From Twitter 11-10-2010

• 13:28:16: A0) veena ..marks 5,3,2. all reals now.. Q1)GNB was the first singer to have acqured a BA degree.. what did his father want him to become??
  
• 13:34:02: A1) Lawyer . @nayakgirin-5 @vivekratnam-3 @hamsanandi-1. whatte! @sidvee
  
• 13:36:46: Q2)This prominent vocalist runs a social trust called Samudaya identify her.
  
• 13:39:07: MS is known for her proficiency primarily in Violin(apart from being a vocalist). An artist knows to play many instruments. @krupage
  
• 13:41:55: A2) Sudha ragunathan. pts to @nayakgirin, @krupage, @poeticgooner.
  
• 13:42:54: Q3) Who composed the Mukunda mala?
  
• 13:48:46: A3) Kulasekhara azhwar. first 3- @hamsanandi @krupage @scorpiousmaximus.. all questins to be directed towards @brahminboy
  
• 13:50:25: Q4) After Palghat mani iyer , who was the next mridangam vidwan to be awarded the Sangita kalanidhi?
  
• 13:55:24: A4) TK Murthy indeed. @naresha @swathi2212 and @poeticgooner. Good job.
  
• 13:57:19: Q5) A judge of the supreme court and Sangita kalanidhi. Who??
  
• 14:01:29: A5) TL Venkatarama Iyer . cracked by @solitalks @swathi2212, @kurisad.
  
• 14:01:36: RT @sidvee: @kweezzz Timeline Venkatrama Iyer
  
• 14:04:02: Q6) When a raaga has only 5 notes what is it called..?
  
• 14:09:35: A6)AuDava is the right answer (JackpotKushboo style) cracked by @p6, @complicateur, @hamsanandi.
  
• 14:11:14: Q7) Who portrayed Tyagaraja in the 1940's film version..?
  
• 14:17:59: A7) V Nagaiah. fastest 3 are. @hamsanandi @nayakgirin and @nandini_iyer.. Last 3 questions comin up.
  
• 14:20:15: Q8) The ata tala varnam "Kanakangi" in todi is in praise of which king.?
  
• 14:26:22: Cracked by @hamsanandi, @p6, @adityatbhat.. good job.
  
• 14:28:41: Slightly tricky (I HOpe).. Q9) 'PAPA ' was a nickname. What was his real name..?
  
• 14:34:06: A9) Venkataramaiah. Everyone got it. fastest-. @p6, @hamsanandi , @swathi2212
  
• 14:35:33: RT @nayakgirin: @kweezzz Whoever he was referring to when Bharatiar sang 'Odi vilayadu papa'
  
• 14:35:38: last question.. or i have 4 more.. #youdecide.
  
• 14:38:19: heh . love this one.. Q10) Kundrakkudi Krishnayyar was also referred to.?
  
• 14:40:25: I want the full name please.
  
• 14:46:22: A10) murukku meesai jigibigi ghana naya desiya rettai pallavi krishnayyar!! NO one gets the full name .. pts to @hamsanandi for "meesai"
  
• 14:47:34: also @sruthirk who got it. the entire name. 10 pts.. #Respect.
  
• 14:51:59: Q11) This raaga was considered as the property of Syama sastry. which one.?
  
• 14:59:02: A11) Ananda Bhairavi. - @swathi2212 @krupage, @nandini_iyer.. saveri too was his favorite. but Anandabhairavi was consdrd his property.
  
• 15:00:51: Last question.. Q12) The sangita nataka academy award was formerly known as.?
  
• 15:08:49: A12) The presidents award.
  
• 15:11:39: . calculating scores.. meanwhile throw Musical notes, brickBats, violins and flutes (MALI) @brahminboy. hope u guys enjoyed this kweezzz.
  
• 15:15:42: winners. @hamsanandi with 20 , 2nd place tied with @nayakgirin and @p6. 3rd place to @krupage. great job guys.!
  
