Boiledbeans

Drama! Intrigue!! Geekiness!!!

2012

Friday, March 16, 2012

Bzzzzt!

—devadutta @ 21:22

Next car. By which company?

Unnecessary plug for show off: I sat in one of these and it feels like a spaceship.

Cracked by: rohanquizzer, KK, Teju, rickde, Rogi, Manish Achuth, Bharath, Sumanth Patlolla, Ananth, raklodramA, anurag, badideabear, Mayukh Bose, jowens and Dibyo

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Tesla Model S


1e6

—devadutta @ 23:59

During his “thinner” days. Who is he?

Cracked by: badideabear, jowens, Rogi, KK, rohanquizzer, Manish Achuth, rickde, tanwi, Mayukh Bose, Anjul, Bharath, Varun, Sumanth Patlolla, Ananth and raklodramA

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Pal for what?

—devadutta @ 23:17

Identify the dude in the center.

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, Manish Achuth, raklodramA, Jayaprakash B R, rohanquizzer, rickde, Bharath, jowens, KK, Ananth, anurag, badideabear, tanwi and Rogi

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PayPal co-founder Elon Musk


Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Experiment

—devadutta @ 23:59

This insect is super popular among genetic researchers. Tell us why and also identify the insect.

There are many reasons why this is popular, pls to put the most important one. Not so important ones will also get points.

Cracked by: Anjul, jowens, badideabear, Manish Achuth, Vishwas B Sharma, Sumanth Patlolla, raklodramA, anurag, Jayaprakash B R, rohanquizzer, rickde, finkle, Bharath, KK, Ananth, tanwi, Dibyo, Rogi and Teju

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Drosophila Melanogaster or the common fruit fly - Very easy to breed and has a life cycle of 10 days, which means multiple generations can be observed in a short time.


Monday, March 12, 2012

Sad

—devadutta @ 23:59

On of the most eventful control room ever. Where?

Cracked by: Manish Achuth, Bharath, tanwi, Vishwas B Sharma, rohanquizzer, Ananth, Sumanth Patlolla, raklodramA, rickde, jowens, Ep, badideabear, Gurupad, KK, anurag, buk, finkle, Dibyo, Rogi, Teju and Mayukh Bose

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Chernobyl


Sunday, March 11, 2012

Spin!

—devadutta @ 23:59

First time captured on “camera”. What is this?

Was in news recently.

Cracked by: Manish Achuth, Bharath, tanwi, Vishwas B Sharma, rohanquizzer, Ananth, Sumanth Patlolla, raklodramA, rickde, jowens, Logik, badideabear, KK, anurag and Rogi

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Saturday, March 10, 2012

Unexpected results?

—devadutta @ 23:59

Last question of the theme round. Major sitter. This has to be the easiest question we have ever posted.

What is theta?

Cracked by: rohanquizzer, raklodramA, Manish Achuth, jowens, rickde, Anjul, Mayukh Bose, badideabear, Ananth, KK, Vishwas B Sharma, Sumanth Patlolla, Logik, v.chandrashekar, Vishnu Prashanth, Bharath, Gurupad, anurag and Rogi

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1 Radian


Friday, March 9, 2012

Glowing

—devadutta @ 23:59

Who is missing?

Theme round: Question 4

Many of you got the theme!

Cracked by: rohanquizzer, raklodramA, KK, Manish Achuth, badideabear, jowens, rickde, Mayukh Bose, Jayaprakash B R, Sumanth Patlolla, Logik, Vishnu Prashanth, Bharath, Ep, Gurupad, anurag, Rogi and Teju

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Antoine Henri Becquerel


Thursday, March 8, 2012

Not the car company

—devadutta @ 21:37

Identify and connect

Theme round: Question 3.

Many of you are very close to the theme connect. I am looking for a specific connect.

Cracked by: jowens, vinayaknp, raklodramA, finkle, v.chandrashekar, Manish Achuth, Sumanth Patlolla, kazkas, Ananth, Vishwas B Sharma, rickde, Bharath, Ayush Khanna, Anjul, KK, rohanquizzer, badideabear, Mayukh Bose, Jayaprakash B R, Logik, Vishnu Prashanth, shreya, Gurupad, anurag, Rogi, Teju and Aila

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Quoting “Teju”


Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Wooden drum

—devadutta @ 23:57

Famous experiment. Identify.

Hint: The “container” at the bottom is exploding.

Theme round question 2.

Rogi got very close to cracking the theme.

Cracked by: raklodramA, badideabear, Sumanth Patlolla, Ananth, Manish Achuth, rickde, KK, kazkas, Logik, jowens, Anjul, Mayukh Bose, Bharath, Amarendra Kumar, Shwetha Maiya, rohanquizzer, Gurupad, Rogi and Teju

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Pascal’s Barrel