GOOGLE WARS!!!

[thamizhvaanan]

[tscii:61e4e5f32e]This event has been regularly conducted in my college (Anna University). I guess many of you will be familiar with the concept. All you gotta do is to do an intelligent search using the worlds most popular search engine, Google and come up with answers :thumbsup: Sounds really simple I guess, (or so do you think MUAAHAAHAHAHAH :twisted: : P : D )

Here are the first few questions ( I will add some more based upon the response here). These are from a contest conducted by CSAU society in my college. So those who have attended this before, (I mean ppl from my college) pls hold ur excitement and let other have some fun. If at all no one can crack, we will come up with the answers. HAVE A NICE TIME GOOGLING!!!


PART-I

1. Identify what the picture denotes:

[html:61e4e5f32e]http://www.csau.org/events/googlewars_files/image003.jpg[/html:61e4e5f32e]

On which site does it appear?




2. Identify the organization the tagline of which goes: “Excellence in computing. Provably”



3.Identify the site on which it appears: (Easy one :wink: )

[html:61e4e5f32e]http://www.csau.org/events/googlewars_files/image007.jpg[/html:61e4e5f32e]

4. X was on January 27, 1994 and was originally a desktop application. It went live on the Web in April of 1994, (April 20 to be exact). Identify the web service.

5.Identify the site where all these appear:

[html:61e4e5f32e]http://www.csau.org/events/googlewars_files/image009.jpg
http://www.csau.org/events/googlewars_files/image011.jpg
http://www.csau.org/events/googlewars_files/image013.jpg
http://www.csau.org/events/googlewars_files/image017.jpg
http://www.csau.org/events/googlewars_files/image015.jpg
http://www.csau.org/events/googlewars_files/image019.jpg[/html:61e4e5f32e]

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(Inline image privileges on special request - RR)

[anbu_kathir]

Thamizh... is this contest for me also ? ;-) :-)

Backrub...finding the tool with the tool?

[Anoushka]

1. When Google was a Stanford research project, it was nicknamed BackRub because the technology checks backlinks to determine a site's importance. - this is info I got on Google :)

3. Wikipedia

4. Webcrawler

5. Amazon.com?

[thamizhvaanan]

Thamizh... is this contest for me also ? ;-) :-)


Anbukku naanadimai.... Anbu ennidam anumadhi kaetkalaama? :D


Backrub...finding the tool with the tool?

:rotfl: you are too intelligent prasad (ooops!!!). You are too good for this contest, hope u come up with such exciting clues :wink:

[thamizhvaanan]

1. When Google was a Stanford research project, it was nicknamed BackRub because the technology checks backlinks to determine a site's importance. - this is info I got on Google :)

3. Wikipedia

4. Webcrawler

5. Amazon.com?


:clap: :clap: Great job Anoushka :thumbsup: You dont have to doubt that. It is from Amazon.com. Those are the featured partners of Amazon. Why dont u try the second one. I also dont know the answer for the second question :oops: :oops: . Can any geek over here crack the second one please!!!

[thamizhvaanan]

OK, here is my solution set! (the one which I came up with )

1.http://www.google.com/intl/en/logos/backrub_small.jpg 'or'
http://www.google.com/logos/backrub.jpg
When Google was a Stanford research project, it was nicknamed BackRub because the technology checks backlinks to determine a site's importance

3.http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias
it is the list of articles in each language, ordered by size, the complete list of all 214 languages.

4.January 27, 1994 Brian Pinkerton, a CSE student at the University of Washington, starts WebCrawler in his spare time. At first, WebCrawler was a desktop application, not a Web service as it is today. WebCrawler spat out its first Top 25 list on March 15, 1994. April 20, 1994 WebCrawler goes live on the Web with a database containing pages from just over 4000 different Web sites.

5.Amazon.com homepage. These websites are the featured partners of amazon.com


Again, someone find the solution for the second one. Wat abt some more questions?

