The iimu g+ riddleliculous q&a
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The G+ Riddle-liculous Challenge • Kindly provide your answers in the Google Form attached along with this pdf • Please enter your Team Name as well as the names of all team members at the beginning of the Form • This puzzle/quiz set has 20 questions • The points/value assigned to each questions is given alongside that question. Easier questions have less weightage than tough ones. Duh! • There are clues in every question. Mind them! • Top 8 teams will qualify for the Finals to be conducted live via Google Hangout on Midnight, Wednesday (October 24 – Dussehra Eve)
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The G+ Riddle-liculous Challenge• Kindly provide your answers in the Google Form attached along
with this pdf• Please enter your Team Name as well as the names of all team
members at the beginning of the Form• This puzzle/quiz set has 20 questions• The points/value assigned to each questions is given alongside
that question. Easier questions have less weightage than tough ones. Duh!
• There are clues in every question. Mind them!• Top 8 teams will qualify for the Finals to be conducted live via
Google Hangout on Midnight, Wednesday (October 24 – Dussehra Eve)
• Do not forget to download the image ‘Home Sweet Home 2’ attached along with this email. That question is worth 4 points!
4 – gi8 – tv
6 – mo8 - uv
P1) Would you rather call for help perhaps?
1.5 Points
P2) What happened here?!
1.5 Points
P3) The Clock Pointers will show you the wayMust you go Analog today?
2.5 Points
P4) Home Sweet Home II
Follow these steps to reach your goal:1. Download the image ‘Home Sweet Home 2’2. Before you simply open the image, remember: A
Picture is worth a Thousand Words3. Plumb the depths of the symbols & gibberish to
obtain the Word you seek
4 Points
7 3 0
P5) Using the person on the right as your clue decipher the message that the symbols below stand for. Clippy’s home will help you out
2.5 Points
P6) What English phrase does the Rebus below depict?
1.5 Points
tHE sAnD
P7) What English phrase does the Rebus below depict?
1.5 Points
P8) Words about someone very special. Use their birthdate to ascertain their deathdate. Let The Internet's friendly reminder that life
is slipping away help you on your way. Do remember, we only need four digits
“Goodbye England's roseMay you ever grow in our hearts
You were the grace that placed yourselfWhere lives were torn apart
Goodbye England's roseFrom the country lost
Without your soul who missed the wings of your compassion
More than you will ever know”
2.5 Points
Ad for?
0.5 Point
Location : Verona, Italy.
Who allegedly lived here?
1 Point
This poster has been inspired from which Hollywood comedy flick released in the earlier part of the last decade.
1 Point
This bird could be found on the emblem of the club and also on the roof of one of the most important buildings of
the city. The club and the city share the same name. Identify the club/city.
1 Point
Where in Kolkata would you find her, The Angel of Victory?
1 Point
Which fictional character’s family crest?
1 Point
This log states the observation of the Relay Mark III. This study was done by Grace Hooper, Faculty of the Harvard University. It describes ‘something’ messing up the performance of the Mark III. Which technical term was first found in this paper and later entered common use to describe a generic version of any problem?
1 Point
Identify the cult figure who was honored with this Google Doodle.
1 Point
Halloween costumes inspired by whose recent remarks?1.5 Points
Id the Logo
1 Point
What is being advertised?0.5 Point
Flag of?1 Point
End of Quiz
Answers
P1) ‘hunt’
Use the T9 Dictionary in any old non-touch mobile phone to get the Answer!
P2) ‘sticky keys’
Press Shift 5 times in any Windows system and you will get a message asking you whether you want to enable ‘Sticky Keys’
P3) ‘evil’
Use the times mentioned in the right most column of the airport ticker and set them on any analog watch or wall clock. They will spell out the word ‘evil’.
P4) ‘UDAIPUR’
Ok this is intensive!
• Download the image ‘Home Sweet Home 2’ and open it with Notepad (or MS Word) “Picture…Thousand Words”
• Scroll right to the bottom of the screen and voila! UDAIPUR
P5) ‘730’
Marlon Samuels’ shirt number in the IPL is 730.
Also, the number written in the Wingdings script given in the question. Clippy’s home is of course, MS Word.
P6) ‘Back to Square One’
Straight Forward enough…
P7) ‘Head in the Sand’
Will Accept ‘Head Sticking out of Sand’
P8) ‘2040’
Another intensive one:
The person referred to is the Late Princess DianaHer birth date is July 1, 1960Put this in Deathclock.com (That was the hint!)You get her year of death as 2040
Rest of the Questions:
9. Maggi
10. Juliet
11. Anger Management
12. Liverpool
13. Victoria Memorial
14. James Bond (The insignia says, “The World is Not Enough”)
15. Bug/Debug/Bug in the System (Any other variant)
16. Nikola Tesla
17. Mitt Romney (With reference to his “Binders full of women” gaffe during the
Presidential Debates)
18. YouWeCan (Yuvraj’s Cancer Foundation)
19. Facebook (The campaign being run on their homepage currently)
20. East Germany/German Democratic Republic/GDR/DDR
