Saturday, January 1, 2011

From Twitter 12-31-2010



  • 09:51:06: @shrihari General one, on the 90's. join in
  • 09:51:22: @deementiaa it is @ScorpiusMaximus
  • 09:52:10: Anyway closing it, the connect is THE MASK. Most of Jim Carrey's moves as MASK, were based on Looney Tune characters
  • 09:52:55: Also Jim Carrey's apartment has all those Looney Tunes books and characters, it was one of the major influences.
  • 09:53:59: Also in one of the scenes, he converts to Presley, and lines from DIRTY HARRY and CINCINATTI KID are spoken in the movie.
  • 09:55:11: The MASK has so many references to other movies, can make a separate Quiz on it. Anyway pts to @amradhika-6,@salvachn-5,@Ravitejadanda-4.
  • 09:56:25: Q 3) Another visual connect, again to a movie. http://ow.ly/i/6QW6
  • 09:59:26: Closing the Q, this is FORREST GUMP, he was born on June 6(THE LONGEST DAY), named after a Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard.
  • 10:00:27: In the movie he plays for Univ of ALABAMA football team, drinks around 30 Dr.PEPPERS and yeah takes part in the Ping Pong diplomacy.
  • 10:01:27: Points here to @Shrihari-6, @UncommonFraud-5 and @vicramb-4.
  • 10:02:37: Q 4) Should be easy-http://pastebin.com/dSWd1r4k
  • 10:03:27: @uncommonfraand Yeah sure, sorry its updated now
  • 10:07:15: Yep it is CAMERON DIAZ, sorry she was nominated for BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, my bad.
  • 10:07:59: And pts to @Shrihari-6, @ved19-5 and @pratimdgupta-4.
  • 10:09:15: Q 5- http://pastebin.com/9WebCVfw
  • 10:11:12: I need both names here for points.
  • 10:14:06: Closing the Q, this is EUGENE SHOEMAKER and DAVID LEVY, after whom the SHOEMAKER-LEVY comet that hit Jupiter in 94 was named.
  • 10:15:06: Pts here to @Din35h-6, @ganeshran-5 and @amradhika-4.
  • 10:16:12: Q 6) Should be easy, http://pastebin.com/KZUSsZPM
  • 10:18:43: Closing the Q, this is HRISTO STOICHKOV of Bulgaria, the star performer of the 1994 World Cup.
  • 10:19:31: Points here to @amradhika-6, @gsai-5 and @ganeshran-4.
  • 10:21:57: Q 7) http://pastebin.com/1J2CRB82
  • 10:24:24: Universally cracked by all, it is KURT COBAIN of NIRVANA, pts here to @ved19-6,@sachin_tyagi-5 and @Shrihari-4.
  • 10:25:27: Q 8) http://pastebin.com/Bxkxmc4c
  • 10:26:39: @neerajtramp Is fastest finger first. 1st 3 correct ones get the pts.
  • 10:29:53: One correct reply so far, basically a feature which you see often in cricket telecast, too.
  • 10:32:06: Am closing the Q, basically its what you call the sports bug, the digital scorebox you see on screen with the Sponsors Logo.
  • 10:33:02: After the World Cup, most of the TV stations in US, began to use this feature, when telecasting sports events live.
  • 10:33:41: Points to @ganeshran-6 and @gsai-5, who got the funda correct.
  • 10:34:33: Q 9) http://pastebin.com/0vCrAbRw
  • 10:37:38: BTW a Big thanks to all who r patiently taking part in this Quiz, inspite of it being a New Year Eve.
  • 10:38:38: Right on, this is GUS VAN SANT, and the 85 movie was MALA LOCHE. Points to @ganeshran-6, @gautamfowl-5, @sachin_tyagi-4.
  • 10:39:42: Q 10) http://pastebin.com/EHX5Uk7P
  • 10:42:49: Closing the Q, this is AUM SHIRYINKO, the controversial Japanese religious cult, involved in the 95 subway attack in Tokyo,
  • 10:43:55: And pts to @avishnu89-6, @lemonsparrow-4 and @ganeshran-5.
