From Twitter 09-09-2010

• 11:32:37: A8. David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo.
  
• 11:33:19: Points for @moulimanutd, @abhinav_hee_haw , @_iarun
  
• 11:37:03: Q9. This MUFC legend has acted in quite a few films including 'Elizabeth' and in a play directed by his wife. Who?
  
• 11:38:02: @RahulxC 1998-99, 2007-08
  
• 11:42:44: It is of course Eric 'The king' Cantona. In 2010, he debuted as a stage actor in Face au paradis, a French play directed by his wife.
  
• 11:43:52: Many of you got that one. @Kid_Glove, @wickedsyam, and @moulimanutd are the first 3.
  
• 11:44:51: @venkatananth Whoa! Not really sure. It wasnt a film btw, a play.
  
• 11:45:46: Q9. Who is Mufc's cheapest signing. How much was paid for him?
  
• 11:45:59: Sorry thats Q10.
  
• 11:50:29: A10.Manchester United paid Ashford a fee of £40 for Gilbert Godsmark in 1900. First transfer for which MUFC had to pay.
  
• 11:51:24: Sorry that was a question which could have only been Googled :P Points for @abhinav_hee_haw , @_iarun , @Kid_Glove
  
• 11:52:20: Q11. Who was the last Russian to have played for Manchester United?
  
• 11:57:10: Andrei Kanchelskis it is. He is also the only player to have scored in each of the Glasgow, Merseyside and Manchester derbies.
  
• 11:58:00: First three to get it are @RahulxC, @abhinav_hee_haw, @Kid_Glove . Last question coming up...hoping its a sitter for you guys.
  
• 11:59:03: @Prateek_nagras Yes thats why he was in the news recently.
  
• 11:59:42: Q12 on twitlonger.Hope you guys don't mind it.
  
• 12:00:02: Q12. He started playing for a Portuguese second division team and was later signed by a top division Portuguese (cont) http://tl.gd/5v50m9
  
• 12:03:46: A12. Tiago Manuel Dias Correia, popularly known as Bebe, a name given to him by his brother (meaning baby in Poruguese)
  
• 12:04:32: As i said, it was a sitter. @moulimanutd, @venkatananth, @wickedsyam get it first.
  
• 12:05:50: Sorry couldn't have picture/video related questions. Will do so the next time, if there is one. Winners will be announced shortly.
  
• 12:06:56: @venkatananth Didn't want it to be too googleable, though i think some of the questions still turned out to be so. Hope it was good.
  
• 12:09:39: This has been such a close race. 2 points separating the 3 winners! Hope the Premier League turns out to be like this.
  
• 12:10:53: And the winner is @venkatananth with 36 points, closely followed by @abhinav_hee_haw with 35 and @wickedsyam on 34!
  
• 12:12:24: Thanks all for participating...all brickbats/suggestions/praises @Vinodh_V. And yeah,Glory Glory Man United!
  
• 12:13:53: Hope you all had fun...next up is a Kolkata quiz by @scorpius69 .Stay tuned.
  
• 12:14:11: To host your own kweezzz contact @sidvee or @UnnamedEntity and check out the schedule at http://bit.ly/cu47yn
  
• 12:28:07: Hi all, this is your host @scorpius69, doing the Quiz on Kolkata. Hoping you enjoy it.
  
• 12:33:27: Points are 4,3,2 in order of answering. No half points for any answer. Have around 15 Q's.
  
• 12:34:42: Q 1) Just connect the images. http://twitpic.com/2mr5rp
  
• 12:38:30: Ok got 1 correct answer so far.
  
• 12:39:40: Hint: Tortoise
  
• 12:42:06: Ok got 3 correct answers, closing the Question.
  
• 12:43:16: The answer is Adwaita, supposedly one of the longest living animals in the world, the tortoise was gifted by Clive.
  
• 12:43:57: Named Adwaitya, Adi Shankara's philosophy, and that is the flag of Seychelles, from where these giant tortoises hail.
  
