#138 - 0405xxxx

Simple one. Identify this heavenly body and give me the pop-cul reference.


Answer - To quote Srivats, Mimas the moon of saturn which looks eerily like the Death Star from Star wars. Excuse my previous reference to XKCD. After more research, I realised that it was wrong.


7 were able to crack it. Srivats, Dinesh Krithivasan, jj, suvi and anubhavb. Rithwik pinged me with the right answer.

#137 - Old Generation Tina Fey?

Identify the actress and give me the tech connect.


And please send your questions to n.arjunb@gmail.com

This is Hedy Lamarr, actress who is responsible for inventing the early form of frequency hopping technique, which is now widely used by armies all over the world for communication.

Cracked by Chin II, Srivats, service, Achyuth aka Tempo, Abstract Randomness, jj, Dinesh Kirthivasan, Vinay Hegde, Nakki, Neo/Chandrakant, Gautam DN and V. Chandrasekhar. Rithwik K and Suvinay S pinged me with the right answer.

#136 - I have a dream

Recent News. Parodying What?

1. India

2. Australia
Cracked by jj, Achyuth aka Tempo, RF, Vinay Hegde, Anand, Suchi and Dinesh Kirthivasan.

Microsoft's Polish version of this ad had a black man's head replaced with the head of a white man, crudely photoshoped which led to junta charging them of racial discrimination.

#135 - The XKCD dude with a hat?

Easy one. What is this? Where have you seen it? Put fundaes.




Well, because of slightly bad response, I will put another pic. It may give you a clue. Basically the same dude.



Strange...Only jj and Service were able to crack it. This is Billy Crudup, the actor who plays Dr. Manhattan in Watchmen. During filming, Crudup acted opposite his co-stars, wearing this suit covered with blue LED, so he would give off an otherworldly glow in real life.


:)

All right, this will be the last announcement(hopefully)

Pico has started a new Quiz Club Google Group. If you are still studying at IITM, , please join the group and inform the quiz-enthu freshies in your respective hostels about the group.

http://groups.google.com/group/iit-madras-quiz-club?hl=en

Regards

Arjun

#134 - Secretary

1 was an utopian thinker. 2 was infamous with prostitutes and known for his pornographic novels. Obfuscation of their names are taken in the same breath. Connect(Give me these obfuscation of names)

1.
2.
The title MAY give you a clue, but normally it will be my lame attempts at cracking a joke.


Answer: Sadism and Masochism named after these two dudes Leopold von-Sacher Masoch and Marquis de Sade.


Cracked left right and centre by 19 of you!! Awesome to see so much enthu!!
Cracked by Srivats, morgankuze, Anerudh Balaji, Arun, jj, Aey Cee Dee Cee, Achyuth aka Tempo, Service, Vinayak Sapru, Sandeep, Neo/Chandrakant, Anand/Ducky, Vinayak, Vishal Chandrasekar, Abstract Randomness, Nakki and Dinesh Krithivasan. Immanuel and Aravind pinged/messaged me to give the answer.

Hear, Hear All Ye People

Dear Quizzers,

This is Arjun N Bharadwaj(aka Samaadhi) here. I will be taking over from Srivats as the blog master. The Blog will resume it's normal frequency from today onwards. IITM Quiz Club members and anyone else for that matter are encouraged to contact me at n.arjunb@gmail.com with their questions. Suggestions to improve are also welcome.

We will have a quizzer of the week and keep a tally of points from now onwards(though it may seem far cry). Now that it has become difficult to hold QC meets, because of the swine flu scare, I guess this is a good way for the freshies to tone up their quizzing skills. So, please inform any quiz-enthu freshies about this blog.

Regards

Arjun