IITM OPEN QUIZ, don't miss it.

Alright Suraj Nair(who was once a co-author of this blog), I've put it up.

For info, follow this link.

http://openquiz.iitm.ac.in/

And this.

 http://iitmopenquiz.wordpress.com/

Yeah, be there if you can.

To summarise,

Date : 8 Jan, 2012
Time:  1:30 PMVenue : Students Activities' Center, IIT Madras

Guess Who's BAck?

Look what the good doctor just ordered, Dr. Frankenstein that is.
So for all those of you who didn't miss The QUizzard, We shall make sure that you do crave for the long passive lulls we've had these past few months

SO ladies, ok who am i kidding
So gentlemen, LEt us QUiz In Our PAnts

Start AGain

Okay, starting again after a Month's vacation.
Sorry for being so uncouth about it all.

Anyway, a month should've wiped off the million negative sentiments about the blog, so begin again.

I'm stuck in Germany for a while, so can't give assurances on daily stuff.

Anyway,
It's late.
Sleep beckons.
Thanks.

May you have many more!

Here's wishing Nihar a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 

Woo.

Numero Uno

Hey.
We're gonna cut it down to just one question per day (officially) and see how that works out. This system will be in place until further notice.

That is all.

Second glance

Peoples!
Put one look at these questions.
Make them feel all happy and such.

We'll start releasing answers from tomorrow onward.

700
701
702
703
704
705
706
707
708
709
710
711
712

Back in order?

The last few days have, if you've noticed, shown that we can be a little REGULAR :)

Yes, we're posting two a day.


NOW FOR THE IMPORTANT PART




But we're thinking of a Question set of sorts.

Something like,

Under one post,
Twenty short, textual questions(well, not all textual), carrying maybe 3-4 points each, enabling you'll to catch up/extend your lead on the board(which will soon be back in order)


So what say about the question set?
To make our voting simple,

Click "INTERESTING" under the post if you LIKE  the idea.

Click "GOOGLED IT" under the post to show opposition to the idea.

Cool?
Okay
Thanks
Bye
Do hurry up.

What's with the numbers?

Hey, there seems to be some mix-up with the question numbers and that in turn seems to have led to a bit of confusion.
It's mostly because Pai does weird stuff. But don't blame the freak. Actually, no. Go right ahead. He deserves it. Stupid confusion causing boy. Tch.
In any case, these are the recent confusion-addled questions. Click on the links, read the questions (google if you must) and then answer them.

665 (Newly added question)
666 (Because Pai insists his numbering can't be altered)
667(His opinion isn't that relevant)
668
669

That is all.

Oops

There was an error in Question 660.

It was 2^128 and not 2^28. An editing error. My fault entirely. I apologise.

Give it another shot.

Thanks.

Normal Service Resumed

We'll post regular, non themey questions from tomorrow(tuesday).

If you need to contribute any questions, you know the id! 

647: Theme Answers

Cross your i's and dot your t's...or?

THEME:

Characters from the British tv show Mind Your Language

JUAN CERVANTES

SIDNEY
MAXIMILLIAN PAPANDRIOUS

INGRID SVENSSON

ANNA SCHMIDT

GLADYS

Ms. COURTNEY

RED HERRING: LUCIANO PAVAROTTI

RIGHT THEME GUESSES:

quizenthusiast - 647 f - +30
bazzinga - 647 h - +10

WRONG THEME GUESSES:

allornothing - 647 g - no negatives because he was on the right track

RED HERRING GUESSES:

Anonymous - +20

Note

The theme is really simple, but not your conventional theme round.

By conventional,

I mean,

 Ans 1- Chrome
' "     2- Larry Page
"  "   3- YouTube
"  "   4- Googol

Therefore, Theme is GOOGLE.

No, not this kind. The ongoing theme isn't that direct.
Club all the answers, and you'll have your answer,
But you might have to look at the answers in a different way. If you don't, you won't connect :P

Theme Round! : Cross your i's and dot your t's...or?

Hello all!
New theme round starting tomorrow. Don't worry, no simultaneous theme. :)
8 questions and rules as per the RED HERRING PROSPECTUS.

That is all :)

Keep up

People, answer. Before ze comments are released.

617
618
619
620
621
622
623
624
625
626
627
628

Something New?

Okay. the theme was a major flop!
We'll get back to normalcy by tomorrow, the regular questions.
Thank heavens!

