From Twitter 01-26-2011

• 00:56:39: To host a quiz, all you need to do is contact @sidvee, @UnnamedEntity and @mihirfadnavis. You can also check out http://bit.ly/djN3pA
  
• 09:33:13: Great news! @TEDxSSN is going to be hosting an 'Ideas for India' quiz at 9PM on Sat. Winners get passes for the Tedx Conference in Chennai
  
• 09:33:59: The top 3 winners of the @TEDxSSN quiz will get a couple of passes each for the TEDx Conference in Chennai on Feb 9th
  
• 13:24:08: Hi all this is your QM @ScorpiusMaximus hosting the Republic Day special Quiz on the Indian Army
  
• 13:26:05: All this who are in for the Quiz, mark your attendance with "Jai Hind"
  
• 13:33:13: Ok a loosener Question just to check attendance, who is the only Indian officer to be appointed as Field Marshal post independence, no pts.
  
• 13:35:39: Right its Gen. Sam Manekshaw
  
• 13:36:36: Ok sorry actually was a mistake in Q, both Cariappa and Sam Manekshaw are the right answers here.
  
• 13:37:21: Ok and that brings us to the actual Quiz here, points are 6,5 and 4 in order of replying, 10 Questions in all, QM decision is final.
  
• 13:39:04: Q 1) Just connect the images here. http://ow.ly/i/7yHb
  
• 13:41:47: No correct answers so far, basically it connects to an institution so work it out.
  
• 13:45:59: Ok closing the Q, basically the 4 Battalions in Indian Military Academy are named after them, Manekshaw, Thimayya, Cariappa, Bhagat.
  
• 13:47:23: Sorry but buildings in IMA dont get pts, was looking for IMA Batallions, and pts here to @desolatecranium-6 and @balajeege-5.
  
• 13:50:10: Q 2) http://pastebin.com/ezbJ9XvB
  
• 13:53:06: Got only 1 right answer, some of the guesses are way too obvious but not right.
  
• 13:55:29: Got a lot of obvious Punjab, Sikh guesses but the regiment is the Jammu &Kashmir Rifles.
  
• 13:56:24: This was the regiment that had 2 PVC winners during Kargil, Vikram Batra and Sanjay Kumar.
  
• 13:57:17: Points here to @srikantanr-6, @sentprab-5 and @AnirbanBasu-4.
  
• 13:59:34: Q 3) http://pastebin.com/t4vUrDYN
  
• 14:03:07: Right this is the Battle of Asal Uttar, regarded as the largest tank battle in the world post WW2, and a decisive blow to Pakistan.
  
• 14:03:52: Points here to @prayass-6, @srikantanr-5 and @8bitregister-4.
  
• 14:05:08: q 4) Identify the statue of this Param Vir Chakra winner, after whom the square is also named http://ow.ly/i/7yJl
  
• 14:09:34: Closing it, this is the Albert Ekka Square in Ranchi, named after the PVC winner who hailed from a tribal village in J'Kand.
  
• 14:11:19: Points here to @srikantanr-6, @aniyst-5 and @desolatecranium-4.
  
• 14:12:10: Q 5) http://pastebin.com/eaez1BFB
  
• 14:15:25: Right on this is the KUMAON REGIMENT, one of the most decorated regiments in the Indian Army,.
  
• 14:16:23: And points here going to @anilyst-6, @8bitregister-5 and @nikhiljaitly-4.
  
• 14:17:33: Q 6) Identify the building in the background(not the pillar), need a very specific answer here. http://ow.ly/i/7yKp
  
• 14:21:39: Right this is the SUDAN BLOCK, the main Admin building in the NDA, sorry but just NDA does not get pts here.
  
• 14:22:49: And points here going to @desolatecranium-6, @akshatn-5 and @Crownish-4.
  
• 14:23:59: Q 7) What connects the images here http://ow.ly/i/7yL7
  
• 14:34:20: Just got one correct, reply
  
• 14:36:33: It can be worked out, no guesses so far?
  
• 14:37:57: Only hint: its related to aviation.
  
• 14:41:16: Ok giving a hint but expect the answer to be specific, related to aircraft.
  
• 14:43:51: Ok have to close the Q, the connect is the Fighter Aircraft in Indian Air Force, the due is MIKOYAN-GUEREVICH of MIG, Pavel SUKHOI
  
• 14:44:54: And the 3rd pic is that of MARCEL DASSAULT, of DASSAULT AVIATION.
  
• 14:45:26: Points here to @8BitRegister-6.
  
• 14:46:23: Ok the penultimate Q, just identify this sail training ship, only one of its kind in Indian Navy http://ow.ly/i/7yNv
  
• 14:48:44: Right this is the INS Tarangini, and pts to @nayakgirin-6, @srikantanr-5 and @desolatecranium-4.
  
• 14:49:40: Q 9) http://pastebin.com/jy3nVC8k
  
• 14:50:36: Points for prev Q to @nayakgirin-6, @srikantanr-5 and @desolatecranium-4.
  
• 14:53:23: Right this quote is from Chapter 11, when Krishna shows his Viswaroopa to Arjun, and he quotes the lines.
  
• 14:54:56: And points here to @8bitregister-6, @desolatecranium-5 and @srikantanr-4.
  
• 14:56:06: And the last Q of the Quiz, The Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher used by the Indian Army is named after a mythical bow of Lord Shiva. What?
  
• 14:58:28: Right this is the PINAKA, and pts here to @nayakgirin-6,@satayal-5 and @desolatecranium-4.
  
• 14:59:18: And that brings an end to the Quiz, just wait for the scores.
  
• 15:00:48: The Winner of today's Quiz with 29 pts is @desolatecranium, closely followed by @srikantanr with 26 pts and @8bitregister with 21pts.
  
• 15:01:42: Congrats to @desolatecranium for winning today's Quiz.
  
• 15:02:31: And please be sending all your feedback, boquets, brickbats to your QM @ScorpiusMaximus, logging off here.
  

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