Not the first Twitter Quiz by a long way!
STARTS 04.08.09, 8:30pmGMT
GOOD LUCK!
How to play
New Twiz & new times coming soon, watch for Twizmaster's updates! Once you've registered on Twitter, all you need to do is:
- Follow the Twizmaster at www.twitter.com/twizmaster
- At Twiz time (12:30am US PST, 15:30pm US EST, 8:30pm UK GMT, 9:30pm Western Europe GMT+1) watch for Twizmaster's updates
- To play, you must reply to the Twizmaster's questions (don't just tweet the answer or it won't count)
- First correct answer sent to @twizmaster wins the question, whoever wins most questions wins the Twiz!
There are lots of twitter quizzes, check out our favourite - The Twitterhood Twiz
Tuesday, July 21st 8:30pm GMT
This week we're offering a tiny red lacquer boot brooch, circa 1970, allegedly worn by TV superstar Joanna Lumley as The New Avenger's Purdey alongside bemulleted he-man Mike Gambit (played by the late Gareth 'Special Blend and Roast' Hunt) and Patrick McNee revisiting his delightfully foppish, wise-cracking, bowler-hatted bisexual toff spy, John Steed.
Apparently this little red boot was used by anally-challenged Lumley to poke a KGB officer in the eye as he attempted to fly remote control helicopter loaded with ecstasy into the Queen's bath or some bollocks like that. Seriously, I loved that show at the time but saw an episode the other day on a freeview channel and it was possibly the worst thing you will ever watch apart from real life footage of children being eaten by ants.
Tuesday, July 21st 8:30pm GMT
This small dachshund appears to made from blue glass but on closer inspection you might be intrigued to discover it was once a real dog, minaturised and transformed into organic blue mineral crystal by master of the netherworld, David "bit of a stunt" Blaine.
Formerly a perfectly normal magician, Blaine is now famous for burying himself in human faeces, hanging by his penis from a 250ft crane over the river Thames and most recently, freezing himself to death being resurrected on top of the Empire State Building in front of millions of disappointed fans. His faithful hound, Satanas, was his beloved side kick until Blaine, allegedly high on demon's blood, used his Mephistophelean powers to freeze the dog in a cute pose. During his 2004 penis hanging stunt, the dog fell from his pocket and into the Thames. Now it has been recovered and can be yours! Play Friday at 8pm!
Friday, June 26th
Stephen Hawking is apparently the undisputed World Champion of the Rubix Snake. How can this be, you ask? Well, if the rumours are true, he doesn't actually manipulate the snake at all - he simply looks at it for a total of 7.2 seconds and forms a mental pattern, which he then communicates to an official "snake handler" through a series of complicated blinks. However, perfectionist Stephen is said to be harsh with his Rubix assistants. If they haven't completed his blinked pattern within 20 seconds, he then signals to a nearby ex-SAS commander under his employ to beat the assistant unconscious with the snake as punishment for their failure.
After a particularly slow assistant and an accidental 'overbeating', the snake was hastily disposed of as possible evidence and has now ended up here as this week's Twiz prize! Play Friday at 5pm!
Friday, June 19th
This week we're offering a Moroccan Belly Dancer hat allegedly belonging to cinema legend, Clint Eastwood. Between directing Million Dollar Baby and starring in Gran Torino, Eastwood apparently started belly dancing lessons at the Carmel Senior Citizen Leisure Centre. Eastwood, 79, has long been an advocate for pensioners rights in California, having chaired the septuagenarian's knife-throwing club, and founding the Battered Back Door Bandits - a club for retired Hollywood cowboys.
According to sources close to Eastwood, his belly-dancing career was brief. At his second lesson he lost his balance and fell into the disabled toilet. Events turned nasty when the dance instructor said to the stricken actor "I guess you don't feel lucky, do ya punk?" and proceeded to shove a loaded Magnum 45 in Clint's face screaming "WELL, DO YA BITCH???". Storming off, Clint threw his hat on the floor. Now it can be yours... Play the TWIZ!
Friday, June 12th
This week's prize is a set of orange melamine salad servers with an incredible rock history. Picked-up by a 10 year old Lars Ulrich at a picnic in Copenhagen in 1973, legend has it that the young metal guru held aloft the salad servers, banging them together four times before knocking out a bowl-shredding drum solo on the salad bowl, some tumblers, a high hat made from Bakewell Tart dish and a rather dense Battenberg cake (which doubled as a base drum).
