Saturday, November 27, 2010

From Twitter 11-26-2010



  • 12:34:30: The winner is @gunmaster_g_9 followed by @adityamorarka and @abhishekupadhya! Congratulations to all the winners!
  • 12:35:13: it has been a pleasure hosting a kweezzz for this audience. Thank you, and this is your quiz master @ashvala signing off.
  • 13:27:10: My name means "special little".
  • 13:27:47: I am a poet and an arsenal fan. And probably the only Unni who isn't a mallu. Guess who?
  • 13:30:24: I'm vishesh..aka. @poeticgooner :D with the guess who kweezzz...10 questions...4-5 clues each...
  • 13:31:22: clues will be given every 90-120 secs. need three correct answers. If you solve it with the first clue(and r first) you get a bonus
  • 13:31:50: and I may stop the clues if I get three answers(depends on the time).
  • 13:32:07: @AdityaMorarka hoping to close by 12:15
  • 13:32:54: so any doubts? will start in 3 minutes.
  • 13:35:38: k first an example-Q0) clue1) My name means " flight of death" in french.
  • 13:37:09: I probably caught your imagination in the books then the movies came out. They made me look like a noseless white coconut.
  • 13:37:58: alright, @gunmaster_G_9 and @lavsmohan got it.
  • 13:38:37: ha yes, the points...usual 5,3,1. Bonus for the first person , if you get it with the first clue.
  • 13:39:43: Q1). clue1) I was no *fan* of Edison.
  • 13:40:09: @Gunmaster_G_9 that was a trail...
  • 13:40:32: @nayakgirin example mate..example...
  • 13:41:36: nope, not tesla.
  • 13:41:48: I helped the singer, fine tune the motor. And this gave me an idea!
  • 13:41:59: clue 2) I helped the singer, fine tune the motor. And this gave me an idea!
  • 13:45:34: clue3) http://yfrog.com/mnkrxj
  • 13:47:15: clue 4) http://yfrog.com/jjf880j
  • 13:47:31: k twitter search is sloooowww...a couple of correct answers...
  • 13:49:56: alright. @harishvsays -5, @AdityaMorarka -3 and @yesjaypee -1 ..ans:- philip deihl
  • 13:50:17: God the answers are coming in really slowly..so bear with me guys..
  • 13:51:30: easy one next... q2) clue1) http://yfrog.com/5leypxj
  • 13:51:53: i already am using twitter search. it is still slow.
  • 13:53:47: q2) clue 2) I quit college and decided to work on an offshore oil rig.
  • 13:56:11: yes it is linklater... :) @the_filmguy - 5+1 , @mostlyharmless - 3 and @adityamorarka 1
  • 13:56:40: right ....on to q3) clue1) i was one of the 'cubs' under the 'beast'
  • 13:58:34: na..no right ans..clue2) http://soundcloud.com/visheshunni/kweezzz1
  • 13:59:46: sry..try this link - http://soundcloud.com/visheshunni/kweezzz1/s-ppC54
  • 14:02:10: clue3) I married my cousin.
  • 14:02:57: hmm.....clue4) the beast is a certain Zverev
  • 14:03:43: still no correct answers....
  • 14:05:10: I became depressed and had to be taken to a shrink. The shrink was also an ametuer mucisian. a certain
    Dahl
  • 14:06:56: Sergei Rachmaninoff it is...@gunmaster_G_9 5 , @adityabhat 3 and @hnijanthan 1
  • 14:08:09: ops sry @adityamorarka got it second. spelling errors allowed9at least for such Qs)
  • 14:09:08: Q4) clue1)
    I am an IAS and was also the Secretary in the Fin. Dept, before my current job.
  • 14:10:35: clue2) I'm the one who is responsible for telling you about the 2G scam.
  • 14:11:45: clue3) The institution I head is over 150 years old.
  • 14:13:12: and if you still didn't get it... last clue http://yfrog.com/0iopn0j
  • 14:15:46: closing...Vinod rai..the current C&AG . @navinpai - 5
  • 14:16:15: can't believe it @adityamorarka didn't get an answer...can this be?
  • 14:16:56: all right...another easy coming your way...q5) clue1) I'm the man of thousand voices.
  • 14:17:20: nope..if you said C&AG no points..this is a guess who remember.
  • 14:17:59: clue2) My grave site marker reads- 'That's all Folks"
  • 14:20:45: mel Blanc it is...@Gunmaster_G_9 - 5 @Mistcrafter - 3, @the_filmguy - 1
  • 14:21:23: I was Francsian monk, a philospher and a mathematican during the Renaissance.
    What I wrote revolutionized economics and business.
  • 14:21:34: that's q6) clue 1)
  • 14:23:16: clue2) One of my pupils/student was Da Vinci
  • 14:24:34: My discovery(if you want to call it that) was also called as "Venetian method"
  • 14:26:41: hahaha...@adityatbhat got it.. 6, @nayakgirin 3 and @krupage 1
  • 14:27:03: the answer is Luca Pacioli the guy who wrote about double accounts
  • 14:28:19: q7) clue1) http://yfrog.com/5c6ry0j
