From Twitter 02-18-2011

• 11:54:27: Q2. Whose words & connect this to cricket world cup http://www.kweezzz.com/txt/388
  
• 11:58:53: Ok..was looking for George Orwell, War Minus the Shooting - book by Mike Marquesee about '96 WC. @sidvee @tintin1107 & @cornerd get pts.
  
• 11:59:55: Have given points only to those whose answer had the words 'Orwell, War Minus the Shooting' - Mike Marquesee's book. Over to Q3
  
• 12:01:38: Q3) Not WC-related. Who is the only player in FC cricket to have scored 100 runs in all three sessions of a day's play (100, 108 and 103).
  
• 12:02:01: RT @ScorpiusMaximus: Just to remind all, Part 2 of my @kweezzz on the Oscars is up tonite at 11 PM IST, be there and RT.
  
• 12:05:31: Lot of Bradman, Lara & Sehwag in the TL. But the answer is Neil Fairbrother (while he made 366 v Surrey at The Oval, 1990).
  
• 12:06:15: Points to @tintin1107 @chota_bhim & @theholycrow Q4 to follow.
  
• 12:07:13: Q4) Easy one. Who is the only player to win 3 consecutive MOM awards in a CWC ?
  
• 12:18:02: Sorry..hootsuite wasn't working folks.. Too many wrong guesses..and i thought this was easy..closing this now.
  
• 12:19:47: Graham Gooch in the 1987 world cup. @tintin1107 @asvin_1989 & @raghavitis get points. Next q coming up.
  
• 12:21:47: Q5) http://ow.ly/i/8j8d What distinction connects these two cricketers? (also give names)
  
• 12:24:46: Quite a few right answers. Closing this in a min.
  
• 12:27:46: Two WCs rep two diff. countries. Anderson Cummins (WI'92 & Can'03) & Kepler Wessels (Aus'83 & SA'92) @tintin1107 @cornerd & @ravi_ki_rand
  
• 12:28:47: Q6. While on K Wessels..he is the only player with more than 100 ODI appearances to have this unique achievement in ODIs..what?
  
• 12:29:12: Q6 is obviously non-WC based..
  
• 12:31:26: Folks complaining about answering before someone else..please note that I go based on the answers only in *my* TL. tks.
  
• 12:32:34: Kepler Wessels had an amazing ODI career in which he never scored a duck. Points to @tintin1107 @cornerd & @adiratan. Q7 coming up.
  
• 12:33:40: Q7. In 1987 WC, Craig Mcdermott took 18wkts at 18.94 in 8 matches to finish as top wkt taker..who was the 2nd highest with 17wkts at 13.05?
  
• 12:36:59: Apropos Q4, those of you having doubts about Gooch's MoM awards, please check CI archives for last 3 matches he played before the finals.
  
• 12:37:41: Imran Khan indeed. @tintin1107 @cornerd & @theholycrow get points. Q8 coming up.
  
• 12:38:46: Q8) While on max wicket takers, who was the max. wicket taker in the 1983 world cup ?
  
• 12:40:34: RT @raghavitis: @kweezzz as an aside Asantha De mel in 1983 had 19 but had to suffer because of his captain's fault, who signed the card ...
  
• 12:41:24: Roger Binny (as far as the official records go) with 18wkts @18.66. Ashantha De Mel seems to have had an unfortunate event in this regard.
  
• 12:42:28: Pts to @cornerd @tintin1107 & @adiratan
  
• 12:43:27: Btw, those of you mocking at another legend, he was the second highest wicket taker (along with De Mel) 17wkts @16.76 - Madan Lal. Next Q..
  
• 12:45:22: Q9) While on 1983 World Cup...who was the max. scorer of runs in this World Cup?
  
• 12:47:37: The man is unkweezzzing at another level today. RT @sidvee @kweezzz bacchus?
  
• 12:48:39: David Gower 384runs @ avg. of 76.8 @tintin1107 @theholycrow & @cornerd get points. Over to next q.
  
• 12:50:29: Q10) 1992 wc..Wasim took18wkts @ 18.78 in 10matches..3 players came 2nd with 16wkts. Mushtaq Ahmed was one (@ avg. 19.44). Name the other 2.
  
• 12:54:30: Chris Harris (@ 21.38) & Ian Botham (@ 19.13). Pts to @raghavitis @adiratan & @theholycrow. Negative pts to @cornerd for saying Bruce Reid.
  
