Question 3 of the five-question theme round.

Journalist Ron Rosenbaum described a military simulations computer in this article

Two hollywood storywriters were inspired by this and created one of the most famous movie computers of all time. What was it called?

Hint: a recent XKCD.

Cracked by p vs np , udupendra , Rogi , Raghuvansh , Advaith , Johny Walker , krudebox , Dibyo , nishansolo , akhi , varuns88 , joe and Logik.

Theme cracked by: Logik, varuns88, nishansolo, krudebox, Dibyo, Johny Walker, p vs np and udupendra. 3 points to each of you when this round is done :-)

udupendra(3), p vs np(3), Johny Walker(3), Dibyo(3), krudebox(3), nishansolo(3), varuns88(3), Logik(3), p vs np, udupendra, Rogi, Raghuvansh, Advaith, Johny Walker, krudebox, Dibyo, nishansolo, akhi, varuns88, joe and Logik

Question 2 of the five question theme round.

(1) is less famous for (2). He’s actually really famous for something else. (2) was actually based on that something else. Who is (1), what is (2) and what is he more famous for?

Cracked by nishansolo , udupendra , Rogi (Forbidden planet is way geekier than Lost in Space, plz :) ) , Advaith , lordmaldy , krudebox , bobo , Nakul , Raghuvansh , shenoyvarun86 , Dibyo and p vs np.

Theme cracked by: Raghuvansh and Advaith! Great going guys. You will each get 4 additional points :-). Raghuvansh, can you please post your theme answer separately from the individual answer?

Raghuvansh(4), nishansolo, udupendra, Rogi, Advaith, lordmaldy, krudebox, bobo, Nakul, Raghuvansh, shenoyvarun86, Dibyo and p vs np

Alright folks.

It’s been a while since we deviated from the bog-standard question-a-day format, so here’s something slightly different.

The next five questions form a theme round. i.e., all their answers are connected by a common theme.(e.g, if the five answers were to be Jimmy Page, John Bonham, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and Ahmet Ertegun, the theme would be Led Zeppelin).

Point scoring rules:

1. For answering each question, you get one point, as usual.
2. If you guess the theme after the first question, you get five additional points. Second question: four points. Third question: three points. Fourth question: two points. Fifth question: one point.
3. Please post your answer to each question, and the guesses to the theme if any, as separate posts.
4. One theme attempt per question, only.
5. Our decisions are final :)

So here’s the first question of the set.

Question 1: Identify the object being demonstrated in this audio clip.

[audio:09fc96e28a26cbe933c5d5a280651468.mp3]

Please note that this set is exhaustive (i.e. these are the only 5 related to this particular theme)

Cracked by Shrey Goyal , Kaiser Soze , Higgers , udupendra , Raghuvansh , Rogi , lordmaldy , krudebox and Johny Walker.

A few attempts, but no-one cracked the theme yet.

Shrey Goyal, Kaiser Soze, Higgers, udupendra, Raghuvansh, Rogi, lordmaldy, krudebox and Johny Walker

Wow! That was an amazing round of live quizzing action! We had 120(and still counting) people taking part and 29 people posted their badges.

A big Thank you to everyone who participated!

We will be posting answers and some more awesome statictics from the event after a few days so that those who did not get to participate, can still give it a shot.

Results

First to finish: gorlock
Time to completion: 35 minutes

Brilliant work gorlock! You have won a Boiledbeans T-Shirt along with 20 points!

Congratulations!

Second to finish: **Dibyo
**Time to completion: 87 minutes

Awesome! Dibyo gets 15 points!

Third to finish:** anon
**Time to completion: 90 minutes (close call ;) )

We would have given you 10 points if you had used your Boiledbeans username. Please get in touch with us at [email protected].

Others who completed:

duriel
username
sidsen
bs
Neeraj
shrik
jane and Anirudh(you both have not posted your badge here. Please do it if you want points. If you have lost it, get in touch with us)

Amazing work guys! All of you get 5 points!

Others who completed with one of more skips:

Name Score
udupendra 17
priyananda 17
Goyal 16
Ananth 15
mach101 15
srikanth 15
varuns88 15
yaksha 14
abhishek 14
keerthi2kiran 14
johnywalker 13
atulmathew 13
bulldozer 12
trinity 12
vinayprasad 12
hema 12
rohan 11
veekay 7

If your score is >=15, you get 3 points, If it is >10 and <15, you will get 2 points. The rest get 1 point.

Others have more than 1 point, but have faild to complete the login step :P
They get 1 point.

