Been a long time since we had a very deep connect, so here goes.

The mathematician/astronomer (1) solved an age old problem in classical mechanics (X) in an interesting way. He predicted a quirky side-effect of this (Y) that was only confirmed many years later in the interactions between (2) and the groups represented by (3) and (4).

Identify 1, 2, X, Y and the groups represented by 3 and 4.

Cracked by vijayaraghavan , udupendra , Chandrakant Nair , joe , akhi , Prasad , Atul Mathew , Dibyo , varuns88 , Rohan and ludwig. Glad many of you liked the question, too :-)

vijayaraghavan, udupendra, Chandrakant Nair, joe, akhi, Prasad, Atul Mathew, Dibyo, varuns88, Rohan and ludwig

One year ago, at this exact timestamp, we posted the first question on Boiledbeans with a lot of excitement. 365 days have passed since then and the excitement is still growing!

We have not missed posting a question even for a single day and given the fact that we are seperated by timezones, face crazyly strict corporate firewalls at work and have bursts of out of phase “social life”, it is quite a feat for two lazy procastinators like Srikanth and me :)

We are very thankful to all Boiledbeans users who have inspired and motivated us to keep Boiledbeans ticking and as a token of appreciation, we will be handing out FREE T-Shirts which look like this (click to enlarge) to the following people. The reasons for picking them is also stated here

**udupendra **– All time highest scorer
**Dibyo **– All time second highest scorer

**duriel **– Longest runlength
**varuns88 **– Second longest runlength
**sidsen **– For sending in maximum number of awesome guest questions.
**hema **– Special thanks to her for helping us co-ordinate posting activities.
**piezocake **– Just like that :)
Thanks guys! We will be contacting you soon to get your t-shirt sizes.

And now for the best part:
Two of this month’s toppers will get free t-shirts! There are a few things though,

1. It cannot be someone who is already in the list above. So, if varuns88 ends up the topper of this month, he will not get another t-shirt. Instead, the next highest scorer will get it
2. If there is a tie, we will post a tie-breaker and pick only 2 winners.

So, if you want a free t-shirt, dont miss out any question posted this month!

For those of you who are interested in buying a t-shirt, please contact us at boiledbeans@gmail.com and we will be happy to send you one.

Thanks all, and keep quizzing!

The splash screen of this popular software looks very decent and artistic on release versions. But on development versions, it looks a little bit different and most of the time it glorifies the amount of bugs the software has.

Which software sports these awesome splash screens

Hint: Related to this

Cracked by: varuns88 , Pulkit Gupta , akhi only. Great job!

varuns88, Pulkit Gupta and akhi

Identify and connect

Cracked by Rc , Pulkit Gupta , shenoyvarun86 , anirudh patil , Priya , svgreatest , gudanggurum , Guneet , srikar , anirvan , Atul Mathew , Rohan , akhi , Nakul (Rammstein song), Siddharth Jain , Ajay Parasuram , jayanth , malcaluffin , Wasi Manazir , varuns88 , Anu , udupendra , Prasad , haroon siyech and vijayaraghavan.

Rc, Pulkit Gupta, shenoyvarun86, anirudh patil, Priya, svgreatest, Gurupad, Guneet, srikar, anirvan, Atul Mathew, Rohan, akhi, Nakul, Siddharth Jain, Ajay Parasuram, jayanth, malcaluffin, Wasi Manazir, varuns88, Anu, udupendra, Prasad, haroon siyech and vijayaraghavan

Connect

Cracked by: shenoyvarun86 , Guneet , gudanggurum , Rohan , akhi , Nakul , varuns88 , Tathagata Chatterjee , Atul Mathew , malcaluffin , Ajay Parasuram.

shenoyvarun86, Guneet, Gurupad, Rohan, akhi, Nakul, varuns88, Tathagata Chatterjee, Atul Mathew, malcaluffin and Ajay Parasuram