• 12:55:44: Have couple of #youremember qs based on pics. Not sure if pictures are loading. Will try now.
  
• 12:57:50: While I try that, you can revel in the factoid that Faoud Bacchus (who @sidvee mentioned earlier) played his 19 Tests in different grounds.
  
• 13:01:27: RT @cornerd: Greater than Bradman RT @kweezzz Faoud Bacchus (who @sidvee mentioned earlier) played his 19 Tests in different grounds.
  
• 13:03:49: Identify & mention claim to fame in WC. http://twitpic.com/4143bx
  
• 13:06:39: I want a specific claim to fame folks. A record held by Viv Richards, David Boon & Mark Waugh et al in earlier WCs that he equalled.
  
• 13:08:20: Ok..closing this now. Only one right answer. But will give points to the other two based on early entries.
  
• 13:09:49: Neil Johnson in '99 WC took 3 MoM awards. A feat that was hitherto attained only by Viv (83), Boon & Gooch (87) & Mark Waugh (96) before him
  
• 13:10:36: Of course Aravinda had 4 MoM awards in '96 WC. But then, #QMIsGod
  
• 13:11:12: Points to @cornerd @DrunkenmonkG & @adiratan. Last q coming up.
  
• 13:13:16: Q12. Player & claim to fame http://ow.ly/i/8jlO
  
• 13:15:54: Geoff Allott of NZ indeed. Highest wicket taker in the 99 wc (20wkts). Pts. to @cornerd @adiratan & @sumukhherlekar.
  
• 13:16:34: That's the end of this kweezzz folks. Enjoy the videos in this series while I compile the scores. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azJydtd-aZo
  
• 13:26:48: . @tintin1107 wins this kweezzz with 148pts, folld by @cornerd 118pts & @adiratan 66pts. @theholycrow 58pts & @raghavitis 28pts.
  
• 13:27:54: Well played everyone. Your QM @atlasdanced signing off. Stay on for the kweezzz by @ScorpiusMaximus on Oscars in a short while.
  
• 13:29:34: Hi this is your QM @ScorpiusMaximus with the 2nd part of the Quiz series on the Oscars, do i start now, or need a break.
  
• 13:32:57: Show of hands, just mark your attendance with "And the Oscar goes to..".
  
• 13:34:49: Ok start off with a loosener Q, no pts here, Apart from The Godfather series, which was the first movie for which F.F.Copolla won an Oscar?
  
• 13:38:14: Right the first Oscar he won was for Best Screenplay for Patton in 1970 along with Edmund North.
  
• 13:39:14: Anyway that starts the main Quiz, pts as usual are 6,4 and 5 in order of replying. And here it goes.
  
• 13:40:35: Q 1) http://pastebin.com/ViPJnwgQ
  
• 13:41:10: Sorry meant, 6,5 and 4.
  
• 13:46:25: Closing the Q, got many De Niro-GF2 replies, but this was DUSTIN HOFFMAN for MIDNIGHT COWBOY, where he played a pimp of sorts.
  
• 13:47:16: And it was also the 1st X Rated movie to win the Oscar, pts to @aswinsil-6,@chayanpahari-5 and @kcgadiyar-4.
  
• 13:48:41: Q 2) http://ow.ly/i/8jqm Identify the actor and movie( need both for full pts).
  
• 13:53:08: Closing the Q, this is JOHN WAYNE for TRUE GRIT, the only Oscar he had ever won in his career.
  
• 13:53:45: And points here to @kcgadiyar-6, @thehead_hunter-5 and @piesauce-4.
  
• 13:54:58: Q 3) http://pastebin.com/kBCVxLK4
  
• 13:57:27: @tintin1107 BTW glad to see u in my Quiz after a long time.
  
• 13:58:32: Right both have been nominated the Maximum no of times for an Oscar, without ever winning it to date, Peter O Toole, still has a chance.
  
• 13:59:28: And points here to @tintin1107( Welcome back)-6 @vemana-5 and @kcgadiyar-4.
  
• 14:00:35: Q 4) http://pastebin.com/ZfFhtFK7
  
• 14:03:14: Not Canada as some guessed, it was submitted as an entry from ALGERIA, and also most of the movie was shot in that country too.
  
• 14:03:57: And points here going to @kcgadiyar-6, @vemana-5 and @chayanpahari-4.
  
