Boiledbeans

Drama! Intrigue!! Geekiness!!!

Quiz

Category: Quiz

Heavy machinery

—srikanth @ November 4, 2008

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 @ November 3, 2008

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


I'm almost happy here

—srikanth @ November 2, 2008

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


"Be prepared"

—devadutta @ November 1, 2008

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


The other one

—srikanth @ October 31, 2008

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


Another brick in the..

—devadutta @ October 30, 2008

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


You win some, you lose some

—srikanth @ October 29, 2008

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


Metallica

—devadutta @ October 28, 2008

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.


One

—srikanth @ October 27, 2008

Identify and connect

Cracked by Rc , malcaluffin and udupendra.

Rc, malcaluffin and udupendra


1 (insert your hint here)

—devadutta @ October 26, 2008

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.