• 15:16:53: winners please send me ur addresses so tht i can send u the prizes.. this kweezzz was sponsored by charsur digital workstation.
  
• 15:18:38: The next carnatic kweezz will be held soon.. lots of audio and visuals. thank u for participating.
  
• 15:19:50: Contact @UnnamedEntity, @pranavbakliwal and @sidvee to host a quiz. Check our calendar: http://bit.ly/9ol7wX
  
• 15:20:44: Visit kweezzz.com. And rest well. Rest, as they say, is history.
  
• 15:25:27: Hi this is @ScorpiusMaximus planning an impromptu Quiz in say around 10 min from now, any one Game for it.
  
• 15:25:49: It is going to be a General Quiz, nothing specific.
  
• 15:27:44: Right all, just gimme around 5 min folks to get it going.
  
• 15:38:17: Ok all set to start the Quiz, no points here, but mentions in the order of firing.
  
• 15:39:00: It is going to be an Anything under the Sun kind.
  
• 15:40:59: Q1) http://pastebin.com/PM4tqifq
  
• 15:43:11: Yes "Jai Jagannath" got corrupted to Juggernaut. Came into prominent use during WW2 during Hitler's initial Blitz.
  
• 15:44:43: The first to get it were @nayakgirin, @Pushkarr and @PranavBakliwal.
  
• 15:46:22: q 2) http://pastebin.com/7S9pvN4m
  
• 15:56:49: Closing the Q, it is C3P0 and R2D2 from Star Wars. C3 was the grid location on the map of Lucas hometown where the Post Office was
  
• 15:57:53: R2 D2 was the abbreviated version of Reel 2 and Dialog Track2 which is what the sound editor had asked Lucas during AG.
  
• 15:58:26: The ones who got it were @gauravsabnis, @Pushkarr and @Kenneth.
  
• 15:59:52: Q 3) http://pastebin.com/xdP7fipj
  
• 16:01:00: I am looking here for a very specific answer.
  
• 16:02:56: Hint: This person is not an Indian citizen.
  
• 16:05:00: Got just one correct answer so far.
  
• 16:06:31: This person was very much in the news in 2001, not for very positive reasons though
  
• 16:08:14: Ok only @siddev18 @ameyc, @Deena86 get it rights, its the King of Nepal
  
• 16:09:41: The reason being the Nepal Royal Dynasty, the Shahs, tracing their descent back to Lord Vishnu himself.
  
• 16:10:11: @ameyc, as far as i know, the King though not in power, still has the title, so i guess that should not affect.
  
• 16:11:31: Q 4) An easy one, what was the funda behind the name of Checkpoint Charlie?
  
• 16:14:24: Right on Checkpoint Alpha, Checkpoint Bravo and Checkpoint Charlie, 1st 3 to get it @PranavBakliwal,@nayakgirin and @bongopondit.
  
• 16:17:02: Q 5) Connect The Caine Mutiny, Shabnam, The Great Gatsby. Not an exhaustive list, these are the 3 I could recall.
  
• 16:18:55: Ok apart from the fact that all are movie/book titles, i am looking for one more connect.
  
• 16:21:44: Shbanam was an old Dilip Kumar starrer, so i guess that rules out all Pulitzer/Oscar stuff. The Caine Mutiny should be a big hint.
  
• 16:24:36: Hint: The connect has to do with the character's names in them.
  
• 16:27:14: Slight correction, the character's names in 2 of them, not all 3.
  
• 16:28:15: Well the connect was Name Changes: Maurice Micklewhite took the name of Michael Caine after The Caine Mutinty.
  
• 16:28:45: Hari Kumar Goswami took the name of Manoj Kumar after the name of Dilip's character in Shabnam.
  
• 16:29:23: And Susan Alexandra Weaver took the name of Sigourney Weaver from The Great Gatsby.
  
