From Twitter 09-04-2010

• 13:55:38: Ok. Time for the History kweezzz. Everyone ready?
  
• 13:57:51: @livetimefe . Since @lavanyam 's quiz is done, I'm thinking of beginning immediately. Whatsay ? History time!
  
• 14:01:59: Right. The Scoring System. 15 points for the first correct answer, 10 for the second and 5 for the third. Person with top score, wins #duh
  
• 14:03:18: 1.On Feb 21,1963, ___(a) went missing from the new British £5 note. Also,it was the first note to carry a ____ (b)of a ____(c) Fill blanks.
  
• 14:07:18: Oh, Yes... I forgot to mention. The person who can come up with most absurd, non-related answers will get a special mention!! #fun
  
• 14:08:14: @adityamorarka has got A right. @siddev18 has got B right. C is still open
  
• 14:09:20: Ok. I have to give it to @Dasarpirah. All 3 right.
  
• 14:11:14: (a)Britannia's Helmet (b) portrait (c)Monarch. were the answers I was looking for. 10 points to @Dasarpirah and 100 pts to @lavanyam
  
• 14:11:55: @adityamorarka @Farisky and @siddev18 get 5 points each for effort :D
  
• 14:13:32: This is my first kweezzz . So I will be liberal with the points
  
• 14:14:33: only 10 points for @dasarpirah , because you forgot to mention britannia's helmet. You said Britannia only. :D
  
• 14:15:19: Ok. Time for Question 2 in my next tweet. @lavanyam, leading the absurdity sector
  
• 14:15:30: 1865, ____,1901, _____,. What years fill the blanks and why? (Clue: American History)
  
• 14:17:18: You can win the "winner" title by giving me the right answer and the "absurdly awesome" title by giving me weird answers!
  
• 14:18:25: WOAH. Nailed it. @adityamorarka gets a super 15 points. I'll give bonus 5 points to whoever gives me all 4 names!
  
• 14:19:34: yes yes, all of you are right, and once again @adityamorarka, gives me the bonus answer as well. 5 points!
  
• 14:19:50: Got the right answer for q2. Still waiting for the Absurd one!
  
• 14:21:23: Come on guys! You can't let @lavanyam run away with the absurdity award. More absurd answers. another 30 seconds and Im closing this q
  
• 14:22:52: Oh oh. Is @kweezzz dying? holler "100%natural" if you see this.
  
• 14:23:38: *sigh* 50 points for absurdity to @lavanyam. Q2 is now closed. Q3 in my next tweet.
  
• 14:24:36: http://yfrog.com/mkmpisj Connect, and explain.
  
• 14:25:55: We seem to be facing a problem. Those participating in the @kweezzz please keep checking for tweets
  
• 14:27:34: Yes, q3, @siddev has nailed it. Ulysses S Grant, James joyce wrote Ulysses and Ulysses finally killed cyclops. Ulysses is the answer.
  
• 14:28:52: Dammit, I should have made tougher questions! 15 points + bonus 5 for detail to @siddev18. Q4 coming up in the next tweet. Keep Checking!
  
• 14:30:21: If no one else tweets any absurd answers I will prematurely declare @lavanyam as the absurd queen. 30 points to her for q 3.
  
• 14:31:28: Right Q4. What links Al Gore, George Bush,Walter Mondale, Gerald Ford and Hubert Humphrey, apart from vice-presidency of USA
  
• 14:33:48: No. No right answers yet. Come on boys and girls, think history!
  
• 14:34:49: I'm prematurely giving the absurdity points for q4 to @st_hill. 100 points for that answer!
  
• 14:36:04: nope! Still no right answers. But I'm getting some very very good answers here from @gunmaster_g_9 and @adityamorarka
  
• 14:36:26: The closest answer is @siddev18. A little more work, and someone can nail it!
  
• 14:37:39: aaaaaaaaaaand @sunilification gets it, sharing points with @siddev18, who provided the base. 7 points each
  
• 14:37:47: the answer was They were all once vice-president, sometime earned nomination for president, and
  
  then lost the election
  
• 14:38:39: bonus points for absurdity to @st_hill @axaxcavabanama . Take the 100!
  
• 14:39:56: Boys and girls, I give points based on what appeared first on my timeline. No argument.
  
• 14:40:36: Q5 coming up in my next tweet. Absurd answers for the next q will be entertained with 200 points.
  
• 14:41:25: http://yfrog.com/juq5bsj Identify the weapon, which country it originated in and which empire developed it extensively
  
• 14:43:28: quickly my children, quickly. Tell me what you saw!
  
• 14:45:49: Yup, and the answer was given by 1. @mcaroax 2. adityamorarka
  
• 14:46:32: It is called a Ballista, originated in Greece and was used by the romans extensively. 15 and 10 points to the winners respectively
  
• 14:48:00: The 200 point killer goes to this RT @St_Hill @kweezzz A vadivelu-beater invented by Kovai Sarala?
  
• 14:49:25: Yes. Killer history lovers, and absurd answerers here. 5 more qs to go. Q6 in the next tweet
  
• 14:50:19: Q6. What links Alexander the Great, Vladimir Lenin, and Lord Nelson?
  
• 14:52:25: No right answers yet. Come on! Let me see you #pwn this one!
  
• 14:54:36: Neither epilepsy, nor places named after them. Both don't count. It isn't that simple. Think a little deeper
  
• 14:54:56: Clue: It all has to do with them being dead.
  
• 14:56:23: I didn't say about their death, I said about them being dead :)
  
• 14:58:26: No. no no. Come on. It's not as simple as roads or statues. or malaria :|
  
• 14:59:05: I cannot help but be surprised but @azaxacavabanama is the closest to the correct answer. Im revealing in the next tweet
  
• 14:59:56: All their bodies are preseved. According to legend, Alexander in Honey, Lenin in secret soviet recipe and Nelson in brandy.
  