• 12:44:46: And points to @arkab-4, @adiratan-3 and @JohnRayhan-2.
  
• 12:45:14: @jimanish Flag of Seychelles, from where these tortoises come.
  
• 12:46:26: Q 2) 2) Multum in Parvo is a Latin phrase meaning "much in little" . How is it related to Kolkata's history?
  
• 12:48:28: Need a very specific answers, some are close.
  
• 12:50:58: Ok this was Kolkata's own Sindh,Sahib, Sultan, name of first locomotive, that chugged out from Howrah Station.
  
• 12:51:34: Points to @JohnRayhan-4, @arkab-3, @adiratan-2.
  
• 12:52:44: @KeepsakeBlossom Yep but just missed it, ok points are given in order of delivery.
  
• 12:55:35: @KeepsakeBlossom its more like First Finger First
  
• 12:55:50: Q 3) Should be a sitter, again just connect the pics. http://twitpic.com/2mrc81
  
• 12:58:24: Hmm ok let me rephrase it, there is a very specific connect.
  
• 12:59:14: Let me rephrase the Question, connect the 3 to an event.
  
• 13:01:08: This was one of the most signficant events in the Azadi struggle, i am looking for a specific term.
  
• 13:02:50: Ok closing it, yes the answer i am seeking was Alipore Bomb Case for which Aurobindo and Khudiram Bose were accused, and C.R.Das was lawyer.
  
• 13:03:22: The impoverished person as pointed out is Khudiram Bose, C.R.Das defended the accused.
  
• 13:04:09: Points to @JohnRayhan, @KeepsakeBlossom-3 and @UnnamedEntity-2.
  
• 13:05:28: Q 4) Again connect the 3 men in the pic, looking for a specific answer. http://twitpic.com/2mrf0z
  
• 13:09:49: Cracked by most, this is Binay, Badal and Dinesh after whom the Dalhousie Square near Writers Building was renamed to BBD Bagh.
  
• 13:10:38: Points going to @siddev18-4, @KeepsakeBlossom-3 and @usedevilsoul-2.
  
• 13:11:27: Q 5) 5) This group of igneous rocks gets their name from the fact that X's Masoleum in Kolkata was made of this rock. Name X.
  
• 13:14:52: Again cracked by most, X is Job Charnock, and the group of rocks is called Charnockite.
  
• 13:15:33: Points to @siddev18-4, @sidvee-3 and @souvik130185-2.
  
• 13:18:10: Who spent his last days at this building here also called as UdyanBhati? Just name the person. http://twitpic.com/2mrirb
  
• 13:21:10: Ok closing it the answer is Ramakrishna Paramahans or Guru Ramakrishna Dev, this is the Cossipore Garden Home where he breathed his last.
  
• 13:22:02: Points going to @souvik130185-4, @gunmaster_g_9-3 and @sidvee-2.
  
• 13:23:36: Q 7) The Kolkata Book Fair, has a section dedicated to budding artists, poets and painters,that is named (cont) http://tl.gd/5v6ebe
  
• 13:28:02: Right on it is Montmarte, the Parisian locality where you find all the studios.
  
• 13:28:10: Points to @JohnRayhan-4,@gunmaster_g_9-3 and @sunilification-2.
  
• 13:29:59: At the halfway Stage @JohnRayhan is in the lead with 14, and catching up are @arkab-7 and @siddev18-8. Proving to be close so far.
  
• 13:30:58: Q 8) 10) Sir William Emerson designed the Victoria Memorial in Kolkata on the pattern of the City Hall of which European city.
  
• 13:34:48: @sunilification Maybe not totally, but does have some similarities.
  
• 13:36:13: Right on closing this, the answer is Belfast. And the Fastest answers by @usedevilsoul-4, @JohnRayhan-3 and @sidvee-2.
  
• 13:38:12: Q 9) Designed by Walter Grenville, this building is alleged to have been the site of the infamous Black H http://twitpic.com/2mrosr
  
• 13:42:08: @siddev18 That is why i said allegedly.
  
