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July 2010

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Band-Aid

—devadutta @ 22:27

What started off as a joke, has now turned into a real business. What does this “precisely-engineered” thing fix almost “magically”?

Hint: Recent thing.

Cracked by: Shwetha Maiya, Thejas V R, varuns88, Manish Achuth, Goyal, Dibyo, joe, Sumanth Patlolla, Jean Valjean, udupendra, lanu, Smitha R Maiya, Qbrain, krudebox, mankuTimma, Joshan, madhur, Aparna, Raghuvansh, dineshk, Logik, Ananth, Rogi, shrik, Anubhav, Rahulk, Bharath, Amar Peluri, sandman and vijayaraghavan

Show Answer

“Antenna-aid” – What started off as a joke to solve iPhone 4’s antenna issues became an actual project recently.


Itsy-bitsy spider...

—srikanth @ 21:30

Who connects:

Cracked by Shwetha Maiya, Qbrain, Goyal, lanu, Dibyo, Rogi, shrik, udupendra, raklodramA, krudebox, mankuTimma, Vinay Hegde, joe, Thejas V R, Smitha R Maiya, Sumanth Patlolla, varuns88, Logik, Anubhav, dineshk, Bharath, Manish Achuth, Joshan, eswar, Ananth, nishansolo and Rahulk


Tuesday, July 20, 2010

"We don't wear suits"

—devadutta @ 23:27

Company X was founded by three people - 1, 2 and 3. 1 is uber famous, some people worship him. 2 is slightly sidelined and only geeks remember him. 3 is totally unknown and probably a few quizzers know him.

Identify 3 and the company X

Cracked by: Thejas V R, Jean Valjean, wanderlust, Rogi, Shrey Goyal, mankuTimma, lanu, Shwetha Maiya, raklodramA, Goyal, Dibyo, Qbrain, krudebox, Sumanth Patlolla, Bharath, Raghuvansh, Aparna, Ananth, Amar Peluri, Logik, KK, SV, Rahulk, Vinay Hegde, yagnyesh, madhur, varuns88, shrik, udupendra, Anubhav, dineshk, Manish Achuth and Joshan


Monday, July 19, 2010

Set the controls for the...

—srikanth @ 21:30

First of its kind something. What this is?

Cracked by Thejas V R, Qbrain, Rogi, krudebox, lanu, Bharath, Sumanth Patlolla, varuns88, Logik, bobo, Shwetha Maiya, shrik, raklodramA, Anubhav and dineshk


Sunday, July 18, 2010

Does it move? Patent it!

—devadutta @ 23:52

Very controversial patent. Identify.

Cracked by: udupendra, Thejas V R, Anirudh Patil, Rahulk, lanu, Venkatrangan, Bharath, mankuTimma, dhruv.sharma, Goyal, raklodramA, Sumanth Patlolla, varuns88, Qbrain, wanderlust, krudebox, Aparna, Amar Peluri, Logik, Rogi, Ananth, Raghuvansh, SV, Vinay Hegde, madhur, Dibyo, dineshk, Debasish, vijayaraghavan, kiran and Shwetha Maiya


Saturday, July 17, 2010

Filed your returns yet?

—srikanth @ 21:15

What is this device, and who invented it?

Cracked by everyone!

Jean Valjean, Raghuvansh, Bharath, Manish Achuth, Sumanth Patlolla, dhruv.sharma, Dibyo, Thejas V R, Logik, Vinay Hegde, Aparna, Ananth, varuns88, Rogi, Qbrain, lanu, krudebox, udupendra, Rahulk, mankuTimma, raklodramA, dheeraj and dineshk


Friday, July 16, 2010

Hello?! Hel..o..

—devadutta @ 23:59

What are these facilities called and what are they used for? Although these things have been around for a while, its at the center of media attention recently.

Close up of the walls in 1

Cracked By: Logik, Rogi, dhruv.sharma, Bharath, Vinay Hegde, Raghuvansh, Advaith, Aparna, byslexia, Sumanth Patlolla, Manish Achuth, Ananth, Jean Valjean, Dibyo, Thejas V R, varuns88, lanu, krudebox, Qbrain, udupendra, Rahulk, mankuTimma, raklodramA, Amar Peluri and dineshk

Show Answer

Anechoic chambers – used to test mobile phones and other RF devices by simulating different kinds of signal situations. In news because Apple disclosed pictures of their Anechoic test to douse some fire off its ‘Antennagate’ controversy. Needless to say, the chambers look super funky!


Thursday, July 15, 2010

3GQ

—devadutta @ 23:03

No, not a new video format. 3 guest questions today, all sent in by Dibyo. Thanks a lot sire and apologies about the late post. You get 3 shiny trophies for this!

Rules: One point per correct answer. Get at least one right to count for your run-length.

  1. Put details about this funky image.

  1. a is Japan’s favorite, b is Russia’s favorite and c is Mexico’s favorite. What are these microscopic images of?

a.

b.

c.

  1. Identify, and connect to hottest marketing meme around.

Cracked by: Dibyo(3), Thejas V R(3), Raghuvansh(3), Goyal(3), krudebox(3), byslexia(3), varuns88(3), Rahulk(3), Hegde(3), Rogi(3), raklodramA(3), lanu(3), Qbrain(3), Bharath(3), Manish Achuth(3), Sumanth Patlolla(3), udupendra(3), Aparna(3), Logik(3), Ananth(3), dineshk(3), madhur(2), Jean Valjean and dhruv.sharma . All got three points, except Except Jean Valjean(1), drruv.sharma(1) and madhur(2)


Thursday, July 15, 2010

Happy birthday!

—srikanth @ 10:10

It’s everyone’s favourite quizmaster’s birthday today.

Happy birthday Mr. Devadutta!

PS: be sure to refresh boiledbeans today :-) Ctrl-F5 for you Firefox users.

Thanks a lot for the wishes people! I wanted to give out free points to all those who wished me, but Srikanth said no :)


Wednesday, July 14, 2010

.. _____ . __ .

—srikanth @ 23:59

Identify the movie:

Clue:

Cracked by vijayaraghavan, Vinay Hegde, Logik, Jean Valjean, krudebox, Bharath, Raghuvansh, Ananth, Rogi, dineshk, Dibyo, Manish Achuth, Sumanth Patlolla, Shwetha Maiya, Thejas V R, dhruv.sharma, lanu, Qbrain, Rahulk, varuns88, byslexia, mankuTimma, Goyal, raklodramA, udupendra, Aparna and Advaith