From Twitter 09-17-2010

• 13:46:04: Ans is Unix Time crossing. On both the pics, u can see the time shown. @AdityaMorarka and @riteshsinha get it
  
• 13:46:11: This famous law was discovered during US military testing in the 1940’s. First cited by the guy shown in the pic. http://twitpic.com/2pbuyo
  
• 13:47:57: My mistake. Timeline problems. @pradyutroy and @binnvya get it b4 @riteshsinha
  
• 13:48:18: Name of the person too folks
  
• 13:49:12: Oh Well. Most ppl wont remember the name anyway. It is John Stepps and the law is indeed Murphy's law.
  
• 13:49:34: Cracked by @gauravsabnis, @riteshsinha and @nayakgirin
  
• 13:49:49: Replacement Q for Q 6 coming up now
  
• 13:50:12: What is the purpose of this rather curious looking structure? Where is it located? http://twitpic.com/2pbw9n
  
• 13:51:13: Ok this is not a magnet or the LHC folks :D
  
• 13:51:38: Hint : its a manmade structure in the East
  
• 13:51:55: Closing this q in 1 min
  
• 13:53:13: This is the lotus bridge on the border between China and Macau. China follows driving on the right side of the road while Macau follows left
  
• 13:53:37: RT @azaxacavabanama: @kweezzz Kathipara Junction's inspiration #Chennai
  
• 13:54:03: This bridge facilitates the shift. Cracked only by an amazing @riteshsinha . @azaxacavabanama gets special points :D
  
• 13:55:08: Anyway thats all from me folks.While I am off to compute the scores, id who said : "I think there is a market for maybe five computers"
  
• 13:56:15: On top of the leaderboard is @mihirfadnavis (25). Following him are @AdityaMorarka (21) and @sumants (15) . Amazing quizzing folks.Thanx all
  
• 13:56:33: @gauravsabnis will be following shortly with his general quiz of 15 qns. So dont go away
  
• 13:56:48: And yes, the ans 2 the quickie is Thomas J Watson of IBM
  
• 13:58:40: Thanx everyone for your patience. It was great fun. Over and Out. All marriage proposals/brickbats/ sandals towards @Gunmaster_G_9.
  
• 13:58:50: Scorecard http://twitpic.com/2pbz35
  
• 13:59:48: Hello all. @gauravsabnis here to do an old fashioned general quiz.
  
• 14:00:14: 15 questions on a wide range of topics. Some painfully straightforward, others excruciatingly oblique.
  
• 14:00:48: Most of the questions are visual. And I'll be using yfrog for them. Only one question for twitlonger.
  
• 14:01:42: Scoring - 3,2,1 for the first 3 correct responses. The full answer (for multi-part ones) should be in the same tweet.
  
• 14:03:01: Q1. The title of which song derives from an old pun-ny joke about a wife going to the Caribbean, voluntarily and not forcibly?
  
• 14:05:11: Not Jamaican Farewell. Where's the pun in that?
  
• 14:06:07: Clue - Most people ignore apostrophes and wildly mispronounce the name, making it sound like parents of the Butcher of Jalianwala.
  
• 14:06:50: Folks, let poor Harry Bellafonte go. He has nothing to do with the answer.
  
• 14:08:10: A1. D'yer Mak'er by Led Zeppelin. Pronounced Jamaica. Points to @pranavbakliwal @otioz @sumants
  
• 14:09:08: The joke is "My wife went to the Caribbean." "Jamaica?(Did you make her?)" "No, she went voluntarily".
  
• 14:10:26: Twitlonger question coming up.
  
• 14:11:17: Q2. One version says Goring has only one testicle, Hitler & Himmler have tiny testicles, Gobbels has none. Other (cont) http://tl.gd/639762
  
• 14:14:10: A2. Colonel Bogey's March. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Has_Only_Got_One_Ball Pts to @parthajha @surajram @kalpataru45
  
• 14:15:37: Q3. Connect (and don't hit me) http://yfrog.com/5lezsj
  
• 14:18:50: Before answering, think - are the points really worth the shame of publicly answering this question? :P
  
• 14:20:24: A3. Hyuk hyuk! It's the song "telephone dhun mein hasnewaali" from Hindustani. The Jabberwocky of hindi songs for sure.
  
