From Twitter 09-08-2010

• 14:13:09: Q12. He was a very difficult child and he was known bully who never spared even his teachers. He grew up into a (cont) http://tl.gd/3hucf4
  
• 14:14:04: @equanimus you being arbitrary was closer than others. Thats how quiz works
  
• 14:17:50: It is Lord Clive - the difference between knowing and googling 1.@aparanjape
  
• 14:18:38: Robert Clive East India company who collated India
  
• 14:20:16: Identify. Quick. http://twitpic.com/2mh9vn
  
• 14:23:24: 3, 2, 1 ----@scorpius69 @gauravsabnis @bharatrao2305 answer is Snake Shyam.
  
• 14:24:36: Q4. This device was popular in early 19th part of century. It is said it was first used by theatre groups in Phill http://twitpic.com/2mhb4t
  
• 14:27:19: It is limelight - they use calcium dioxide for effect. 3.@Gunmaster_G_9 2. @siddev18 1. @sidin
  
• 14:27:54: Last 2 questions. 30 for getting the next one. Want the full correct name. Open your wikis n googles.
  
• 14:28:29: http://twitpic.com/2mhc5j
  
• 14:29:24: One true Indian innovator that Indians ought to know.
  
• 14:32:37: Masterji raju ka daanth motiyon jaise kyon chamak....etc etc
  
• 14:35:09: 3, 2, 1 respectively yes Masterji Ram Chander Sharma Ive ignored ppl who ahve taken multiple guesses @i_r_squared @atlasdanced @maheshpai
  
• 14:36:42: Personal Fav. What is the cult Phrase that is being coined in the movie ? http://twitpic.com/2mhehf
  
• 14:37:01: @UnnamedEntity last one.
  
• 14:39:14: No answers? really? Amazing!!!
  
• 14:42:37: Okay seems like you havent watched or known. So do. Movie : In the Loop, Phrase : Difficult Difficult Lemon Difficult.
  
• 14:43:19: Last question, sort of lazy question: Connect Ian wilmut to Bodygaurd to Bombay Boys.
  
• 14:44:50: Answer to last one : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mAFiPVs3tM
  
• 14:46:13: Full points to @complicateur
  
• 14:46:19: RT @complicateur: @kweezzz Dolly the sheep, Dolly Parton's I will always love you and the character from Bbay Boys.
  
• 14:46:54: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b26BD5KjH0
  
• 14:47:49: Thanks, everyone for participating. The winner is , @lavanyam. Everyone go back home safely!
  
• 14:48:34: This is @sunilification saying sayonara/
  
• 14:54:53: Two more mins - I'll publish the results.
  
• 15:07:29: Winners: @@UnamedEntity 46, @GunMaster_G_9 23, @scorpius69 20!
  
• 15:12:55: RT @siddev18: Who have been asking Qsts about life,universe and everything.. RT @sidvee And @kweezzz has had 42 quizmasters #LandmarkMoment
  
• 15:15:31: Good morning to those in India and good afternoon to those in America. Coming up - American Politics Quiz by @gauravsabnis
  
• 15:18:19: The questions will be about American politics (duh!). 12-15 questions (making them as I go). 3,2,1 for the first three correct answers.
  
• 15:21:46: Q1. Simple one to start with. What does this map depict? http://yfrog.com/n7ukng
  
• 15:24:50: @azaxacavabanama I hope that was a joke. :P
  
• 15:25:29: Not population density, not "red-and-blue states", not "map of USA" (!!!). Only one correct response so far.
  
• 15:30:21: A1. This is 1972 electoral map when Nixon was re-elected. McGovern, his opponent only won Massachusetts and DC. Only @cgawker got it.
  
• 15:34:02: 2 Points to @AaruC who just squeezed her answer in as I was typing.
  
• 15:35:27: Q2. As far as ABC News journalists go, if Bill Clinton: George Stephanopoulos, then Richard Nixon: ?????
  
