- 05:31:13: Reminder for the 'Music-The Life Giver aka Ilayaraja' kweezzz. 9PM IST. Feat. ludes from songs like -> http://bit.ly/fd0OYE #whyraajaisgod
- 11:22:03: Don't miss world famous @onejubb's #Manoj Unkweezzz on Sunday at 10:30PM. Please RT
- 11:27:59: Good evening all. 'Music-The Life Giver aka Ilayaraja' kweezzz' by @atlasdanced will start in 20mins. Can we have a quick show of hands?
- 11:30:23: Raaja fans are requested to remain patient for another 15mins. RT @cornerd @kweezzz dai...start now!
- 11:42:09: Hi...@atlasdanced won't be able to host this kweezzz today due to unavoidable circumstances (take your own guess :))
- 11:43:45: It'll be rescheduled to sometime next week maybe....
- 13:23:29: Hi all this is your QM @ScorpiusMaximus starting the first in the 3 part series of Quizzes on the Oscar awards soon.
- 13:26:02: Whoever is attending the Quiz, just mark your attendance with "And the Oscar goes to".
- 13:30:13: Ok starting off with a loosener Question just to check attendance, no pts here.
- 13:31:48: Only 3 movies to date have won all the Top 5 Oscars( Actor, Actress, Movie,Director,Screenplay). Which ones? No pts ere.
- 13:34:47: Right it is It Happened One Night , One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The Silence of the Lambs
- 13:35:34: Anyway the actual Quiz, kicks off pts are 6,5, and 4 in order of replying. So here we go.
- 13:36:41: Q 1) http://pastebin.com/KdJHitXm
- 13:39:04: Closing the Q, it is CLARK GABLE for It Happened One Night. Pts to @kshira_saagar-6,@nitish_mittal-5 and @kcgadiyar-4.
- 13:40:50: @nitishmittal Sorry got it,will correct it.
- 13:41:19: Q 2) http://pastebin.com/ELte1R2n
- 13:44:16: Closing the Q, this actually led to the Academy coming out with the Best Supporting Actor/Actress awards the next year onwards.
- 13:45:04: And points here going to @gradwolf-6, @anandhsub-5 and @rajster86-4.
- 13:45:59: Q 3) What connects? http://ow.ly/i/84cW
- 13:48:54: Right the 3 times an Oscar was turned down, Marlon Brando for Godfather, George C Scott for Patton
- 13:49:47: And the 3rd one is Dudley Nichols, the screenwriter for John Ford's The Informer. Pts to @kshira_saagar-6, @kcgadiyar-5 and @anandhsub-4.
- 13:50:52: Q 4 ) Connect to an actor. http://ow.ly/i/84dz
- 13:54:58: Closing the Q, this is Anthony Quinn, won Best Supporting Oscar for playing the roles of Eufemio Zapata in Viva Zapata.
- 13:55:36: Also Won another Award for playing role of Paul Gauguin in Lust for Life and was nominated for Zorba the Greek( book cover).
- 13:56:49: Points going here to @nitishmittal-6, @HomerTweets-5 and @kcgadiyar-4.
- 14:00:49: Q 5) Connect to an actor http://ow.ly/i/84ey
- 14:04:33: Thought this was a tuff Question, but you guys cracked it well, SPENCER TRACY it is, Won for CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS based on a R.Kipling book.
- 14:05:23: Won the Oscar again for BOYS TOWN, where the played the role of FATHER .M. FLANAGAN, also received a nomination for THE OLD MAN AND SEA.
- 14:06:58: And again nominated for a role based on CLARENCE DARROW in INHERIT THE WIND, Points to @kcgadiyar-6,@admisra-5 and @IamAnoopNair-4.
- 14:08:03: Q 6) Again connect to a movie, shud be easy http://ow.ly/i/84fG
- 14:10:47: No one attempting so far?
- 14:15:34: Ok having to close the Question it is THE GRAPES OF WRATH, which got JOHN FORD one of his 4 Oscars for Best Director.
- 14:16:44: US Highway 66 plays a major role in the movie, John Steinbeck wrote the Novel as well as the screenplay for the movie.
- 14:17:13: @brazenpixy seems to have been some slowness.
- 14:18:03: The title is taken from THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC poem. Pts to @nitishmittal-6,@vamc_c-5 and @iamAnoopNair-4.
- 14:19:11: Q 7) http://pastebin.com/0tWZnG2e
- 14:22:25: Right the Hindi version was ARADHANA for which SHARMILA TAGORE won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress( her 1st one too).
- 14:23:07: Points to @admisra-6, @nitishmittal-5 and @iamAnoopNair-4.
- 14:24:37: Q 8) http://pastebin.com/NsrmTsJv
- 14:28:22: Closing the Q, it is JOAN FONTAINE, who won the Oscar for Hitchcock's SUSPICION, earlier nominated for another Hitch movie REBECCA.
- 14:29:20: And points here going to @nitishmittal-6, @iamAnoopNair-5 and @admisra-4.
- 14:30:13: Connect to a movie. http://ow.ly/i/84i7
- 14:30:46: @prayass Joan Fontaine is a She
- 14:32:49: Right on its REBECCA, written by DAPHNE DU MAURIER, starring JOAN FONTAINE, and that is WAHEEDA REHMAN in KOHRA the desi version.
- 14:33:39: I believe there was another desi version of REBECCA called Anamika, but with Dino Morea and Minisha Lamba in cast, was not watching it.
- 14:34:20: And points here to @nitishmittal-6( who is pwning the Quiz), @iamAnoopNair-5 and @admisra-4.
- 14:35:11: @nishantbk Oh my God, Hitchcock would have turned over somewhere in his grave with that cast.
- 14:36:00: Q 10) Just identify this movie. http://ow.ly/i/84iW
- 14:37:54: Right Paul Newman and Robert Redford in THE STING, one of the best ever Heist movies i seen, a must watch.
- 14:38:50: And points here going to @kcgadiyar-6, @complicateur-5 and @kshira_saagar-4.
- 14:40:23: Q 11) Again connect to a movie. http://ow.ly/i/84js
- 14:43:51: Closing it, this is ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO's NEST, that is the Oregon Hospital where most of the movie was shot.
- 14:44:27: MILOS FORMAN the director of the movie, and KEN KESEY who wrote the novel, one of my all time favorite movies.
- 14:45:11: And points here to @nitishmittal-6 , @mskumar22-5 and @tarouni-4.
- 14:46:08: Last Q of the Quiz, again just connect to a Oscar winning movie. http://ow.ly/i/84kr ng
- 14:53:02: Right on closing the Q, it is FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, title taken from the lines in a poem by RUDYARD KIPLING.
- 14:53:53: Movie directed by FRED ZINNEMAN, and author of the novel was JAMES JONES, points to @nitishmittal-6, @mskumar22-5 and @admisra-4.
- 14:54:56: And that brings an end to the Quiz. Just want to mention that 2 more Oscar award Quizzes r lined up too in next weeks.
- 14:56:22: AND THE OSCAR GOES TO @nitishmittal with 46 pts pwning the Quiz, CONGRATS. Closely followed by @kcgadiyar-25 and @admisra-23.
- 14:57:13: This is your QM @ScorpiusMaximus logging off for the night, feel free to send ur feedback to my ID
- 14:58:25: Also two more Oscar Awards Quizzes coming up on Feb 18 and Feb 25, in line with the Oscar Season, so pls keep tuning in. SHALOM.
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