Twitter competition winners announced
21 June 2011
To celebrate universities week (13-19 June) °×С½ãÂÛ̳ News ran a competition on twitter to find the best piece of trivia about °×С½ãÂÛ̳.
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 °×С½ãÂÛ̳ 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 #°×С½ãÂÛ̳trivia tweets are as follows:
1st Prize
Charlotte
Frearson (@loftroll)
#°×С½ãÂÛ̳trivia
Labs in °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Inst. of Archaelology were funded, in part, by the sale of Indiana
Jones' hat and whip from Harrison Ford himself!
2nd Prize
°×С½ãÂÛ̳
Advances (@°×С½ãÂÛ̳Advances)
#°×С½ãÂÛ̳trivia
The internet became international when °×С½ãÂÛ̳ became the first place to connect to
it outside of the US
3rd Prize
Professor
Paul Driscoll (@pcdriscoll)
#°×С½ãÂÛ̳trivia
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 °×С½ãÂÛ̳'s motto translates as 'Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward' #°×С½ãÂÛ̳trivia
- °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Advances (@°×С½ãÂÛ̳Advances)#°×С½ãÂÛ̳trivia °×С½ãÂÛ̳'s Professor Jack Drummond coined the name 'vitamin' and was the first to propose the existence of Vitamin C.
- Dyah Widiastuti (@dyahwie)#ucltrivia °×С½ãÂÛ̳ was the first secular-based university in the UK
- °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Advances (@°×С½ãÂÛ̳Advances)#°×С½ãÂÛ̳trivia After the General Election of 6 May 2010, the House of Commons contains eight alumni of °×С½ãÂÛ̳.
- Schrodinger's Kitten (@schrodingerskit)#°×С½ãÂÛ̳trivia Cheese Grater Magazine spearheaded Cash For Tache, and it raised £1,500!
- Dr Gail Davies (@gailfdavies)#°×С½ãÂÛ̳trivia The lost portrait of surgeon Marcus Beck used to 'haunt' °×С½ãÂÛ̳H, with hospital staff covering it each night