Friday, February 25, 2011

From Twitter 02-24-2011



  • 01:43:46: Folks this is @krtgrphr with the promise of a faster-fingers-first World Cup stills quiz. All up for it say 'Aye'. Aye Cee Cee, that is.
  • 01:45:24: Right bad puns apart, significant interest has been shown. We'll start in a quarter of an hour, at 11:30 IST. Get those lunches ready!
  • 01:59:59: Right, let's get started with this easy-peasy World Cup Stills quiz then. Standard rules, 5-3-2 scoring. 10 questions. Question 1 coming up.
  • 02:00:45: Q1: Name the umpire from this worldfamous yet equally painful shot: http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/5517/69495602.jpg
  • 02:02:14: No sir, there is only one God on the cricket field ... RT @sushovande: @kweezzz Morgan Freeman
  • 02:03:51: Looks like some of you are having issues with the link. It's just a jpeg, should work for all - and I'm getting answers in regardless.
  • 02:04:38: A1: That was BC Cooray, the umpire who copped one on the ear from Richie Richardson. Points to @rudrajitdatta, @abhigopal, @i_r_squared.
  • 02:06:18: Q2: This is a still from a video. What happened next? Take your best guesses. http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/2257/99508275.jpg
  • 02:07:05: @nb42 @Veekay80 Images should display on mobile phones - I've made sure I'm using jpg links.
  • 02:08:57: A2: Universally cracked. The "you just dropped the WC mate" moment from WC 1999. Points @degree_kapi, @rudrajitdatta, @amitjoshmachine.
  • 02:09:29: Will see if I can try some other service since some folks are having issues with Imageshack. Bear with me for a moment.
  • 02:12:55: Q3: What just happened? http://i.imgur.com/AHAo7.jpg (Please let me know if there are problems with this link as well)
  • 02:14:47: A3: Right. *That* run out. Still gives me the chills. Jonty in full flight runs out Inzy http://bit.ly/hYcAyG
  • 02:15:10: Points for Q3 to @vishal_c, @i_r_squared and @nayakgirin.
  • 02:16:18: Trying to make this easier for you folks attempting the quiz on your mobile phones by posting the direct jpg links.
  • 02:16:58: Q4: A sitter. Whose face is blocked out? http://i.imgur.com/dd4sZ.jpg
  • 02:18:23: A4: Indeed, that was the late Pakistan PM, Benazir Bhutto presenting WC 1996 to Arjuna Ranatunga. At the Gadaffi.
  • 02:19:17: Points for Q4 to @degree_kaapi, @kshira_saagar and @rudrajitdatta.
  • 02:19:41: Slight correction on the points for Q3: looks like @degree_kaapi got it first, so let's give the man 5 points as well.
  • 02:21:17: Q5: What was special about this game? http://i.imgur.com/JJknZ.jpg
  • 02:22:11: That's not the W Indies, it's Australia ...
  • 02:23:23: A5: Indeed, that was the first WC match to be played under lights. @degree_kaapi, @nayakgirin and @soporifix chase it down.
  • 02:24:40: At the halfway point, @degree_kaapi is #pwNing this quiz like the Aussies did WCs with 20 points. @rudrajitdatta is second with 10.
  • 02:26:49: Q6: Let's come out of the half with a googly - a non-WC question. Name the one-trick batsman: http://i.imgur.com/bOz1m.jpg
  • 02:28:43: A6: Wellplayed all. That was Hrishikesh Kanitkar pwning Saqlain Mushtaq in Dhaka. Pts: @degree_kaapi, @sushovande and @kshira_saagar.
  • 02:30:32: Q7: Speaking of a moment of crowded glory, who is this that gave us one of the most endearing moments from '96? http://i.imgur.com/IwBP0.jpg
  • 02:30:45: I meant the WK, of course.
  • 02:31:21: @87_arghya Indeed - I did advertise it as a faster-fingers-first thing. But there are some slight toughies coming up. :-)
  • 02:32:18: Again, I'm looking for the name of the wicketkeeper, as I clarified.
  • 02:33:55: A7: Wellofcourse, that was Tariq Iqbal, the rotund WK who "caught Lara in his nether regions". Not Tariq someone :-)
  • 02:34:15: Points to @ayonava, @veekay80 and @sushovande for Q7.
  • 02:35:59: Q8: Continuing on enduring images for infamous reasons - Identify the person whose face is blocked out: http://i.imgur.com/MUJ5n.jpg
  • 02:37:46: A8: Yessirs, Mike Gatting and the much-maligned reverse sweep. Points to @rudrajitdatta, @degree_kaapi and @rahulxc.
  • 02:39:32: Q9: Slightly tougher, perhaps. What is happening here? http://i.imgur.com/T4Ssu.jpg
