- 15:54:07: Q12 (last question) What is Dilbert's Swiss connect?
- 15:58:16: Hint: it's a real world connect
- 16:02:30: Closing the last q. Ans is Logitech - the Swiss company where Scott Adams went posing as a fake management consultant
- 16:04:15: Final scoreboard: @solitalks tops it with 15, followed by @AdityaMorarka at 8 and @tezeshwar at 5
- 16:05:27: Don't forget to check out www.kweezzz.com and also the Facebook fan page. and if you want to
- 16:06:29: And check here if you want to host your own kweezzz http://bit.ly/9ol7wX. This is @TheHumerus signing out. Hope you all had fun. Peace
- 16:07:36: And a special note of thanks to @sidvee for the support. Will try to come up with better questions in my next kweezzz people. Shalom
- 16:53:47: OK...for those who want a #kweezzz for fun and not points, here i am, @sandeip for a 5-6-7 Q quiz mostly about books...any takers?
- 16:55:15: @the_garuda books and authors...and some random things :)
- 16:57:04: i have got a total of one and half responses :) which while good enough to allow me to conduct a Not-For-Points Quiz-aint enuf to encourage
- 16:57:59: that makes Two and a half...so we are good to go :D starting in a min...keep google handy..
- 16:59:07: Rules: No rules...only first three Qs (by my timeline-and seesmic) will be recognized...thats all...easy Qs..have fun :)
- 16:59:50: Q1. Whose initials acronimized (is that even a word?) to Pinhead?
- 17:01:31: not a hint...bit plz...its a books and authors quiz :P
- 17:02:36: @krtgrphr i wish now, that there had been :)
- 17:03:25: OK...3 mins to asking of Q. will wait one more minute.
- 17:04:42: right...closing this Qs...only two correct ans... @sidvee followed by @_poohi
- 17:05:46: OZ. Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkel Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs was the wizard of OZ whose name was too much for a young'un to bear
- 17:06:42: Q2: this novel had as its working subtitle “a contemporary satire”. Regarded as one of the most scathing attacks on a system of government.
- 17:07:16: remember, i said subtitle.
- 17:10:25: i have the answers now...easy, wasn't it :) @imsabbah gets it first followed by @brahminboy and @bongopondit
- 17:10:56: answer was Animal Farm: A contemporary satire., by you-know-who
- 17:11:29: 4. This famous novel was made into a famous movie. Could etymologically have a relation to Satan or the lead character of Moby-Dick.
- 17:11:35: Which novel?
- 17:13:30: someone just mentioned #ibuhatela in the quiz...shouldn't he win a mention just for the mention? #meta
- 17:15:35: Hint: think seas and ships
- 17:17:05: this is not that difficult a Q..too few people i think...think...fishes #hintagain
- 17:18:41: ok..closing this Q. only one correct answer from @lav4579 (whooo!!soo many digits!)
- 17:20:01: answer is jaws by Peter Benchley. connect with devil is...leviathan was one of the seven princes of hell, and also gatekeeper of hell
- 17:20:29: and, of course, as you all know, the working title of the novel was leviathan rising.
- 17:21:32: A 1938 issue of a comic book changed the whole world of comic books for ever. This is more hint than anything. Explain.
- 17:21:46: this should be too easy.
- 17:24:29: OK...i am accepting both action comics and superman... @Gunmaster_G_9 followed by @lav4579 and @siddev18
- 17:25:09: and yes, batman was born in 1939, in detectibe comics#27 #fyi :)
- 17:26:15: I was initially a surgeon and then a captain of several books? and then the hero of numerous children's books,
- 17:26:22: though i was once the central character of a biting satire?
- 17:26:48: @siddev18 :) i did take both as answers :)
- 17:27:16: pardon...typo...captain of several ships*
- 17:29:51: right..i have enough answers...so closing Q now...the answer is indeed lamuel gulliver. am also recognizing gulliver's travels.
- 17:31:17: so the mensch are @imsabbah ( #smuggrin@mensch #PJ ) @siddev18 and @Gunmaster_G_9 (GOD!)
- 17:31:53: right...i do have a couple more Qs...hang on.
- 17:33:50: One of the working titles of this famous book’s title was pretty similar to what’s jocularly called a national holiday of ...
- 17:33:56: West Bengal and Kerala. Name the book.
- 17:35:12: @sunilification sir, not really..he didnt give a shit about WB and Kerala :)
- 17:36:40: guys... #Hint: Think hammer and sickle and politics in india
- 17:36:56: @siddev18 sir, did i do something wrong? :(
- 17:38:59: OK...since i have two correct answers, i can't give out hints. the Q is closed. :)
- 17:39:51: cracked brilliantly by @lakshashok and @imsabbah
- 17:40:24: of COURSE, one of the working titles of Atlas Shrugged was The Strike!!