• 15:42:08: A2. Diane Sawyer. She served on Nixon's staff like GS did on Clinton's. @yogeshmali - 3 @sidvee - 2
  
• 15:44:30: Q3. Tough one so feel free to google. Whose picture completes this ordered sequence? http://yfrog.com/ndadkj
  
• 15:50:39: A3. Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii. President pro tempore of the Senate. 3rd in the Presidential succession line after VP and House Speaker.
  
• 15:51:16: A3. Points to @lordfuqua @arvindblogs @scorpius69
  
• 15:52:04: Senators vote for this Post. But the custom is to give it to the oldest serving Senator. After Robert Byrd died recently, Inouye got it.
  
• 15:53:52: Q4. Well-known (infamous) moment in US politics. Identify the guy pointing at the camera. http://yfrog.com/1nvvgj
  
• 16:00:07: A4. Michael Dukakis. His infamous tank stunt. More here http://is.gd/f1k1z Points to @lordfuqua @aaruc @atlasdanced
  
• 16:04:46: Q5. Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Grant, and Andrew Jackson. Only 5 Presidents to currently.....(complete the sentence)
  
• 16:08:27: @ShriniWasK Hamilton was never President.
  
• 16:09:19: A5. Easy one. Widely cracked. Currently appear on currency notes. Points to @lordfuqua @krtgrphr and @cgawker
  
• 16:09:51: Ben Fraklin and Alexander Hamilton are 2 non-Presidents who also currently appear on currency notes.
  
• 16:10:54: Q6. Which widely used phrase originated in the farewell address of the outgoing President in 1961?
  
• 16:19:47: A6. Military-Industrial Complex. Dwight Eisenhower's farewell speech. Points to @shriniwask @lordfuqua and @scorpius69
  
• 16:20:48: Q7. A sitter really. Identify these two. http://yfrog.com/bg42oj
  
• 16:21:13: As you attempt that, I shall haz coffee break. 7 questions done. I think we can do 15.
  
• 16:27:05: ROFL! RT @sidvee The guy on the right is @cgawker @amitjoshmachine
  
• 16:27:39: Clue - These are more recent pictures of the 2. They first became famous almost 40 years back.
  
• 16:30:23: A7. Norma McCorvey aka Jane Roe. And Henry Wade. Of Roe v Wade. @aaruc gets 3 and @lordfuqua gets 2.
  
• 16:31:22: Q8. The family name Blythe could have been powerful and ubiquitous in American politics in the last 20 years. Why isn't it?
  
• 16:31:51: @sidvee She did. I give clues until I get 3 correct answers.
  
• 16:38:19: A8. Easily cracked. Because Bill Blythe took his stepfather's name and became Bill Clinton. Points to @krtgrphr @tooringtest @atlasdanced
  
• 16:39:01: Q9. Who, in an interview in 1994 said that invading Baghdad in 1991 would have been a mistake because America (cont) http://tl.gd/3hvlti
  
• 16:44:30: A9. Quite easily cracked. Dick Cheney http://youtu.be/6BEsZMvrq-I Points to @lordfuqua @cgawker @kingslyj
  
• 16:45:52: Wow, @lordfuqua seems to be headed for a landslide with 16 pts so far. Next is @aaruc with a distant 7.
  
• 16:46:49: Q10. Identify this place or incident (same difference). http://yfrog.com/mr2jj
  
• 16:52:20: A10. Branch Davidian compound, scene of the Waco TX siege by ATF. @lordfuqua @kingslyj @tooringtest score.
  
• 16:54:36: A11. Easy one. Name the only Vice President chosen by a President who himself had not contested the general election (as P or VP nominee).
  
• 16:55:57: Q11 ext - I don't want the President who got the office without contesting an election. I want the person he chose as VP.
  
• 16:58:52: A11. I was looking for Nelson Rockefeller, chosen by Ford, who wasn't on the ticket with Nixon, but was chosen because Agnew died.
  
