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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum

—srikanth @ 10:06

The whole world’s talking about elections of some sort (be it the party in power in Bengaluru or Washington DC), so we thought we’d get involved too.

Name the political party involved in this demonstration (Name blurred out).

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Cracked by: udupendra , jayanth , madhur , duriel , Arjun Chennu , vaibhav008 , yaksha , nishas thambi , gammafunction , rahultimate , Dibyo , FDOB , Shakeel , prasanth , Tathagata Chatterjee , shashank.

udupendra, jayanth, madhur, duriel, Arjun Chennu, vaibhav008, yaksha, nishas thambi, gammafunction, rahultimate, Dibyo, FDOB, Shakeel, prasanth, Tathagata Chatterjee and shashank

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The Swedish Piratpartiet. They are quite possibly the only political entity worth paying attention to. All they need is to become associated with Pastafarianism, and they would have cornered the world wide geek vote.


Le Système international d'unités

—devadutta @ 09:50

Sidsen sent in this question. Thanks buddy!
Note to guest quiz masters: If the question you sent gets posted, pls post a comment under that post. (it can be the answer, extra fundae, rant for posting the question late and so on). In case we decide to give a free point for those who send guest questions(its being debated :) ), it will come in handy.

Now for the question:

While this stamp commemorates the introduction of the si system, the picture is a representation of what?

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Cracked By: udupendra , madhur , nishas thambi , shenoyvarun86 , Dibyo , Poornima , jayanth , bs , duriel , shashank.

udupendra, madhur, nishas thambi, shenoyvarun86, Dibyo, Poornima, jayanth, bs, sidsen, duriel and shashank


Sunday, January 13, 2008

Plum Blossom

—srikanth @ 10:47
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Created from (1)
named after that said by (2).
What do they call me?

Cracked by:jayanth , madhur , udupendra , nishas thambi , prasanth , bobo , shashank and Dibyo.

jayanth, madhur, udupendra, nishas thambi, prasanth, bobo, shashank and Dibyo

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  1. BeOS

Saturday, January 12, 2008

2*Pi*r

—devadutta @ 19:24

Who is he (My apologies for posting it late)

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Hint:

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Cracked by: Arjun Chennu , madhur , nishansolo , yaksha , udupendra , piezocake , nishas thambi , bs , jayanth , Swetha , Shreyas , shashank and shenoyvarun86.

Arjun Chennu, madhur, nishansolo, yaksha, udupendra, piezocake, nishas thambi, bs, jayanth, Swetha, Shreyas, shashank and shenoyvarun86


Friday, January 11, 2008

I am who I am because of who we all are

—devadutta @ 11:26

This question came in from Shashank complete with the title.
We love the question. Thanks dude!
Connect

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And the list is exhaustive, btw.

Cracked by: rahultimate , arbitguy , madhur , jayanth , Arjun Chennu , Dibyo , nishas thambi , udupendra , Atul Mathew , Tathagata Chatterjee , piezocake and gammafunction.

Shashank, we will think about giving you the point :)

And another guy had a profanity laced answer/uname, which has been deleted.

rahultimate, arbitguy, madhur, jayanth, Arjun Chennu, Dibyo, nishas thambi, udupendra, Atul Mathew, Tathagata Chatterjee, piezocake and gammafunction


Thursday, January 10, 2008

↓↘→P

—srikanth @ 11:03

A sumo wrestler, a Brazilian monster, a soviet boxer and, my personal favourite, a fire-breathing mallu yogi formed one half of the original ensemble of heroes. Their antagonists included matadors and Thai boxers. What was the “show”?

Cracked by: Dibyo , udupendra , Abhishek , BiGFooT , prasanth , rahultimate , nishas thambi , jayanth , gammafunction and shashank.

Dibyo, udupendra, Abhishek, BiGFooT, prasanth, rahultimate, nishas thambi, jayanth, gammafunction and shashank

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These were 4 of the 8 fighters in Capcom’s path-breaking arcade fighting game Street Fighter 2: World Warriors. See the comments for people who’ve identified all of them :-)


Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Root of Mean Squared

—devadutta @ 11:52

What is happening here

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Hint:

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Cracked by: udupendra , nishas thambi , Dibyo , yaksha , prasanth , shashank , Keerthi Kiran M , jayanth , Tathagata Chatterjee and rahultimate.

udupendra, nishas thambi, Dibyo, yaksha, prasanth, shashank, Keerthi Kiran M, jayanth, Tathagata Chatterjee and rahultimate


Tuesday, January 8, 2008

New car, caviar, four star daydream

—srikanth @ 09:52

The woman in the picture: what is her claim to fame?

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To establish the context:

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Cracked by: udupendra , madhur , BiGFooT , Dibyo , teju , sidsen , jayanth , Tathagata Chatterjee , nishas thambi , shashank , prasanth and rahultimate.

udupendra, madhur, BiGFooT, Dibyo, teju, sidsen, jayanth, Tathagata Chatterjee, nishas thambi, shashank, prasanth and rahultimate

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Anshe Chung/Aelin Graef became stinking rich (a millionaire) by earning “Linden Dollars” in second life, and converting it to real money.


Monday, January 7, 2008

Guvf vf n uvag

—devadutta @ 09:44
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Identify 1 and Connect to 2,3.
Hint: 1 named his most-popular “product” on a “store” in 2.

Cracked by: udupendra , bs , jayanth , nishansolo , Dibyo , teju , madhur , bobo , shashank and nishas thambi.

udupendra, bs, jayanth, nishansolo, Dibyo, teju, madhur, bobo, shashank and nishas thambi


Sunday, January 6, 2008

Look sharp

—srikanth @ 10:05

“Regular” film stock looks like what you see in the picture at the left below. A subtle difference in film stock, shown in the picture on the right below, allowed for much higher resolution and clarity (in its time). What is the technology that uses the stock on the right called?
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Cracked by: udupendra, Rohan, Dibyo, prasanth, and shashank.

udupendra, Rohan, Dibyo, prasanth and shashank

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IMAX.