- 17:41:31: i have one more Q...but not book related strictly, though the guy who answers wrote a few books..should i ask?
- 17:41:54: more general quiz...and i expect everyone to answer
- 17:42:04: @siddev18 me too :D
- 17:42:58: ok...just for the heck of it...my last Q of the evening
- 17:43:44: I was a chemist by graduation.Made some important discoveries in microbiology and medicine.
- 17:43:52: And yet, am remembered for my contribution to dairies. name me
- 17:45:19: ok...i have three answers...but peepul...only three!!!
- 17:48:17: okay okay...this Q is closed now...was very simple i thought.. Louis Pasteur
- 17:50:03: . @krtgrphr gets it first, followed by @shatadal and @Gunmaster_G_9
- 17:50:41: sorry about the delay in update for this last Q...seesmic froze :|
- 17:52:04: all brickbats to @sandeip pliss and bouquets and bequests to @sidvee :) or @siddev18 or @lavanyam for hosting any further #kweezzz -es :)
- 17:52:52: so, signing out...do any of you want to conduct a @kweezzz , plz contact @sidvee right now :D
- 18:03:47: This is @sunilification Since Harry Brown can only be watched once, who is up for a quick six degrees quiz? Say tera naaam kya hain basanti?
- 18:11:02: slightly complicated but go on answering the questions aand we can work it out.
- 18:11:52: Q1. Famous writer, became blind, loved absinthe.
- 18:14:56: clue 2 - wrote a famous book in three countries.
- 18:17:12: clue 3 was published by a female publisher when most of the world rejected the work
- 18:19:08: three words define the writer silence cunning exile.
- 18:22:35: http://www.kweezzz.com/txt/48
- 18:23:54: finally @sidvee gets it. James Joyce , hold the Answer that's A
- 18:24:31: Q2, One of his Birthdays in 23 august.
- 18:27:04: clue 2 - seevral aliases - marie german gf, one of his nemesis arakdin
- 18:29:07: ok clue 3. not scratch that cracked by 2bongopondit - Jason Bourne. Let bourne be G.
- 18:30:30: Between Joyce and bourne there are 5 answers n each are licked to the previous one.
- 18:31:19: Oops Linked ! So we start with B, explain the relationships as we go along? And it was @bongopondit before.
- 18:31:57: @Gunmaster_G_9 Arakdin was one another asset, Conklin was the boss.
- 18:32:50: B. is a story. Often argued as the best ever in the English language.
- 18:35:34: You have A so you can work on B. B is the last short story written in the book by A. Deals with religion and lost love.
- 18:36:35: Want the name of the short story. Has a great snow allegory.
- 18:38:11: OK @siddev18 gets it. The Dead is the short story. If you haven't read it do, must be available online it's shorter than Cbhagat's books.
- 18:39:31: Ok, C- movie director - a family of oscars, has beautiful daughter who also won Oscar.
- 18:40:54: One winner I'm afraid - start point is Joyce, end is bourne, connect with 5 connects in between. one you know now.
- 18:42:16: back to C. greatest American director, distinction of fighting a war as well as directing during the war. WW2 of course
- 18:44:35: clue 3 was the voiceover for Gandalf for radio adapatations of LOTR in the 70s . Never mind - @siddev18 gets it . C is John Huston.
- 18:47:08: Anyone going for separations - D, E, F. If not start connecting A, B, C at least. A->B is obvious
- 18:50:43: 2. Based on an elusive character. Philosophical, religious subtexts.
- 18:50:55: aside, BTW all the answers are sequential. Dont say it aloud , work it out and crack all together (diff from stage 2)
- 18:52:43: character not human, ...Cracked wowsie ! @shatadal D Moby Dick
- 18:55:09: E. shares his surname with an obscure french film script writer.
- 18:56:25: Some people are trying to complete, go for the obvious association with D
- 18:57:52: Hails from a reputed family in Albany. Associated with Arrowhead.
- 18:59:18: Ok easy peasy lemon - @siddev18 Herman Melville. E, anyone going for F and giving the whole six degrees of separation from Joyce to Bourne?
- 19:02:47: F Vegetarian, suffers Panic disoder, didnt have sex for many years saying it was disgusting. Versatile musician.
- 19:03:32: Ah! Looks like @shatadal had cracked it laready, before the Q. F is Moby.
- 19:04:45: Connect A- G via the b, c, d, e, f !
- 19:08:45: Okay, will give it to @sidvee. Not the best six degrees but still. Answer in next tweet.
- 19:09:44: http://www.kweezzz.com/txt/49 Here. I'm amazed at the response. You guys are bit naughty but wonderful. signing off @sunilification bye.
- 19:32:30: Plenty of quizzes over the weekend. Check http://bit.ly/9ol7wX. Contact @krtgrphr, @pranavbakliwal and @sidvee to host a quiz. Stay sane
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