Boiledbeans

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2009

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Open this bag of chips, Susie

—devadutta @ 23:04

Guest question from Ananth. Thanks dude! You got a GQHero Trophy!

Connect the 4 dudes to a chameleon.

200px-Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing_Kunstsammlung_Uni_Leipzig 200px-Jean-Jacques_Rousseau_(painted_portrait) 200px-Johann_Gottlieb_Fichte 200px-Voltaire

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Chinmaya U.Holla, shenoyvarun86, shrik, udupendra, sidsen, Rogi, Dibyo, Logik, Q factor( minus rithwik) :), Ananth, Ps and Rithwik K


Marching chant...

—srikanth @ 21:30

Identify the man with the famous hands.

Cracked by Rogi, udupendra, shenoyvarun86, shrik, AC, sidsen, Ps, raklodramA, krudebox, Dibyo, Chinmaya U.Holla, Anurag, arcturus, umang, Logik, Raghuvansh, arun, Q factor( minus rithwik) :), Rithwik K, Sourya and Sridhar C


Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Take this pill. It works. really!

—devadutta @ 23:40

Connect (Give a name that connects)

ElevatorCloseButton(bl)

CityDope-GritCrosswalkSpecifically the ones you see in big cities like NY.

thermostat Specifically the ones like this you see in your office.

@udupendra, thanks saar. Glad you liked it!

Cracked by: sidsen, udupendra, Rogi, Ps, varuns88, akhi, Logik, madhur, Raghuvansh, Dibyo and shrik

Show Answer

These are all ‘Placebo Buttons’ which give users a fake sense of control. They don’t work.


Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Database issues

—srikanth @ 09:02

Looks like we’ve had some kind of issue with the backend, and a post that was made last night disappeared. We have posted that again.

We’ve heard that some of you had commented on that post, and the comments were lost. If you can please post again, we’ll mod it up and give you the points.

Terribly sorry for the inconvenience caused!


Monday, November 23, 2009

How appropriate...

—srikanth @ 23:23

(1) became (2), to “show off” something. What?

  1. b7c11cf4e2fdbac1c2e99b9a64711028

Cracked by krudebox, Rogi, Ps, Logik, udupendra, AC, Dibyo, varuns88, Mihir Rege, sidsen, p vs np, akhi, shrik, Raghuvansh, shenoyvarun86 and duriel


Sunday, November 22, 2009

Filler

—devadutta @ 23:59

Guest question from Raghuvansh. Fully framed by him. Thanks sire, you’ve earned a GQHero Trophy!

X is a corrupt version of an extract from a work by 1. We know X for its ubiquitousness in a certain context.

X’s first non-tech usage in said context is thought to be in catalogs published by a company A which specialized in making 2, so much so that the A became a generic term for 2.

This non-tech use was duplicated in a tech form for the first time in a well-known software B which was originally made by a company C (named after 3). C merged with D (named after 4) some time ago and since then, B has been branded as a D product.

ID X. In case of joblessness, you may also try to ID all the other variables in the question.

12 3 4

Hint: Any place like this

Ladies and Gents, Guest questions can be sent to [email protected] or via [this->boiledbeans();](javascript:(function(){var a=window,b=document,c=encodeURIComponent,d=a.open()

Cracked by: udupendra, varuns88, sidsen, Shrey Goyal, Rogi, Dibyo, Logik, Ps and Mrinalini


Saturday, November 21, 2009

Read this

—devadutta @ 22:06

Connect to a smiling alien


and the kannada letter
à²
Ps and sidsen got exactly the answer I was looking for. Others were also very close. The following people get points Logik, Chinmaya U.Holla, Rogi, Dibyo, Jean Valjean, udupendra, Raghuvansh, akhi, AC, varuns88, Ps and sidsen

Show Answer

Reddit’s Coat of Arms


Saturday, November 21, 2009

Go head-to-head!

—srikanth @ 11:12

Ever wondered how you stack up in terms of points v/s some other Boiledbeans user? Wanted to know when it was that someone overtook you? Ever wondered just how far ahead/behind you are from someone else? Well, go head-to-head!

Head-to-head currently graphs your score v/s that of some other BB user. Here’s an example for how Logik stacks up v/s AmK: Check it live!

Logik v/s AmK

Go on, give it a shot.

This feature was suggested by Logik. Any other ideas?? Let us know at [email protected].


Friday, November 20, 2009

Call the bluff

—srikanth @ 23:59

Identify the device in the image above. It’s considered the first of its kind. Also identify its inventor.

Cracked by Logik, Jean Valjean, shashank, sidsen, Rogi, udupendra, varuns88 and Ps


Thursday, November 19, 2009

IIT JEE anyone?

—devadutta @ 23:59

Identify this super famous pair of physics educators.

D_Hallidayresnick

They have written really famous physics books.

p.s: This one’s for all the BASE junta here :)

Cracked by: shrik, Raghuvansh, shyam, shashank, Subhash, krudebox, shenoyvarun86, p vs np, varuns88, Thejas V R, yaksha, Ps, prasanth, Dibyo, akhi, Mrinalini, udupendra, Aravindhan, madhur, umang, Sanjeet Dash, Sourya, Atul Mathew, AC, Keerthi Kiran M, Rogi, Logik, Sakalakalavallaban, Mo, Ananth, Mihir Rege, sidsen, K.S.Manish, emrohit and Jean Valjean