From Twitter 09-10-2010

• 11:20:31: A8) - Soca is the answer , soca Warriors (T&T football team), Ras Shorty (father of Soca) and Hot Hot Hot one of the most famous soca songs
  
• 11:21:09: Ras Shorty created the original Om shanti Om - copied in Karz - and man in the picture was buster Poindexter who sang hot hot hot
  
• 11:21:30: Points to @sidvee - brilliant answer
  
• 11:22:44: Q9)Pakistan won 3 gold & 1 bronze in 2005 (1st ) Islamic games which are for members of the OIC .All of them were for which sport
  
• 11:26:19: RT @holy_kau: @kweezzz Match Fixathon?
  
• 11:28:16: Tennis it is - all through Aisam al Haq Qureshi - ind, doubles and team
  
• 11:28:48: Points to @c_aashish, @adityamorarka and @RootKanal
  
• 11:30:30: Q10) Which place is probably known mistakenly by the name of a large mammal as opposed to a variety of fish due (cont) http://tl.gd/5vmkeh
  
• 11:35:18: The answer was Bay of Pigs in Cuba
  
• 11:35:42: Points to @anurag12singh
  
• 11:36:31: Q11)Salim – Javed’s last movie as scriptwriters was -.It would have won Filmfare if not for the fact that the awards were not given out.
  
• 11:40:40: Mr India it is - the competition I think was Himmatvala - so we know what the results in the Filmfares would have been
  
• 11:41:33: Points to @adityamorarka, @c_aashish & @sidvee
  
• 11:42:38: Q12) Connect http://twitpic.com/2n1va2
  
• 11:43:40: @c_aashish my bad - it should be hukumat :)
  
• 11:45:07: Just to clarify - I am looking for a phrase
  
• 11:47:01: Pretty straightforward - The day the music died (so I gave the date too)
  
• 11:47:31: Points to @avishnu89 , @St_hill and @sidvee
  
• 11:48:51: A weekly magazine which has readership of nearly 23 million - though the readership and circulation spikes once (cont) http://tl.gd/5vmuuk
  
• 11:52:54: Sports Illustrated it is - and if you dont know why it spikes once a year - pliss to Google :)
  
• 11:54:29: Points and a copy of "that" SI each to @sidvee, @St_Hill and @Gunmaster_G_9
  
• 11:55:37: Q14)What word comes from the jewish myth of sacrificing an animal to please Azazel - would remove all sins of the people of Jerusalem
  
• 11:57:57: correction on points for Q13 it was @sidvee, @avishnu89 and Gunmaster_G_9
  
• 11:59:27: easily cracked - Scapegoat it is
  
• 12:00:06: Points to @adityamorarka, @tworupeesoul and @Gunmaster_G_9
  
• 12:00:18: Last question coming up on twitpic
  
• 12:02:50: Q15 ) - Identify http://twitpic.com/2n224w
  
• 12:04:06: One more mea culpa - @Siddev18 before @adityamorarka for Q14 - will adjust scores
  
• 12:05:55: easy easy MIC - Methyl Isocyanate (versions accepted :) )
  
• 12:07:51: points to @Gunmaster_G_9, @St_hill and @riteshsinha - final scores in next tweet
  
• 12:09:12: Top 3 - @adityamorarka - 125 ,@sidvee - 50 and @moebile 40 . Bouquests and brickbats @gururajsrao
  
• 12:09:58: Please hold on for the next quiz from @siddev18 in a bit - over and out from me
  
• 12:13:30: hi, @siddev18 here. Quizzing action now for 5 hrs straight. A 15 min. breather ? or shall we start right away?
  
• 12:24:40: Awright, the general consensus is for a late start so we will start the quiz at 11PM IST-an hour from now. see you all then. Please RT..
  
• 13:20:17: The next quiz starts in another 20 min or so.. please join us then. Kindly RT
  
• 13:45:04: Ok folks,Its quiz time again.total 10 qsts (reduced due to late start). Scoring rules- 3,2,1 for 1st 3 correct answers. Shall we begin ?
  
• 13:47:03: hold on for 10 min more folks. Kweezzz CEO yet to take his seat :) RT@sidvee @kweezzz Dude wait for 10. This game is too close
  
• 14:09:39: Ok.Apologies to those who have been waiting. We take off now.. here is the 1st Qst.
  
