Three views of what?

Extra credit: Connect with the latest news :)

Cracked by: udupendra , sidsen , teju , iamniks , shivathilak , alephnull , Abhishek , Ganesh Prasad , aandthirtyeights , Keerthi Kiran M , Tathagata Chatterjee , yaksha , Gammafunction , prasanth , arbitguy and jayanth.

udupendra, sidsen, teju, iamniks, shivathilak, alephnull, Abhishek, Ganesh Prasad, aandthirtyeights, Keerthi Kiran M, Tathagata Chatterjee, yaksha, Gammafunction, prasanth, arbitguy and jayanth

1. 2.

Identify 1 and 2.

Cracked by: jayanth , udupendra , deepak , teju , , iamniks , Ganesh Prasad , Abhishek , alephnull , shivathilak , prasanth , Keerthi Kiran M , bobo , sidsen , A Nony Mouse , Gammafunction , yaksha , Tathagata Chatterjee , piezocake , piezocake and nisha’s thambi.

jayanth, udupendra, deepak, teju, Anonymous, iamniks, Ganesh Prasad, Abhishek, alephnull, shivathilak, prasanth, Keerthi Kiran M, bobo, sidsen, A Nony Mouse, Gammafunction, yaksha, Tathagata Chatterjee, piezocake, piezocake and nishas thambi

What is blanked out in this postage stamp?

For extra credit: What is the whole thing the guy is wearing called?

Cracked by: udupendra , teju , shivathilak , rajeshvj , Ramanand , Mahesh , teju , sidsen , alephnull , prasanth , Tathagata Chatterjee , Shreyas , A Nony Mouse , bs , VikraM , bobo , deepak , and nisha’s thambi.

udupendra, teju, shivathilak, rajeshvj, Ramanand, Mahesh, teju, sidsen, alephnull, prasanth, Tathagata Chatterjee, Shreyas, A Nony Mouse, bs, VikraM, bobo, deepak and nishas thambi

This question is based on a suggestion from Anirudh Deshpande. Thanks a lot dude!

Identify and connect.

Cracked by: teju , sidsen , VikraM , jayanth, Nishas thambi and udupendra.

@piezocake: what!?

teju, sidsen, VikraM, jayanth, nishas thambi and udupendra

Connect the images to one of the greatest geek culture icons of all time.

Cracked by: teju, VikraM, prasanth, udupendra, Mahesh, Madan, Gammafunction, Shreyas, Biki, sidsen, and nisha’s thambi.

teju, VikraM, prasanth, udupendra, Mahesh, Madan, Gammafunction, Shreyas, Biki, sidsen and nishas thambi

a. Hold the picture 1 close to your face so that your nose touches it (You might want to print it out.. you know its the flu season :P)
b. Slowly move away from it and try not to focus on 1
c. Continue moving it away from you very slowly until you see a Shark.

Now for the question. What are images like 1 called?

Cracked by: udupendra, deepak, teju, sidsen, jayanth, shivathilak, Abhishek, iamniks, Gammafunction, asha, Anonymous, alephnull, Tathagata Chatterjee, Biki, Madan, Mahesh, nisha’s thambi, bobo, prasanth, and Poornima (list was wrong. Fixed on 25/11/07)

udupendra, deepak, teju, sidsen, jayanth, shivathilak, Abhishek, iamniks, Gammafunction, asha, Anonymous, alephnull, Tathagata Chatterjee, Biki, Madan, Mahesh, nishas thambi, bobo, prasanth and Poornima

Question 5 of 5 from the theme round. Last chance!

Simply put, identify the speaker in this audio clip.

[audio:http://www.boiledbeans.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/d5fb57d67f86dd8071163e21aca9a11b.mp3]

Cracked by:
sidsen , Biki , shivathilak , Mahesh , bobo , nisha’s thambi , alephnull , jayanth , Poornima , prasanth , and piezocake.

sidsen, Biki, shivathilak, Mahesh, bobo, nishas thambi, alephnull, jayanth, Poornima, prasanth and piezocake

Question 4 of 5 from the theme round. Be sure to read the guidelines :)

Connect 1 and Nazi Poet Laureate in 2 (the one facing you.. not the other one)

1. 2.

** A Nony Mouse, shreyas , WikiWaki , Tathagata Chatterjee, teju , Poornima , udupendra** get the theme and 2 points. Nice work!

This question was cracked by: udupendra , nisha’s thambi , deepak , sidsen , Poornima , teju , shivathilak , iamniks , Gammafunction , alephnull , yaksha , Ganesh Prasad , Tathagata Chatterjee , Shakeel , Mahesh , shyam , prasanth , VikraM and bobo.

• A Nony Mouse - Please post a seperate comment with the answer for this question.
  WikiWaki - Please post a comment with the answer for this question*

udupendra(2), Poornima(2), teju(2), Tathagata Chatterjee(2), nishas thambi, deepak, sidsen, shivathilak, iamniks, Gammafunction, alephnull, yaksha, Ganesh Prasad, Shakeel, Mahesh, shyam, prasanth, VikraM and bobo

Question 3 of 5 from the theme round. Be sure to read the rules in that post carefully!

What’s the missing number 4 in the series below?

1 - 2 - 3 -

4 - **?? **

5 -

Cracked by: nisha’s thambi , VikraM , iamniks , Gammafunction , Tathagata Chatterjee , sidsen , deepak , Abhishek , alephnull , bobo , yaksha , prasanth , udupendra, and Keerthi Kiran M.

bobo, sidsen, Gammafunction and nisha’s thambi got the theme! 1 point for the answer + 2 points for the theme added to their totals :-)

nishas thambi(3), Gammafunction(3), sidsen(3), bobo(3), VikraM, iamniks, Tathagata Chatterjee, Keerthi Kiran M, deepak, Abhishek, alephnull, yaksha, prasanth and udupendra

Question 2 of 5 from the theme round. Be sure to read the guidelines :)

1. [audio:http://boiledbeans.net/audio/s.mp3]
   Link to MP3 file for those of you who don’t have flash support ( like iPhone users )

Who is song 1 a tribute to. (The part of the song which carries the answer is beeped out)

Hint: 2 is the title of another song composed by the same artist

**VikraM, Abhishek and Bikiran have cracked the theme! They walk away with 4 points!!
Congrats!! and ****brilliant work, guys! **

Cracked by: sidsen , Mahesh , shivathilak , VikraM , udupendra , iamniks , Anirudh , bobo , Abhishek , prasanth , ram , Keerthi Kiran M , A Nony Mouse , yaksha , deepak , nisha’s thambi , gammafunction , Ganesh Prasad , 2ndratequizzer and Tathagata Chatterjee. (and bikiran)

The name beeped out in 1 is Benoit Mandelbrot.
1 is a song called “Mandelbrot set” by Jonathan Coulton.
2 is called a “Code Monkey”, which is another song composed by him.

VikraM(4), Abhishek(4), Biki(4), sidsen, Mahesh, shivathilak, udupendra, iamniks, Anirudh, bobo, prasanth, ram, Keerthi Kiran M, A Nony Mouse, yaksha, deepak, nishas thambi, gammafunction, Ganesh Prasad, 2ndratequizzer and Tathagata Chatterjee