From Twitter 11-08-2010

• 15:12:38: Q16. Penultimate question - http://yfrog.com/531014jj
  
• 15:16:02: A16. Pom/Pommie, from Pommy Grunt (pomegranate) which now refers to someone from England, of course. And also Pommie Mbangwa.
  
• 15:16:37: Apologies, points for A15: @gauravsabnis, @kcgadiyar and @bcl400.
  
• 15:17:04: And points for A16: @bcl400, @UnnamedEntity and @sultanofsimile. Last question coming up... nice and easy one.
  
• 15:17:34: Q17. http://yfrog.com/5t1017zj
  
• 15:21:21: A17. Meme. Well done @bongopondit, @kcgadiyar and @MI5HRA.
  
• 15:21:52: Score in a minute, thanks all for playing! Brutally honest feedback to @PranavBakliwal please.
  
• 15:23:26: Honorable mention for @gauravsabnis, who narrowly misses out on 3rd place - 13 points.
  
• 15:24:21: There's a tie for 3rd, with @SchizoidPrime and @bcl400 on 14 points. In 2nd place with 16 and some awesome answers - @kcgadiyar.
  
• 15:24:50: But the winner with 19 points is resident pwnz0r @UnnamedEntity. *claps*
  
• 15:25:51: Final scores here: http://yfrog.com/eh109bdj
  
• 15:27:11: As usual, contact @sidvee, @PranavBakliwal or @UnnamedEntity to host a quiz. Calendar is here: http://bit.ly/9OX6uT .
  
• 15:28:07: And don't forget to visit the ever-improving www.kweezzz.com, most of the awesome quizzes are already on there in play-along format.
  
• 15:33:46: hi people... here you have @sandeip seeking feedback for what might be a full #kweezzz later on...an etymology of literary genres quiz :D
  
• 15:34:51: if anyone is around and willing to participate, plz blame @pranavbakliwal for inspiring the idea
  
• 15:35:18: and i have hardly 3-4 Qs..right now #shortquiz #apologies #testingwaters
  
• 15:37:29: anyone around?warmup Q to test idea:This genre is now commonly associated with people of a particular nationality.Afterall, they started it.
  
• 15:39:18: this is *not for points* and i will be using seesmic for mentions
  
• 15:40:02: PS: CHAMPIONSHIP Update: @adityamorarka leads w/ 100 pts, followed by @unnamedentity (80) & @krupage (40). Top 10 http://bit.ly/91DyWT
  
• 15:40:26: i realize that warmup koschin might be a bit ambiguous...giveaway hint...happy endings is not it.
  
• 15:43:35: apologies...seesmic died..tragedy...greek tragedy is the answer
  
• 15:44:12: . @vivekratnam , @kcgadiyar and @gauravsabnis got it first
  
• 15:44:44: Q1. http://pastebin.com/4Qpr0Aj6
  
• 15:47:23: its not pulp, its not horror. guys think something even more popular.
  
• 15:48:51: i have some answers. i thought the spoiler alert hint was a dead giveaway
  
• 15:50:44: ok...giving away answer...whodunit @pranavbakliwal gets it first, followed by @gauravsabnis http://pastebin.com/0tZWVnuY
  
• 15:51:08: detective fiction was too generic an answer
  
• 15:51:50: Q2. http://pastebin.com/UQj5eFzq
  
• 15:54:06: penny dreadful is a very good guess, but that is not what i am looking for
  
• 15:55:44: i have the requisite three answers, but wouldn't you guys like to try? some of you are pretty close.
  
• 15:57:17: dime novels it is...cracked first by @Mi5hra @nayakgirin and @bongopondit http://pastebin.com/tsyZw2bw
  
• 15:58:01: this is too easy perhaps http://pastebin.com/uixryPnd
  
• 15:59:49: whoa!! too easy!! chich lit it is @kcgadiyar gets it first, followed by @vivekratnam and @shreyasgopinath
  
• 16:00:45: Ok..another easy one coming up, and my last for this evening... http://pastebin.com/AXpLhbnP
  
• 16:02:16: @MI5HRA sir, just testing the waters, besides, some Qs proved too tough.
  