• 14:10:17: Q1. Connect (Explain) http://twitpic.com/2n37vb
  
• 14:12:48: Am giving answers to those who have ID-ed the connect but cn someone explain?
  
• 14:15:19: Jaane Bhi Do yaaron – Naseer character was named after Vidhu Vinod Chopra(who later debuted as director with (cont) http://tl.gd/5vothh
  
• 14:16:02: Q2. The word X-coined in 17th century England as name for half-melted snow First mentioned in print in 1641 in (cont) http://tl.gd/5votno
  
• 14:18:56: Slush Fund. Points to UnnamedEntity 3 AdityaMorarka 2 & Abhinav_hee_haw 1 . Also cracked by Riteshsinha
  
• 14:20:01: Q3.Whats the etymological connect? (easy as they come :) http://twitpic.com/2n3axe
  
• 14:21:55: Well.. am looking for something beyond the obvious like 'idioms' 'phrases' et al. One person has already named the connect
  
• 14:23:48: , Phrases and expressions whose coinage or first known usage is attributed to Shakespeare - @atlasdanced 1 @sidvee 2 @Gunmaster_G_9 3
  
• 14:26:05: Twitpic se sampark nahi ho pane ke karan rukawat ke liye khed hai.. :(
  
• 14:26:06: Connect .Rather Id the person who connects them. http://twitpic.com/2n3cpn
  
• 14:28:40: Marylin Monroe-her husbands/alleged lover. Book by her 1st husband James Doughety, memorial of Joe (cont) http://tl.gd/5vp1a2
  
• 14:30:13: Q5.According to explanation given by persons responsible for coining this word, it roughly denotes atonement for (cont) http://tl.gd/5vp1nn
  
• 14:31:48: For those who asked, 3,2,1 are points awarded to the first 3 correct replies. And this is @siddev18 - thats where hatemails go.
  
• 14:34:51: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocous!!UnamanedEntity -3,Sahebsays 2 &ShilpaRathnam 1. Good for you my own spelling skills aren't all that gr8:)
  
• 14:35:52: Will mix it up. Pliss to answer :) RT @AdityaMorarka @kweezzz ask more general quizzing related ques...not etymological ones...
  
• 14:36:26: Q6. Origin of which word ? http://twitpic.com/2n3fqk
  
• 14:39:16: Only one correct ans. which get 2 bonus pts. Hint: Scene from a movie..the character depicted is origin of this word
  
• 14:42:23: Vamp. Theda Bara as Vamp in The Fool There Was.UnnamedEntity - 3+ 2 bonus plus a gazillion for sparing me the (cont) http://tl.gd/5vp53u
  
• 14:43:19: Q7‘Tote the weary load”, ‘Tomorrow is another day’ , ‘Ba Ba Black sheep’ were rejected. What was finalized?
  
• 14:46:07: Apologies and correction for last Q scores- Pradyutroy gets 2 pts . AdityaMorarka gets a sheepish grin and a pat on the back
  
• 14:47:46: Gone With The Wind. Those are titles that were earlier rejected . @tintin1107-3 , St_Hill - 2 Sahebsays 1
  
• 14:50:24: Q8. 1870s cartoon depicting a trend that gave rise to which term? http://twitpic.com/2n3jud
  
• 14:52:45: carpetbaggers.Explanation here http://tinyurl.com/253yeh4
  Tintin1107 -3 / AbsolutDiamond-2/Gunmaster_G_9 - 1 . Good one!
  
• 14:53:24: Q9.ID http://twitpic.com/2n3kp5
  
• 14:55:49: Q8 cancelled due to popular demand. Apologies to all. My bad :( Answer was visible in the pic.
  
• 14:57:25: One brilliant answer which gets 2 bonus pts. Hint: Appears in print.. not TV/films/voice etc
  
• 14:59:14: Not the correct ans , much as we'd like it to be RT @Saurabh_jo @kweezzz Rajnikant #FTW
  
• 15:02:26: Alfred E Neuman. 3+2 to Kalpataru45 / 2- Pradyutroy /1-Gunmaster_G_9 who solved it in equal installments
  
• 15:04:20: @OldmonkMGM yes..but others answered before that. What me,Worry? :)
  
• 15:04:39: Q10. 2010:? (pliss excuse if turns out to be a li'l arbit) http://twitpic.com/2n3o2d
  
• 15:06:06: Also, w.r.t Q10, some possible entries have been left out from this list for want of space and suitable rebus.
  
