From Twitter 10-22-2010

• 15:16:55: Ok ending the Quiz with an easy one, just name the fort. http://plixi.com/p/52217851
  
• 15:19:10: Yep this is the Sinhagad Fort, view from the Pune Darwaza. Points to @ShriniwasK-6, @cgawker-5 and @gauravsabnis-4.
  
• 15:20:25: So that brings an end to the Maratha History Quiz, send all gaalis, taalis, seetis to @scorpius69, your QM
  
• 15:21:39: The outright winner is @gauravsabnis pwning this with a score of 59, followed by @tooringtest-33 and @chin512-28.
  
• 15:22:50: And this is your QM @scorpius69, logging off.
  
• 15:31:46: Hi folks. @gauravsabnis here to do an off-the-cuff quiz. Heavy on entertainment questions. Starting in 10 minutes.
  
• 15:34:25: New to kweezzz? Want a guide you as you take your baby steps? Who better to help than @lavanyam the goddesss herself. http://bit.ly/cnYF6N
  
• 15:43:55: Alright, starting the quiz. 3,2,1 for the first 3 correct responses.
  
• 15:44:42: Q1. Identify the movie http://bit.ly/dCMnS9
  
• 15:49:43: Clue. You may not have seen this TV film. But you'll have read the book or at least heard of the fictional world it's set in.
  
• 15:52:45: It is not a spoof movie. It's a movie based on the first novel in a wildly successful fantasy series. Look at the pics again.
  
• 15:56:29: A1. Color of Magic. That's Twoflower, Rincewind, and the Orangutan Head Librarian of the Unseen University from Discworld.
  
• 15:57:14: Discworld series of novels by Terry Pratchett. Points to @taradiddler @p1j @arvindblogs
  
• 15:59:17: Q2. Connect http://yfrog.com/bbpmzfj
  
• 16:00:19: Yes, Twoflower was played by Sean Astin whom you know as Samwise from the LOTR movies.
  
• 16:01:06: All Discworld fans who couldn't get even after they saw the orangutan there.... tch tch tch. :P
  
• 16:02:36: Without clues, you get points for the one-word connect. After the clues, I need you to explain the connects from all visuals for points.
  
• 16:05:36: Clue - Answer is a Hollywood movie from the 70s.
  
• 16:07:52: Remember, anyone answering after the clue has to explain the connect.
  
• 16:14:12: A2. Network, the movie. Points to @scorpius69 @oonette @abhi_bol
  
• 16:15:02: UBS is the name of the network. Thankfully the UBS bank made it ungoogleable. :) They have a show called the Mao Tse Tung Hour....
  
• 16:15:41: featuring the exploits of a group modeled after Patty Hearst's SLA. And those lines from Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega refer to....
  
• 16:16:08: ..the death of William Holden (Vega confirmed it), who starred as the head of UBS's news division in the movie.
  
• 16:18:15: Q3 http://yfrog.com/ncl0gmj This queen was locked up in this fort by the Brits. She escaped. The fort inspired a book, featuring a fort...
  
• 16:19:06: ..of the same name. And a princess imprisoned in it. Name the fort and the book it inspired. Both for full points.
  
• 16:20:04: Q3++I don't need the name of the real queen the Brits locked up. But if you give it, there's one bonus point in it for you.
  
• 16:21:41: Not Rani Laxmibai.
  
• 16:24:48: I need the name of the fort AND the book both for giving you points.
  
• 16:28:06: A. Chandrakanta by Devkinandan Khatri. Chunar Fort. Queen Jindan Kaur. @p1j gets 3+1bonus. 2 for @siddev18 1 for @taradiddler
  
• 16:28:37: If you remember your Sunday morning Doordarshan watching, Chandrakanta is imprisoned in Chunargarh.
  
• 16:30:25: Image uploading issues for Q4. Kripaya prateeksha kijiye.
  
• 16:31:14: Screw the images. I can ask it textually in a different form.
  
• 16:31:33: Q4. Connect Mr and Mrs. 55 with Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors
  
• 16:36:06: A4. Easily cracked by @p1j @shatadal @scorpius69 Pritam Aan Milo from M&M55 (hilariously) used in Angoor based on Comedy of Errors.
  
• 16:38:26: Q5. Asrani never appeared in a Bollywood classic but his built leads to a hilarious key plot element in it. Which movie and explain..
  
