwetha Maiya, Thejas V R, dhruv.sharma, lanu, Qbrain, Rahulk, varuns88, byslexia, mankuTimma, Goyal, raklodramA, udupendra, Aparna and Advaith


India to US?

—devadutta @ July 13, 2010

This bridge looks funky, but is built to achieve something in particular. What special functionality does this bridge achieve?

Cracked by: Logik, Vinay Hegde, Aparna, Jean Valjean, bobo, Raghuvansh, Rogi, SV, jayanth, Manish Achuth, KK, dineshk, Ananth, Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, Bharath, ragwho, Thejas V R, krudebox, raklodramA, Qbrain, varuns88, Shwetha Maiya, lanu, Higgers, Anonymous, Rahulk, mankuTimma, Mo, Arjun, Bipin Banavalikar, dhruv.sharma, byslexia and udupendra


*tweet* *tweeeeet*

—srikanth @ July 12, 2010

What’s the story connecting these 3:

Cracked by Logik, Aparna, dineshk, Rogi, Vinay Hegde, Raghuvansh, Manish Achuth, Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, Ananth, krudebox, Jean Valjean, Qbrain, Thejas V R, raklodramA, lanu, Shrey Goyal, Rahulk, Shwetha Maiya, madhur, udupendra, Bharath, jayanth and varuns88


I, Writer

—devadutta @ July 9, 2010

In 2006, 1 (in)famously made controversial claims about Wikipedia. 2 rebuked it with class. Identify 2 and tell us what 1’s controversial claims were.

2 is one of the early employees of a very popular website.

Cracked by: Vinay Hegde, Sumanth Patlolla, Raghuvansh, Dibyo, Rogi, Bharath, Shwetha Maiya, dineshk, Manish Achuth, Ananth, Logik, Thejas V R, raklodramA, lanu, Rahulk, Qbrain, Jean Valjean and krudebox