Boiledbeans

Drama! Intrigue!! Geekiness!!!

July 2011

Sunday, July 31, 2011

2 drops

—devadutta @ 23:59

This dude of dudes(1), discovered one of the most important vaccines in history. Instead of patenting it and making millions of dollars, he gave it out free. His discovery was so important that people were rejoicing and thanking him publicly(2) when his discovery was proven to be effective.

Who this dude?

Cracked by: Amarendra, SV, jins, raklodramA, jowens, vinai, Goyal, Rogi, kapinjal chowdhury, Ananth, shrik, username, badideabear, KK, VK, Bharath, Bipin Banavalikar, Thejas V R, Shwetha Maiya, Jayaprakash B R, Dibyo, v.chandrashekar, Sumanth Patlolla, Rahulk, s m muneer ali, Manish Achuth, rickde, Siddarth Pai, Smitha R Maiya, Abinash, rohanquizzer, Urthstripe, anurag, Martin, Raghuvansh, Nagendra U M, Bharath-TK, ganesh and Swarun

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Dr. Salk, Discovered Polio Vaccine


Saturday, July 30, 2011

Star Wars

—devadutta @ 12:53

Question from %gqh% raklodramA . Thank you saar!

What it is?

Cracked by: yaksha, jowens, shrik, Ananth, Sumanth Patlolla, Siddarth Pai, rickde, Manish Achuth, Bipin Banavalikar, raklodramA, Rogi, username, Shwetha Maiya, Dibyo, Thejas V R, Bharath, Rahulk, Swarun, Martin, Amarendra, Advaith, kapinjal chowdhury, Urthstripe and anurag

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Hoverbike – Motorbike that flies. I want one. NOW.


Friday, July 29, 2011

Genius?

—devadutta @ 23:59

Identify the place, tell us what is special about it.

Cracked by: Anjul, yaksha, jowens, shrik, Ananth, Sumanth Patlolla, rickde, Manish Achuth, Bipin Banavalikar, raklodramA, Rogi, username, Shwetha Maiya, Thejas V R, Bharath, Swarun, Rahulk and Amarendra

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The first ever Apple store opened in Tyson Corner Center, Virginia (May 2001)


Thursday, July 28, 2011

Chainsaw!

—devadutta @ 23:59

Recurrent villain in which game series?

Cracked by: badideabear, yaksha, jowens, shrik, Ananth, Sumanth Patlolla, Siddarth Pai, rickde, rohanquizzer, Manish Achuth, s m muneer ali, Gaurav, Bipin Banavalikar, raklodramA, Rogi, username, Shwetha Maiya, Dibyo, Thejas V R, Bharath, Rahulk, Swarun, vishwanath and Amarendra

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Spider mastermind from the DOOM series


Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Edison would be proud?

—devadutta @ 23:59

Super question from %gqh% shrik. Thanks saar!

Connect

2a.

2b.

Cracked by: jowens, shrik, Ananth, Sumanth Patlolla, Siddarth Pai, rickde, Manish Achuth, Bipin Banavalikar, raklodramA, Rogi, Shwetha Maiya, Dibyo, jins, Bharath, Thejas V R, Rahulk, Swarun, Amarendra and username

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quoting username


Tuesday, July 26, 2011

FTW.

—srikanth @ 23:59

Simple enough - identify the event. Many clues in the image.

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Urthstripe, shrik, username, Manish Achuth, Amarendra, Rogi, jowens, Rahulk, raklodramA, Thejas V R, Shwetha Maiya, Dibyo, Swarun, Bipin Banavalikar, rickde, Ananth, Sumanth Patlolla, Rahul Rajeev and badideabear

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The 3 winners of the 2011 Google Science Fair. The cups seem to be a tribute to/design by Lego - one of the other organizations involved!


Monday, July 25, 2011

kekekeke

—srikanth @ 23:59

Recent pictures. Question is, from where?

Cracked by: Urthstripe, shrik, jowens, Ananth, raklodramA, username, Rahulk, Thejas V R, Bharath, Sumanth Patlolla, Amarendra, Swarun, rickde, Bipin Banavalikar, Rogi, Dibyo, yaksha and Shwetha Maiya

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The photographs are from Joyland - a World of Warcraft + StarCraft themed adventure park in China.


Sunday, July 24, 2011

We're up there too...

—srikanth @ 23:59

Connect. We’re looking for the name of an organization.

Cracked by: shrik, jowens, Rogi, Ananth, raklodramA, username, Thejas V R, Rahulk, Bharath, Sumanth Patlolla, Swarun, Amarendra, Bipin Banavalikar, rickde and Dibyo

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The European Space Agency’s (ESA) so-called cornerstone missions - respectively named after Gaia, Max Planck, Rosetta and William Herschel


Saturday, July 23, 2011

Chomp.

—srikanth @ 23:59

What’s going on here? Give us the name of the ’event’, please.

Cracked by: Urthstripe, Rogi, Ananth, username, Manish Achuth, KK, jowens, raklodramA, Bipin Banavalikar, Jayaprakash B R, rickde, dineshk, shrik, Thejas V R, Rahulk, Sumanth Patlolla, rohanquizzer, Debasish, Mridul, Amarendra and Bharath

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Pac-manhattan - a ‘real life’ enactment of Pac-Man on the streets of New York.


Friday, July 22, 2011

Destruction

—devadutta @ 23:59

This question comes in from %gqh% shrik. Tumba Thanksu Saa!

Who are these guys?

Cracked by: grey_matters, Sumanth Patlolla, Anonymous, username, Anjul, jowens, shrey, raklodramA, dineshk, Raghuvansh, sandeep bhat, Bipin Banavalikar, rickde, Dibyo, Ananth, rohanquizzer, shrik, Rogi, Rahulk, Thejas V R, KK, Swarun, Manish Achuth, Bharath-TK, Bharath, Amarendra and Shwetha Maiya

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Doom development team – John Carmack et al.