From Twitter 10-11-2010

• 11:04:27: RT @AdityaMorarka: @kweezzz can u plug my review of Endhiran after your kweezzz?? #shamelesspromotion http://adityamorarka.blogspot.com/
  
• 11:04:55: @AdityaMorarka had to skip it.
  
• 11:05:18: RT @ameyc: @kweezzz Final question? Are you done? Can you tell people I will start next quiz in about 15 minutes? (need some time to set ...
  
• 11:06:41: @St_Hill but it did sound offensive.
  
• 11:08:04: @billu_boy @gradwolf @piesauce @vinodh_v @atlasdanced all get 100 points.
  
• 11:09:35: @St_Hill ok dude. np.
  
• 11:10:45: This is @Nambitious signing off. Next quiz by @ameyc will begin shortly. Dot.
  
• 11:16:15: Those who like reading books, and watching TV and movies - I am starting a books-to-movie quiz
  in about 10 minutes. Everybody ready?
  
• 11:19:45: While we are waiting, the rules - Unless mentioned, the answer to each question is a book converted into a movie or TV series.
  
• 11:22:04: First 3 to send me correct book names get points - http://pastebin.com/Xubdurr1
  
• 11:23:04: Questions with bonus points will be mentioned when they come up. Koi shak? Koi sawal?
  
• 11:27:15: Starting off with an easy one. Q.1. Cl 1 - The first memoir of (arguably) the main character of the book/series goes “beyond” the book.
  
• 11:28:17: I will keep about 2 minutes gap between 2 clues, unless we are crowded for time. Start guessing, no negative points, no limit on attempts.
  
• 11:28:44: @shubhashish Melody khav, khud jaan jao.
  
• 11:29:58: Lots of LoTR answers coming up. Hint - arguable because the book has lots of characters.
  
• 11:31:22: No correct answers so far. So Cl 2 - I give you the answer (if you can decrypt it). http://plixi.com/p/50063106
  
• 11:32:47: Remember despite the name of the quiz, the answer can either be a movie or a TV series.
  
• 11:34:20: Wow, turning out to be a lot harder than I thought. No war buffs here?
  
• 11:34:52: Clue 3 - read the hint on the image. http://plixi.com/p/50063599
  
• 11:37:32: Got lots now. Answer up in a minute.
  
• 11:38:33: Correct answer is Band of Brothers - http://pastebin.com/9StBnM4X
  
• 11:39:27: . @nitinsunny and @sumants get 5 points, @AdityaMorarka gets 3. On to question 2.
  
• 11:40:33: Q2. Clue 1 - http://pastebin.com/Ka2UM0LC
  
• 11:43:11: Woh. This one was easy. Yes, it is "Where Eagles dare". The character is Lt. Schaffer. @Gunmaster_G_9, @siddooba and @mihirfadnavis - 10.
  
• 11:44:44: Should have started with that one. Cl 2 was - the movie follows the book closely, since the author wrote the book and screenplay together.
  
• 11:45:34: Q3, cl1- Listed in yellow pages as Chicago’s only “___”, the protagonist took classes for the PI licensing exam in the single season series.
  
• 11:46:16: @nitinsunny Yes, that's how it shows on my timeline.
  
• 11:48:49: Looks like another easy one. Dresden Files book series by Jim Butcher. @pitusultan, @AdityaMorarka and @siddev18 get 10 points each.
  
• 11:49:02: Not counting any typos.
  
• 11:50:26: This is going a lot quicker than I thought, we are 30% done.
  
• 11:50:41: Q4, Cl1 - The title character of the series has the dubious honour of being absent from the only movie made from the book series.
  
• 11:51:29: @siddooba Resend with correct answer. (I, too, have been in your position)
  
• 11:53:13: Cl2-The location for the movie was moved to a fictional place in Chicago, very similar to the original (real) place in New York of the book.
  
• 11:53:54: No attempts except 1? Go for it guys. It's a big book series.
  
• 11:56:43: Hint before cl 3 - the latest book of the series came out in May '10.
  
• 11:57:28: OK then. Cl 3 - The book’s protagonist is a FBI agent, while the movie’s is a cop (who is a sidekick in most of the book series).
  
