From Twitter 08-30-2010

• 12:53:11: It's not spam. Not that obvious...
  
• 12:55:03: A1. Movies! Check out: http://bit.ly/9cO8ys
  Points to @pradyutroy, @nayakgirin, @sidvee. Well done.
  
• 12:55:31: Q2. This dessert originated in South Italy. It originally consisted of pound cake moistened with kirshwasser or (cont) http://tl.gd/3dhr71
  
• 12:58:12: A2. Cassatta. It's excellent no?
  Points to @gauravsabnis, @arvindv and @vicramb.
  
• 12:59:10: Q3. Name the artist: http://twitpic.com/2jpqb1
  
• 13:01:25: A3. Adolf Hitler. He wasn't a bad artist eh?
  Points to @AdityaMorarka, @pradyutroy and @arvindv.
  
• 13:02:11: Q4. Should be a sitter.
  This is a medical procedure used to collect samples of a fluid called CSF from the human (cont) http://tl.gd/3dhtup
  
• 13:03:14: @gauravsabnis True. Call me uncultured, but I prefer our version.
  
• 13:04:46: Abeyaar, I said colloquially, so it's not lumbar puncture. Got enough correct answers. Closing this...
  
• 13:05:18: A4. Spinal Tap.
  Points to @kaaliya, @RahulxC and @arvindv. Good stuff!
  
• 13:06:34: Q5. Simple. One of Brett Lee's nicknames is Oswald. Give me funda why.
  
• 13:09:29: A5. Steve Waugh was reading out the batting order once, and it read (Shane) Lee, (Ian) Harvey... so he was christened Oswald.
  
• 13:09:52: A5. Points to @gauravsabnis, @atlasdanced and @nitinsunny.
  
• 13:10:12: RT @siddharthadev18: @kweezzz He murdered the Kenyan cxricketer Kennedy Otieno ;)
  
• 13:11:01: Q6. A long one, please adjust.
  According to sources, this item consists of four main components: Two books with (cont) http://tl.gd/3di1b9
  
• 13:13:19: @gauravsabnis Will clarify after kweezzz :)
  
• 13:14:28: A6. The Nuclear Football.
  Well cracked by @nayakgirin, @gauravsabnis and @Gunmaster_G_9.
  
• 13:14:57: Just to clarify, there are 16 questions. Please don't run away.
  
• 13:15:44: Q7. Am hoping this is a tough one. Connect:
  http://twitpic.com/2jpv3u
  
• 13:18:51: Ok, no correct answers. Clue: think Hollywood.
  
• 13:21:03: Okay, giveaway clue coming up. Fastest fingers and all that...
  
• 13:21:41: The pictures are: Rain, River, Liberty, Joaquin and Summer.
  Does that help?
  
• 13:23:44: A7. Phoenix family. #PleaseDontHitMe.
  Cracked by @elegantlywasted without the hint, bonus points! Points also for @RahulxC and @gauravsabnis
  
• 13:25:15: Q8. Easier.
  In a scene in “The Color of Money”, Tom Cruise enters a pool salon with a custom cue case. (cont) http://tl.gd/3di6j0
  
• 13:27:04: @gauravsabnis Here's the source for the Brett Lee question: http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/462296.html
  
• 13:28:36: A8. Doom, the game by John Carmack.
  Points to @gauravsabnis, @shilparathnam and @Siddharthadev18.
  
• 13:29:49: Q9. This is the Lord's Prayer written in ___________.
  http://twitpic.com/2jpyyv
  
• 13:32:28: A9. Pitman's shorthand, or simply, shorthand.
  Brilliantly cracked by @shilparathnam, @nayakgirin and @ahankari.
  
• 13:32:57: Note: Please let me know if I'm going too slow or too fast. Kthxbai.
  
• 13:34:15: Q10. Should be a sitter:
  In April 1996, several newspapers published articles with excerpts like these: (cont) http://tl.gd/3di9mt
  
• 13:37:03: Not many correct answers... but got three, closing this now.
  
