Quiz Time

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Author: Aaman Lamba — Published: Jun 21, 2005 at 3:55 pm 23 comments

It's Quiz Time!


Yr Host - Aaman Lamba.

I have been a quizzer for many years. It has been a fulfilling and stimulating hobby. The quizzing fraternity in India is vibrant, and large. It is modeled mainly after British quizzing of the pub and Mastermind variety. Individuals band together to form a quiz team, usually of 4 members, and give themselves a name. Our team was called "Mustapha & the Psychedelic Fat-Bottomed Girls. Other teams I have known include "The Polyphonic Motets of Lassus", "Foucault's Chutney", "We Are Like This Wonly"."Corrosion of Conformity","Meta-Quizziks", and "Trans-dimensional Lesbian playwrights"

Various quizzing societies exist around the country - Calcutta, Bangalore and Chennai are some of the key quizzing centers, although fine quiz teams/societies operate in almost every town.(Write-up on the history of quizzing in India) Some quiz societies of note include the Quiz Foundation of India,the Karnataka Quiz Association and Derek O'Brien's crew in Calcutta. I have interacted, quizzed, drunk the night away with many of the august personae comprising these societies, and it has made one a better person.

Quizzing is done at various levels, from the 3rd grade upto college, and open quizzing. Corporate quizzes are quite popular. Quizzing is big business too, with a number of big-ticket, sponsored quizzes, such as the Economic Times Brand Equity quiz conducted by Derek O'Brien.

Quiz topics are very broad, ranging from rock to culture to ancient history to abstruse trivia about commonplace things. Researching was an art, fulfilled through discussions over beer, trawling through used bookstores and libraries in those pre-Google days. Being able to pull together the knowledge one has and present it on the spot in 30 seconds is an experience one cannot describe to the unitiated(British Quiz Association FAQ on quizzing) Most quizzers have their specialities, and a motley, eclectic collection of curiosities & complementary skillsmakes a good team

Perhaps the best way of getting a feel for quizzing of this sort is a quiz itself. Please find a few questions below. If there is interest, this can be made a regular feature. If there are sponsors, there can be prizes. Quiz on!

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  • 1 - Temple Stark

    Jun 21, 2005 at 5:11 pm

    You and you're fancy HTML.


    You're as bad as me on hints - ie not hintful at all.

  • 2 - Temple Stark

    Jun 21, 2005 at 5:12 pm

    Speaking of "you're" typos, Question 3 does not compute.

  • 3 - Aaman

    Jun 21, 2005 at 5:12 pm

    How much did you score?

  • 4 - Aaman

    Jun 21, 2005 at 5:13 pm

    As in? Not valid, or wrong grammar?

  • 5 - Aaman

    Jun 21, 2005 at 5:14 pm

    Ah, fixed it:)

  • 6 - Temple Stark

    Jun 21, 2005 at 5:15 pm

    didn't do it yet. Might require thinking and I can't do that while I'm writing :-) (A little joke there people)

  • 7 - swingingpuss

    Jun 21, 2005 at 6:04 pm

    I could answer only four and it makes me mad :(

    Q1, Q2,Q6 and Q14 and in Q13 I remembered only two hurricans and that obviously didnt count.

  • 8 - DrPat

    Jun 21, 2005 at 6:08 pm

    To my undying disgust, I knew the answer to #5...

    I need a life, but there is no ASIN for that!

  • 9 - El Bicho

    Jun 21, 2005 at 6:12 pm

    Good doctor,

    the ASIN for life is B00026WUGE

  • 10 - Tan The Man

    Jun 21, 2005 at 6:14 pm

    I know 10 from the cliff notes I read for my class. Read 50 pages and gave up.

  • 11 - Victor Plenty

    Jun 21, 2005 at 6:19 pm

    I had to view source to be sure, but that really is the blink tag up there! Haven't they gotten around to amending the Geneva Conventions to outlaw that thing yet?

    The quiz looks nifty, but I'm too afraid of an epileptic seizure induced by the blink tag to attempt to answer any of the questions.

    Aw, I can't lie to y'all. I tried the quiz and only got three. But I still blame the blink tag.

  • 12 - Bennett

    Jun 21, 2005 at 6:28 pm

    Got one. Sucks to be my brain.

  • 13 - DrPat

    Jun 21, 2005 at 8:00 pm

    Thanks, El Bicho, but that's the ASIN for Tye Tribbett's life - I need to get one of my own!

    [whine]

  • 14 - Aaman

    Jun 21, 2005 at 9:25 pm

    OK - no blinkie next time.

    Is there interest in this being a regular feature?

  • 15 - Bennett

    Jun 21, 2005 at 9:29 pm

    Sure Aaman, I couldn't do any worse next time. Include some questions on farming, cows, yeast management, brewing, hops, backhoes... Stuff like that.

    :-]

  • 16 - Mary K. Williams

    Jun 22, 2005 at 9:31 am

    Damn - I only knew two! I supposed I could have guessed at the hurricanes -- hmm, well- maybe not. It was fun though. So, why not bring it back on a regular basis. Maybe you can accept questions from the rest of us, like one or two each time, to supplement what you already have. Just a thought.

  • 17 - Aaman

    Jun 22, 2005 at 9:36 am

    Fire a couple away on this thread - next time, mail them to me at aamanlamba+++gmaildotcom , and I'll credit you

  • 18 - Mary K. Williams

    Jun 22, 2005 at 9:51 am

    Oh cripes, I can't think this early. Maybe after some more coffee. : )

  • 19 - Temple Stark

    Jun 25, 2005 at 1:59 pm

    Got 7. Please yes, do more. It's a great diversion.

    1,3,6, 7,8, 9, 10.

    On 12 I knew the nationality and the time but not the name.



    - Thanks again ....

  • 20 - Victor Plenty

    Jun 25, 2005 at 6:40 pm

    Yes, more quiz entries would be good, to motivate us all to, like, learn things and know stuff.

    Even if you feel compelled to bring out the blink tag again, I'll probably still play the quiz.

    But if not I'll just think up some other lame excuse for getting such a low score.

  • 21 - Aaman

    Jun 25, 2005 at 7:07 pm

    This is now a weekly feature - look in the right sidebar.

    Next time, some new innovations in blog-quiz-dom

  • 22 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo

    Jun 25, 2005 at 9:03 pm

    just wanna add my support here, Aaman. GREAT stuff, is what this is.

    although, it's also confirmation of how unspeakably thick i am. i think i got 2.

  • 23 - mukesh gupta

    Jan 30, 2009 at 6:03 am

    though i was searching for some other information,i mhappy that i have got this things from your site to know about

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