• 11:58:56: Another clue - most of the movie takes place in a museum. (Should be very easy now)
  
• 12:00:57: Sorry, not Night at the Museum. The answer - The Relic, based on the first book of Pendergast series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
  
• 12:02:00: Is Night at the museum based on a book?
  
• 12:02:35: Anyways, on to Q4 Cl 1 - The book/movie is mistitled, since as many characters note, the actual crime referred to in the title never happens
  
• 12:04:04: OK, correction - @nitinsunny answered just as I was about to send the answer for Q4. 3 points.
  
• 12:04:56: @siddooba @koolesguy @siddooba Hmm, didn't know that.
  
• 12:06:55: (Got 1 already) Q5 Cl 2 -Naseeruddin Shah played the eponymous hero of the book series, but he wasn't the title character of the movie.
  
• 12:07:23: @mihirfadnavis Crime?
  
• 12:07:47: RT @chin512: its not even based on any script @kweezzz Is Night at the museum based on a book?
  
• 12:07:59: RT @techrsr: @pitusultan Because of @kweezzz I have decided that the only way to make sure you know something is to conduct a quiz.
  
• 12:09:19: Guys, "League of extraordinary gentlemen" does not refer to a "crime".
  
• 12:09:45: Q5 Cl 3 - Not to be confused with “the” Jeffery Archer short story, or “a” remake of a Hitchcock classic. (Note the articles)
  
• 12:11:06: OK, getting a lot of correct ones now - it's "The Perfect Murder", based on the first book of Inspector Ghote series by H. R. F. Keating
  
• 12:13:14: @siddev18 - 10, @koolesguy and @AdityaMorarka - 5. (Yes, the hints may be movie trivia.)
  
• 12:13:49: Q6 Cl 1 - When the book series author writes a column about whitewashing in your mini-series, you are doing something wrong.
  
• 12:15:05: We are halfway through, @siddev18 leads with 20 points, @AdityaMorarka - 18, and there's a tussle for third position with lots on 10.
  
• 12:17:33: Sorry. Started with @ - Q 5 - @siddev18 - 10, @koolesguy and @AdityaMorarka- 5. (Yes, the hints may be movie trivia.)
  
• 12:19:23: OK, got all three correct answers. @AdityaMorarka, @akhil_basha , @nitinsunny - 10. It's "Legend of Earthsea" by Ursula K Le Guin.
  
• 12:20:38: (Should be easy one) Q7 Cl 1 - The book is the first sci-fi novel to be included on the reading list of 3 out of 5 US military branches.
  
• 12:24:08: Thought so. Easy one - Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein. @mihirfadnavis, @AdityaMorarka and @Gunmaster_G_9 get 10 points.
  
• 12:25:03: Q8 Cl1- This "book" has been made into (at the very least) a movie, 2 TV series and a TV miniseries, though the TV series is most famous.
  
• 12:25:15: I think Q8 is going to be another easy one.
  
• 12:28:10: BSG wasn't a book. Cl2 - Kweschan is - can please we pretend the short-lived 2008 TV series didn’t happen?
  
• 12:32:58: Q8 Cl 3 - The 1990 TV series is still considered to be one of India’s most famous and most popular TV series ever.
  
• 12:34:47: It's not a sci-fi series. And remember that there was a 2008 attempt.
  
• 12:35:41: Finally... The answer is "Mahabharat", which technically is a book :D
  
• 12:37:26: 10 points to @akhil_basha. 3 Points each to @mihirfadnavis, @Gunmaster_G_9.
  
• 12:39:21: I have just 2 more questions to go, and @AdityaMorarka leads with a heavy margin. Contest is up for 2nd and 3rd positions, though.
  
• 12:39:44: @koolesguy I have no idea. I never mentioned nationality till Cl3.
  
• 12:40:29: Q9 Cl 1 - http://pastebin.com/wxin1kQa
  
• 12:43:21: Lots and lots of "Tintin" guesses. I mentioned "a" book which is author's first, with his famous name.
  
• 12:44:15: Q9 Cl 2 - The A&E miniseries was nominated for 6 emmy awards, including Outstanding Miniseries. It lost all 6.
  
• 12:46:59: @Gunmaster_G_9 Stephen didn;t write that book.
  