Like you can see, the scoring is quite complicated, so it may take a while for the scores to come up on the board.

Do tell us what you felt about the Live Quiz!
Would you like to see more of these?

**Let us know! **Leave comments!

Thanks everyone!**
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p.s: The quiz is still live. You can take part if you have not.

Boiledbeans Live Quiz, the epic event is here!

You can start the quiz by clicking on the terminal image below. But, do read the rules and info before you start. They will come in very handy!

Rules

• First one to answer ALL questions correctly wins. If no one finishes all questions, the one with the maximum correct answer wins.
• When you reach the end, follow what bbterm tells you to do.
• Points
  First to finish: 20 ( and a surprise )
  Second: 15
  Third: 10
  All others who get at least 2 correct: 2-5 points, depending on how many you have right

Usage Information:

The interface is modeled around a bash terminal. You type a command and hit [ENTER] for it to execute. It is that simple. So, when we say type a command, we mean, type it and hit [ENTER] ;)

• When you type commands, do not add unnecessary spaces. If a command has an argument, seperate the command and the argument by only ONE space.
• Do not use space in your username.
• Do not use special characters
• If you are stuck at some place, type hint
• If you want to skip a question, type **skip
  **And follow bbterm’s instructions. You will loose points if you skip questions and you will not be considered first if someone who finishes later than you has more correct answers! So think twice before skipping.
• If you want to end the game and leave with the points you already have, type **resign
  **and follow instructions

Browser compatibility:

• Works perfectly on: Firefox, IE7 and IE6(please stop using it, for the good of all of us :P )
• Works decently on: Chrome, Safari(including the iPhone version), Opera
• Not tested on: IE5
• Will not work on: Lynx or any browser that does not have Javascript support.

Click on the terminal image below to start the quiz!

Click here to start the Quiz!

Update: To start off, type hint

Update 2: Remember its like a bash terminal. Search for bash commands which does things mentioned in the hint. Like “find what you have in the current directory”.

duriel(5), username(5), sidsen(5), Neeraj(5), bs(5), shrik(5), udupendra(3), mach101(3), gorlock(20) and Dibyo(15)

Proceeding with the GQG, this question comes from akhi.

Identify/Connect/put fundae:

Cracked by Goyal , sidsen , Ananth , Rohan , bobo , varuns88 , insufferablejake and rajeshvj.

Goyal, sidsen, Ananth, Rohan, bobo, varuns88, insufferablejake and rajeshvj

This (awesome) question comes from sidsen.

Identify and connect the three images:

(Thanks a bunch for all the questions, mate! Really great stuff! I had a hard time picking one…)

Cracked by: Goyal, Tathagata Chatterjee , Guneet , udupendra , gammafunction , Rohan , duriel , malcaluffin and rajeshvj.

Goyal, Tathagata Chatterjee, Guneet, sidsen, udupendra, gammafunction, Rohan, duriel, malcaluffin and rajeshvj

The GQG goes on! This question is from duriel.

Identify the character in (1) and the old chap on the left in (2).

Also, who/what did (1) eventually become?

Only (partially) cracked by Tathagata Chatterjee!

duriel and Tathagata Chatterjee

(On with the GQG - This question comes from shenoyvarun86)

Who is this famous computer scientist, and what term did he coin?

Here’s a clue to narrow in on the term a bit: the man caricatured below wanted to make a movie about it, but couldn’t.

Cracked by sidsen , Goyal , Rohan , udupendra , insufferablejake , Guneet , Srivats , gudanggurum , bobo , rajeshvj , Atul Mathew , duriel , malcaluffin , jayanth , gammafunction and Tathagata Chatterjee.

sidsen, Goyal, Rohan, udupendra, insufferablejake, Guneet, Srivats, Gurupad, bobo, rajeshvj, Atul Mathew, duriel, malcaluffin, jayanth, gammafunction and Tathagata Chatterjee

(Carrying on with the GQG - Here’s a question from jayanth )

Who’s the guy in the pic below and what did he win?

Clue:

Cracked by rajeshvj , akhi , insufferablejake (nice catch! I didn’t notice it…) , Rohan , gudanggurum , svgreatest , Dibyo , Apurva , Atul Mathew , udupendra , duriel , malcaluffin , sidsen and Goyal.

rajeshvj, akhi, insufferablejake, Rohan, Gurupad, svgreatest, Dibyo, Apurva, Atul Mathew, udupendra, duriel, malcaluffin, sidsen and Goyal