  • 10:45:25: Q 11) Again a visual , just connect to an event. http://ow.ly/i/6R1m
  • 10:49:12: Closing the Q, the connect is RWANDAN GENOCIDE, pic of PAUL RUSSESABIGINA on whose story HOTEL RWANDA was based.
  • 10:49:59: SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL was a movie based on the event, both BROOKE FRASER and RANCID, had songs on the event.
  • 10:50:59: Pts here to @ganeshran-6, @amradhika-4 and @avishnu89-5.
  • 10:52:11: And that brings me to the last Question of my last Quiz of 2010. http://pastebin.com/ASJX9edc
  • 10:57:37: Right on closing it is MARC ANDERSENN and JIM CLARK, the founders of NETSCAPE, and of course Marc had earlier come up with MOSAIC.
  • 10:58:32: And pts to @extendulkar-6, @avishnu89-5 and @ved19-4.
  • 10:59:27: So that ends the Quiz, and a Big THANKS TO ALL, who patiently took part in the Quiz, my last one of 2010, hope to keep it on in 2011.
  • 11:00:30: Winning the Quiz with 36 pts is @ganeshran, followed by @amradhika with 20 and in 3rd is @shrihari with 16, congrats to all.
  • 11:01:37: Once again A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL, and send ur taalis, gaalis,seetis to @ScorpiusMaximus, ur QM logging out now.
  • 11:09:59: Hope you're ready for the final kweezzz of 2010. What a year it's been! Tune in at 9PM. @Ashvala is your QM
  • 11:24:58: YOU PEPULZ READY? LAST KWEEZZZ OF 2010! #tweetlikeravishastri
  • 11:28:53: Alright. Let's stick to the theme now... The kweezzz is supposedly general. So let's start.
  • 11:30:16: Before I start, a... Erm... Show of hands please. Just respond with AYE if you are seeing this tweet.
  • 11:32:25: Lets start with a general question... http://ow.ly/1rZ2Wa Identify the General. :P
  • 11:33:20: Woops. http://ow.ly/1rZ2We
  • 11:36:06: No... No... No avatar gill! Hint: Chief of staff of Indian Army in 1957
  • 11:37:42: Ok. Answers are in. Koshin closed.
  • 11:38:41: General Thimayya indeed. @adityamorarka @mehaboob_ and @i_r_squared crack it.
  • 11:40:52: http://ow.ly/1rZ2Xw no 404. Just connect.
  • 11:41:55: http://ow.ly/1rZ2XC
  • 11:44:04: Hint: medical process...
  • 11:44:17: @i_r_squared rebus.
  • 11:44:30: It is a rebus question.
  • 11:46:30: Ok. Answerz are zin. Answer is simple: Colonoscopy. @AdityaMorarka @vishal_c and @i_r_squared crack it.
  • 11:47:18: Rebus 2: http://ashvala.net/rebus2.png
  • 11:52:14: Ok. The hint: a recent phenomenon, which took the world by storm.
  • 11:54:34: Ok. Wikileaks it is... @anilyst @moez89 and @rudrajitdatta get it.
  • 11:56:06: This rebus koshin is really easy. Http://ashvala.net/rebus3.png
  • 11:59:05: No no. Hint: 15x platinum and the departure from a older style of music.
  • 12:02:18: Wonly 2 right answers. Full marks to @mehaboob_ and @ashmita_s. The answer is: Metallica by Metallica. *runs*
  • 12:04:02: http://ashvala.net/rebus4.png One for all soccer fans.
  • 12:08:30: No. Ian botham never played football. Ok. Hint: German midfielders first name is the rebus.
  • 12:11:06: @ved19 True, scunthorpe. National side? No. :P
  • 12:12:25: ok. @gururajsrao @jstonegs and @mohitthatte get it. Bastian Scheeinsteiger indeed.
