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.
Goyal, Tathagata Chatterjee, Guneet, sidsen, udupendra, gammafunction, Rohan, duriel, malcaluffin and rajeshvj
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!
duriel and Tathagata Chatterjee
(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.
sidsen, Goyal, Rohan, udupendra, insufferablejake, Guneet, Srivats, Gurupad, bobo, rajeshvj, Atul Mathew, duriel, malcaluffin, jayanth, gammafunction and Tathagata Chatterjee
(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.
rajeshvj, akhi, insufferablejake, Rohan, Gurupad, svgreatest, Dibyo, Apurva, Atul Mathew, udupendra, duriel, malcaluffin, sidsen and Goyal
(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.
WikiWaki, sidsen, Gurupad, Srivats, Guneet, rajeshvj, akhi, malcaluffin, insufferablejake, madhur, Ananth, shenoyvarun86 and Dibyo
(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.
udupendra, Goyal, p vs np, Ajay Parasuraman, Rohan, insufferablejake, Tathagata Chatterjee, gammafunction, sidsen, malcaluffin, rajeshvj, Srivats and shenoyvarun86
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 !
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 his time debunking claims of the paranormal and/or supernatural. The JREF sponsors a $1M challenge for anyone who can prove their claims under a sensible test environment
udupendra, priyananda, WikiWaki, rajeshvj and Goyal
Identify this “cool” thing
2. 
2 is just a closeup of 1.
Cracked by: udupendra , Goyal , insufferablejake , rajeshvj. “Cool” job, guys!
udupendra, Goyal, insufferablejake and rajeshvj