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Friday, August 5, 2011

Human stupidity is no match for..

—devadutta @ 23:59

%gqh% Rogi sent in the exact same question I wanted to ask today. Whoa!

Still pointless after all these miles.. What incident from earlier this week had folks thinking our Computer Overlords were capable of making a mistake?

Cracked by: Rogi, Dibyo, badideabear, jowens, Ananth, username, Swarun, SV, Amarendra, Bipin Banavalikar, shrik, Goyal, VK, Urthstripe, Raghuvansh, Shwetha Maiya, Jayaprakash B R, Thejas V R, Rahulk, KAMANASISH CHOWDHURY, Siddarth Pai, Mayukh Bose, anurag and Martin

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A human driving Google’s automatic car met with an accident. Recently.


Default Answer

—devadutta @ 23:59

Whose first ever tweet?

Cracked by: Thejas V R, username, sandeep bhat, Goyal, SV, Bipin Banavalikar, Rogi, Amarendra, badideabear, thiru d gr8, VK, Manish Achuth, dhruv, Bharath, KK, Anonymous, Shwetha Maiya, s m muneer ali, rickde, Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, raklodramA, Martin, shrik, Ananth, Jayaprakash B.R., Urthstripe, vishwanath, Abinash, jowens, Swarun, grey_matters, rohanquizzer, kapinjal chowdhury, Raghuvansh, praneet, anurag, shenoyvarun86 and Rahulk

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Default answer: Google.


Wednesday, August 3, 2011

8 Months Early

—devadutta @ 22:40

Super question from %gqh% Thejas V R. Thanks saar!

Who is he? What his claim to (in)fame?

Hint:

On time! Yay!

Cracked by: username, rickde, Bipin Banavalikar, Raghuvansh, Sumanth Patlolla, Bharath, raklodramA, shrik, Thejas V R, Shwetha Maiya, Rahulk, Manish Achuth, jowens, Amarendra, Smitha R Maiya, Swarun, SV, badideabear, Godzilla101, Urthstripe, Rogi, Ananth, Dibyo, VK, Goyal and grey_matters

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AptiQuant founder Tarandeep Gill. The company’s study claimed that IE users have lower IQ. Which was a hoax. Unknowingly, the entire mainstream media like BBC picked it up and reported it.


Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Lawsuit magnet :)

—devadutta @ 23:59

Co-Founder of 2 very important mobile companies. Who he?

Cracked by: jowens, Goyal, raklodramA, KK, Bipin Banavalikar, badideabear, Thejas V R, username, Shwetha Maiya, Rogi, Raghuvansh, rickde, rohanquizzer, Nagendra U M, Sumanth Patlolla, Bharath-TK, Bharath, shrik, Jayaprakash B R, Rahulk, Manish Achuth, Amarendra, Siddarth Pai, vishwanath, Smitha R Maiya, Swarun, SV, thiru d gr8, Ananth, Dibyo, VK, s m muneer ali and dhruv

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Andy Rubin, co-founder of Danger and Android


Monday, August 1, 2011

Got Him

—devadutta @ 23:59

Guest question from %gqh% Rogi. Thanks sire!

What is this?

Cracked by: raklodramA, Urthstripe, Goyal, jowens, anurag, KK, sandeep bhat, grey_matters, Mo, Thejas V R, username, Rogi, Shwetha Maiya, Bipin Banavalikar, Raghuvansh, rickde, rohanquizzer, Nagendra U M, Sumanth Patlolla, Bharath, shrik, Jayaprakash B R, Rahulk, Manish Achuth, Amarendra, Siddarth Pai, Smitha R Maiya, Swarun, badideabear, thiru d gr8, Ananth, Dibyo and VK

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Batman equation. Very easy.


Sunday, July 31, 2011

2 drops

—devadutta @ 23:59

This dude of dudes(1), discovered one of the most important vaccines in history. Instead of patenting it and making millions of dollars, he gave it out free. His discovery was so important that people were rejoicing and thanking him publicly(2) when his discovery was proven to be effective.

Who this dude?

Cracked by: Amarendra, SV, jins, raklodramA, jowens, vinai, Goyal, Rogi, kapinjal chowdhury, Ananth, shrik, username, badideabear, KK, VK, Bharath, Bipin Banavalikar, Thejas V R, Shwetha Maiya, Jayaprakash B R, Dibyo, v.chandrashekar, Sumanth Patlolla, Rahulk, s m muneer ali, Manish Achuth, rickde, Siddarth Pai, Smitha R Maiya, Abinash, rohanquizzer, Urthstripe, anurag, Martin, Raghuvansh, Nagendra U M, Bharath-TK, ganesh and Swarun

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Dr. Salk, Discovered Polio Vaccine


Saturday, July 30, 2011

Star Wars

—devadutta @ 12:53

Question from %gqh% raklodramA . Thank you saar!

What it is?

Cracked by: yaksha, jowens, shrik, Ananth, Sumanth Patlolla, Siddarth Pai, rickde, Manish Achuth, Bipin Banavalikar, raklodramA, Rogi, username, Shwetha Maiya, Dibyo, Thejas V R, Bharath, Rahulk, Swarun, Martin, Amarendra, Advaith, kapinjal chowdhury, Urthstripe and anurag

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Hoverbike – Motorbike that flies. I want one. NOW.


Friday, July 29, 2011

Genius?

—devadutta @ 23:59

Identify the place, tell us what is special about it.

Cracked by: Anjul, yaksha, jowens, shrik, Ananth, Sumanth Patlolla, rickde, Manish Achuth, Bipin Banavalikar, raklodramA, Rogi, username, Shwetha Maiya, Thejas V R, Bharath, Swarun, Rahulk and Amarendra

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The first ever Apple store opened in Tyson Corner Center, Virginia (May 2001)


Thursday, July 28, 2011

Chainsaw!

—devadutta @ 23:59

Recurrent villain in which game series?

Cracked by: badideabear, yaksha, jowens, shrik, Ananth, Sumanth Patlolla, Siddarth Pai, rickde, rohanquizzer, Manish Achuth, s m muneer ali, Gaurav, Bipin Banavalikar, raklodramA, Rogi, username, Shwetha Maiya, Dibyo, Thejas V R, Bharath, Rahulk, Swarun, vishwanath and Amarendra

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Spider mastermind from the DOOM series


Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Edison would be proud?

—devadutta @ 23:59

Super question from %gqh% shrik. Thanks saar!

Connect

2a.

2b.

Cracked by: jowens, shrik, Ananth, Sumanth Patlolla, Siddarth Pai, rickde, Manish Achuth, Bipin Banavalikar, raklodramA, Rogi, Shwetha Maiya, Dibyo, jins, Bharath, Thejas V R, Rahulk, Swarun, Amarendra and username

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quoting username