[Anoushka]

Thanks Tamizhvaanan :) I though you had the answers to all the questions (including 2nd) :)

[thamizhvaanan]

No no, I dont have tat solution. I participated in that contest but that solution just eluded me. thanx for the answers, I have some more questions with me, but I am not sure, wether it will be well received. I will post them if u want :D

[Hulkster]

I have a hint...could it be the ones who programmed the first ever search engine or google?

[thamizhvaanan]

good lemme search from that pt of view, thanx hulk!!!

[rocketboy]

anna universityla intha mathiri ellam contest iruukka ? what a way to while
away your time . :lol:

[thamizhvaanan]

Rocket u did it all these days. I still got a year left :lol:

[Hulkster]

Ithavethu paravalae....matra university kodukira contest keithaal namma vaayilae vaaku arasi podulam...

Thamizh sir no problem....since all the answers were connected with google i though the second might be related to google as well.

[thamizhvaanan]

[tscii:68fd0d727b]OK, here are the next set of questions for u guyz to ponder!!! This time i've made sure that I know all of the answers :wink:

1.Identify the website:

[html:68fd0d727b]http://www.csau.org/events/googlewars_files/image027.jpg[/html:68fd0d727b]

2.Find the web service which offers the following:

“1.Electronic Retailing - with a mixture of category based stores and a growing assortment of merchants using the advanced online technology platform to create their own online web-store fronts.

2.Web Services - using the skill sets built up over the last three years to offer corporates a combination of services like payment gateways and web based BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) solutions.”

3. Find the site where the foll occurs: “Bitte klicke auf einen der Links weiter unten, um zu beginnen!”

4.Identify the site at which this map appears:

[html:68fd0d727b]http://www.csau.org/events/googlewars_files/image021.jpg[/html:68fd0d727b]


5. What is this? I need exact answers:



“Προστατεύστε το απόρρητο σας με το νέο εργαλείο Εκκαθάρισης Προσωπικών δεδομένων. Με ένα απλό κλικ, μπορείτε να διαγράψετε όλα τα προσωπικά σας δεδομένα, όπως το ιστορικό περιήγησης, τα cookies, τις καταχωρίσεις σε φόρμες και τους κωδικούς.”[/tscii:68fd0d727b]

[Anoushka]

1.http://www.templateoutpost.com/templates-show.htm?category=2

2. http://www.fabmall.com/html/aboutus.asp

3. www.flopf.de/homepage/hallo.htm

4. http://csl.psychol.cam.ac.uk/contact/todowning.html

5. Protect your privacy with the new Clear Private Data tool. With a single click, you can delete all personal data, including browsing history, cookies, web form entries and passwords.

[thamizhvaanan]

Goodwork Anoushka. It would be better if u can provide the translation for the third question and the link for the fifth question.

Wat abt the other ones. They are also quite easy :)

[terminator]

2. http://fabmall.com/HTML/aboutus.asp

FABMALL

[thamizhvaanan]

correct :clap: three down two more to go :)

[terminator]

4. Cambridge University :roll:

[terminator]

and i got it http://www.cam.ac.uk/cambuniv/visitors/

[thamizhvaanan]

correct once again :thumbsup:
terminator, ur link is one among those that i have :)

[terminator]

I got the First one tooo... :D

1. http://www.templatesalon.com/search.php

[Anoushka]

sorry I was editing my post to add the answers :) I have all the answers too!

[thamizhvaanan]

sorry I was editing my post to add the answers :) I have all the answers too!

yea i noticed it too! it made all the comments that i made following look idiotic :cry: nevermind, ur answer is right.

terminator, ur answer is also right. but the color shceme and style sheet of teh links dont match the one given in figure. But the same is the problem with my links also. I have more than a couple of links having the similar layout. Will post my answers soon! :) thanx for showing interest in this. this encourages me to post more :D. lemme prepare my next set of questions.