• 14:21:18: A3. I hope the points are worth it, @siddev18 @tworupeesoul @kalpataru45
  
• 14:22:33: If there ever was a #facepalm quiz question, this was it. :P No more such tomfoolery in the quiz I promise.
  
• 14:23:33: Q4. Let's get serious now. Whose flag? 3 lines represent 3 distinct regions. http://yfrog.com/eis49j
  
• 14:24:10: @santhoshguru Elizaneth Taylor??? Look up lyrics, sir.
  
• 14:26:49: A4. The flag of Jammu and Kashmir. A370 lets them have a separate flag. Pts to @rohanshanbhag @unnamedentity @aditya_gadre
  
• 14:27:19: Hard luck @namit93 who said National Conference. Their flag is almost the same, sans the 3 lines.
  
• 14:28:40: RT @imsabbah @kweezzz: Heheheh. We call it 'Hal' here. Also the masle ka hal in this case, but not in real life.
  
• 14:29:46: Q5. Connect. Looking only for overall connect. Reasons not needed. http://yfrog.com/5y29rj
  
• 15:22:35: Who is this @kweezzz2? #Outrage
  
• 15:24:09: Since @twitter keeps messing with us with the hourly limit, we have created @kweezzz2. Please follow that account when this crashes. kthxbai
  
• 15:24:34: maekktastingvuntudreevuntudree
  
• 15:25:10: The general quiz is back on home turf. But do follow @kweezzz2 for hourly limit issues in the future.
  
• 15:27:05: Q9. Snipped from the poster of which movie? http://yfrog.com/5l52yj
  
• 15:30:24: A9. Indeed, Ocean's 11 (the 1960 original). Points to @nitinsunny @pranavbakliwal @gongala
  
• 15:31:58: Q10. The Milton series of animated shorts from Saturday Night Live was expanded into which non-animated movie?
  
• 15:32:27: RT @imsabbah Breaking news. Earthquake/tremors felt across Islamabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Kabul, Jammu and Kashmir. JUST NOW.
  
• 15:33:34: It's past 1 am in India now, so rushing through the quiz. Will give out answers as soon as I get 3 right ones.
  
• 15:34:00: A10. Office Space. Points to @pranavbakliwal @sunilification @gongala
  
• 15:35:05: Q11. Name whoever/whatever should be in place of the question mark. http://yfrog.com/61xjkj
  
• 15:37:33: Nope, but on the right track RT @moebile @kweezzz mariana
  
• 15:40:58: A11. George Everest. Tallest peaks named after Huygens (moon), Maxwell (Venus), Olympus (Mars). Points only to @moebile and @aditya_gadre
  
• 15:42:30: Q12. For full points, give both the (rather literal!) name AND the King who built it. http://yfrog.com/6rnfmj
  
• 15:45:15: Not Jantar Mantar by Jai Singh, although I expected people would say that. Jantar Mantar is way more high-tech.
  
• 15:47:06: Clue - Built a couple of centuries before Jantar Mantar, but for a similar purpose - astronomy and astrology.
  
• 15:48:25: Some right answers trickling in. But remember, name AND King for points.
  
• 15:50:02: A12. Gyara Sidi (so literal!) built by Humayun in Agra. Wiki it. Quite cool. @ameyc - 3 @pranavbakliwal - 2
  
• 15:51:25: Q13. Simple one. Early days kinda pic. Identify BOTH guys in 1 tweet for points. http://yfrog.com/elaepj
  
• 15:54:18: A13. Biggie Smalls (Notorious BIG) and Tupac Shakur. Points to @cgawker @akkiman and @siddev18
  
• 15:54:52: Last two questions coming up.
  
