Who says Quizzing only keeps you mentally fit?

The secret of Rajiv Rai's fitness

Don't you just love the way Sumo gently goads him to "Go for it" ? But, as you can see, Sumo's gentle touch can engender a fairly high quantum of momentum.

Neil O'Brien shares his "Mantra of Quizzing"

Green on Top in Tipperary Hill, Syracuse NY

This question from the Travel Quiz had some interesting guesses, and the maximum applause

Still ( more ) Life

Sumant tells me to Rock On









The Baron and The Earl profess their Glove Love



This team from Thrissur wants to consult a spirit for the answer



Gopal and Rajiv totally relaxed during the Travel Quiz

It's Still Life - the psst psst series

Some Questions from Mega-Whats Finals

The Mega-Whats is an all-India quiz for teams of four conducted by the Karnataka Quiz Association.

Here are some questions from the finals.

1. If you can;t hear the question, pause at the ppt or read here: basically there's this cross-word setter of the Guardian who is fascinated by the monkey puzzle tree ( picture shown) and he uses its Latin genus name, Araucaria as a pseudonym while setting the crossword. So, how is his pseudonym Cinephile, while setting cryptic crosswords for The Financial Times apt?




2. Part of the Nobel Prize ceremony is the Grand Dinner. Over 250 guests are invited including royalty. In the 70's it was canceled for the first time. Why?

You have sufficient time to work this one out, as I'm showing you all the guesses. It's amazing how Samanth pronounces The-Unpronounceable-Icelandic-Volcano in one breath. The Norrmalmstorg bank robbery which gave birth to the Stockholm Syndrome happened in 1973, so that was a good guess.

But the final answer is the kind of thing that makes you go "Of Course! (pause, hit forehead softly with base of your palm) Why didn't I think of that?" thus making it a good quiz question.

Marriage Wows! 2

As Christina mentioned in the earlier post, 20th June was the wedding. And from what I've heard, it was great fun.

Here's wishing you guys a great time together, to years of Happiness and Quizzing

Roadside Royalty

Isn't this lovely?



followed by the harsh Graffiti , thus bringing you both sides of the story... see how they've painted right down to the last inch of the divider. And then Wham... the Graffiti!






And Finally Dont miss

The traffic directions before the royal procession at 0:22.. its like they've stopped there scratching their bristly chins wondering where to go now.

"Just B'Coz you speak English your genitic make-up won't change Speak Kannada" !