Boiledbeans

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2008

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Heavy machinery

—srikanth @ 23:00

Connect:

(2 people are missing from this list, because their pics are miserably hard to find and I’m already running out of time)

Apologies for the late post, folks.This question will stay open for longer.

Cracked only by Goyal and Vijay Shankar, who got the whole question perfect.

Goyal and Vijay Shankar


No hint needed here

—devadutta @ 23:15

Very easy one for the day. Who he?

Hint:

Cracked by: shenoyvarun86 , Goyal , Vijay Shankar , Anush , Siddharth , varuns88 , alakh_niranjan , yaksha , dheeraj , malcaluffin , udupendra , username and duriel.

shenoyvarun86, Goyal, Vijay Shankar, Anush, Siddharth, varuns88, alakh_niranjan, yaksha, dheeraj, malcaluffin, udupendra, username, duriel and Ajay Parasuram


Sunday, November 2, 2008

I'm almost happy here

—srikanth @ 21:19

Identify and connect:

Cracked by shenoyvarun86 , Rahulk , Vijay Shankar , Goyal , Anush , Ajay Parasuram , username , dheeraj , udupendra , Ananth , malcaluffin , Siddharth Jain and Dinesh.

shenoyvarun86, Rahulk, Vijay Shankar, Goyal, Anush, Ajay Parasuram, username, dheeraj, udupendra, Ananth, malcaluffin, Siddharth Jain and Dinesh


Saturday, November 1, 2008

"Be prepared"

—devadutta @ 21:12

Which company(electronics) derives its name from 1?

Hint:

Cracked by: nishansolo , mach101 , dheeraj , Ananth , Rahulk and Dinesh. Nice work!

Anonymous, nishansolo, mach101, dheeraj, Ananth, Rahulk and Dinesh


Friday, October 31, 2008

The other one

—srikanth @ 22:47

What’s this place (1) called? (2) is just to help you locate it on the map (its around the center cursor).

Cracked by Rahulk , Dinesh , Rc , Jean Valjean , Dibyo , Vijay Shankar , Ajay Parasuram , Chandrakant Nair , duriel , udupendra , madhur , username , dheeraj , Ananth , mach101 and shenoyvarun86.

Rahulk, Dinesh, Rc, Jean Valjean, Dibyo, Vijay Shankar, Ajay Parasuram, Chandrakant Nair, duriel, udupendra, madhur, username, dheeraj, Ananth, mach101 and shenoyvarun86


Thursday, October 30, 2008

Another brick in the..

—devadutta @ 21:40

Connect

This is a deeper connect than usual, so set your search algorithms to look deeper :)

Cracked by: Vijay Shankar , dheeraj , amith , Guneet , mach101 , udupendra , Jean Valjean , Siddharth Jain and panrod.

Vijay Shankar, dheeraj, amith, Guneet, mach101, udupendra, Jean Valjean, Siddharth Jain and panrod


Wednesday, October 29, 2008

You win some, you lose some

—srikanth @ 21:12

Connect:

Cracked more/less completely by Rc , Vijay Shankar , shenoyvarun86 , amith , Rohan , svgreatest , nishansolo , Ananta , anirudh patil , Rahulk , udupendra , Ajay Parasuram , Anush , malcaluffin , Atul Mathew and Dinesh.

Rc, Vijay Shankar, shenoyvarun86, amith, Rohan, svgreatest, nishansolo, Ananta, anirudh patil, Rahulk, udupendra, Ajay Parasuram, Anush, malcaluffin, Atul Mathew and Dinesh


Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Metallica

—devadutta @ 21:47

This apparatus(1) resembled something else which made 2 to give it the same name.

What did 2 call 1? who is 2?

1.

Cracked by: Rahulk , Dinesh , Rc , gammafunction , malcaluffin , shenoyvarun86 and udupendra. Good job!

Rahulk, Dinesh, Rc, gammafunction, malcaluffin, shenoyvarun86 and udupendra

Show Answer

1 is an array of Leyden jars which look like a “Battey of cannons”. Thus Benjamin Franklin called 1 as “Battery”. The name is used even today.


Monday, October 27, 2008

One

—srikanth @ 21:46

Identify and connect

Cracked by Rc , malcaluffin and udupendra.

Rc, malcaluffin and udupendra


Sunday, October 26, 2008

1 (insert your hint here)

—devadutta @ 20:20

Map depicting what?

Click for a bigger map.

Cracked by: Biki , Rahulk , Atul Mathew , shenoyvarun86 , Lord Labak Das , sidsen , piezocake , varuns88 , duriel , username , Chandrakant Nair , Vijay Shankar , Bipin Banavalikar , amith , Rohan , Sridhar C , priyananda , Ananth , Dibyo , alakh_niranjan , Anush , udupendra , Jean Valjean , pratap , pinaki sarkar , Siddharth Jain , Prasad.

Biki, Rahulk, Atul Mathew, shenoyvarun86, Lord Labak Das, sidsen, piezocake, varuns88, duriel, username, Chandrakant Nair, Vijay Shankar, Bipin Banavalikar, amith, Rohan, Sridhar C, priyananda, Ananth, Dibyo, alakh_niranjan, Anush, udupendra, Jean Valjean, pratap, pinaki sarkar, Siddharth Jain and Prasad

Show Answer

US, Liberia and Mayanmar are the only countries to have not adopted the SI system of measurement.