• 15:01:30: And the #epicwin absurd tweet points go to @lavanyam @krtgrphr @azaxacavabanama. Take the 50.
  
• 15:02:41: Excellent . Now. Q7 in the next tweet.
  
• 15:02:59: Q7. The Apostle paul, Alastair Cooke, Carrie Fisher, Screwtape. Which is the odd one out and why?
  
• 15:05:03: dear boys and girls attending kweezzz. decision of absurdity is subjective. facts can be corrected. Absurdity can't :) #kthxbai
  
• 15:06:17: @thenoblemaster If you think I'm not doing a good job, we'd like to see your name on the @kweezzz calendar @lavanyam @unnamedentity
  
• 15:07:45: Not the obvious oddity. Find the unovious one :D @mcaroax
  
• 15:10:09: The right answer is Carrie fisher. Given by @adityamorarka. Why though? For a bonus 20
  
• 15:11:05: Clue: Wordplay
  
• 15:12:49: Clue: Wordplay, literally and otherwise :)
  
• 15:13:39: Brilliant! @thesatyrswife has cracked it. 20 points . and 15 to @adityamorarka for the right answer
  
• 15:14:05: Carrie Fisher sent Postcards from the edge. The Others sent letters (to churches, from america, to trainee demon)
  
• 15:15:58: For the tweet that made me laugh, siddev18 get 50 points! and for the most #epic answer ever- @azaxacavabanama gets 200 points
  
• 15:17:16: okay. too much fighting going on. im ignoring that and moving to q 8 in the next tweet!
  
• 15:18:06: Easy one : Where do the following people appear together. http://yfrog.com/jmursvj
  
• 15:21:29: Not Tussauds, Rushmore, wikipedia @adityamorarka is very close.
  
• 15:22:31: Ok, It's not as easy I thought it would be then. Clue: Music
  
• 15:22:57: Yes! Cracked by @adityamorarka. Name the album though
  
• 15:23:54: Perfect. @adityamorarka is on a roll!. They appear on the cover of Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album 15 points to you!
  
• 15:24:27: and for definite absurdity 50 points to this RT@St_Hill
  
  @kweezzz My barber shop's book for selecting haircut styles
  
• 15:25:07: Now now , we're heading to Q 9. get ready!
  
• 15:25:43: This is way easier than the last one: Sep 11, 1752. Significant in History. Why?
  
• 15:28:22: And the first reply I get is from @tenalirama., 2.@hallidude 3.@souvik130185. All right! 15,10,and 5 points repsectively
  
• 15:28:55: Where are my strange/funny/absurd answers?
  
• 15:30:05: @azaxacavabanama the oddity that you pointed out. :P
  
• 15:30:29: Quick. I want absurd answer so I can move to the final question!
  
• 15:31:22: yet another #epicwin 200 points to you! RT@St_Hill @kweezzz Sheila Dikshit's first deadline for finishing CWG preparations
  
• 15:32:33: Yes. We are reaching the final question now. It's your last chance to get ahead in this game! Get your absurd answers/right answers ready!
  
• 15:33:41: Q10. A princess of a European country,became the Queen of a different European country. Name the queen,her husband and the two countries.
  
• 15:34:02: Clue: She became queen through her marriage.
  
• 15:35:29: Not mary Antoinette. She was Archduchess. Thats different from princess
  
• 15:38:36: Nope. they've all been ambassadors/members of court. Ok. Further clue:Princess of greece. which country did she become queen of?
  
• 15:38:51: and by marrying whom?
  
• 15:39:34: @siddev18 she was titled archduchess. so taht doesnt count. I want The princess of greece
  
• 15:40:37: @lavanyam Yes. You are not allowed to give right answers. Only absurd ones
  
• 15:40:59: No. I'm revealing. the answer. in the next tweet
  
• 15:41:20: Princess Sophia of Greece. Queen of Spain. Married to Juan Carlos, who became king in 1975.
  
• 15:41:39: Ok, anyone up for a last bonus koschin on this kweezzz????
  
• 15:41:51: If you are say "100%natural"
  
• 15:42:40: Oh and the absurdity award for q10 without doubt goes to @St_hill, who has been on an absurdity roll today. 100 points to you!
  
• 15:44:00: Oh shoot bollocks! Apologies to @mcaroax. He tweeted the correct answer. I missed it. My bad! 15 points to you!
  
• 15:44:10: Ok. Bonussss koschin coming up!!!!
  
• 15:45:02: What eet ees named??? Which civilisation used it for warfare http://yfrog.com/n1f4xmj
  
• 15:45:43: @UnnamedEntity yeah yeah. slipped. ejjitement i think :P
  
• 15:46:41: The weapon. What is the weapon called. Which civilisation used it for warfare
  
• 15:47:48: It is a kind of pike, but it has a proper name. Greece is correct. Give me the correct name of the weapon
  
• 15:48:17: And no. These things are 15-18 feet in length, I don't think they would qualify as a javelin :)
  
• 15:49:15: No right answers for the name of this weapon yet.
  
• 15:49:25: 20 points to whoever gives me the name first
  
• 15:50:15: Yup @mcaroax got it. It is indeed the Sarissa
  
• 16:30:55: RT @UnnamedEntity: Winner of the history #kweezzz is @adityamorarka with 70 pts <applause> @St_Hill wins the absurd prize with 450 ...
  
• 16:35:53: Sorry for the delays, gaadamn Twitter. Some great quizzes lined up tomorrow! Contact @UnnamedEntity to host. For now, Buenas noches. Peace!
  

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