• 14:05:03: q 5) http://pastebin.com/2YL67Syk
  
• 14:07:58: Not Dirty Harry/Clint Eastwood, it was GENE HACKMAN for THE FRENCH CONNECTION.
  
• 14:08:40: And pts to @tintin1107-6, @chota_bhim-5 and @gauravsabnis-4.
  
• 14:09:41: @thehead_hunter Just keep replying, u already have a point.
  
• 14:10:31: Q 6) http://pastebin.com/nKSGt1Q2
  
• 14:13:58: Right this was THE DEER HUNTER, and pts to @tintin1107-6, @kcagdiyar-5 ,@chota_bhim-4.
  
• 14:15:00: Q 7) http://ow.ly/i/8jtM Connect with fundaez
  
• 14:17:35: Got only 1 right answers, am looking for a specific fundae.
  
• 14:18:57: This is a Quiz on Oscars, so guess u know what the fundae am looking for here.
  
• 14:20:23: Right Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson, mom and daughter both nominated for CACTUS FLOWER and ALMOST FAMOUS. Momma Won too.
  
• 14:21:40: Points to @kcgadiyar-6 @SandeepNaganur-5 and @chota_bhim.
  
• 14:22:21: No pts here, but CACTUS FLOWER had a Bollywood version too,.which one?
  
• 14:24:16: Right the desi version of CACTUS FLOWER was the Sallu-Kat movie MAINE PYAAR KYUN KIYA with Kat playing Goldie Hawn's role.
  
• 14:25:53: Q 8) http://ow.ly/i/8jv5 Identify the actress and the movie for which she won the Oscar( need both).
  
• 14:29:32: Right this was JANE FONDA playing a hooker in ALAN PAKULA's thriller KLUTE, winning an OSCAR for the role.
  
• 14:30:05: And points going to @tintin1107-6, @chota_bhim-5 and @chayanpahari-4.
  
• 14:31:11: Q 9) Just identify this person with the Oscar. http://ow.ly/i/8jvL
  
• 14:34:44: Not Cedric Gibbons, this is CHARLIE CHAPLIN with his Hon Oscar, when he came back to the US after a long self imposed exile.
  
• 14:35:29: And points here to @ayush_1901-6, @persiesque-5 and @sentprab-4.
  
• 14:36:22: Q 10) http://pastebin.com/zr7SvzM2
  
• 14:39:38: Not Scorsese/Goodfellas, this was SERGIO LEONE, and of course the gangsta movie he directed was ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA.
  
• 14:40:33: And points here to @vemana-6, @chota_bhim-5 and @SandeepNaganur-4.
  
• 14:41:38: 11) http://pastebin.com/wFWhM6zu
  
• 14:42:49: Sorry the pts are And points here to @vemana-6, @SandeepNaganur-5 and @mysticmargarita-4.
  
• 14:44:58: Right this is TALIA SHIRE, who played CONNIE CORLEONE in Godfather and later Stallone's Girlfriend in ROCKY.
  
• 14:45:47: @chota_bhim Been corrected @SandeepNaganur
  
• 14:47:05: Last Question of the Quiz here http://ow.ly/i/8jxe - Name the movie and director( again need both for full pts).
  
• 14:49:52: This was the only Oscar this director ever received in his career, and it was for Best Foreign Movie, so work it out.
  
• 14:53:44: Right on this is DERZU UZALA directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA, probably the only Oscar he ever received in his career.
  
• 14:54:22: And pts to @tintin1107-6, @chota_bhim-5 and @chayanpahari-4.
  
• 14:54:53: So that brings an end to the Quiz, just hold on for the final scores.
  
• 14:56:59: Commendable effort here by @mysticmargarita,@Sandeepnaganur and @chotabhim who just about missed the 3rd spot with 18 pts
  
• 14:57:58: In 3rd position tied with 21 pts apiece are @chayanpahari and @vemana, in 2nd place with 30 pts is @tintin1107.
  
• 14:58:32: And the Oscar finally going to @kcgadiyar with 36 pts.
  
• 14:59:26: So that brings an end to the Quiz, send ur feedback, boquets,brickbats to @ScorpiusMaximus. G'night
  
• 15:08:32: Sorry there has been an error, the 3rd position is for @chota_bhim with 23 pts.
  
• 15:09:12: Final Scores after rechecking @kcgadiyar-36, @tintin1107-30 and @chota_bhim-23, sorry for the mistake here.
  

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