[thamizhvaanan]

1. www.fabmall.com

2. http://www.flopf.de/homepage/hallo.htm
The text means, "Please click on one to the on the left of further down, in order to begin! "
Sad that the page never had any such links :(

3. This is the map of cambridge university. several versions of the same map exists. some of the links are
http://www.cam.ac.uk/societies/cugos/graphics/cambridge_centre_smallmap.png
http://www.srcf.ucam.org/magdalenecu/images/map/cambridge%20centre%20-%20marked.gif
http://www.srcf.ucam.org/ciccu/art/map.jpg
http://www.physiol.cam.ac.uk/visitors/Images/City_CentreSmall.GIF


4. The text appears in http://www.mozilla-europe.org/el/products/firefox/
It means
"Clear Private Data
Protect your privacy with the new Clear Private Data tool. With a single click, you can delete all personal data, including browsing history, cookies, web form entries and passwords."

5. http://www.keytemplates.com/website_templates.html
the same set of links appears in "www.templateoutpost.com" "www.applecoremedia.net" and many other web template sites.


I would like to express my thanx to the Hub Admin for taking pains to enable images in this post :clap:

[thamizhvaanan]

[tscii:14046ee399]1.Identify the former domain name address of the site at which the foll text exists:



“I have upgraded the forums, and rather than seeking to keep all the old data I have instead opted to start with a clean slate. Perhaps this will provide some encouragement for me to resume my once frequent updates.

In the meantime, all former registered users will unfortunately have to re-register — though, as this takes less than a minute, I trust I won't hear too many complaints.”


2. Identify the site: (easy one!)
[html:14046ee399]http://www.csau.org/events/googlewars_files/image029.jpg[/html:14046ee399]

3. Give me the language used in the Google interface below:
[html:14046ee399]http://www.csau.org/events/googlewars_files/image031.jpg[/html:14046ee399]

4. Give me the exact date on which this occurred:

[html:14046ee399]http://www.csau.org/events/googlewars_files/image033.jpg[/html:14046ee399]

5. Find the connection between the two:
[html:14046ee399]http://www.csau.org/events/googlewars_files/image035.jpg[/html:14046ee399]
[html:14046ee399]http://www.csau.org/events/googlewars_files/image037.jpg[/html:14046ee399][/tscii:14046ee399]

[terminator]

1. http://www.quailish.com/
2. http://www.chennaionline.com/
3. Chineese simplified :roll:

[thamizhvaanan]

OK let the hubbers check the answers themselves. All i have to say is that not all of ur answers are right :(. just one :)

[rajes002]

1. Former domain name is "http://www.firefox.com/"
Please read the following from this website for further details:
"The Mozilla Foundation thanks Kevin Karpenske, the previous owner of the Firefox.com domain, for generously having transferred this domain to our use for the Firefox web browser. Kevin's site can now be found at Quailish.com"

2. www.chennaionline.com

3. Uighur: Check the following link: "http://www.google.com/intl/ug/"

5. CERN superconducting magnet. Check website below:
"http://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/Management/Organization.gif"

4. My best guess is that this pertains to the 1857 sepoy mutiny!

[thamizhvaanan]

your first three answers are bang on target :clap:

5th one is quite close though. But still, it is not CERN superconducting magnet. And you havent provided a link for the other picture :)

4th one is wrong outright :lol: clue: there are clues in the picture itself :rotfl:

[Anoushka]

4. The Globe of Science and Innovation

[thamizhvaanan]

:clap: yea u are right. finally 4 down (particularly the last one tooke me the most time when i cracked :) ).

seems that no one has got the 5th one so far. hmmm i thot it was so obvious, i got it immedly :) keep trying, may be i can post some clues in the next post .

[thamizhvaanan]

OK here is the clue for the 4th question. The picture features a machine (not exactly). look at teh right hand side half, bottom. It might be familiar :wink:

[rajes002]

I can see a cannon on the RHS bottom of the picture with a few soldiers!

Am I missing something here? More clues please...

[rajes002]

Got it... Date is July 14 1789! Storming of the Bastille.

http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/French_revolution

Actually the picture that is provided in the question is not as clear as the one in this page.. dont know why?

[thamizhvaanan]

:clap:yea u are right, the picture is Prise de la Bastille, by Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Houel, which depicts the storming of Bastille which took place on July 14, 1789.

The clue tat i mentioned is the guillotine. i remembr one wiseman saying
"there is only one cure to greyhair, teh frenchmen invented it. it is called guillotine"
just a recollection :D

[rajes002]

bump!