Twitter competition winners announced
21 June 2011
To celebrate universities week (13-19 June) Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø News ran a competition on twitter to find the best piece of trivia about Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø.
We had a great response from the 4,500 people who follow on twitter. In the end, the winning entry went to Charlotte Frearson from the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Institute of Archaeology who astounded us by unveiling the relationship between labs in her institute and the famous film character Indiana Jones.
Many thanks to everyone who entered.Ìý The winning #Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍøtrivia tweets are as follows:
1st Prize
Charlotte
Frearson (@loftroll)
#Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍøtrivia
Labs in Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Inst. of Archaelology were funded, in part, by the sale of Indiana
Jones' hat and whip from Harrison Ford himself!
2nd Prize
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø
Advances (@Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍøAdvances)
#Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍøtrivia
The internet became international when Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø became the first place to connect to
it outside of the US
3rd Prize
Professor
Paul Driscoll (@pcdriscoll)
#Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍøtrivia
Chas Darwin wrote that he liked living on Gower St (site of Darwin Bldg) because it
was 'so quiet' (!)
Special mentions go to the following entries:
- Alisha Riseley (@foxlingua)@uclnews Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø's motto translates as 'Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward' #Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍøtrivia
- Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Advances (@Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍøAdvances)#Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍøtrivia Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø's Professor Jack Drummond coined the name 'vitamin' and was the first to propose the existence of Vitamin C.
- Dyah Widiastuti (@dyahwie)#ucltrivia Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø was the first secular-based university in the UK
- Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Advances (@Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍøAdvances)#Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍøtrivia After the General Election of 6 May 2010, the House of Commons contains eight alumni of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø.
- Schrodinger's Kitten (@schrodingerskit)#Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍøtrivia Cheese Grater Magazine spearheaded Cash For Tache, and it raised £1,500!
- Dr Gail Davies (@gailfdavies)#Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍøtrivia The lost portrait of surgeon Marcus Beck used to 'haunt' Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍøH, with hospital staff covering it each night