• 16:03:32: guys...politics..propaganda...philosophy...are not literary genres per se...when i say WW-II, i speak of a very big book.
  
• 16:04:09: i can't really give a hint clearer than this one.
  
• 16:04:42: no correct answers so far.
  
• 16:06:47: OK...if it is any help...the marcus aurelius work is only retrospectively tied to this genre. the work was called To Myself #giveawayhint
  
• 16:07:26: some of you are tantalizingly close
  
• 16:08:38: tcha...the genre i was referring to is Diaries/Journals ...a well accepted literary form http://pastebin.com/Gy6Vksyk
  
• 16:09:05: no correct answers...too cryptic to google?
  
• 16:09:57: and guys... autobiographies totally different from diaries.
  
• 16:11:51: hanks for being there...this was just a trialfor a genre quiz i wanted to conduct...wanted to see if there were takers...worth it? you say.
  
• 16:12:58: @MI5HRA yes sir, it was close to marcus, but not the genre. :D
  
• 16:13:41: #justsaying Notes to myself was close to marcus aurelius' work...but did not really mean diaries.
  
• 16:15:03: ok, people...thanks for the feedback. will comeback soon with the full-fledged quiz :D till then, this is @sandeip signing off
  
• 16:18:18: Yello phoks. @gauravsabnis here for a quiz and easy Visual quiz. Say aye if you're up for it. Will be fairly quick. <60 mins
  
• 16:20:45: It's a quiz entirely made up of images I saved because I thought them interesting and quizworthy. But were too sittery to ask.
  
• 16:22:16: But putting them all together makes a pretty decent quiz. A bit fastest-finger-first but whatisthere. 10 questions. All single images.
  
• 16:23:40: Since they are so very easy and FFF, am experimenting with a new scoring style. First 5 responses each get 1 point.
  
• 16:24:57: Q1. An amateur artist's sketch of which superhero? http://plixi.com/p/55783810
  
• 16:28:53: Hmm, this one was evidently not a sitter. Only a couple of answers so far. I may have vastly overestimated the popularity of a TV show.
  
• 16:31:32: A1. Mysterion from South Park http://southpark.wikia.com/wiki/Mysterion Points only to @pradyutroy @aamodbaijal @MI5HRA
  
• 16:32:03: Remember folks. I am experimenting with a "socialist" scoring style if you will. 1 point each to first 5 correct responses.
  
• 16:33:26: Q2. I want the full name (4 words) of the comic this is from. http://plixi.com/p/55784806
  
• 16:37:24: A2. Inception: The Cobol Job. The prequel comic to the movie. Pts to @sumitpurohit @MI5HRA @uglybutbearable @anveshprasad @anirudhshastry
  
• 16:38:39: Q3. Picture from a Halloween party where he caused maajor outrage. Identify him AND what his "costume" is. http://plixi.com/p/55785358
  
• 16:43:58: A3. Bill Maher as dead Steve "Croc Hunter" Irwin. That's the sting ray in his chest. Maher dressed like that just a month after Irwin died..
  
• 16:44:26: sparking outrage, but Maher was unapologetic saying Irwin built his career on tormenting animals so got what was coming to him.
  
• 16:45:13: 1 point each to @pradyutroy @lordfuqua @crownish @MI5HRA @adityatbhat
  
• 16:47:05: Q4. This pic, rather 1 of the objects in it fueled a very silly story on right wing blogs in 2008. What story? http://plixi.com/p/55786261
  
• 16:47:54: Clue - On US right wing blogs, it was a negative story. The Indian press and public however looked at it a little too positively.
  
• 16:49:30: A4. That's a TIME pic of what lucky charms Obama carries in his pocket. That tiny Hanuman made right wingers accuse Obama of being a.....
  
• 16:50:16: ...secret Hindu. Indian media anointed him a Hanuman bhakt and some enthu Congress leader gifted him a 3 foot gold statue of Hanuman.
  