• 12:47:44: OK, just one correct answer so far, so the easiest clue of the quiz - Q9 Cl 3 - 3 words – Odd Man hypothesis.
  
• 12:50:38: OK, it's Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton. Spielberg (and (Reliance Big Entertainment) is picking up his "Pirate Latitudes" soon.
  
• 12:51:28: Once again, it's @AdityaMorarka with 5 points, and @Gunmaster_G_9 and @mihirfadnavis get 3.
  
• 12:53:36: Last question up. I want the character name (S) this time, (and +5 points if you get the movie X name) http://pastebin.com/2rKBF8P8
  
• 12:54:25: @koolesguy Big "oops". Sorry.
  
• 12:57:40: Hint - A is actor, B and C are directors. You get 50 bonus points for pointing me to a subtitled version of X.
  
• 12:58:45: OK, Q10 Cl 2 - While X is just the latest movie based on the character S, the 1993 TV series is probably the most famous of the adaptations
  
• 13:02:06: Hint 2 - C is very famous. So is S. C's creation, the character from Y should be well-known too.
  
• 13:02:55: OK, somebody is very close, on the right track. He gave me the title character from Y, and B and C.
  
• 13:03:32: @pitusultan Father-son director duo?
  
• 13:04:30: OK, somebody got S. Q10 Cl 3 - images from X be here - http://bit.ly/cMKOgy
  
• 13:05:05: Ignore that black rectangle in the image, just a product of hasty "move".
  
• 13:06:34: @Gunmaster_G_9 Who out of those two is S?
  
• 13:08:10: Big hint - People are getting the state correctly. Hint 4 - Notice the "costumes" in images.
  
• 13:09:55: And, I have all 3 correct answers. Giving out the points before one of them goes on the incorrect answer path.
  
• 13:10:30: Points are - @AdityaMorarka - 5, @Gunmaster_G_9 and @akhil_basha - 3. Answer - X = Adim Ripu, a recent S = Byomkesh Bakshi movie.
  
• 13:10:57: A = Saswata Chatterjee plays Ajit, also played Topshe in B= Sandip Ray’s Feluda movie Y = Baksho Rahashya. C = Satyajit Ray created Feluda.
  
• 13:11:54: Anybody up for claiming those 50 points while I add up the scores? (BTW, this is supposedly first in the trilogy of Byomkesh movies)
  
• 13:12:21: @siddev18 Which one is that?
  
• 13:14:53: No need for a tie-breaker, @AdityaMorarka wins easily with 48 points. @Gunmaster_G_9 - 29 and @mihirfadnavis - 26 take the podium with him.
  
• 13:15:29: @Gunmaster_G_9 Yup. Hope they make hindi versions or at least subtitled ones soon.
  
• 13:16:47: This is your QM @ameyc, signing off. No brickbats allowed for reminding you of Kekta-mata's "Kahani Ek Mahabharat ki" (give-or take a "K").
  
• 13:18:25: Contact @sidvee if you want to conduct a @kweezzz. Check out the calendar http://bit.ly/9ol7wX and facebook group http://on.fb.me/bkhDgZ
  
• 13:19:43: And the titles roll, while an item number plays in the background...
  
• 13:29:25: Championship: @mihirfadnavis still leads w/ 85 pts, followed by @krtgrphr (40), & defending champ @adityamorarka (35) http://bit.ly/dq3ezG
  
• 14:07:03: #QOTD-09 Name (probably the only) film which had both Amitabh and Rekha doing double roles (not the same character in disguise, 2 chars)..
  
• 14:08:10: #QOTD-09 The question is bit tricky. but the diehard fans would surely get it..Respond with Hash tag #QOTD-09 by tomorrow AM India time.
  
• 14:09:01: #QOTD-09 is by @p1j
  
• 14:11:11: #QOTD-09 hint : Think beyond Regular double roles
  
• 22:13:26: Watch out for the science quiz by @bcl400 later today. Here's the calendar: http://bit.ly/9ol7wX. Contact @lavanyam or @sidvee to host
  
• 22:17:53: Also, it's still a work in progress but keep checking out http://kweezzz.com/. Some huge props to @p1j and @iprash for this. HUGE!
  

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