the iimu g+ riddleliculous q&a

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!

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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