He hummed the basic tune of 'Metal Milita' and gathered a crowd of head-banging Danish children around, when disaster struck - the Battenberg gave way and he kicked a large clump of sponge into his mother's face. She scalded him and made him sit in the car... as he left, Lars turned to the kids shouting "goodnight Copenhagen" and threw the salad servers into the crowd. Now they can be yours! Play the Twiz at 5.00pm to become a part of rock history.
Friday, June 5th
Alledgedly, the 15 years spent in Bracknell forest after the cancellation of The Really Wild Show were not kind to Terry Nutkins. The astronomical success of rival Michaela Strachan possibly drove Terry over the edge. Making a simple nest in the forest out of plasters and wheat, he survived for years on a diet of bark, apple cores and tired owls.
His only link to the life he left behind were his flash cards, using them to motivate himself before going on stage in his heyday. Babar to calm himself down, red troll to give him sexual confidence, and yellow troll to remind him of his roots. He may have used these very cards featured as this week's prize. Play the Twiz at 5pm!
Friday, May 29th
After her widely publicised breakup with Sylvester Stallone in 1987, Brigitte Nielsen wanted to prove that not all Danes were bad. She may have used this week's Twiz prize, a book issued by the Danish government, to advertise Denmark as THE holiday destination of 1994, and to revive her singing and acting career. Having been voted the happiest place on earth, as well as the second most peaceful country in the world, Denmark appears to be doing a lot better than Brigitte herself. If asked what she thought about her homeland as a whole, Brigitte would have probably advised that "It's not as nice as Greenland, but makes Norway look like utter s**t."
Very insightful Brigitte! Play the Twiz at 5pm, UK time.
Friday, May 22nd
This week's prize is a highly controversial set of 2 badges, featuring Rupert The Bear and Orinoco from The Wombles, which may have been at the centre of more shock revelations about MP's expenses claims. The badges, possibly belonging to David Chaytor, may have been claimed as parliamentary expenses when they were purchased for the sum of £16,000 at a car boot sale in Dorking last year.
David Chaytor has become the second Labour MP to be suspended by his party after questionable expenses claims. Mr Chaytor said that he had made an 'unforgivable error' after admitting taking nearly £13,000 for a London flat that had been loan-free since 2004. It has been suggested that he also said...
"I do not deny spending £16000 on badges, but children's TV memorabilia from the 1970s is a key part of Labour strategy for the next election and as such vital to my work in the House of Commons". Play the Twiz on Friday and become a part of UK political history. (Maybe).
Friday, May 15th
This week we are privileged to offer a set of stainless steel and Bakelite cocktail sticks circa 1976, possibly belonging to TV entertainer Michael 'Swimming Pool Shame' Barrymore. If we'd called Michael to find out more about his poolside cocktail snacks he probably would have said he thought pineapple chunks and cubes of cheddar were fine, but anything more flashy such as chipolatas, olives or little silverskin onions were a bourgeois culinary statement, more suitable to Bobby Davro or Russ Abbot. Thanks Mike. Twiz at 5pm UK, that's showbiz!
Friday, May 8th
Ever wondered how Joan Collins snares all her men? Legend has it she uses the mystical powers of the Love Gun and this may or may not be that very gun! In the summer of 1950 she took a 3 week shooting course and hasn't looked back since. Joan has recently renewed her vows with her current (fifth) husband and no longer requires the awesome Love Gun...which is why we're giving one away as this week's Twiz prize. Twiz at 5pm UK, that's showbiz!
Friday, May 1st
What an honour! This tin once contained the finest Belgian chocolates, rumoured to have been the catalyst for David Suchet accepting the role as Hercule Poirot.
He is thought to have taken a bite, paused a moment and then said "I feel that I now understand not only the spirit of Poirot, but also the spirit of the Belgian nation".
Twiz at 5pm UK, mes amis!
Friday, April 24th
This week's prize is a pair of sunglasses rumoured to have been stolen from the set of the latest James Bond movie.
These sunglasses have been cleverly adapted by 'M' to include mirrored outer edges which allow Bond to see enemies approaching from the rear and in one scene save our hero from a painful situation.
Here you can see how Daniel Craig may have looked sporting the "spy glasses"!
Twiz at 5:00pm GMT!
