Not that boiledbeans was not showing up on the iPhone before this, but now, another version optimized for the iPhone has been added. This version shows up automatically when you visit http://boiledbeans.net from your (or someone else’s…) iPhone.

This makes us the first Science and Technology trivia/quiz page sporting a special iPhone version*. WE IZ NEAT. NO? ;)

“Screen Shot” :

(I know the quality of the photo is bad.. But, we will have to do with this steam-punk method of actually taking the shot of a screen until Apple decides to release an SDK or at least a screen shot utility. )
*We claim to be :)

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

Question 1 of 5 from the theme round. Be sure to read the rules in that post carefully!

In a particular episode of this show, the scientists (pic 1) decide something based on their observations but the guy (pic 2) objects. Why does he object?

Cracked by: nisha’s thambi , alephnull , prasanth , Biki , VikraM , Anirudh , sidsen , piezocake , shreyas , udupendra and Tathagata Chatterjee. (and deepak)

(tejurao, please post this answer separately from the theme. Your answer is right, but currently we can’t give you points for it :-) ).

No one got the theme right.

nishas thambi, alephnull, prasanth, Biki, deepak, VikraM, Anirudh, sidsen, piezocake, shreyas, udupendra and Tathagata Chatterjee

Has anyone else felt the standings have been a little too static for a long time? Like all good geeks, we like to shake things up a little every now and then. So here’s what we’re planning to do:

The next five questions will form a Theme round.

The format is this: all of the five answers are going to be related in some way. This common thread between all of them is the theme. You need to figure out what the theme is and post it.

For example, if the answers to the 5 questions are Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham and Peter Grant, respectively, then the “theme” is that they were the founding members of Led Zeppelin. So, for each question, you answer with the actual answer, and the theme (in separate posts). If you give us that theme, you get the points.

Scoring:

1. You get your usual 1 point for the answer, if you get it right
2. Additionally, you will get

• 4 points if you get the theme from the first question

3. 3 points if you get the theme from the second question
4. 2 points if you get the theme from the third question
5. 1 point if you get the theme from the fourth question
6. and no points for getting the theme from the fifth question, but your name will be mentioned.

And no negative points at all. We’re throwing away points :-)

Rules:

Please post the theme answer and the regular answer in separate posts! Do not make them a part of the same post. I cannot emphasize this enough!

• You’re allowed one attempt at the theme in each question.
• Any number of people can get the theme

We will hide all the theme answers till the end of 5 days. If you crack the theme before that, we’ll announce your name and give you the points.

The theme comes out at the end of 5 days.

Connect 1 and 2 to a physics concept.

Cracked by: **srikanth , nisha’s thambi , udupendra , teju , Biki , Anirudh , alephnull , shreyas , Shakeel , sidsen , piezocake , bs , Tathagata Chatterjee , Arjun , yaksha , Gammafunction , jayanth , VikraM , bobo **and Quehin.

srikanth, nishas thambi, udupendra, teju, Biki, Anirudh, alephnull, shreyas, Shakeel, sidsen, piezocake, bs, Tathagata Chatterjee, Arjun, yaksha, Gammafunction, jayanth, VikraM, bobo and Quehin

The KQA Annual Science Quiz is going to be held on 18th Nov (this Sunday), at 1000hrs in Daly Hall, Bangalore. If you like this site, you’ll probably like that quiz too :-)

On to the question: connect the three images below, and identify the man behind them:

Cracked by: udupendra, sidsen, teju, alephnull, Keerthi Kiran M, Tathagata Chatterjee, Gammafunction, aandthirtyeights, Madan, Anirudh, Quehin, iamniks, Shakeel, prasanth, Varun.M, yaksha and nisha’s thambi.

udupendra, sidsen, teju, alephnull, Keerthi Kiran M, Tathagata Chatterjee, Gammafunction, aandthirtyeights, Madan, Anirudh, Quehin, iamniks, Shakeel, prasanth, Varun.M, yaksha and nishas thambi

Analogically speaking,

::: : ?

Hint: The text in the first logo is (obviously.. duh) cropped :)

Cracked by: Prasad , nisha’s thambi , vaibhav008 , samarth , Gammafunction , alephnull , udupendra , Abhishek , bobo , Anirudh , iamniks , Preetish , prasanth , Varun.M , Keerthi Kiran M , Tathagata Chatterjee , Shakeel , shreyas , deepak and yaksha.

and **sidsen of course **with his depth 2 answer :)

sidsen, Prasad, nishas thambi, vaibhav008, samarth, Gammafunction, alephnull, udupendra, Abhishek, bobo, Anirudh, iamniks, Preetish, prasanth, Varun.M, Keerthi Kiran M, Tathagata Chatterjee, Shakeel, shreyas, deepak and yaksha

Identify:

Half the clues:

(The other half is unclued :-P )

Cracked by: alephnull, Gammafunction, Anirudh, nisha’s thambi, Quehin, Tathagata Chatterjee, iamniks, bobo and sidsen

alephnull, Gammafunction, Anirudh, nishas thambi, Quehin, Tathagata Chatterjee, iamniks, bobo and sidsen

Which internet phenomenon is xkcd mocking in the comic below

OH HAI!
THSE PEOPLEZ HAS GOT ANS sidsen , shreyas , iamniks , alephnull , shyam , udupendra , Suyog , Tathagata Chatterjee , VikraM , vijayaraghavan , bobo , Quehin , piezocake , Keerthi Kiran M , prasanth , Gammafunction , nisha’s thambi , Abhishek , ganesh , yaksha and Goutham.
KTHXBYE

sidsen, shreyas, iamniks, alephnull, shyam, udupendra, Suyog, Tathagata Chatterjee, VikraM, vijayaraghavan, bobo, Quehin, piezocake, Keerthi Kiran M, prasanth, Gammafunction, nishas thambi, Abhishek, ganesh, yaksha and Goutham

Identify the woman in this picture (and also why she’s relevant to this site :-) ):

Additional clues:

Cracked by:Atul Mathew, Tathagata Chatterjee, alephnull, Gammafunction, shyam, udupendra, shivathilak, Hot Chick with Brains, samarth, iamniks, sparshithp, Ganesh Prasad, VikraM, shreyas, Suyog, ram, Dibyo, prasanth, sidsen, nisha’s thambi, Vinod, Keerthi Kiran M, jayanth, yaksha, BiGFooT and Shakeel.

She seems to have lots of fans…

Atul Mathew, Tathagata Chatterjee, alephnull, Gammafunction, shyam, udupendra, shivathilak, Hot Chick with Brains, samarth, iamniks, sparshithp, Shakeel, Ganesh Prasad, VikraM, shreyas, Suyog, ram, Dibyo, prasanth, sidsen, nishas thambi, Vinod, Keerthi Kiran M, jayanth, yaksha and BiGFooT