QUESTION 290

These guys from Carnegie Mellon university devised a mechanism to help reduce spamming.
The process involves a computer testing a human user!
What is this being talked about here?


Not really necessary to name the guys..

QUESTION 289

The first picture shows the memorial for the Oath of Pontida.
It was by this that several cities in Europe pledged their support to one and other in fighting off the king (Y), who was trying to assert himself in that region. They formed an organization called X.
They succeeded and agreed on a 6 year truce.
The organization was dissolved in the 13th century.
Identify the organization X
Identify the king Y

X

Y

TCS IT

The TCS Bangalore edition will be held on August 5th!

QUESTION 288

This question deals with something we've all heard of!
What does this picture show??
It shows the effect of something on our body. What??

The second picture is obviously the clue..

QUESTION 287

Okay, one on business after a long time!
This man in the picture founded an accountancy firm, which he named after himself.
There were criminal charges against the firm in connection with the Enron Scandal.

But the consultancy wing of this company had removed itself before the scandal and has now grown into one of the largest multinational companies.
Identify the man and the name by which we know the company today.

QUESTION 286

Alright, this question carries 2 points!
Who is this lady? She was a physicist, chemist, biologist and X-Ray crystallographer.
Two scientists, X and Y, say that it was her that provided much data for their ground-breaking discovery!
Identify her(1 point)

Also,
Identify X and Y( 1 point)

QUESTION 285

What the hell is this??!

Explain please! : /

MONTHLY SCOREBOARD

Sorry, couldn't enforce the Weekly, so came up with the monthly scoreboard instead!!
Here's how it goes
I hope to post more regularly, but well done guys! Story of the month..


Shravan-11.5
Rohan-7.5
V Chandrashekhar-7
Pranav-5.5
Marm-2
Lionel-2
The escapist-1
Jack and Lagoon-1
Nachiketa-3
Drake-2
Sumo-2
Gaurav-2
Athith-2
Udbhav-1
Kaushik-3
Karthikeya Pradhan-3
Pratik V -1
Raveesh-1
iamtheicebox-1
Akhilesh-1
Apurv Bhatia-1
TAB-1
Anonymous-2

QUESTION 284

He was a physicist.
He lived in Paris from the age of sixteen.
He attended the Ecole Polytechnic, where he and his fellow students like Gaspard- Gustave Coriolis, Claude- Louis Navier were taught by professors such as Gay Lussac, Ampere and Poisson.
He joined the military. After the defeat of Napoleon, he took leave from the army to write his book.

He died young due to a cholera epidemic. Who is he?

QUESTION 283

A shows the satellite image of a certain archipelago.
It was discovered by the fleet of B, when B claimed to have seen fire( by the natives who, according to him, wanted to ambush the armada)
Id A and B
A

















B