- 11:51:53: Right, I believe everyone loves Lamborghini here - a flood of right answers coming in all at the same time. Phew!
- 11:53:32: A2. Countach, the Lamborghini is the right answer. @i_r_squared gets it 1st again, @sriharsha87 2nd and @vinodh_v completes the podium here.
- 11:54:48: Right, Q3 coming up.
- 11:56:44: Q3. http://www.kweezzz.com/txt/52
- 11:59:44: I have one right answer already, the man is off to a flier as though he were on Nitrous! :P
- 12:02:32: Closing Q3 now, scientists and mathematicians across Europe are being covered in the answers...
- 12:03:10: A3. Daniel Bernoulli. The faster air flows, the lower it's pressure. The smaller the gap, faster the air has to flow to squeeze through it.
- 12:05:02: .@i_r_squared takes chequered flag once again- 5pts, @oldmonkmgm - 3pts; @techrsr - 1pt for Q3.
- 12:07:33: Q4. Identify - http://yfrog.com/4o9ffpj
- 12:09:34: Super, I have one right answer already.
- 12:12:43: Two correct answers, will close Q4 the moment I have one more.
- 12:13:36: Right, closing Q4. Answer - Porsche 597 or the Jagdwagen
- 12:14:30: so, @sriharsha87 gets 5pts; @vinodh_v gets 3 and @techrsr gets 1.
- 12:16:02: Q5. Connect - http://yfrog.com/5msfuwj
- 12:17:27: @techrsr @i_r_squared - right, thanks guys
- 12:20:05: A good number of answers have come in, a few comical ones, but none right. Will wait for another 3 mins before closing Q5.
- 12:22:39: Right, no correct answers so far, I don't think it's gonna come. Closing Q5.
- 12:22:54: A5. Daniel Gurney - former Formula1 & Le Mans driver invented that flap on the spoiler to increase downforce minus a big increase in drag..
- 12:23:28: A5. It was also Daniel Gurney who first sprayed Champagne after winning a race, rather than drink it.
- 12:24:30: Q6.Compared to Formula1, what is unique to the refuelling pit stop at the Le Man24 hours?
- 12:27:37: Closing Q6. I have 3 answers. @techrsr - 5pts; @sriharsha87 - 3pts; @vamc_c - 1pt. A6. The engines have to be turned off while refuelling.
- 12:28:54: Q7. http://www.kweezzz.com/txt/53
- 12:30:40: Great going, I have one correct answer already!
- 12:34:47: Closing Q7. @i_r_Squared -5pts; @shre_s - 3pts; @vamc_c - 1 pt. A7. To raise the height so the driving parent can see/reach the kid.
- 12:36:09: Right, it's the last 3 questions. So a quick look at the scores now. @i_r_squared racing away at 20pts; @sriharsha87 at 11 & @techrsr at 10
- 12:36:47: Q8. Connect - "the loudest noise at 60mph is that of the clock ticking" & a price tag of 50,000 Euros apprx.
- 12:39:29: Many answers, all identical. Please look at that price tag again.
- 12:41:48: No correct answers so far, though nearly all the answers get one part of it right but haven't made the connect. Closing Q8 in 90secs.
- 12:43:32: Ok, closing Q8. Answer - Mitsuoka Galue - styled to be a cheaper Rolls; resembles one surely but can't go like one for 50,000 Euros!
- 12:43:56: Nobody gets Q8.
- 12:44:49: Identify - http://yfrog.com/5ld8qdj
- 12:45:08: Sorry, the last tweet was Q9.
- 12:46:35: One correct answer so far. Auto-manufacturer name insufficient, will need the model name as well.
- 12:47:45: Closing Q9. Answer - Mazda Furai. @sriharsha87 - 5pts; @i_r_squared - 3pts; @techrsr - 1pt
- 12:48:33: Right, the last question coming up.
- 12:49:12: Q10. If, in India, you are being driven around on wheels powered by a 7.0litre 213bhp Straight-6 engine, what would you be sitting inside?
- 12:51:41: One correct answer. Fancy answer there guessing Nano which has a tenth of the engine in the question.
- 12:52:02: One more correct answer and I will close Q10.
- 12:54:23: Closing Q10. Answer - the Volvo bus that operates in major Indian cities. The Volvo 8400, to be precise.
- 12:55:42: Q10. @unnamedentity - 5 pts, @techrsr - 3; @yogeshgk - 1 pt.
- 12:57:05: I believe there was a mistake in points for Q6, @sriharsha87 had got it before @techrsr, Seesmic here hadn't updated..apologies, willcorrect
- 12:59:40: Right, I have the final podium finishers - @i_r_squared wins with 23pts; @sriharsha87 second with 18pts & @techrsr third with 12pts.
- 13:01:23: So, that was my first kweezzz, many thanks @sidvee. Thanks y'all. This is @varunshridhar signing off, will be back with more Automotive qs
- 13:06:49: 2300 hours IST be asking questions @anannyadeb shall. With you may the Force be.
- 13:25:05: 7 mins by the computer clock on my laptop. Loosener question: http://bit.ly/ctnP6M
- 13:33:19: 6 replies to the loosener question off which 3 were correct. The answer is not Carl Hooper or Maharaja Ranji
- 13:34:08: Ok, time to start the quiz. So let's do a quick introduction
- 13:35:01: 15 questions on general stuff (mostly what we bongs call kaalchaar). a slight skew to history and literature and music maybe
- 13:36:00: Points system - 2 points for everyone who answers correctly WITHIN 2 MINUTES of the question being posted. +3 bonus for the first 3
- 13:37:16: And the golden rule of all quizzing - The quiz master's decision is final
- 13:38:13: Qn 1 will online in 90 seconds. Answer to the loosener qn BTW is Duleepsinhji
- 13:41:39: Question 1: Read the question here http://bit.ly/cR5Buk Answer is a specific event involving specific persons doing specific things.