• 13:43:10: Ok the answer is GPO, also the place is allegedly where the Black Hole event took place.
  
• 13:44:08: Anyway points to @sidvee-4, @sunilification-3 and @KeepsakeBlossoms-2
  
• 13:45:53: Q 10) Name this person associated with quite an infamous event in Kolkata's History. http://twitpic.com/2mrr05
  
• 13:50:15: Right on it is H.Suhrawardy , Direct Action Day, riots, and yeah later on was PM of Pakistan too, before B'Desh was formed.
  
• 13:51:09: Points going to @UnnamedEntity-4,@anurag12singh-3 and @aslipatrakar-2.
  
• 13:53:24: Q 11) These bullets get their nick name from which locality as they were invented at the British Arsenal locate http://twitpic.com/2mrt5n
  
• 13:56:22: Right on cracked universally, they are the Dum Dum Bullets, called so as the Brit Arsenal was located there.
  
• 13:57:15: And full Dum points to @siddev18-4, @anandhsub-3 and @sidvee-2.
  
• 13:59:28: Q 12) Ok a movie related one, Name the movie and the character being played( I need the character not the act http://twitpic.com/2mruxn
  
• 14:04:58: Just 2 correct replies so far, come on Kolkatans.
  
• 14:09:49: Ok that was Satyajit Ray's Chiriakhana and the character indeed is Byomkesh Bakshi played by Uttam Kumar.
  
• 14:10:41: I believe Uttam Kumar got his first National Award for this. And points to @siddev18-4,@souvik130185-3 and @KeepsakeBlossom-2.
  
• 14:12:49: Q 13) What connects a Thorny desert plant, the largest gap in the rings of Saturn, A Christopher Nolan movie.( Not an exhaustive list).
  
• 14:17:35: Right on, its Rock bands based in Kolkata, Cactus, Cassini's Division, and btw the Nolan Movie was Insomnia.
  
• 14:18:27: Points to @UnnamedEntity-4, @gunmaster_g_9-3 and @sidvee-2
  
• 14:19:41: Ok the penultimate Question,Named after a character created by Sukumar Ray,this magazine deals (cont) http://tl.gd/5v75fv
  
• 14:22:52: @siddev18 Right to u Sorry.
  
• 14:24:29: Savitha Bhabhi and Sukumar Ray, interesting combo.
  
• 14:25:27: Hint: The character's name is same as that of the fable written by Sukumar Ray.
  
• 14:26:41: Right on got 1 correct answer.
  
• 14:27:31: Ok final Hint: A mystery crow.
  
• 14:30:07: Closing it, right it is Drigangchoo, i believe this Magazine is on Twitter too and has a FB page also.
  
• 14:30:53: And points to @sidvee-4, @JohnRayhan-3 and @souvik130185-2.
  
• 14:32:15: @additiyom It is an indie mag, started by students of Jadavpur Univ, dedicated to comics.
  
• 14:33:01: Last one, just tell me where would you find this Mini howrah Bridge. http://twitpic.com/2ms4cg
  
• 14:36:54: Ok its the IIM Campus, at Joka, points to @KeepsakeBlossom-4, @JohnRayhan-3 and @sidvee-2.
  
• 14:37:12: That ends the Quiz, scores comming soon.
  
• 14:38:43: @JohnRayhan wins it with 23, followed by @sidvee-19 and just one point behind @siddev-18. Over all a close contest.
  
• 14:39:15: @lavanyam Right Sapne mein sab kuch hota hai.
  
• 14:40:08: @sidvee I think i had one on Ray, the Chiriakhana one.
  
• 14:41:05: Ok Folks this is your QM @scorpius69 signing off, All Boquets, Brickbats to be sent to my Twitter Handle. Shubo Raatri.
  
• 14:42:24: @sidvee sure, will get back to you on this, maybe on Bong literature.
  
• 15:17:27: Thanks to @vinodh_v and @scorpius69 for the quizzes. Check our calendar for the schedule: http://bit.ly/cu47yn. Contact @sidvee to host
  

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