- 09:54:07: Closing the Question, it is Angels & Demons, the 4 Locations where the monks are murdered related to the 4 elements.
- 09:54:38: Pics of Earth, Water, Agni( Fire) and Vayu(Wind).
- 09:55:39: Ok points going to @itsrajeshm-4, @UnnamedEntity-3 and @adiratan-2
- 09:55:54: @binnyva Think so, had the same issue myself.
- 09:57:18: Q3) The Boys from Brazil had Gregory Peck playing ne of the few bad guy roles in his career. Which real life Nazi did he portray?
- 10:00:33: Closing the Q, it is Dr. Josef Mengele, the movie had a weird theme, of Mengele wanting to clone mini Hitlers to take over the world.
- 10:00:57: And Laurence Olivier playing a Nazi hunter who busts the plan, quite cheesy but good fun.
- 10:01:39: Points go to @UnnamedEntity-4, @chin512-3 and @vicramb-2.
- 10:03:50: q 4) The opening scene of Brian De Palma's Blow Out, takes off an a real life event in American politics, (cont) http://tl.gd/3edp27
- 10:07:44: Ok closing the Question, it is Chappaquidick Incident, which wrecked Ted Kennedy's plans of running for Prez.
- 10:09:04: And the points go to @gauravsabnis-4, @chin512-3 and @vicramb-2
- 10:10:56: Q 5) Name the actress and the Movie. http://twitpic.com/2k8o3d
- 10:11:19: I need both answers for Points.
- 10:13:50: Cracked by most, it is Jane Fonda in The China Syndrome, one of my favorite movies.
- 10:14:39: Points go to @vicramb-4, @gauravsabnis-2 and @UnnamedEntity-2.
- 10:27:47: Q 6) Just name the person in pic and the movie. http://twitpic.com/2k8tew
- 10:28:19: @Otioz @gauravsabnis Ok am back
- 10:28:48: I need both answers please for full points.
- 10:31:21: Again cracked by most, Roman Polanski in that famous cameo in Chinatown. Points to @vicramb-4, @UnnamedEntity-3 and @chin512-2.
- 10:32:41: Q 7) Connect the images. Looking for one keyword. http://twitpic.com/2k8v0g
- 10:36:42: Closing the Q, it is the Bourne Trilogy, pics of Doug Liman, Paul Greengrass(directed), Robert Ludlum and of course Julia Stiles.
- 10:37:29: Points going here to @arvindblogs-4, @vicramb-3 and @tooringtest-2.
- 10:39:40: Q 8) The ending scene of a movie, that was influenced by Antonioni's Blow Up. Name the movie. http://twitpic.com/2k8x85
- 10:47:06: Ok got 3 right, it is F.F.Copolla's The Conversation, one of his best IMO, points to @UnnamedEntity-4, @vicramb-3 and @gauravsabnis-2.
- 10:49:09: Q 9) Name this movie based on Plato's Allegory of the Cave. http://twitpic.com/2k906y
- 10:53:20: Closing the Q, the movie was Dark City, and points go to @tushar123-4, @UnnamedEntity-3 and @abhilashk-2.
- 10:54:22: Q 10) Again connect the movie to the person in the pic. Need fundaez. http://twitpic.com/2k91s7
- 10:54:59: @UnnamedEntity Just 4 more.
- 10:57:25: Don't see any replies yet and i am on the time line.
- 10:59:26: Got 2 answers very close.
- 11:00:08: @UnnamedEntity if u get the movie name, u can get the guy.
- 11:02:14: Right on am closing the Question, the movie of course was Mulholland Falls, and that guy was William Mulholland.
- 11:02:34: The L.A. Engineer after whom the famous drive is named.
- 11:03:59: Points go to @UnnamedEntity-4, @gauravsabnis-3 and @chin512-2.
- 11:05:41: Q 11) Just name the movie. http://twitpic.com/2k95fg
- 11:08:35: Right on cracked by most, it is Wag the Dog, De Niro and Dustin Hoffman, points to @vicramb-4, @UnnamedEntity-3 and @atlasdanced-2.
- 11:11:57: Ok last Question coming up, Q12) Name the actor in the pic. http://twitpic.com/2k97ci
- 11:16:43: Right on am it is Edward Fox in The Day of the Jackal, and that ends the @kweezzz, any boquets, brickbats to @scorpius69, ur twost.