• 16:38:51: Q5 errata. Should be - Asrani never appeared in THIS Bollywood classic.
  
• 16:41:45: You must identify the film AND explain the funda. Wouldn't want someone getting points by tukka. It's a classic after all.
  
• 16:45:46: A5. Golmaal. Amol Palekar's kurta in it is short because on the first day of work, he goes to Deve varma's set and borrows it. The kurta...
  
• 16:46:37: ..was originally made for Asrani as Deven mentions. He BS-es to his boss about how short kurtas save cloth and is doomed to wear it everyday
  
• 16:46:55: Points to @bongopondit @psychomaan @siddev18
  
• 16:47:30: Q6. Connect http://yfrog.com/5trs9lj
  
• 16:55:24: A6. Answer is Cloverfield. JJ Abrams made it to create an American monster equivalent of Godzilla. And the head of Liberty being......
  
• 16:55:49: ...blown off was a tribute to Escape from new York. Points to @taradiddler @bongopondit and @p1j
  
• 16:57:46: Q7. Sitter. Where are these still from AND name the director. http://bit.ly/aRco2U
  
• 16:58:42: Well, the head of Lady Liberty is technically "chewed" off and spat out in Cloverfield. But you get the idea. :)
  
• 17:03:31: A7. Mahabharata by Peter Brook. Points to @scorpius69 @bongopondit @siddev18
  
• 17:04:50: Q8. Follow up. In Peter brook's Mahabharat, only one of major characters was played by an Indian. Name the Indian and the character.
  
• 17:06:45: A8. Mallika Sarabhai played Draupadi. The same bunch gets point in different order @bongopondit @siddev18 @scorpius69
  
• 17:08:38: Q9. http://yfrog.com/eqlvjj These are actual street urchins picked from the street to play the main roles in which movie?
  
• 17:10:16: Clue - The kids were most excited by the fact that they'd be co-starring with Nana Patekar. *evil chuckle*
  
• 17:13:12: Why evil chuckle? Because although factually correct, the name Nana Patekar leads you to the wrong answer - Salaam Bombay. hyuk hyuk.
  
• 17:13:52: Genuine clue - The female lead had only acted in one film before it. That one film being Gulaal where she played a main role too.
  
• 17:14:43: Not Prahaar. Not Ab Tak Chhappan.
  
• 17:16:37: A9. The Pool http://bit.ly/b11bVA Lovely film. Wish it had been picked up by the studios to promote instead of Slumdog. Do watch.
  
• 17:17:51: A9. 5 points to @supreethcs who was the only one to get it right away. 2 points to @p1j who of course knows everything about films. :)
  
• 17:18:52: This Q was a part of my initiative to spread awareness about under-appreciated good films. Do watch The Pool. It's on Netflix instant watch.
  
• 17:19:18: 1 point also to @pitusultan who just sneaked in the answer before I posted it.
  
• 17:20:14: Alright, 3 more questions to go. But after a short 5 min break, cos I gots to make an important call. Thanks for your understanding. :)
  
• 17:31:20: RT @bongopondit: This break is a good time to remind that @a_muse & I are conducting a Biology quiz tomorrow at 930p IST. Follow @kweezz ...
  
• 17:31:34: Q10. http://yfrog.com/bb6wzj Identify the dude, the movie, and the ironic fact about him in the movie.
  
• 17:34:12: I want the dude, the film AND the ironic fact about him. A clever joke of sorts.
  
• 17:36:45: A10. Marcel Marceau, the famous mime says the only audible line in Mel Brooks' Silent Movie. Points to @shatadal @siddev18 @quizmavericks
  
• 17:38:14: Q11. Follow up. Who said the only audible coherent line in Kamal Hassan's Pushpak? (at least the "Hindi" version I saw) No irony there.
  
• 17:39:55: RT @sunilification: @siddev18 ok since u r awake at this hour here's a @kweezzz leak , look up origin of round Robin, I'll use it as a q ...
  
• 17:41:11: Not Tinnu Anand. At least not in the version I saw.
  
• 17:41:56: Again, no irony or joke there. Pure trivia. Something I noticed when I watched it recently.
  
• 17:44:53: A11. No one got it. Farida Jalal. When Kamal calls up their room to talk to Amla, Jalal answers and says "kaun hai?!" in an annoyed tone.
  
