Category: Quiz
This guy created something in the mid 90s to display his resume in a neat way on his home page. Today, the thing he created is very popular and millions of people use it.
Who is he? What did he create? (Give us its name at the time of its creation)
Cracked by very few: Poornima , udupendra( ^:)^ ) , madhur and teju only! Good work!
Poornima, udupendra, madhur and teju
This one’s a guest question from duriel (Thanks dude)… Keep ’em coming to [email protected].
These images represent the final six stages/levels in something. What is it?
Cracked by: jayanth and shashank.
duriel, jayanth and shashank
The Wikipedia Service awards. Strangely enough, these are for people to award to themselves…
These were the first six.
Then there were 41. Then a big corporate came along, took over, and it was never the same any more.
First six what? Where?
Went uncracked!
Remember Geocities? It was started by a company called Beverly Hills Internet back in 1994. Websites were organized into groups, each named after a City. These were the GeoCities.
From dibyo, came this question. Thanks dude. Mail in your questions to [email protected]
The person pictured is the fourth man to accomplish something (we know of some/all of the first three to do this). He retired from that life to become a full time artist in 1981. The other picture is that of him while painting one of his better known works. Identify him or the achievement
PS: Apologies for posting it late.
Cracked by: madhur , nishansolo , shenoyvarun86 , Dibyo , Shakeel , shyam , bobo , Tathagata Chatterjee , shivathilak , duriel , varuns88 , gammafunction , udupendra , shashank , Arun Warrier , Srikanth , jayanth , teju , Atul Mathew , Poornima , yaksha and nofreebrains.
madhur, nishansolo, shenoyvarun86, Dibyo, Shakeel, shyam, bobo, Tathagata Chatterjee, shivathilak, duriel, varuns88, gammafunction, udupendra, shashank, Arun Warrier, Srikanth, jayanth, teju, Atul Mathew, Poornima, yaksha and nofreebrains
(Thanks to Poornima for pointing out that the answers were missing)
Identify this teacher-assistant pair who are well known for their contribution to astronomy.
Hint: Let’s call the guy to the right 1 and the one to the left 2. 2 was 1’s assistant and after 1 died, 2 used data collected by 1 and derived some very important stuff in astronomy.
Cracked by: Poornima , madhur , bobo , nishansolo , duriel , shenoyvarun86 , Tathagata Chatterjee , teju , varuns88 , quantumfoammakesmeroamakhi , Dibyo , Srikanth , shashank , Arun Warrier , yaksha and Shreyas.
Poornima, madhur, bobo, nishansolo, duriel, shenoyvarun86, Tathagata Chatterjee, teju, varuns88, akhi, Dibyo, Srikanth, shashank, Arun Warrier, yaksha and Shreyas
Why was this in the news lately?
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Cracked by: jayanth , madhur , bobo , udupendra , rajeshvj , shashank , Ganesh Prasad , Tathagata Chatterjee , varuns88 , Dibyo and nishansolo.
jayanth, madhur, bobo, udupendra, rajeshvj, shashank, Ganesh Prasad, Tathagata Chatterjee, varuns88, Dibyo and nishansolo
The Beatles song Across The Universe was beamed into space by NASA
Something happened to 1 for the first time in 1999 when the event 2 took place somewhere in the US. What?
Ye gods! Google gathers all geeks. Cracked by: udupendra , jayanth , duriel , A Nony Mouse , madhur , nishansolo , shenoyvarun86 , Atul Mathew , sidsen , Ganesh Prasad , Vinod P.V , Tathagata Chatterjee , Ramsaravana , teju , yaksha , shivathilak , bobo , Arun Warrier , Sujoy , Dibyo , varuns88 , shashank , Anon, Keerthi Kiran M and Shreyas.
udupendra, jayanth, duriel, A Nony Mouse, madhur, nishansolo, shenoyvarun86, Atul Mathew, sidsen, Ganesh Prasad, Vinod P.V, Tathagata Chatterjee, Ramsaravana, teju, yaksha, shivathilak, bobo, Arun Warrier, Sujoy, Dibyo, varuns88, shashank, Anonymous, Keerthi Kiran M and Shreyas
This graph depicts a concept that has many researchers a bit worried, though some call it pseudo-science. What concept?
Some of the things below have been cited as data points for this graph… Pseudo-bonus points for identifying them.
Cracked by: Poornima , madhur , shenoyvarun86 , duriel , Dibyo , Ganesh Prasad , Tathagata Chatterjee , udupendra , BiGFooT , Vinod P.V , prasanth , shivathilak , yaksha , rajeshvj , quantumfoammakesmeroamakhi , varuns88 and shashank.
Poornima, madhur, shenoyvarun86, duriel, Dibyo, Ganesh Prasad, Tathagata Chatterjee, udupendra, BiGFooT, Vinod P.V, prasanth, shivathilak, yaksha, rajeshvj, akhi, varuns88 and shashank
The “Uncanny valley”. The images are some typical examples
This burkha was all over gadget blogs recently for what it can do.
What can it do?
Cracked by: sidsen , madhur , Dibyo , shenoyvarun86 , duriel , udupendra , rajeshvj , Tathagata Chatterjee , shivathilak , Srikanth and shashank.
sidsen, madhur, Dibyo, shenoyvarun86, duriel, udupendra, rajeshvj, Tathagata Chatterjee, shivathilak, Srikanth and shashank
This scientist (1) proposed a novel propulsion system (2) (for spacecraft covering interstellar distances). This eventually turned out to be infeasible, but it was still an extremely interesting concept. It captured the imagination of the sci-fi community, which picked it up immediately. It soon became a staple of Big sci-fi. For example, the author in (3) made use of these propulsion systems extensively in his books.
Identify 1, 2 and 3 :-)
Cracked by: udupendra , duriel , madhur , shenoyvarun86 , Ganesh Prasad , Dibyo , prasanth , shivathilak , gammafunction , jayanth , shashank and varuns88.
udupendra, duriel, madhur, shenoyvarun86, Ganesh Prasad, Dibyo, prasanth, shivathilak, gammafunction, jayanth, shashank and varuns88