• 13:37:54: A10. Birth of Bill Gates' daughter, Jennifer.
  Cracked by @gauravsabnis, @shilparathnam and @vicramb. Well done!
  
• 13:38:57: Q11. He once clarified the reason for his unusual name like this: “To take one’s _____ is to adopt, in the (cont) http://tl.gd/3dibbu
  
• 13:41:33: No answers yet. Have I really made this question Google-proof?
  
• 13:41:53: @nitinsunny Hahaha! I wish :)
  
• 13:43:13: Ok. Clue: He's talking about his surname. It was originally "Little".
  
• 13:45:23: Finally. Someone cracks this. Closing it now...
  
• 13:46:14: A11. Malcolm X.
  Points to @gauravsabnis, @lavanyam and @11ty1.
  
• 13:47:15: Q12. Who/what is on the picture this man is holding up?
  http://twitpic.com/2jq3qm
  
• 13:49:34: Have people run away, or have the questions become tougher? Response has dropped quite a bit...
  
• 13:50:47: No one's getting this, maybe its too arbit.
  Clue: Its a famous photograph taken by the guy who's holding it up.
  
• 13:50:57: RT @moebile: @kweezzz enscribed 'i can haz cheezeburger?'
  
• 13:53:22: A12. Che Guevara. http://bit.ly/acxGgg
  Points to @gururajsrao, @AdityaMorarka and @gauravsabnis.
  
• 13:54:18: Q13.
  Legend has it that once in San Francisco, a guy named Sid came first. The person who came second could not (cont) http://tl.gd/3digbc
  
• 13:57:27: A13. Charlie Chaplin. He came third in a Chaplin lookalike contest.
  Points to @pradyutroy, @Dhaanu and @Siddharthadev18.
  
• 13:58:50: Twitpic acting up... gimme a minute.
  
• 14:00:10: Q14. This photograph provided the inspiration for the design of which mascot?
  http://twitpic.com/2jq775
  
• 14:02:14: RT @lavanyam: @kweezzz hello.. this is toooo easy...face of every female character in Kyun Ki Saas Bhi Kabhie Bahu Thi
  
• 14:02:51: A14. Eddie the head, Iron Maiden's mascot.
  Cracked by @AdityaMorarka, @nitinsunny and @gururajsrao.
  Two more questions to go.
  
• 14:04:20: Q15. Long one, but interesting.
  This sporting term arose because of the export of a certain commodity between (cont) http://tl.gd/3dijdn
  
• 14:06:22: Not googly, not double fault. Clues are in the question guys. "Commodity".
  
• 14:08:16: Clue: Used in football and hockey, it's a way to make your opponent feel foolish.
  
• 14:09:13: @sidvee Nope, nope and nope :)
  
• 14:11:22: A15. Nutmeg.
  Well cracked by @gauravsabnis, @shrinivassg and @raytida.
  
• 14:12:34: Last question. Straightforward.
  Q16. What is this?
  http://twitpic.com/2jqal3
  
• 14:16:07: A16. First ever photograph.
  Points to @AdityaMorarka, @pradyutroy and @nayakgirin.
  Final score in a minute.
  
• 14:17:19: In clear first place, @gauravsabnis, who pwns this quiz with 22 points.
  
• 14:17:54: In second place, just about, @AdityaMorarka with 11.
  @pradyutroy is a close third, with 10.
  
• 14:19:34: Final scores: http://twitpic.com/2jqce7
  
• 14:20:54: Thank you all for the wonderful response. You can throw compliments or less desirable stuff at @PranavBakliwal. Later.
  
• 14:21:55: If you wish to schedule a quiz, please contact the CEO, @sidvee. And check http://bit.ly/aTYj65 for the schedule.
  
• 14:26:10: Hi folks. @gauravsabnis here to lob a few general questions. Won't be keeping scores. This is purely for the joy of kweezzzing.
  
