'CRPTEX 1.0 -Find your Answer' (pronounced CRYPTEX) is the maiden edition of our new endeavor that would surge to innovate the way online quizzes are done.

Rules: 1)Open to everyone with an internet connection .2)The quiz consists of 10 questions , whose answers along with the clue tagged with 'em when solved lead you to a message.The clues would be given on each question slide , there will be 10 clues in all .One per question.3) The 9 questions carry 5 points each with part points in the places where necessary.4)The person(s) with maximum points wins the quiz.* However the prize at stake will be given only if the winner(s) happens to have solved the message that we have ciphered into the whole quiz.*In case the person isn't able to crack the message , he/she won't be getting the prize.But would still be declared as the winner of 'Crptex-Find The Answer'*Now, wondering about the Prize? To lower your excitement a bit Its not an Iphone 6 , not even a Nokia 1120 . It is a book of the winner's choice within a specified budget.What's better than a book?5)The Quiz Starts sharp at 9 PM and continues for 15 minutes. Now there is an extra 2 points per minute for submitting before time. Example: If Ramesh Submits in 10 minutes and has a score of say , 20 points his cumulative score would become 20+ (15-10) *2 = 20 + 5*2 = 20+10=30 Points.6)The answers are to be filled up in the form that would be attached here and submitted before 9:15 PM.7) Dork's Corner's decision is final and binding in all cases of disputes.

1|This is the "Le Jeu de Mourr", a painting by René Magritte who was a Belgian surrealist artist. The French words "au revoir" means "goodbye until we meet again." This meaning of the words "au revoir" fascinated a certain man and hence he decided to use it as his new company's logo.

Which famous man and company am I talking about?(H)

Clue 1: The letter ‘D’

Answer: Paul MaCartney and Apple Corps.

2|A propaganda campaign led to the creation and circulation of many of these posters in the 20th Century.What are these trying to promote? (One Word) (S)

Clue2:The first letter of the answer.

Answer: Carrots

3|What connects these images showing works from varied fields? (One Word) (s)

Clue3:First letter of the answer.

Answer: The Higher Frontier - O’Neill’s Cylinder +

In Country Sleep- ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’

the poem + Morse Code = Interstellar

4|Below are the images of a machine(rear and front) unofficially named as ‘Victory’ by its inventor.This is a rebuild prototype of the original machine put in the Bletchley Park Museum as the original machine was destroyed long ago. Who is the famous inventor of this celebrated machine? (S)

Clue4:Second letter of the answer.

Answer: Alan Turing

5|Are you watching closely? This Dog here is no ordinary dog as it has a whole company named after it. The company’s HQ is nicknamed ‘The Dog House’ and it also gives a free insurance cover ...not to its employees , but to their pets!

Which company am I talking about? (P)

Clue5: The letter ‘B’

Answer: Zynga

6|This is VVK Chandra, he describes himself as "self-confessed techie, blogger, programmer, writer, dreamer, book lover, and web designer." However, India knows VVk Chandra as a special person who took some risk in 2007 and imprinted himself in the history of a famous company "X" which transformed business in India. Though being vaguely related to the company, VVK Chandra has a complete article dedicated to him on X's blog. What is the vague connection?(H)

Clue6: The letter ‘U’.

Answer: First Flipkart Customer

7|Here is an awesome ad by a popular company of modern times. We had posted it on our Facebook page and people had liked it a lot. Name the company.(S)

Clue7: The letter that is repeated the most in the word ‘PUPPET’

Answer:Zomato

8|While explaining the title ‘X’ in a 1999 essay "In the Beginning... was the Command Line," the author wrote about the Macintosh that "When the computer crashed and wrote gibberish into the bitmap, the result was something that looked vaguely like static on a broken television set—a 'X’" ‘X’ was also the book that popularized the Sanskrit word "Avatar."A popular modern day service called EarthViewer 3D according to its founder seeked inspiration from this novel, ‘X’. X please!(H)

Clue8:The letter ‘E’

Answer:Snow Crash (EarthViewer 3D = Google Earth)

9|Peace Corps is a volunteer program run by the United States government.The old lady in the picture is late Bessie Lillian Gordy . She volunteered for the Peace Corps and served as a nurse in India for a long time.She is the subject of the book below. Who was her famous son? (s)

Clue9:The letter ‘R’

Answer: Jimmy Carter

10|What connects the 4 images below? Hint: The answer to this question made some news after its appearance in a 2015 movie . (S)

Clue 10: The first letter of the answer.

Answer: Hamilton Watch Company. (Movie-Interstellar)Elvis personally selected a Hamilton Ventura for his movie Blue Hawai | The Book Talks of Hamilton’s history | Hamilton got the ‘Army Navy ‘E’ recognition twice during WWII |Richard E. Byrd wore a Hamilton watch during his historic feat flying to the South-pole.

The Message: Solving the clues gives you the following-D-C-I-L-B-U-P-E-R-H Writing them in reverse order gives- H-R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C-D.

=(H Republic D)=Happy Republic Day!

Sometimes its the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.-The Imitation Game

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