  • 02:41:41: Some brilliant answers. Didn't expect them this quick.
  • 02:42:12: A9: That's a spectator arguing with Brijesh Patel during India's agonizingly slow response in the first ever WC match, 1975.
  • 02:42:29: Will give points for Q9 to @rahulxc, @rudrajitdatta and @veekay80.
  • 02:44:17: Q10: Signing off with a gem of a picture. Which ground, and who made it famous? http://i.imgur.com/U2aYV.jpg
  • 02:45:00: Please give me the name of the ground / place as well.
  • 02:46:15: A10: Right, that is the pavilion of the Nevill Ground at Tunbridge Wells, where Kapil Dev hit that storming 175 against Zim.
  • 02:47:10: Points to @veekay80, @cornerd and @amitjoshmachine. @degree_kaapi got the man right, but didn't name the ground :-)
  • 02:47:53: That brings us to the end of this impromptu kweezzz on World Cup stills. Scores in a minute.
  • 02:50:18: So that quiz was absolutely #pwNed by @degree_kaapi with 28 points followed by @rudrajitdatta and @veekay80. Wellplayed sirs.
  • 02:50:28: Full scores here: http://i.imgur.com/EFv25.jpg
  • 02:51:22: This is your impromptu QM @krtgrphr signing off. Please send me FC team selection tips. Here's hoping for a #saxczful WC: http://ow.ly/42pj1
  • 12:02:50: Starting the Sill Dilli quiz in 5. meanwhile, a few disclaimers.1. Silly is not used frivolously here 2.I am on tata photon so escoos delay
  • 12:04:54: 8 questions. None worth writing home about. Quiz meant as a filler for empty slot. No abusing the QM aloud.NO points. Dilli is the winner.
  • 12:06:06: One consonant away from being extremely #Indecent RT @stoned_heretic @kweezzz lets get in on... Dilli Ke Launde #FTW
  • 12:07:46: Here goes Qst 1 - http://yfrog.com/hsff0zvj (All qst based on food/places etc)
  • 12:08:37: Errr. this is @siddev18 . Didnt want to reveal id, for fear of being flamed after/during the quiz.
  • 12:10:10: Yes.. it was intended to be ParathaWally Gully .Missed a clue there.Silliness begins in earnest. Well done, those who got it inspt of booboo
  • 12:10:51: 2. http://yfrog.com/h72zofbj
  • 12:13:16: last qst cracked by confuseusSays, sandeip, nayakgirin, adiratan among others.
  • 12:15:00: Yes, too many people got that :) PC reversed is CP , Conought Place
  • 12:15:50: Last one cracked 1st by @vamc_c & @spellanzani
  • 12:16:53: 3. http://yfrog.com/h511qjj
  • 12:19:20: Abbeyar, pee rakhi hai kya!! Cant you get Paharganj ? Escoos the Bong accent. blame genetics.
  • 12:20:10: Quite aptly, @stoned_heretic was the first to get Paharganj
  • 12:20:52: 4. http://yfrog.com/h7eztoej
  • 12:22:00: 1Million points for that RT @pitusultan: @kweezzz I was thinking of Paliganj but that's in Bihar. Blame it on my louv for Ravi Kishen.
  • 12:24:45: yes yes.thats Giani's Rabri Faluda only. If u have been to Dilli & didnt have it, you deserve to be married to Rabri Devi in your next life
  • 12:32:08: Pls to direct Dilli espeshal MC/BC punctuations to @tataphotonplus for the delay :( trying to resume now
  • 12:33:28: 5. http://yfrog.com/hsopcezj
  • 12:35:59: Awesome, @MehMitali gets it almost instantly- Nankhatai . Nun Cat-eye. @ConfuseusSay also got it.
  • 12:37:23: here goes .. 6. http://yfrog.com/gzzc8tj
  • 12:38:47: Oops. nankhatai was answered by @stoned_heretic before Confuseus. Sorry mate, have a nankhatai, or nun with cat eye, whichever #YouPrefer
  • 12:40:43: Very aptly, @sandeip was 1st to pounce on it. Followed , also aptly, by @Mah_Ima . Mahipalpur indeed. 10000 points to @Thehearthside though
  • 12:41:37: errr.. it is so heart-warming now to see the mentions column fill with Mahipalpur, a place that truly made me feel 'at home' :P
  • 12:42:25: To round of a supremely mehsome evening of kweezzz, i seem to have lost the last to questions :( yes , Dilli does that to you.
  • 12:43:24: So i announce a premature termination of the quiz. You may think of it as mercy killing. Thank you for playing.
  • 12:46:00: Please to direct all love to @siddev18 (addrss: Mahipal Niwas, Mahipalpur). And please direct hard-soled bata shoes to @tataphotonplus. Thx
  • 12:47:49: Please get in touch with @sidvee , @UnnamedEntity for conductig a quiz. Make sure the questions are framed better than in this quiz. :P


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