• 17:48:35: Final question coming up. @p1j leads with 12. @bongopondit on 10 It's anyone's game.
  
• 17:51:07: Final question is NOT from the world of entertainment. It's a "general" question. And one of my favorites. Uploading the image.
  
• 17:53:12: Q12.Where were these pictures taken? http://bit.ly/9gV2Ah
  
• 17:56:43: A12. Indeed, Leaning Tower of Pisa. Pics taken by a friend of tourists pretending to hold up the tower. @siddev18 @bongopondit @supreethcs
  
• 17:57:22: Which means @p1j and @bongopondit are tied at 1st spot with 12. @siddev18 narrowly behind on 11.
  
• 17:57:50: Are @p1j and @bongopondit both ready for an easy-peasy 3 question fastest finger first tie-breaker?
  
• 18:00:57: Great. Both @p1j and @bongopondit are ready for a tie-breaker. These next 3 questions are for them. Please do not jump in.
  
• 18:01:52: T1. http://bit.ly/aAaZXf I want the quote, not the movie, although you get one and you'll get the other.
  
• 18:03:02: Okay, this might not be as easy-peasy as I thought. But the quote is very well known as is the movie.
  
• 18:05:32: And @p1j gets this. "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist" from The Usual Suspects.
  
• 18:06:02: Wow. @p1j sneaked it in 19 seconds before @bongopondit. Exciting stuff!
  
• 18:06:51: T2. There's a clue in there. Another cautionary one - look at India before you rush to answer. http://bit.ly/9SMkVY
  
• 18:09:32: People, the questions are to break a tie between @p1j and @bongopondit. Rest of you, please act like audience members. :)
  
• 18:10:46: Even with people jumping in, no harm done. Phileas Fogg is NOT the right answer. Which is why I said, look at India.
  
• 18:11:09: Fogg went from Bombay to Calcutta through Northern India, unlike the route in the map.
  
• 18:12:59: Alright, both @p1j and @bongopondit have taken an attempt each (Fogg, Bush) and gotten it wrong. Another clue.
  
• 18:13:55: The answer is a British dude. The most famous person in the world with his last name post-Aug-2008 is an American woman.
  
• 18:15:06: Alright @bongpondit gets it. Michael Palin in his BBC series. Details at http://is.gd/gdoP5
  
• 18:15:30: In the India leg, Palin went from Bombay to Madras and then on to Singapore, instead of Calcutta.
  
• 18:15:49: Both guys have got one point each. It all comes down to the final tie-breaker.
  
• 18:17:03: TieBreaker 3 CAUTION: Only to be attempted by @p1j and @bongopondit. Others, please, shhhh! http://bit.ly/aVYCuX
  
• 18:19:50: And @bongopondit gets T3 and wins the quiz! The Aristocrats joke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aristocrats_(joke)
  
• 18:20:36: Final standings 1. @bongopondit 14 pts 2. @p1j pts 13 3. @siddev18 11 pts
  
• 18:21:16: Thus ends this off-the-cuff quiz. Did one after ages and thoroughly enjoyed it. Feedback to @gauravsabnis
  
• 18:21:44: Thanks to many of you who said kind words about questions and clues. Couldn't thank you individually cos I was wrestling seesmicweb. :P
  
• 18:22:40: This is @gauravsabnis signing off with a piece of Confucian wisdom - to conduct a quiz, contact @sidvee or @lavanyam
  
• 18:24:42: and a reminder to #QOTD-12
  
• 18:24:45: Tomorrow: WW2 quiz by @yamsivam at 7 pm, Biology quiz by @bongopondit and @a__muse at 930 pm, Kollywood by @shrihari at 11 pm, all IST
  
• 18:25:09: #QOTD-12 Identify the film http://twitpic.com/2zt4c8 (and details would be appreciated) .. Post your answers before tomorrow afternoon!
  
• 18:26:00: #QOTD-12 Hint : The question was posted to follow up of *Very Tough* Enthitran Quiz!
  
• 18:26:17: Hashtag your answers with #QOTD-12
  
• 18:27:37: One last hint or a direct clue.. one of the first few hindi films to use a Robot.. with a Super Star of India in the lead!
  
• 18:28:25: #QOTD-12 is by QM @p1j
  

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