The BITS-PILANI QUIZZING FORUM!

What?


Quoting Miraj

"Graph is for Don Bradman's Career Average..It ended on 99.94 after 80 test innings as shown here in 52 tests..
Hail the greatest Batsman to have ever played the game.."

Indeed.

Cracked by all three Miraj, Raghuvansh and Kuttappan

bLACK bOX














This is the Apple Store on Firth Avenue, NYC and was nicknamed as the Apple Mecca Project by the media, due to the striking resemblance to the Ka'ba in Mecca. Probably hinting that this store is the "Mecca of Apple"

Raghuvansh, Harsha and Merrin plucked this one.

Route Map




















This is Che Guevara's journey throughout South America and beyond. Variations such as Motorcycle Diaries have also been accepted. Crcked by Pavan, Hari, Vijay and Raghuvansh

Forward the Epic

Connect the chaps...pay no attention to the order




Quoting Sana who got it right,
"Pic1 - Greg Bear
Pic2 - David Brin
Pic3 - Isaac Asimov
Pic4 - Gregory Benford
All these guys have written prequels to Asimov's Foundation trilogy. "

The Dublin Daly came close but wasn't exact.

Hello

This was an entry in an competition to select the 2012 Olympic logo. But, the website took it off soon. Why?


The logo was 'inspired' by the famous internet shock site goatse.cx, one of the earliest internet memes.

Pulled apart by jj, haroon siyech and cyst.

Up in the Clouds

Who is he, and why's he dressed this way?


Cory Doctorow winning the 2007 EFF Pioneer Award, dressed according to how xkcd sees him.
Answered by mayur and the macho eclipse, jj, aravind and VRASHABH.

Olympic

1. What famous olympic event is this?
2. Connect the 2 athletes in the images that follow:




Quoting the dublin daly:

1) Dorando Pietri at the 1908 Marathon being helped across the line (subsequently disqualified).[ The official on the right is Arthur Conan Doyle.]

2) Paavo Nurmi (Flying Finn) and Milkha Singh (Flying Sikh) - connect is 'flying'?!

Answered fully by nishanth, the dublin daly, aravind and rachit.