Thanks

Theme 11: Answers

602 a: Heracles, Hippolyta, Hera

602 b: Jeff Bezos

602 c: She  Hulk, Absorbing man, Titania


602 d: Helena of Troy

602 e: Quince

602 f: Luther's 95 These(u)s


602 g: FirePuck


602 h: Cobweb, Peasleblossom, Mustardseed, Moth( Fairies)


Connect; Characters from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Cracked by Pi R Square, Nagaratna

Red Herring; Jeff Bezos :P

Cracked by the same people!

Theme 10 Answers: Liquidity

Theme Connect:

"Companies Named After Rivers"

Answers:

• Isuzu
• Hudson Bay Company
• Samsung: Red Herring
• Avon Cycles 
• Adobe
• Amazon
• Lagonda
• Nokia

Theme Cracked by:

1) Nagaratna - Question 3
2) Pi.R.Square - QUestion 3.

Red Herring: Samsung.

1) Pi.R.Square
2) Nagaratna

Just a Reminder

I'm not sure when this happened, but I did notice that the comments appeared in a full page form. I'm as puzzled as anyone, given that it's been a while since I answered a question on my own blog!

Anyway, THE COMMENTS DO APPEAR AS A POP UP WINDOW NOW

Hope that makes things a tad easier.
Thanks!

Bourn To Be Wild: Bring BQC Back.

"The Donkey and Elephant were the symbols of the political parties of which country?"


"Carrots and Radishes are Root Vegetables? True/False."


"Which animal do you think of when you're bang on target?"


Not exactly the most thought provoking questions in retrospect, but when faced by a barrage of them under the scrutiny of Derek O' Brien, one's mind tends to go more blank than the cheque which had the prize money. The Bournvita Quiz Contest was one of the few nascent quiz contests held in India, which has helped foster generation upon generations of quizzers. Including me.


When i was in primary school, 4th grade, the BQC came to Sophia's for the first time. It was a mandatory activity and since it meant that the horrible history teacher wouldn't teach us about sedition, or the monstrous math teacher wouldn't try to teach us addition, the entire school erupted in a furore of quizzing ebullience. And I for one was not left behind.


The quiz itself was stimulating in its simplicity, yet provoking in its problems. I remember distinctly finishing the quiz well before time, but fully knowing that i had gotten a single question wrong. It was several weeks before they announced the winners in school, and not congruous with the characteristics of  quizzer, i had plumb forgotten that i had even attempted the quiz. 


It was a pleasant surprise although when i found out that i had won the quiz from school, for which i received a medal, a certificate and other memorabilia which have long since been lost in the tides of time, but not from the munitions of one's memory.


The BQC was the first step i had ever taken into the quasars of quizzing, and things haven't been brighter since.


I always took solace in the fact that shows like BQC would continue to ignite the passions of younger generation for eons to come, as it had my very own generation. But when i was contacted a few weeks ago by a group of fellow quizzing enthusiasts, who had taken it upon themselves to bring back the Bournvita Quiz Challenge, i was quite alarmed to know that wholesome family programming had been compromised for the likes of Bigg Boss, something so salacious in itself that they don't even spell it correctly.


Its a sad day for a nation when something as enlightening as BQC has been substituted with something as exasperating as Bigg Boss.

Derek O'Brien himself has joined this movement to bring back edifying entertainment to television, and here's his letter to Cadbury's.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?bid=200395089982040&set=a.200395053315377.46249.168969106457972&ref=nf

The response it enjoyed is testament to the popularity that BQC has enjoyed. 120,000 people have joined this movement on facebook, and many more on other media.http://www.facebook.com/bringbqcback

They can be contacted on bringbqcback@gmail.com

Its time we do what needs to be done, and prove once and for all that we aren't a generation of people who care only about who's dating whom, who broke up with whom, etc etc, that we are intellectuals who are not oblivious to the world around us, that we are intellectuals who aren't shocked or surprised by the staged antics of reality TV, that we are people who do not want to see another generation of talent lost to the trappings of mediocrity, because they never had the opportunity we did to prove our talent to all, and take our place upon the grand stage.

I speak on behalf of all those who have had that opportunity, and all those who deserve it.

Regards

Siddarth Pai.

Part 2, the Evil Twin: To Sum this all up, a Nightmare.

A parallel theme round.
Rules are all the same.
There's one connect.
Good luck,
We start tomorrow =)

Boo.