- 13:42:34: @shatadal Shall adjust the cutoff as we get along with the quiz
- 13:45:23: 5 replies so far, only 2 have it. Since it is the opener question, another couple of minutes available
- 13:49:24: Qn 1 closed. 7 ppl got it right with @sunilification and @ sportsnoir and @bijli the first three. Flags raised on Everest by HIllary-Norgay
- 13:51:03: Next question read here: http://bit.ly/bKC0oI I want the name of the Beatles song. Only 2 minutes available here.
- 13:54:08: 4 correct answers have whizzed up immediately.
- 13:56:03: Question closed. Answer is Norwegian Wood with @thedilettante almost instantaneously tweeting the reply.
- 13:57:50: Qn 3: During Live Aid, Phil Collins after performing in Wembley took a Concorde to Philadelphia to play drums for which reunited band?
- 14:01:12: To track scores, here's the spreadsheet http://bit.ly/96nYqt
- 14:03:43: four correct answers with @thedilettante first on the block again. Phil played drums for Robert Plant and Jimmy Page i.e. Led Zeppelin
- 14:05:12: Started during WW2, what was the primary purpose of painting white lines (lane markers) on roads in England? (Don't want PHD thesis here)
- 14:08:49: general advice to all those answering q4 - why would you make it easy for enemy bombers to land on your roads?
- 14:09:31: remember Germany was virtually invading England in WW2
- 14:14:14: Okay question closed. 6 people out of a million got the right keywords I was looking for. Black out. dark roads, easy to see / navigate
- 14:15:09: Back in 90 seconds.
- 14:21:12: Kipling's poem "The Explorer" with the words "behind the ranges" inspired which famous 20th century exploration? http://yfrog.com/n6jxdp
- 14:22:12: That was question 5 in case you are wondering
- 14:30:43: Whoever answered Incas, Machu Picchu, Hiram Bingham gets points. Actually 6 answered correctly within the timeline of 2 minutes
- 14:32:42: Question 6: Fill in the blanks http://bit.ly/cu7SwZ
- 14:36:02: After 5 questions, @pradyutroy on 17, @rahulk18 on 14 and @thedilettante on 12 are in the leading positions
- 14:39:09: Right, that easy one was to see how many still awake
- 14:40:13: @nikhilsoneja yes you have.
- 14:42:10: Q 7: What made the Archaean Closepet Granite, a geologically significant stretch of rock, a tourist attraction for the Indian film watcher
- 14:42:26: another easy one
- 14:46:50: only 4 could get it within 2 minutes!!
- 14:48:03: Closepet is a town named after Sir Barry Close. It is now called Ramanagram, It is between Bangalore and Mysore. Rest we all know
- 14:49:04: for the record @thedilettante, @vivekratnam, @adityadesai @Rahulk18 were the fab four for question 7
- 14:52:20: Q8: If Allan Border & Sunil Gavaskar : Ind v Aus, then this cricketer http://yfrog.com/5l2umhij : ?
- 14:56:25: @shatadal true. it's all an illusion
- 14:59:54: No points for answering Basil D'Oliviera. See the question, I wanted the two countries involved which is England and South Africa
- 15:00:13: 6 have given full correct answers
- 15:03:20: Next question from Hindi-English literature. I want Hindi writer and the title http://www.kweezzz.com/txt/58
- 15:06:07: No part points
- 15:08:09: To repeat keywords from the question - Hindi writer and English translation of his autobiography
- 15:09:44: Well nobody got it within 2 minutes. So that's a pass for all. Harivanshrai Bachchan and In the Afternoon of Time
- 15:10:31: Q10. History - What came to an end with the defeat of Takamori Saigo and his 40 warriors at the Battle of Shiroyama in 1877?
- 15:11:09: Re Q9 people, Madhushala is a poem by Bachchan, not his autobiography
- 15:17:35: Ok ok so we all have seen The Last Samurai. Though those who wrote Satsuma Rebellion are either erudite or Googletards
- 15:18:22: Ok 10 questions up, I had planned 15 but NED strikes. So last two questions coming up
- 15:20:35: Which composition, premiered at Frankfurt Opera in 1937, is based on this manuscript of 12th-13th century lyrics? http://yfrog.com/bcdwzj
- 15:24:29: @nikhilsoneja on 32 @thedilettante on 21 and @rahulk18 + @sriharsha87 on 20 are in pole position after 10 questions and 2 to go
- 15:27:03: Carmina Burana. The Wheel Of Fortune on the cover is a give away.
- 15:27:15: Last question coming up
- 15:28:55: In Tennyson's Lady of Shalot, what is the next line after : Out flew the web and floated wide, __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (7 words) clue: Raakhee
- 15:33:36: hold on while I update the scores
- 15:38:06: So we have @nikhilsoneja on 36, @sriharsha87 on 30, @thedilettante on 28, @Rahulk18 + @Pradyutroy on 27. Great show
- 15:39:40: Here's the link for the scores http://bit.ly/96nYqt Good night, shabbakhair, etc etc
- 15:47:37: Easy quiz first time up by @anannyadeb Next time will go into fundas et al
- 15:52:11: Doing some shameless self-promotion. If you are interested in some of my past quizzes, check out http://www.slideshare.net/anannya.deb
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