• 16:50:58: Points to @pradyutroy @lordfuqua @MI5HRA @rahulk18 @sportsnoir
  
• 16:52:05: Q5. Simply identify the film http://plixi.com/p/55786902
  
• 16:53:45: Mwahahahaha. Getting a lot of Addams Family answers. Wrong!
  
• 16:55:00: Clue - A highly acclaimed black and white film was made in the 90s about the "legendary" director of this film.
  
• 16:56:26: A5. Plan 9 From Outer Space, once voted worst movie ever made. Directed by Ed Wood, subject of the Tim Burton film starring Johnny Depp.
  
• 16:57:08: Points to @pradyutroy @sportsnoir @MI5HRA @adityatbhat @lordfuqua
  
• 17:00:33: Q6. Which short story is this illustration based on? http://plixi.com/p/55787581
  
• 17:01:44: Umm, I want the specific name of the short story, not the generic series name that some of you are giving me.
  
• 17:02:50: Malgudi Days is not specific enough. Swami and Friends is just plain wrong.
  
• 17:05:52: A6. Lawley Road. Hilarious story. The statue is of Frederick Lawley which is first demolished in a burst of nationalism. Then it turns out..
  
• 17:06:37: Lawley was a kind man who championed Indian independence, so the statue is re-built elsewhere. On of RKN's best IMHO.
  
• 17:07:15: Stinging satire of the renaming hobby of Indian politicians.
  
• 17:08:17: Points to @bongopondit (got it very early) @hypnosh @shriniwask @shreyasgopinath @lordfuqua
  
• 17:11:04: Q7. A cartoon lampooning what? http://plixi.com/p/55788901
  
• 17:13:37: Evolution is not the answer, although it's related.
  
• 17:15:42: A7. the Scopes Monkey Trial about teaching evolution in school. Pts to @pradyutroy @MI5HRA @shreyasgopinath @adityatbhat @kcgadiyar
  
• 17:17:10: Q8. Name the guy on the right. Clue - you know his son better, and they look very similar. http://plixi.com/p/55789732
  
• 17:17:57: When I say right, I mean camera right of course. Don't flood me with "Ronald Reagan" answers.
  
• 17:19:47: Admittedly, a selective sitter. As in, sitter only for those in the US and who follow US politics.
  
• 17:21:17: Who the fuck is George Reagan??? Got 2 answers saying that.
  
• 17:24:04: A8. George Romney, father of Mitt Romney (don't they look almost EXACTLY alike?). Pts to @lordfuqua @MI5HRA @achals
  
• 17:27:05: Sorry to be a n00b but this tineyeing thing identifies the pictures????
  
• 17:28:36: Q9. Penultimate question. Identify both these gents http://plixi.com/p/55790981
  
• 17:29:20: Does tineye work even if I have altered, edited or cropped the pic? Or does it have to be exactly the way it was online?
  
• 17:33:26: A9. Pres. Gerald Ford and Chevy Chase whose SNL impressions of Ford were #EPICWIN. @lordfuqua @MI5HRA @achals @maxdavinci
  
• 17:34:14: Q10. Final question. Identify http://plixi.com/p/55791755
  
• 17:34:58: Points also to @gopidoo who snuck in the answer just in time
  
• 17:37:24: A10. Indeed, a young Sarah Palin during a short TV anchor gig. pts to @rvalluri @pradyutroy @lordfuqua @MI5HRA @achals
  
• 17:37:43: That concludes the hattrick of American politics questions and the quiz.
  
• 17:39:07: Winner is @MI5HRA with 9 out of a possible 10 pts. @lordfuqua 2nd with 7 and @pradyutroy 3rd with 6. (cc: mihirfadnavis )
  
• 17:40:05: OK. You're still 3rd though. :P RT @pradyutroy @kweezzz She was Sarah Heath back then.
  
• 17:40:36: Contact the intrepid @sidvee if you want to conduct a quiz here.
  
• 17:41:25: That's all for the day/night. Send your praise to @gauravsabnis and criticism to... let's see.... the effervescent @cgawker.
  
• 17:42:38: Ah, a note on the "socialist scoring" experiment. I didn't like it. Very inefficient. Won't be doing it again.
  

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