  • 12:13:32: Ok. Small bulb tribute, also last rebus question: http://ashvala.net/rebus5.png
  • 12:16:07: Answers are in. Koshin closed.
  • 12:18:22: Ur answer with Saaconsultancy.If you didnt guess this I'll get #kamalphil to expose your psyche structure.@sidmahesh @namit93 and @ameyc
  • 12:20:46: And there ends the kweezzz. As a year end special, I have decided to declare the kweezzz the winner in true Ravi Shastri ishtyle.
  • 12:22:07: Have a happy new year. And direct all complaints to @ashvala. Thank you.
  • 17:15:00: Happy new 2011, this is @sunilification kicking off with the first quiz of 2011-random Quicky 6 Q maybe. Register by blowing into the meter.
  • 17:17:09: Okay, what is this - blow harder maaadi.
  • 17:20:06: Whoever wins, will get a voucher worth £15 in their place of residence, so without much ado - let's start.
  • 17:21:39: Q1. Easy peasy Which year has been designated as International year of Chemistry?
  • 17:25:25: Well done, it is indeed 2011. 3. @srikvlteswaran 2. @Rani_18 1.@lordanshul respectively .
  • 17:27:40: HNY to you too @cheese_charmer - Q2. Dedicated to the amazing city of Mumbai - in Mumbai underworld if Ghoda is a gun, what is a bhaandi?
  • 17:31:30: Just one response, come on people, dont tell you havent heard of it? Bhaandi? and why?
  • 17:33:23: looks like the Q is not on TL - so Q2. Dedicated to the amazing city of Mumbai - in Mumbai underworld if Ghoda is a gun, what is a bhaandi?
  • 17:35:59: It could be baandi or bhaandi , dont know the intonation- unfortunately dont know marathi slangs.
  • 17:38:25: Have to rush, sorry to see no one answer that - baandi the mafia slang for the Police wireless set which keeps on making noise all the time.
  • 17:42:21: hootsuiteslow as well. so Q3. I picked up from CWG commentary - one of the countries sold something it had been allotted to $50 mill, what?
  • 17:45:09: it was allotted property for that country by a world body but it was in demand, so the rather poor country sold it for royalties in 2000.
  • 17:46:50: Most live streaming - esp sports channels have paid the said country's percentage-which amounts to at least 1 million $ every quarter.
  • 17:49:43: Have to rush, so giving to first 2 answers - @sandeip @KingofBombagarh . Tuvalu sold its allotted extension .tv ....for com use smart!
  • 17:52:20: Easy peasy - connect Nana Patekar, Edgar Hoover JD Salinger and Sonali Bendre
  • 17:56:40: Easy all were born on Jan 1 - 3, 2, 1 -> @srikvlteswaran @KingofBombagarh @cheese_charmer
  • 17:58:05: Q4 Which book, carried this - To the memory of striking Bolshevik printers of St Petersburg who in 1905 demanded to be paid the same rate +
  • 17:58:21: +for the punctuation marks as for letters and thereby led to Russian Revolution ..
  • 18:05:30: Okay Eats shoots and leaves Lynne Truss, 3,2,1 -> @cheese_charmer @srikvlteswaran @KingofBombagarh
  • 18:07:07: Last Q Liverpool 1 is one of the famous shopping complexes of Europe. When LiverpoolFC opened their merchandise shop there, Everton also +
  • 18:07:38: +a shop and gave it a special name. what name and why?
  • 18:12:11: Okay only one correct answer by @kingofbombagarh who I reckon is someone we all know but hiding. Out with it =)
  • 18:12:48: The Everton shop in Liverpool One Complex is called Everton Two. The full address is therefore meant to read as Everton 2, Liverpool 1.
  • 18:14:16: Sorry guys had to rush, this is @sunilification , about winners n all and as it's said @kweezzz is the winner right? ;) Cheerios!
  • 18:15:57: No , I keep my word, would @siddev18 kindly save the results and I'll make sure about the promise. Cheers, be good lads.


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