Friday, April 17th
This week's prize is a Golden Melody Harmonica - which you can see here in an artist's impression of how it may have been used by jilted lesbian DJ Sam Ronson to express her feelings over her recent break-up with troubled bisexual alleged drug abusing ex actress Lindsay Lohan earlier this month.
Like Sam and Lindsay's torrid relationship, the Golden Melody makes a sad noise in public and totally blows.
Twiz at 5:00pm GMT!
Friday, April 3rd
This is probably the second best prize we have given away to date!
Pob's Programme was a children's TV show shown in the United Kingdom in the 80's.
Pob has since moved into East London where with his "Caesar" haircut and stripey pink jumper he's not hard to miss at 333 in Old st, where he's known to throw shapes into the early hours. Late night clubbing has taken its toll and these may, or may not be Pob's ears that he's had to replace several times due to bouts of tinnitus.
Twiz at 5:00pm GMT!
Friday, March 27th
Probably the best prize we have given away to date!
Is this the very old container used by the French actor Vincent Cassel to store his laxatives? Probably... because the container is French, he is French, and it's rumoured he is no fan of laxatives being stored in cardboard. He was in shrek and films with subtitles.
Twiz at 5:00pm GMT!
Friday, March 20th
We've heard that Harold Bishop's application to play supporting tuba on this album was politely rejected. His fury at this decision knew no bounds and the rumour is that he planned to subversively swap out the original CD with his own tuba-backed remix as revenge.
His plan failed, enabling us to present this week's prize: Tightrope (special edition) by that you-beaut sheila Stephanie McIntosh.
Twiz at 5:00pm GMT!
Friday, March 13th
Despite the smile on his face, this lifelike statuette of Snoopy (made from the finest Chinese plastic) embodies the philosophy, grace, power and indeed the very spirit of Jeet Kune Do. This mystical combat form is sometimes mistakenly attributed to Bruce Lee but have you ever asked yourself why?
Could it be that this figurine inspired the great man himself? For a chance to win this uniquely inspiring prize, play this week's Twiz at 5pm!
Friday, March 6th
Before he was a mean Mitchell brother, harassing gangs, and gallivanting round Afghanistan, Ross Kemp was a sweet boy. This Tom & Jerry box is possibly Ross's school lunchbox. As a young lad, he was addicted to eating only hard boiled eggs for lunch, which is why this box is so small. It was lost in 1991 as Ross shot to fame and tried to hide his eggy addiction shame. After years of limbo, it has ended up here as this week's Twizmaster prize.
Enter this week's Twiz to own this piece of eggcellent celeb history!
Friday, February 27th
Ever wondered what eighties pop-stars did in their free time... (maybe not, but I'll tell you anyway).
We heard a rumour that Carol Decker, of T'Pau fame, used to collect beer mats! And the prize for this week's Twiz are some beer mats she may or may not have picked up on one of their many tours in the 80's. So don't forget, enter this week's Twiz and you'll have the chance to have some beer mats in your hand (get it!!).
Friday, February 20th
Guitar heroes need to unwind somehow. Rumour has it that Steve Vai fills his spare time colouring in Magic Roundabout pictures.
If it's true, and this was his book, then it seems he's not the best at staying inside the lines. Win this week's Twiz to see if you can colour better than the illustrious former owner of the book - we'll even throw in the pencils.
Friday, February 13th
Corey Feldman, of Goonies, Lost Boys and Stand By Me fame also provided the voice of Donatello in two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle films. It is well documented that Corey could only do 'the voice' of Donatello when wearing a viking helmet. This could be THE helmet, he refused to comment - apparently he didn't have the right hat on...
Friday, February 6th
Twizmaster is really excited by this weeks prize. A fabulous framed painting of a Transformer of unspecified origin. Having said that, the guy who sold it to us insinuated that it might have once adorned the wall of Ally Sheedy. However when we tried to contact her agent, we were politely but firmly told we'd come through to the Iranian Embassy.
Friday, Jan 30th: Another prize!
This week we are giving away this amazing Wooden Shark Bottle Opener. We asked Judd Nelson if he had ever owned it, but he just mouthed something back at us through the window of his taxi which, from his hand gestures, we took to mean "no" .
Friday, Jan 23rd: Win a prize!
We're proud to offer a rare Varimex Building Fittings ash tray from Poland, in plastic, circa 20th Century. It may have belonged to Molly Ringwald, but it's very unlikely.