- 11:17:16: Points to @bongopondit-4, @UnnamedEntity-3 and @gauravsabnis-2.
- 11:18:41: The outright winner is @UnnamedEntity-35 points,followed by @vicramb-22 and @gauravsabnis-13, Congrats to all.
- 11:19:50: Ok this is ur twost @scorpius69 logging out, Goodnight and Good Luck( with due apologies to Ed Morrow).
- 11:21:45: Quizzers! @gauravsabnis will be doing a Food and Drink Quiz at 10 PM IST today. Stay tuned.
- 12:28:29: Hello all. @gauravsabnis here to conduct a Food & Drink quiz. 12 questions. Scoring 3,2,1, for the first 3 correct responses.
- 12:33:32: Q1. According to a beverage company's official version, this name for a highly popular cocktail was coined (cont) http://tl.gd/3eg1rf
- 12:40:56: A1. Cuba Libre - rum and coke. This is Bacardi's error-filled version of the origin. @unnamedentity - 3 @lavanyam - 2 @himsini - 1
- 12:41:59: Q2. In a 90s Hollywood movie, a first-time lawyer defending a murder accused rebuts a witness' testimony on the (cont) http://tl.gd/3eg58l
- 12:44:27: @bongopondit It was soon enough this time :P
- 12:47:52: A2. My Cousin Vinny, Grits. The scene - http://is.gd/ePznY @bongopondit - 3 @atlasdanced - 2 @unnamedentity - 1
- 12:49:06: Q3. Staying with food and movies, and adding history to the stew. In a scene in Rang De Basanti, when Aamir, (cont) http://tl.gd/3eg809
- 12:54:16: Got one correct answer. Clue - your knowledge of Bhagat Singh history will help you crack this question easily.
- 12:57:00: A3. Kakori kabab. DJ cracks that joke cos in that scene, they're planning the Kakori Train Robbery. @AaruC - 3 @agadwal - 2 @arvindblogs - 1
- 12:58:14: Q4. Identify this "delicacy", usually attempted only by interpid food tourists, making most of them throw up. http://twitpic.com/2ka20k
- 13:04:59: A4. Hákarl (fermented shark) from iceland. A friend of mine puked buckets. :P @sumants - 3 @madmanweb - 2 @shenoyn - 1
- 13:06:53: Q5. Although the name X comes from a European language, it consists of food from a particular Asian cuisine. It (cont) http://tl.gd/3egeqm
- 13:09:39: @madmanweb Even if you win, you can cook for the runner up!
- 13:10:27: Clue - the best place to have it is Amsterdam.
- 13:15:43: A5. Rijsttafel it is. Indonesian food items served with rice. @madmanweb - 3 @unnamedentity - 2 @shilparathnam - 1
- 13:17:04: Q6. Give me the traditional name (not English description) for this food. http://twitpic.com/2ka7mg
- 13:23:33: A6. Gogi gui, Korean bbq where you cook the meat at your table over a charcoal grill @bongopondit - 3 @unnamedentity - 2 @mcaroax - 1
- 13:25:19: Q7. Famous Brit chef in Central India, collecting main ingredients for a dish first made famous by Surabhi in the http://twitpic.com/2ka9yy
- 13:26:15: Yes, Surabhi the TV show, not some restaurant.
- 13:31:11: Q7. the question is at the bottom in twitpic. I want the ingredient, not the chef.
- 13:32:36: A7. Ants chutney from Bastar. That's Gordon Ramsay BTW @mcaroax - 3 @shilparathnam - 2 @unnamedentity - 1
- 13:33:16: A7. They were collecting ants to make it.
- 13:35:13: Q8. Name this dish (pronounced same as a powerful world leader), AND the province where it originated. http://twitpic.com/2kad3c
- 13:36:03: @saffrontrail The full question was at the bottom of the pic. Got sliced off from here because of the 140 char limit. Sorry.
- 13:37:11: I need the name of the dish AND the province it originated in for full points.
