- 08:48:32: RT @ScorpiusMaximus: Just to remind conducting a @kweezzz on Sidney Lumet, tonite, Apr 15, 7 PM IST. Movie lovers, kweezzerds be there a ...
- 09:25:53: Hi this is @ScorpiusMaximus, will be starting the @kweezzz on Sidney Lumet, couple of minutes from now.
- 09:32:10: Hello all this is your QM @ScorpiusMaximus conducting a Quiz after a long time, on movies of one of my fav directors Sidney Lumet.
- 09:32:44: Raise of hands to show whoever is there.
- 09:35:43: Just starting off with a loosener to check attendance, which Actor won a posthumous Oscar for Lumet's Network, the first one to do so?
- 09:38:46: Yep it was Peter Finch for Network, the only other actor to get a posthomous Oscar was of course fellow Aussie Heath Ledger.
- 09:40:01: Anyway the main quiz starts off now, points are 6, 5 and 4 in the order of answering. So ATTICA, ATTICA here we go.
- 09:41:09: Shud be easy Q 1) May you have food and raiment, a soft pillow for your head; may you be 40 years in heaven,____________.
- 09:43:12: Right an easy one,BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU ARE DEAD, Sidney Lumet's last movie as a director, one of my favorites.
- 09:43:54: And points here to @goks86-6, @punvati-5 and @electricfoo-4.
- 09:45:13: Q 2) http://ow.ly/i/aoRO Identify the actor and the movie( need both).
- 09:47:08: The movie is quite a powerful Holocaust themed movie from Lumet.
- 09:49:44: That was Rod Steiger in The Pawnbroker, a compelling Holocaust drama, a must watch.
- 09:50:13: Points here to @mysticmargarita-6, @nitishmittal-5 and @goks86-4.
- 09:51:38: Q 3) http://ow.ly/i/aoSD Identify this movie set in N.Africa during WW2.
- 09:54:18: Right that was Sean Connery in The Hill, points going to @ArvindSinghY-6, @mysticmargarita-5 and @nitishmittal-4.
- 09:55:18: Q 4) http://pastebin.com/8qWAN7Rn
- 09:59:06: Right the character name is McArdle, the elderly man, played by Joseph Sweeney. Pts to @goks86-6, @SlimGrisson-5,@mysticmargarita-4
- 10:01:46: Q 5) http://ow.ly/i/aoTW Again just identify this 70's thriller movie that had Sean Connery in lead role.
- 10:05:09: Right this is from THE ANDERSON TAPES, points here going to @Kujilingus-6, @mysticmargarita-5 and @SlimGrisson-4.
- 10:07:28: Q 6) http://ow.ly/i/aoUO Just identify the actor playing the role of Hercules Poirot( circled) in this picture.
- 10:09:45: Right on that was Albert Finney playing Hercules Poirot in the movie adaptation of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express.
- 10:10:21: An interesting reply was Daniel Day Lewis, unfortunately not right, though wud love to see him in that role any time.
- 10:11:03: Points here going to @SlimGrisson-6, @goks86-5 and @mysticmargarita-4.
- 10:12:28: Q 7) http://pastebin.com/sr9rYJwd
- 10:16:43: Right it is Lord Mountbatten, who persuaded Agatha Christie in this case, and she was believed to be happy with the movie too.
- 10:17:32: And points here to @nitishmittal-6, @Kujilingus-5 and @goks86-4.
- 10:19:03: 8) http://ow.ly/i/aoWI Identify the movie, the actors in the picture should be a clue.
- 10:21:49: Right that was Michael Caine and Christopher "Superman" Reeve in Deathtrap.
- 10:22:40: And points here to @SlimGrisson-6, @mysticmargarita-5( taking a lead in the quiz so far) and @Kujilingus-4.
- 10:23:43: Q 9) Again just identify the actor and movie( need both) http://ow.ly/i/aoXx
- 10:26:37: Right that was Vin Diesel in a very unlikely role in Lumet's Find Me Guilty, totally different from his usual maar dhaad stuff.
- 10:27:14: And points here going to @SlimGrisson-6, @nitishmittal-5 and @Kujilingus-4.
- 10:28:24: Q 10) http://ow.ly/i/aoYa Just connect the images to a movie with fundaez.
- 10:31:58: Right this is DOG DAY AFTERNOON, Sirius the DOG STAR, which gives rise to the term,Elton John's song Amoreena in the movie.
- 10:32:53: That is the real life John Wojtowicz on whom the movie was based, and he had watched The Godfather to get ideas for the bank robbery in real
- 10:33:46: And coincidentally The Godfather had both Al Pacino and John Cazale who were also in Dog Day Afternoon, talk of real to reel to real.
- 10:34:26: Points here to @nitishmittal-6, @mysticmargarita-5 and @goks86-4.
- 10:35:16: Q 11) http://ow.ly/i/aoZq Again just connect the images.
- 10:38:44: Just got one right answer, need a hint?
- 10:40:29: One of the directors is Basu Chatterjee, that shud be hint enuf.
- 10:42:00: Closing it, the connect is 12 Angry Men, William Friedkin directed the 1997 version.
- 10:42:57: Basu Chatterjee directed the desi version Ek Ruka Hua Faisla, and that is Nikita Mikhalkov who directed the Russian version 12.
