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Thursday, December 17, 2009

A little mixed up?

—srikanth @ 23:59

What strange property connects these 5 fairly random people? The list is by no means exhaustive.

Cracked by Logik, Raghuvansh, MadGenius, Ps, Rogi, Dibyo, shenoyvarun86, udupendra, sidsen, krudebox, p vs np, shrik, byslexia, umang, dheeraj, Mitesh, Gurupad, abhijeet, akhi and Ananth


Shine

—devadutta @ 23:14

What is this?

800px-PS20andPS10

Cracked By: krudebox, Chinmaya U.Holla, p vs np, udupendra, RahulN, shrik, byslexia, sidsen, akhi, Abinaya, Gurupad, Rogi, Logik, umang, Raghuvansh, Ps, Aparna, Ananth, Dibyo, emrohit, MadGenius, shenoyvarun86, Mitesh, Hemank, prasanth, dheeraj, adiS, manikandan, murphy, Rand Al’Thor and Anubhav

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The ultra awesome PS10 and PS20 solar power generators. They have heliostat mirrors which reflect sun’s energy into a tower where it converts water into steam and runs turbines to generate electricity.

Many of you got the place wrong, but since I did not ask for it, you will not loose points :)


Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Ouch.

—srikanth @ 21:30

Connect to a single word.

  1. 2f5c2f98a91cc0e991b67f4044c8d0d3
  2. 3ee414c32e68892ca9f75dadc2bfe09c
  3. 2ecc749cb937d31d384ea97c98c7c892

Cracked by Raghuvansh, udupendra, shrik, Chinmaya U.Holla, Rogi, p vs np, sidsen, Ps, shenoyvarun86, joe, Dibyo, Gurupad, Logik and byslexia


Monday, December 14, 2009

The answer knows the question.

—srikanth @ 21:30

A guest question submitted by Logik (your GQHero badge) Who is the somewhat unlikely creator of these devices? He’s better known for his work in a more theoretical field.

Cracked by everyone!

Raghuvansh, Gurupad, Mitesh, Dibyo, Rogi, Chinmaya U.Holla, shrik, byslexia, shenoyvarun86, udupendra, Ps, Logik, p vs np, madhur and xtremevarun


Sunday, December 13, 2009

Wake me up when the ticket is $100

—devadutta @ 23:31

We all have seen this thing’s elder brother. What is this?

ss2-and-vms-eve3-660x423

Cracked by: udupendra, Rogi, shrik, Dibyo, shenoyvarun86, Gurupad, byslexia, Ps, raklodramA, prasanth, Chinmaya U.Holla, joe, murphy, dheeraj, nishansolo, p vs np, Logik, umang, Mitesh, Raghuvansh, madhur, akhi, sidsen and Anubhav

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Virgin’s Spaceship 2


Saturday, December 12, 2009

Look out below!

—srikanth @ 23:10

Identify and connect.

Cracked by everyone!

Logik, Chinmaya U.Holla, Rogi, sidsen, shrik, Dibyo, Ps, p vs np, Gurupad, Raghuvansh, Ajay Parasuram, v.chandrashekar, byslexia, udupendra, shenoyvarun86, dheeraj and Mitesh


Friday, December 11, 2009

Operation Diamond Racket

—devadutta @ 23:59

This picture was taken by IBM scientists recently. What is it of?

500x_500_Pentacene_anatomy

Cracked by: udupendra, Gurupad, umang, Rogi, Mihir Rege, varuns88, sidsen, Boneywasawarriorwayayix, Dibyo, krikkrak, Ananth, Logik, Raghuvansh, noname, shrik, madhur, Mrinalini, Mitesh, dheeraj and shenoyvarun86


Thursday, December 10, 2009

Tune in...

—srikanth @ 21:30

These two did something (independently) that someone else got the whole credit for. These people have gone down history remaining relatively obscure. Who are they, what did they do, and who got the credit?

Cracked by everyone!

udupendra, shenoyvarun86, Mitesh, Chinmaya U.Holla, sidsen, krudebox, Ps, shrik, Dibyo, Rogi, Logik, Raghuvansh, dheeraj, Jean Valjean and Gurupad


Thursday, December 10, 2009

Wonder who were the test subjects

—devadutta @ 00:11

1 has a rating of 1, 2 has 2 and 3 has a rating of more than 4 on a scale of 4. What rating are we talking about?

1 180px-Lipotriches_sp. 2 250px-European_wasp_white_bg

3. 250px-Paraponera

No need to identify the insects, very workable answer.

Cracked by: RahulN, Chinmaya U.Holla, udupendra, shrik, Ps, Shrey Goyal, Dibyo, Raghuvansh, Rogi, Sakalakalavallaban, sidsen, Logik, Ananth, prasanth, Jean Valjean, varuns88, murphy, Mitesh, shenoyvarun86, Aravindhan, akhi, Anubhav, quaziluffy and BASAB

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Schmidt Sting Pain Index rating


Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Fug-who?

—srikanth @ 23:59

Densely interconnected mess is supposedly a small bit, of what?

Cracked by Raghuvansh, Rogi, Logik, Dibyo, Ps, krudebox, Ananth, udupendra, shrik, Chinmaya U.Holla, AC and sidsen