• 16:32:58: Q 6) Just identify the 2 ladies in the picture. http://yfrog.com/77l1kaj
  
• 16:36:24: Right on this is Helen Keller with her tutor Anne Sullivan, cracked by @Kenneth, @RaisionD and @PradyutRoy
  
• 16:37:14: Q 7
  
• 16:37:50: Q 7) What is the claim to fame of this car. Should be easy. http://yfrog.com/go6gftj
  
• 16:40:54: A car that changed world History, this was the car in which Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were shot dead in Sarajevo
  
• 16:42:14: And the rest as they say is History,. cracked in order by @pradyutroy, @Rahulk18, and @Deena86
  
• 16:43:59: Q 8) http://pastebin.com/pLh691Nn
  
• 16:45:56: I mean on the Pandavas/Krishna side, leaving out Drona.
  
• 16:47:05: Yeah see a lot of Subhadra answers, but the person is male, so that leaves out all of Arjun's wives.
  
• 16:49:10: Well it is Pradyumna, Krishna's son, who did not take part in the battle. Some versions mention Aniruddha too/
  
• 16:50:35: Cracked in order by @piesauce,@deena86, @soiltalks.
  
• 16:51:24: Q 9) Identify the artist here. He was more famous in another field. http://yfrog.com/281piwj
  
• 16:55:48: Yes this is by Samuel Morse, cracked in order by @pradyutroy, @viveknshah, @Kenneth.
  
• 16:57:06: Q 10) The 1974 Bolly movie 36 Ghante starring Sunil Dutt and Raj Kumar is ripped off from which Hollywood movie, starring Bogart.
  
• 17:00:51: Right on this was Ripped Off/Inspired( take ur pick) from The Desperate Hours, cracked by @PranavBakliwal,@bongopondit and @piesauce.
  
• 17:02:07: Q 11) Who was shot dead at this private mansion of his. http://yfrog.com/49bg5oj
  
• 17:06:29: Closing the Q, this is the mansion of Gianni Versace on Miami Beach, where he was shot dead. Cracked by @solitaks,@Kenneth,@piesauce
  
• 17:08:09: Q 12) Identify this writer and educationist http://yfrog.com/76vh4fj
  
• 17:12:57: Closing the Q, the founder of the Benaras Hindu University, Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, in whose tribute u have all those Malviya Nagars
  
• 17:13:44: Cracked in order by @pradyutroy, @sanat_pr and @piesauce.
  
• 17:14:29: Last 2 Q's both visuals again, Q 13) Easy one just name the director http://yfrog.com/givspobj
  
• 17:15:20: One of my favorite directors, and just loved this shot of him, sums up his career.
  
• 17:18:23: Closing the Q, this is Terry Gilliam, the photograph quite typical of his nature. Cracked in order by @nayakgirin,@Din35h and @Rahulk18
  
• 17:19:41: The last Q here, this movie here was referenced in a popular English movie of the 00's. Which one http://yfrog.com/jjt06j
  
• 17:20:02: Just give me the name of the English movie in which it was referenced.
  
• 17:26:15: Closing the Q, the movie shown is the HK cult classic, 5 Deadly Venoms, and the reference was in Kill Bill.
  
• 17:27:23: Basically the Deadly Vipers Assasination Squad funda in Kill Bill was referenced from here, cracked by @pradyutroy,@gauravsabnis,@gopidoo
  
• 17:28:19: So that closes the Quiz, send all your taalis, seetis and gaalis to @ScorpiusMaximus.
  
• 17:29:27: And my Quiz on Hill Stations in India, is up tomorrow at 11 PM IST, so pls do join in and RT, @ScorpiusMaximus.
  
• 22:40:14: CHAMPIONSHIP: @adityamorarka leads w/ 130 pts, followed by @unnamedentity (80) & @gauravsabnis (60). Leaderboard Top 10 http://bit.ly/91DyWT
  
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