• 15:55:43: Q14. Where is the excerpt from? (Answer blacked out at the top) http://yfrog.com/bfiwqj
  
• 15:59:04: Panini? Known for grammar, not math. Also, a great sandwich.
  
• 16:00:14: A14. Math treatise 'Lilavati' by Bhaskaracharya. Points to @aditya_gadre @ameyc and @daddy_san
  
• 16:00:32: @lavanyam It is Sanskrit!!
  
• 16:01:49: Q15. Ending with a sitter. Identify. http://yfrog.com/2ck5j
  
• 16:04:19: #tweetlikevirsanghvi RT @sunilification QM Panini is a Panini , it's not a sandwich. seewhathappenslivinginamerica
  
• 16:07:07: A15. Barack Hussein Obama. The Senior of course. Points to @akkiman @moebile @shriniwask
  
• 16:08:16: Winning the quiz with a thumping margin is @pranavbakliwal on 13. Joint runner-ups are @aditya_gadre and @moebile on 6 each.
  
• 16:08:54: Are @aditya_gadre and @moebile up for a 3 question tie-break? Or do you need to sleep?
  
• 16:12:05: Scores for everyone http://yfrog.com/m9vuxj
  
• 16:12:57: Alright, quick 3 question tie-break for 2nd place between @aditya_gadre and @moebile. No one else answer.
  
• 16:13:17: Whoever answers first gets 1 point.
  
• 16:16:53: T1. 2010 has seen no retirements yet. Neither did '09 or '06. 2005 saw most retirements - 5, including arguably the most famous one ever.
  
• 16:17:11: .....what retirements am I talking about?
  
• 16:18:47: Clue - the latest such retirement was in 2008 - Paloma.
  
• 16:20:01: Answers given by @moebile and @aditya_gadre are both wrong. Anyone else wanna try?
  
• 16:20:47: Just as I tweeted that, @aditya_gadre snuck in the right answer. Hurricane names.
  
• 16:21:15: Names of particularly destructive hurricanes, like Katrina, are "retired" and never reused. Others keep getting re-used.
  
• 16:21:45: So, @aditya_gadre - 1 @moebile - 0 with 2 questions to go.
  
• 16:23:19: T2. Who was the first author ever to sell more than a million ebooks on amazon.com?
  
• 16:25:07: And @aditya_gadre gets it. Stieg Larsson. He gets 2nd place. @moebile is 3rd.
  
• 16:25:23: No 3rd question needed, so won't be asked.
  
• 16:25:56: Final podium standings - Gold - @pranavbakliwal Silver - @aditya_gadre Bronze - @moebile
  
• 16:26:52: And that concludes the general quiz. Aim guns or roses at @gauravsabnis
  
• 16:27:30: And don't forget to follow @kweezzz2, our back-up account in case this one hits the update limits.
  
• 16:28:16: As the Rosetta Stone inscription goes - "contacteth @sidvee foreth conductingeth a quizeth"
  
• 16:28:58: Hi everyone, @lavanyam here, just a quick note to remind all of you to make use of the 'discussion' feature on FB to discuss quizzes/QMs!
  
• 16:29:50: Also, you can comment on the event page of all the quizzes for anything quiz related. And vote in the poll! Get involved! Ok tata goodnight!
  
• 16:31:08: A Retweet Reminder on #QOTD-01 (Question of the day)
  
• 16:31:15: #QOTD -01 Today Rajasthan is celebrating anniversary of its popular folk--deity, Saint Ramdev of 15th century. cont..
  
• 16:31:48: #QOTD-01 Can you recall a song of A.R. Rahman dedicated to Saint Ramdev? Name the film too!
  
• 16:32:48: #QOTD-01 send your answers upto 12 PM tomorrow India time!.. with a hashtag of #QOTD-01
  
• 16:35:28: #QOTD-01 Hints : It was not featured as a song in the music album!
  

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