• 15:07:35: Also, I originally had 15 Qts but cut it down to 10 because of delayed start. Would you want me continue with the 5 remaining ones.? yes/no?
  
• 15:11:25: The Cobra. Frederick Forsyth novels- Day of the Jackal, Odessa file, Devil’s Alternative, Fourth Protocol (cont) http://tl.gd/5vpcde
  
• 15:13:54: Q11. Connect with a movie.. http://twitpic.com/2n3r0n
  
• 15:15:39: Agreed. But thats also #ExcuseFail . kidding :) RT @ShriniWasK @kweezzz dogs of war picture #fail
  
• 15:16:59: Mutiny on the Bounty. The journey map, the list of mutineers submitted by Captain Bligh (you can see the name (cont) http://tl.gd/5vpdm6
  
• 15:17:36: Ha ha! Nice! RT @ShriniWasK @kweezzz I meant it did not have dick Cheney in it ;) pliss escuze
  
• 15:19:11: Q12, Whats the story (specific answer). Hints if asked for tho' i doubt it'll b needed http://twitpic.com/2n3sot
  
• 15:22:39: whats the connect between 1st 2nd 3rd picture? simple id of 1st and 2nd pic isnt what I am looking for
  
• 15:25:40: Steely Dan ,band name origin- William S Burroughs who wrote Naked Lunch (movie poster) which has the steely Dan (cont) http://tl.gd/5vpfi6
  
• 15:27:48: Q13.This is the story of the origin of a brand-name. Which brand ? http://twitpic.com/2n3v7f
  
• 15:29:05: Hint:not old spice.. Biggest Hint: the product is given in the pic
  
• 15:32:19: Cutty sark. Cutty Sark is old Scot name for a chemise. It was nickname of a character in Robert Burns’ Tam O (cont) http://tl.gd/5vph2u
  
• 15:33:38: oops..2 for felinetendency (can understand if you are feeling a bit catty) and Kalpataru45 gets 1 for last one. Sorry mcroax
  
• 15:35:16: 14.Connect with movie (again forgive arbitness) http://twitpic.com/2n3xcb
  
• 15:36:53: 2 more Qs to go after this. Thanks for all the kind words.You all are sexay ( kweezzz like @lavanyam ) .. *bows* .
  
• 15:40:59: Ok.got 3 so closing it. Ans is My Fair Lady (Pygmalion) . “RAIN in SPAIN stays mainly in the PLAIN” & “In (cont) http://tl.gd/5vpiuk
  
• 15:41:58: Q14. Name the inventor http://twitpic.com/2n3zca
  
• 15:43:50: Agree.atleast withconcluding part @lavanyam @siddev18 is the sexiest QM of them all! after@sidvee,& @unnamedentity .those2r maha-kamasexgods
  
• 15:45:49: Jethro Tull. hit out the park by i_r_sqaured -3 / sidvee -2 / Gunmaster_g_9 -1
  
• 15:46:53: Q16. What nickname was common to both ? http://twitpic.com/2n40t0
  
• 15:49:56: Yes. Saw that. Let it stand no? still needs figuring out the nickname @sidvee
  
• 15:51:54: Uncle Sam.Samuel Wilson(origin of the term) & Ulysses S Grant.But seems I have been a jackass again and grant's name is visible again.
  
• 15:54:13: So here is replacement question..the final one..in Asterix comics whats the name of Impedimenta's rich (cont) http://tl.gd/5vplni
  
• 15:55:34: My apologies for the 2 gaffes , folks. Unpardonable ! Promise to do better next time
  
• 15:56:41: Homeopathix it is . i_r_square gets 3 , UnnamedEntity -2 and Hypnosh - 1
  
• 15:58:03: Thats the end of the quiz this time. Thanks for hanging around. Rotten vegetables to be directed to @siddev18 . Final scores in 2 min
  
• 16:04:19: uber-pwned by @UnnamedIdentity with 27pts.followed by @i_r_Squared with 20. @sidvee with 8 completes the medal-list.
  
• 16:07:01: Here is the full score-sheet. Well done everybody. Goodnight (or goodmorning depending on where you are). Have a great weekend..
  
• 16:07:19: http://twitpic.com/2n46az
  
• 16:07:51: @UnnamedEntity aaiyyo. Sorry sorry.. a night of faux pas for me :)
  

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