http://www.boiledbeans.net Drama! Intrigue! Geekiness! Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:31:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Proceeding with the GQG, this question comes from akhi. Identify/Connect/put fundae: http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/24/what-the-dickens-stop-haunting-him/ 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: To quote sidsen: As a ... http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/22/kings-from-the-east/ 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 : (1) is an action figure of Starkiller, the original female protagonist of the Star Wars series. Starkiller ... http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/21/twin-sisters-wouldve-been-_much_-more-interesting/ (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 ... http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/20/im-afraid-i-cant-let-you-do-that/ (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 ... http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/19/quiz-oddity/ (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 ... http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/18/eureka/ (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: Check out ... http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/17/too-good-to-be-true/ 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 ! http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/17/guest-question-gala/ Who is this man, and what is he talking about?   Cracked by udupendra , priyananda , WikiWaki , rajeshvj and Goyal! This is James Randi of the JREF talking about the origins of the One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge. Randi is a former stage magician and now a professional skeptic, who spends ... http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/16/i-dont-believe-you/ Identify this "cool" thing 1. 2. 2 is just a closeup of 1. Cracked by: udupendra , Goyal , insufferablejake , rajeshvj. "Cool" job, guys! Answer: Galileo Thermometer, one of the first temperature measuring devices. http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/15/kinetic-energy/