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July 24, 2008

What the Dickens! Stop haunting him…

— srikanth @ 1:27 am, GMT -0700 ( 1216888050 )

Proceeding with the GQG, this question comes from akhi.

Identify/Connect/put fundae:

July 22, 2008

Kings from the east.

— srikanth @ 8:53 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1216785187 )

This (awesome) question comes from sidsen.

Identify and connect the three images:

(Thanks a bunch for all the questions, mate! Really great stuff! I had a hard time picking one…)

Cracked by: Goyal, Tathagata Chatterjee , Guneet , udupendra , gammafunction , Rohan , duriel , malcaluffin and rajeshvj.

Answer: (more…)

July 21, 2008

Twin sisters would’ve been _much_ more interesting

— srikanth @ 11:40 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1216708802 )

The GQG goes on! This question is from duriel.

Identify the character in (1) and the old chap on the left in (2).

Also, who/what did (1) eventually become?

Only (partially) cracked by Tathagata Chatterjee!

Answer : (more…)

July 20, 2008

I’m afraid I can’t let you do that…

— srikanth @ 9:35 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1216614956 )

(On with the GQG - This question comes from shenoyvarun86)

Who is this famous computer scientist, and what term did he coin?

Here’s a clue to narrow in on the term a bit: the man caricatured below wanted to make a movie about it, but couldn’t.

Cracked by sidsen , Goyal , Rohan , udupendra , insufferablejake , Guneet , Srivats , gudanggurum , bobo , rajeshvj , Atul Mathew , duriel , malcaluffin , jayanth , gammafunction and Tathagata Chatterjee.

Answer: (more…)

July 19, 2008

Quiz oddity

— srikanth @ 9:00 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1216526430 )

(Carrying on with the GQG - Here’s a question from jayanth )

Who’s the guy in the pic below and what did he win?

Clue:

Cracked by rajeshvj , akhi , insufferablejake (nice catch! I didn’t notice it…) , Rohan , gudanggurum , svgreatest , Dibyo , Apurva , Atul Mathew , udupendra , duriel , malcaluffin , sidsen and Goyal.

Answer: (more…)

July 18, 2008

Eureka?

— srikanth @ 9:33 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1216441989 )

(Question from Dibyo)

Oceanography got a boost from a storm that hit in Jan 1992. The flow of events is depicted in this image:

What happened during the storm?

Cracked by WikiWaki , sidsen , gudanggurum , Srivats , Guneet , rajeshvj , akhi , malcaluffin , insufferablejake , madhur , Ananth and shenoyvarun86.

Answer: (more…)

July 17, 2008

Too good to be true

— srikanth @ 9:04 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1216353863 )

(Question sent in by Udupendra. Thanks a lot amigo!)

Connect the equation (x + y)n = xn + yn to these identities:

Cracked by Goyal , p vs np , Ajay Parasuraman , Rohan , insufferablejake , Tathagata Chatterjee , gammafunction , sidsen , malcaluffin , rajeshvj , Srivats and shenoyvarun86.

Answer:
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Guest question gala…

— srikanth @ 9:04 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1216353843 )

Greetings intrepid quizzers,

For the next week (or so) we’ll be posting questions sent in by some Boiledbeans toppers (Some of you probably already know about this). Thanks a lot for sending in your questions guys!

Please keep the questions coming to boiledbeans[at]gmail[dot]com !

July 16, 2008

I don’t believe you…

— srikanth @ 9:16 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1216268168 )

Who is this man, and what is he talking about?


 

Cracked by udupendra , priyananda , WikiWaki , rajeshvj and Goyal!

(more…)

July 15, 2008

Kinetic Energy

— devadutta @ 9:11 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1216181509 )

Identify this “cool” thing

1. 2.

2 is just a closeup of 1.

Cracked by: udupendra , Goyal , insufferablejake , rajeshvj. “Cool” job, guys!

Answer: (more…)

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