- 13:40:33: RT @Poutine_Bot_Bot: RT @UnnamedEntity HAHAHAHAH @Poutine_Bot just went CRAZY thanks to @kweezzz ROFL
- 13:40:53: A8. Poutine from Quebec. @sjswaminathan - 3 @yesternoon - 2 @unnamedentity - 1
- 13:42:13: Q9. You know the peculiar sour-tangy taste that Amul butter has? Amul butter didn't start off like that. But it (cont) http://tl.gd/3egqff
- 13:44:54: Your QM has to attend to a phone call so there will be a 5-10 minute break in the proceedings. Plizz excuse.
- 13:50:56: A9. Polson butter. @tooringtest - 3 @siddharthadev18 - 2 @shenoyn - 1
- 13:52:21: Q10. Name this, a vital ingredient in some types of an alcoholic beverage. http://twitpic.com/2kahwp
- 13:58:34: A10. The Hop cone flower used to flavor beer. @bongopondit - 3 @mcaroax - 2 @adityamorarka - 1
- 14:00:18: Q11. Name this dish that is fast becoming a fancy or cool substitute to a traditional American holiday dish. http://twitpic.com/2kak89
- 14:00:43: @mcaroax Polson butter.
- 14:03:06: Getting Tofurkey from lots of people. To them, I say look carefully at the pic.
- 14:06:55: A11. Turducken it is - Turkey stuffed with duck, stuffed with chicken. @bongopondit - 3 @sjswaminathan - 2 @adityamorarka - 1
- 14:08:16: Q12. Final question. Name this bread AND the grain it is made from. No half points. http://twitpic.com/2kamec
- 14:09:37: If you think your appetite has been kickstarted bcos of this quiz, spare a thought for me. I had lunch an hour back, and am hungry again. :(
- 14:13:33: A12. Injera, ethiopian bread, made from teff flour. @bongopondit - 3 @saffrontrail - 2 @shenoyn - 1
- 14:15:19: Winning the quiz by a massive margin - late starter @bongopondit with 15. @unnamedentity has 10 and @mcaroax has 6.
- 14:16:09: Here's the full score sheet for you to check out http://twitpic.com/2kaol5
- 14:17:19: @saffrontrail You were doing great. I guess the fastest finger first syndrome benefited others with faster connections.
- 14:18:14: This is your hungry QM @gauravsabnis signing off. Feedback at that ID please. Contact @sidvee if you'd like to do a quiz here.
- 14:18:45: @saffrontrail I am usually found at @gauravsabnis
- 14:19:41: Oh an extra question that I had as a back-up. No points. Just go for it. Identify this food item. http://twitpic.com/2kapiv
- 14:20:25: Since this isn't for any points, generic english name will do, but give the local/native name for bragging rights.
- 14:21:24: It isn't some Indianized fusionized creation. It's a pretty traditional (non-Indian) dish.
- 14:23:44: This is a pic of lahmacun/lahmajun/lamajoune, aka Turkish Pizza. That's what I looked for. But....
- 14:24:09: ...a lot of people are mentioning Lebanese Zaatar. Never had it. Might be very similar, based on responses.
- 14:25:10: Alright, signing out now. Whether you want to lovingly bake me a pie or throw one at my face, do it at @gauravsabnis
- 14:33:47: And to take over for just a minute from @gauravsabnis, it's me @DeathEndsFun, with some stuff about the Great Roadrunner Contest ...
- 14:35:01: I was going to post the first question here Thu Sep 2 9am IST -- but entirely forgot that I have a dentist appt then. @DeathEndsFun
- 14:36:58: So will do it Fri Sep 3 9am. Watch for it, ladies and gents! Details: http://bit.ly/aKohPe pvs qns/stories: http://u.nu/7ubne @DeathEndsFun
- 14:38:07: There was a food quiz here and I have a dental problem. Figures. Good night all. @DeathEndsFun
- 17:06:11: Busy day here tomorrow. Formula 1, Bollywood etc. Watch the calendar for the schedule: http://bit.ly/bMxox8. Contact @sidvee to host a quiz
- 17:07:59: Salaam! I, @pitusultan will host a Bollykweezzz tomorrow at 8pm IST i.e. 9:30am Chicago time. Pls participate :D http://bit.ly/bMxox8
- 19:11:20: @sunilification. I'll be hosting a Stage II quiz ( no, not Banashankari) tomorrow 2300 (IST) / 1830 (GMT). It's just like Stage II game.
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