prelude  The Colosseum Open Quiz Fest, 2008, which is being organised to commemorate the 10th year of the cultural quiz column THE COLOSSEUM of The Assam Tribune, will be held at the Pragjyoti ITA Cultural Complex, Guwahati, on Sunday, October 19, 2008. The event is organised by The Assam Tribune and the Social Action Network, Guwahati. During the event, the winners of the past ten years will also be awarded their certificates and prizes which they have won in different years for their contributions to the column. The list includes: Kaushik Das, Sandeep Phukan, Bhagyajeet Bhuyan, Ashmita Laskar, Umesh Saikia, Nilimai Deka, Puja Das, Liza Deka, Munindra Nath Deuri, Kamal Chetry, Dipjyoti Barman, Rupakjyoti Borah, Kingshuk Bhattacharjee, Geetali Das, Prosenjit ‘Piklu’ Dutta, Biswajit Dey, Rupanjali Gogoi, Amiya Kumar Baruah, Samrat Gupta, Dipankar Koushik, Usha Das, Maharnav Gogoi, Dipak Kumar Sharma, Jigisha Aryya, Jyotirmoyee Rabha, Jusmita Borah, Abhra Das, Jyotirupa Roy, Mithun Paul, Md. Sadique Hussain Laskar and Jayanta Nath. All of you are required to confirm your participation before October 15, 2008, to claim your certificates. During the event, we are planning to felicitate Prof. Dilip Kumar Baruah, the father of quizzing in the Northeastern region. For more details about this quiz fest, visit the website: www.thecolosseum.synthasite.com. Please REGISTER ONLINE by visiting this website. E-mail your questions with answers at: only4_pol@yahoo.co.uk, or post at: THE COLOSSEUM, Mosaic, Friday Supplement, The Assam Tribune, Guwahati-781003, or SMS at: 9864102417.

side screen  1) Picture Clue: This famous actress, widely recognised as one of the greatest youth icons of her times, is more famous today for her unnatural death and bold roles. Identify this actress, shown here when she was six years old. (Manjil P. Saikia, Tezpur)

harmonisers  From Pranjal Kishore Sharmah, Bonai, Jorhat – 2) This legendary sportsperson has launched an online contest specially designed to help youngsters identify and share their greatest achievements. Name the contest and the sportsperson.   3) Which Indian writer won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957, when he was just 17? 4) Which food item is named after a small hamlet in the Lucknow-Malihabad mango belt, on the outskirts of Lucknow ?   5) Which online book store was originally founded as cadabra.com by Jeff Bezos in 1994?

unites  From Pranjal Kishore Sharmah, Bonai, Jorhat – 6) Kishore Kumar sang the title song for India’s first TV serial which was extremely popular during the 1980s. Which popular TV soap was this? 7) The last film produced and directed by Kishore Kumar was Door Waadiyon Mein Kahin(1982). What was unique about the film? 8) Raj Kapoor never allowed his songs to be played on the popular programme Chitrahaar of Doordarshan. But, he relented on one (and only one) occasion. What was the occasion? do-re-me  9) How many languages are recognised in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution? (Dipankar Mali, Dhubri) 10) What is Al Pacino’s nickname? (Ashmita Laskar, JNU, New Delhi) 11) Which was the first Beatles song licensed for use in a Nike ad? (Bhagyajeet Bhuyan, DD News, New Delhi) 12) Which organisation presented Walt Disney with a gold medal declaring Mickey Mouse as ‘an international symbol of good will’? (Barnali Kalita, Dheliajuli) 13) What are jharoka, chattri, chajja, jali, guldasta, charbagh different kinds of? (Sadiq Hussain Laskar, Cyber City, Hadapsar, Pune-28) 14) Which subject was taught by Mother Teressa while she was a teacher in a Calcutta school for about 10 years? (Abhra Das, Maligaon)

cresendo  15) This was possibly the first ever India specific marketing campaign. Put together in 1939, by Harvey Duncan of Lintas, the campaign ensured that the palm tree logo became familiar across the country. The campaign also featured innovative packaging - a square 10-pound tin, a round 5-pound tin and a special 1/4 pound tin for sampling, all in a distinctive green and yellow combination. For which venerable Indian product was this campaign launched?

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