  • 14:29:38: clue2) I also helped in building the thirumala-thirupathi road.
  • 14:31:21: clue3) Am a knight and was also given the barath ratna
  • 14:33:00: yes..it is Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya ..@Gunmaster_G_9 6 , @adityatbhat 3 and @adityamorarka 1
  • 14:33:35: ooh! and @gunmaster_G_9 is leading.
  • 14:34:45: q8) clue1) http://soundcloud.com/visheshunni/kweezzz2
  • 14:37:38: clue2) http://yfrog.com/9e1lttj
  • 14:39:55: clue3) I was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
  • 14:41:27: last clue...My first concert in the US was at carnnegie hall in 1917.
  • 14:44:24: Jasha Heifetz - one of the best violinists ever. @gunmaster_G_9 5 , @adityamorarka 3 and @hnijanthan 1
  • 14:44:40: two more to go..the next one is a very very easy one. on your keyboards.
  • 14:45:05: I was the cofounder of a website, which among other things sold erotica photography.
  • 14:45:18: that's clue 1 ...q8)
  • 14:48:14: Jimmy wales :P @adityamorarka 6 , @gunmaster_G_9 3 and @hnijanthan 1
  • 14:48:35: last question coming up...right, slightly tough.
  • 14:49:14: q10) clue1) http://yfrog.com/3oyg60j
  • 14:51:17: i told it isn't that easy(and i donno much abt movies anyway) clue2) i didn't play for my home country, but was its first coach.
  • 14:52:51: clue3) I am an African , born in "The Western Kingdom"
  • 14:53:43: No football fans around? no correct answer yet.
  • 14:54:23: pele once said, "If I was the king, he was God".
  • 14:56:11: wow! nice @nayakgirin gets it..Larbi ben barek- the first footballer to be called the black pearl. @adityamorarka 3 and @raisonD 1
  • 14:56:42: *phew hope you guys had fun! went with a few easy ones..
  • 14:56:52: So what do you think? Do you like this format?
  • 14:58:28: four questions were cracked with the first clue..not bad..
  • 14:59:41: and the winner is...@Gunmaster_G_9 with 24, @@adityamorarka 20 and @adityatbhat 10 .
  • 15:00:22: So that's all folks...love, hate and fraaannndsheeeppp to @poeticgooner
  • 15:00:48: and if you want to host a kweezzz ..contact @sidvee ...
  • 15:33:20: Hi, this is @nayakgirin with a short impromptu Asterix quiz for no points. Hosting mainly because some drunks want to play
  • 15:34:59: I'm making up questions on the fly, so please excuse if they're too simple or dumb. Also, will stop when I run out of questions
  • 15:36:17: Q1. What is Orthopedix's wife's name?
  • 15:39:04: Ok. Closing @Kenneth, @siddev18 and @gunmaster_g_9 in that order get it.
  • 15:39:44: A1. Angina. Influenza or Zaza was their daughter. Next question coming up.
  • 15:42:26: Q2. Name the Corsican clan whose chief who married into a Calendonian clan.
  • 15:47:33: Closing it. Its Macaronix. Only @gunmaster_g_9 gets it. @sidvee can ask him for points if he's willing to share
  • 15:49:16: Q3. Name two famous American companies which have been featured as characters in Asterix comics
  • 15:54:11: Closing. General Electric & Generalmotus . @shatadal & @sidvee got GE, but wrong spelling. Electric was a Goth. Name ends in 'ic'
  • 15:56:59: Q3. Interesting Kostin. Connect "Castor Acer aren't you?" (Roman legionary says it in Normans) and Demi Moore's Striptease (movie) .
  • 16:01:05: Closing. Everyone is drunk. Connect is 'Eager Beaver". Castor acer means Eager Beaver,Moore's character plays a stripper in the Eager Beaver
  • 16:02:29: Q5. Ok simple, Whose boat do Asterix & Obelix hire when they want to go to Spain?
  • 16:07:48: Closing. Unhygienix who wants menhirs in return to develop some ancestral property. @gunmaster_g_9 @sidvee and @sandeip get it.
  • 16:09:56: Ok @sandiep doesn't get it. The fact that Unhygienix's property was located on Salisbury plain might offer a solution to archaeologists
  • 16:14:02: Q6. After Metatarsus buys Asterix & Obelix from the House of Typhus, he calls out 'Fibula,, Tibia, Nitwit!' What is 'Nitwit's' real name?
  • 16:15:47: Cancelling this question. Major boo boo. I gave out the answer. Its Metatarsus. And Humerus says "Fibula, Tibia, Nitwit'
  • 16:16:39: Though, @shatadal got the correct answer.
  • 16:17:53: One last question which might be googleable. Name Obelix's dad.
  • 16:21:35: Closing. Its Obeliscoidix. @kurisad and @siddev get it. Was googleable. Toutatis was a God.
  • 16:22:29: Right, thats it from me, @nayakgirin for now, mainly because there's nobody around. Will set a proper one soon. Ciao.


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