- 10:43:42: Points here to @SlimGrisson-6, @Kujilingus-5 and @goks86-4.
- 10:44:35: And this is the last Question, http://ow.ly/i/ap0L again just connect to a movie.
- 10:48:02: Just got 2 right answers so far, Mao should be a big clue.
- 10:49:06: Right closing it, this is NETWORK, the fictional TV show in the movie is called MAO TSE TUNG HOUR.
- 10:49:45: The MAO TSE TUNG HOUR is basically a docudrama series where they cover the Eclumenical Liberation Army,based on real life SLA.
- 10:51:05: Paddy Chafesky who wrote the Script for Network, and that is Christine Chubbuck whose suicide on TV, was the basis for the movie's story.
- 10:52:04: Points here going to @gauravsabnis-6, @SlimGrisson-5 and @nitishmittal-4, with which we come to the end of the Quiz.
- 10:52:43: So that ends this Quiz on Sidney Lumet, scores coming up.
- 10:53:46: winning the Quiz with 38 pts is @SlimGrisson, closely followed by @mysticmargarita with 34 and @goks86 with 30. Congrats to all.
- 10:54:38: Commendable performance too by @nitishmittal with 30 and @kujilingus with 24, well done guys.
- 10:55:19: This is your QM @ScorpiusMaximus logging off now, please feel free to send your feedback to my handle.
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- 14:02:37: Hey there! @johncharlesblog here, starting a football quiz in another 5 minutes. Raise your hands!
- 14:09:00: Rules : 10 points for first answer, 5 for 2nd and 3 for the 3rd fastest. The first question's coming up..
- 14:10:42: 1. Simple connect to start off with : http://twitpic.com/4l7kj2
- 14:14:31: Yes, that was Jack Reyonlds, Rinus Michel & Johan Cryuff. Connect being 'Total Football'. 10,5, 3 to @atulmathew, @yesjaypee & = @m_saik.
- 14:16:22: 2. http://twitpic.com/4l7myk
- 14:21:11: No correct answer so far. It has got something to do with age, but it includes both players.
- 14:25:00: Closing. @rohancdesai, @abhijit_13 & @KachuaChap were 1st 2nd 3rd to that.
- 14:25:16: Answer - Largest age difference b/w 2 players of the same squad in a WC(24 years and 42 days)
- 14:28:07: 3. http://www.kweezzz.com/txt/477
- 14:31:36: A. George Best and Bob Bishop. 10, 5, 3 to @raoufbhai, @atulmathew & @RahulxC respectively.
- 14:34:14: 4. Staying with the most hated brand in England .. http://twitpic.com/4l7u23
- 14:37:23: The most hated man in Liverpool & Leeds himself - Gary Neville. @VVF47_MUFC @vilegenius @Veekay80 score 10, 5, 3 respectively.
- 14:38:18: RT @_kaushik7: @kweezzz Gary Neville If he was an inch taller he'd be the best centre half in Britain. His father is 6ft 2in - I'd check ...
- 14:39:57: 5. Not the greatest quiz question, but try working this out! http://www.kweezzz.com/txt/478
- 14:43:05: Wycombe Wanderers it is. Points to @Veekay80, @atulmathew, @abhijit_13.
- 14:45:03: 6. If you know your Indian Football, you surely know this legend. ID : http://twitpic.com/4l7yu9
- 14:47:08: @m_saik Blackburn United? No club as such in the top four tiers of English League Football.
- 14:49:35: A. Gostho Pal. @_kaushik7 @rossoneri & @dattaps317 get points.
- 14:51:15: 7. By far, the easiest question of the quiz - Name the only unbeaten team at FIFA World Cup 2010.
- 14:53:30: Yeah, that would be New Zealand! @atulmathew, @_kaushik7 & @RahulxC get on the podium for that.
- 14:56:46: Three questions left. @atulmathew is running away with the quiz with 30 points _kaushik7 with 15 is second & @Veekay80 has 13 at this moment
- 14:58:03: 8. A little tougher I hope - http://www.kweezzz.com/txt/479
- 15:00:42: Mr. Danielle Maria Lineker indeed. @VVF47_MUFC, @Veekay80, @abhijit_13 were the first three to pounce.
- 15:04:25: 9. The penultimate question http://www.kweezzz.com/txt/480
- 15:09:37: The journeyman Nicolas Anelka. Vieira hasn't won the Champions League, no EURO for Makalele. @ishanbose31 @RahulxC @Prasinho_Cule were quick
- 15:13:14: 10. Final Question - http://www.kweezzz.com/txt/481
- 15:16:47: The great Raymond Kopa is the answer. Points go to @atulmathew @RahulxC and @VVF47_MUFC.
- 15:18:38: Tallying the scores. Gimme a moment. Wonderful to know 16 different people made it to the scoreboard.
- 15:23:38: -@atulmathew was in no holds barred mode, pwned the quiz with 40 points. Joining him on the podium are @VVF47_MUFC(23) and @Veekay80(18).
- 15:24:57: Close on their heels rounding off the top five were @RahulxC(16) and @_kaushik7(15).
- 15:27:14: That's it then. Thanks you all for participating. Feedback always appreciated @johncharlesblog signing off. Cheers!
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