Monday, September 7, 2009

108:The greatest newspaper article ever




















Identify the context in which this newspaper article was published

Letter send by Emile Zola to the French President, titled J'Accuse (I accuse), about the imprisonment of Richard Dreyfus as he was convicted of espionage even though the evidence against Dreyfus was cooked up and it was obvious he was innocent.
Answered by KAKA and v.chandrashekar

Friday, September 4, 2009

107:Cocktail




















What is happening here? What did this lead to?

Signing of Molotov-Ribbontrop pact or the non-aggression pact between USSR and Nazi Germany on Aug24th, 1939. This lead to the division of Poland and its invasion of by Germany a week later, sparking off WW2.
Answered by V.Chandrashekhar

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

One hundred and six



Promo for what? Parody of what?

Answer: Promotional poster for the 2009 film "In the Loop" parodying the Barack Obama Hope poster.

Half cracked by nikhil dubey, raklodrama and nikhil.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

A Gruesome portrait




















Simply ID

Portrait of Myra Hindley of the Moors Murders, made by Marcus Harvey. He made it with the help of children, who dipped their hands in paint and pressed it on the canvas.
Answered by raklodrama

Thursday, August 27, 2009

104:WOOPS! Exposed it all!














Dud(e) lost his job because of this pic. Put Fundaes!

This is Bob Quick, former chief of anti-terror operations of Scotlandyard.
The photo shows him carrying details of an operation and thus they were revealed. He resigned for his carelessness

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

103:Freedom, Pastry and President

































Connect these images.
Cracked by Anerudh Balaji
Connect is John f kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a berliner) speech in support of west germany,after east germany constructed the Berlin wall

Pic 1 : A pastry which is called Berliner in some parts of Germany (prompting comments that JFK actually said I'm a sugar filled pastry!. Not true since the name Berliner for the pastry is not used commonly)
Pic2:Berlin Wall
Pic3:John F Kennedy

Sunday, August 23, 2009

102. Happy Ganesh Chaturthi :)



What is so special about this statue of Ganesha, and where in India (1 of 3 places) can one find this?

Answer: This is a statue of Ganesha worshipped in the female form, as Ganesani or Vainayaki. Refer here for details.

Attempted, and hence cracked by none.

Friday, August 21, 2009

Thursday, August 20, 2009

100:YOYOYO!!















Simple one for the century..Identify the website.Click on image for better view
Homepage of Bhuvan, Indian version of Google Earth.
Answered by Debasish, Vinay, Qwerty, Tanaya, Stryker and ADI

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

99. 7 minus 1 times a million

The logo of which institute?



Clay Mathematical Institute indeed, as said by Debasish. Famous for the 7 millennium problems, mathematical problems for which the first correct solution will fetch a million dollars. Read more here and enjoy :)