Connect the circled dude in (1) with the event going on in (2). (3) is just a clue…

PS: Apologies for the late post. Looks like both of us ended up with slow/sketchy net connections for today…

Cracked by akhi , Apurva , Dibyo , Atul Mathew , varuns88 and Wasi Manazir.

akhi, Apurva, Dibyo, Atul Mathew, varuns88 and Wasi Manazir

Identify this gadget

Cracked by Srivats , duriel , joe (yes), Nakul , Chandrakant Nair , Pulkit Gupta , varuns88 , Ajay Parasuram , gudanggurum (yes again), jayanth , kunal chaubey , bobo , svgreatest , Atul Mathew , akhi , BiGFooT , Wasi Manazir , Keerthi Kiran M , insufferablejake , Priya , malcaluffin and Poornima.

A ghostbuster proton pack, with the relevant components labeled. All hail the portable cyclotron…

And yes, this was “inspired” by the recent XKCD comic strip.

And, whatever you do, don’t cross the streams!

Srivats, duriel, joe, Nakul, Chandrakant Nair, Pulkit Gupta, varuns88, Ajay Parasuram, Gurupad, jayanth, kunal chaubey, bobo, svgreatest, Atul Mathew, akhi, BiGFooT, Wasi Manazir, Keerthi Kiran M, insufferablejake, Priya, malcaluffin and Poornima

Today’s question comes from yaksha. Simple one :)

Who are they and which company did they together start?

Cracked by: insufferablejake , gudanggurum , Debasish , Kiran , Rc , kunal chaubey , Priya , Ajay Parasuram , Atul Mathew , vinod , udupendra , rajeshvj , Wasi Manazir , rubhatta , yaksha , jayanth , malcaluffin , varuns88 , svgreatest.

insufferablejake, Gurupad, Debasish, Kiran, Rc, kunal chaubey, Priya, Ajay Parasuram, Atul Mathew, vinod, udupendra, rajeshvj, Wasi Manazir, rubhatta, yaksha, jayanth, malcaluffin, varuns88 and svgreatest

What’s the story behind this image?

Cracked (well, almost) by everyone: insufferablejake , Priya , gudanggurum , Kamal Rathi , akhi , sidsen , Prasad , svgreatest , duriel , Rohan , Kiran , Chandrakant Nair , Atul Mathew , Nakul , rajeshvj , shenoyvarun86 , Ganesh Prasad , varuns88 , kunal chaubey , bobo , jayanth , Wasi Manazir , rubhatta , Dibyo , Dibyo , Siddharth Jain , Keerthi M R , Poornima and VikraM.

insufferablejake, Priya, Gurupad, Kamal Rathi, akhi, sidsen, Prasad, svgreatest, duriel, Rohan, Kiran, Chandrakant Nair, Atul Mathew, Nakul, rajeshvj, shenoyvarun86, Ganesh Prasad, varuns88, kunal chaubey, bobo, jayanth, Wasi Manazir, rubhatta, Dibyo, Siddharth Jain, Keerthi M R, Poornima and VikraM

Connect

Cracked by a whole bunch of people: Priya , gudanggurum , sidsen , svgreatest , psrinivas , Nakul , Prasad , piezocake , Keerthi M R , varuns88 , Poornima , Debasish , joe , shakeel , VikraM , akhi , gammafunction , Atul Mathew , Rohan , udupendra , Siddharth Jain , Kiran , duriel , bobo and Dibyo.

and Prasada, you are right. I stand corrected. After all, you are the gravity hero who can launch awesome projectiles at tanks on a computer screen :D

Priya, Gurupad, sidsen, svgreatest, psrinivas, Nakul, Prasad, piezocake, Keerthi M R, varuns88, Poornima, Debasish, joe, Anonymous, shakeel, VikraM, akhi, gammafunction, Atul Mathew, Rohan, udupendra, Siddharth Jain, Kiran, duriel and bobo