• 14:28:11: Q1. In 1972 when Nixon made a historic trip to China, what did he famously describe as "this is a great wall!"
  
• 14:32:02: A1. The Great Wall of China! Very #facepalm, but also makes you nostalgic for a day when the standards for a Presidential gaffe were so high
  
• 14:34:32: Q2. A friend said "Those who say the name of this city derives from the name Alexandria clearly haven't read the Mahabharata.". City?
  
• 14:37:55: A2. Kandahar it is. One theory attributes the name to Alexandria. Another theory says it is Gandhar from Mahabharat.
  
• 14:41:29: Q3. The construction of which 18th century monument in Northern India was motivated by Keynesian/NREGA type logic of providing employment?
  
• 14:44:54: Clue - Built by Asaf Ud-Daulah of Avadh.
  
• 14:48:08: A3. Bara Imambara in Lucknow it is. Fascinating monument.
  
• 14:48:38: Bhool bhulaiyya is just one part of the Imambara
  
• 14:52:16: Q4. Cryptic connect - Physician, Lord Shiva, Naive in Hindi, McDonald's, and Leader.
  
• 14:54:52: Not Lagaan. And I know what Harfan Maula means, but have no idea how it can be the answer.
  
• 14:56:24: One of you got it. So giveaway clue - doctor, shankar, bhola, burger, chief.
  
• 14:57:35: A4. Codenames used by hijackers of IC814. #youremember
  
• 15:00:32: Q5. Which is the only test team to so far have NEVER been on the receiving end of a test match hattrick?
  
• 15:01:14: Capital idea. That's Whose Line is it Anyway style. RT @i_r_squared @kweezzz Please do hand out points, WLIIA style.
  
• 15:01:59: As I type, people are poring over the wikipedia page for test hattricks I'm sure :P
  
• 15:04:25: A5. India it is. 319 points to everyone who trusted their patriotic instincts.
  
• 15:05:50: We were also the last major test nation that went without getting a test hattrick in the 20th century.
  
• 15:10:19: Q6. What is she most famous as? http://twitpic.com/2jqpiy
  
• 15:14:14: A6. Lola Kutty. Quite comprehensively cracked!
  
• 15:17:03: Q7. Which ubiquitous symbol, made entirely of 3 arrows, was designed in a contest sponsored by manufacturer of boxes?
  
• 15:20:08: A7. Indeed, the recycling symbol.
  
• 15:20:15: Last question coming up.
  
• 15:23:09: Q8. A fort in the shape of a star with 12 spikes, was built in early 1800s and armed with canons to protect a (cont) http://tl.gd/3dj8kr
  
• 15:25:11: Huh? 1776 points for confusion. RT @thecricketcouch @kweezzz compass?
  
• 15:26:17: Not Fort Knox.
  
• 15:27:21: clue - the fort was on an island
  
• 15:27:59: @thecricketcouch That'd be Fort McHenry I think. Nope, not that.
  
• 15:28:38: To make it easier (and googleable). It was called Fort Wood. The island was called Bedloe's Island.
  
• 15:29:58: One person has almost kinda got it. If points mattered, I would have given them to this person.
  
• 15:30:58: No, but you get a 10000 points, redeemable when Scorsese wins another Oscar. RT @siddharthadev18 is it the one in Shutter Island?
  
• 15:31:21: Not Fort McHenry. No star spangled banner connection.
  
• 15:31:36: Okay, a few of you got it after the clue.
  
• 15:32:18: A8. The star shaped fort serves as the star shaped base for the statue of liberty. If you've been to Liberty Island, you'll notice....
  
• 15:32:43: .... bullet holes, damage, and weird symbols on the jagged walls.
  
• 15:32:54: bedloe Island was obviously renamed, liberty Island.
  
• 15:33:12: With that, this short point-less quiz ends. Au revoir.
  
• 15:33:57: @shriniwask Yup, you got it, kinda. I was looking for base of the statue. The island is not the fort. but yeah, in a quiz, you'd get pts.
  

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