• 16:59:28: A11. Points to @lordfuqua @tooringtest @scorpius69.
  
• 17:00:21: 2 Points also to @siddev18 because technically, John Adams can also be the answer.
  
• 17:05:05: Q12. Why is the text of the 1957 election laws of all 48 (weren't 50 then) states officially a part of senate record?
  
• 17:10:31: A12. They were read by Strom Thurmond in his record 24 hour filibuster of civil rights legislation. Pts @kingslyj @tooringtest @lordfuqua
  
• 17:15:17: Sorry, yfrog taking time.
  
• 17:17:21: Q13. Identify either the pol whose face you see, or the non-pol whose face has been blanked. http://yfrog.com/5erqj
  
• 17:17:52: pol = politician obviously. Shortened it due to character limits.
  
• 17:23:13: Clue - the person with his face blanked out is an actor
  
• 17:25:04: Just 2 more questions
  
• 17:25:17: @LordFuqua You have an unassailable lead anyway :P
  
• 17:25:40: A13. Tom Hanks and the real Charlie Wilson. Pts to @lordfuqua @tooringtest http://yfrog.com/0sf5hj
  
• 17:26:26: I was expecting to draw a blank. Much respeck to @lordfuqua for answering this instantly. Truly political junkie.
  
• 17:27:09: Q14. Name this family. http://yfrog.com/ev52pj
  
• 17:28:19: For Q13, with the suspenders, I was expecting at least one answer to be Larry King. Oh well...
  
• 17:29:36: Not Obama, Robinson, Parks, or King.
  
• 17:30:57: Clue - That dude with the tie is the most famous one, with the girl on the right being the reason he took the step that made him famous.
  
• 17:33:00: Still no correct answers. Another clue - The nature of the answer is kinda similar to Answer 7 from this quiz.
  
• 17:36:11: Closing. Got one correct answer.
  
• 17:36:56: A14. Brown family. Dude is Oliver Brown, main plaintiff in Brown v Board of Education. Girl is Linda, for whom he filed the suit.
  
• 17:37:07: Cracked only by @riffraaf
  
• 17:37:48: Brown v BOE was the landmark judgment that made racial segregation of schools unconstitutional.
  
• 17:39:44: Q15. Last question. See this pic. Now complete the sentence: This guy was the only President........ http://yfrog.com/n01vdj
  
• 17:42:39: :O You insult me by assuming I'd ask such a pedantic question! RT @AaruC to receive a patent?
  
• 17:43:26: Nope, that was James Buchanan. Also only Pennsylvanian. RT @scorpius69 to be a Bachelor.
  
• 17:44:31: Got 2 correct answers so far. Clue nonetheless - No point poring over the list of presidents of the USA on wiki. :P
  
• 17:48:08: A15. The only President of the Confederate States of America. Points to @lordfuqua @i_r_squared @krtgrphr
  
• 17:48:43: A15. That was Jefferson Davis by the way. President of the seceded states during the civil war.
  
• 17:50:33: Alright, winning the quiz by a Reagan-Nixon-Johnson-esque margin is @lordfuqua with 29 points. 2nd place @kingslyj with 8 points.
  
• 17:52:08: Complete score sheet here http://yfrog.com/ehiyvj
  
• 17:53:08: That concludes the American Politics Quiz. This is your moderator @gauravsabnis signing off. Any comments, pliss address to @gauravsabnis
  
• 17:53:48: And if you want to conduct the quiz using this account (which is racing towards 1000 followers), contact @sidvee. Adios.
  
• 21:48:55: Roadrunner quiz coming up at 9am IST today Sep 9! You have less than a week to prepare! Do it, dudes and dudettes. I'm @DeathEndsFun
  
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• 21:51:27: That's not "past details" in prev tweet, should have read "past questions and fantastic stories". @DeathEndsFun
  
• 23:20:22: Roadrunner contest in, let me check, some way under a month from now! Ten minutes away, to be precise.
  
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