prelude  0, 1, 2, 3, 4 … folks, just 9 days left for the mega quizzical extravaganza The Colosseum Open Quiz Fest, 2009 to be held on Sunday, October 25, 2009 at the Pragjyoti ITA Cultural Complex, Machkhowa, Guwahati. The event is organised by The Assam Tribune and Social Action Network (SAN), a North-East based NGO. The theme of this quiz event is culture. The definition of culture for this Quiz Fest includes areas like music, dance, fashion, designing, movies, art, sculpture, books, literature, a little bit of history, the culture of different Northeastern tribes and culture in different parts of the world. Even if a question carries information about the corporate, sports or science fields, the question will have a cultural element attached to it. And behold!!! There are more than 700 audience prizes at stake. Altogether, we have some prizes worth more than Rs.1,00,000/- to be won. Apart from these, there are assured prizes for each participating team at the registration desk. There is no Registration fee. The event is being sponsored by the State Bank of India, Cane and Bamboo Technology Centre (National Bamboo Mission, Guwahati) and HP etc. Our supportive sponsors are: UBISURFER, Videocon, Vivel Ultra-Pro, Classmate, Bharali Brothers, Assam Book Depot and Gold Cinema etc. Registration will be on the spot. The research and concept of the event is brought to you by Neelotpal Deka & Quiz Associates and Trivia Bytes. Quiz News: Centre for Management Studies, Dibrugarh University has organised an Open Business Quiz “BizMantra” on Saturday November 7, 2009. The First, Second and Third prize winners will get Rs.5000/-, Rs.3000/- and Rs.2000/- respectively, along with trophies. There is a mega prize for the audience of Rs.1000/- for the best question answered. The quiz master of the event is Neelotpal Deka. 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. Send your name in each SMS.

side screen  1) Picture Clue: In the movie Tarzan -The Wonder Car, the designer car carries the letters DC on it. The same letters appear in different designer cars used in some other Bollywood flicks. What do these two letters stand for? (Kamal Jyoti Borah, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Bihpuria, Lakhimpur)

harmonisers  From Kamal Medhi, Mathgharia, Guwahati – 2) Who is the current brand ambassador of the All India Football Federation? 3) What do you mean by a “bag lady”? 4) Where is Michael Jackson buried? 5) In which book will you find the character Howard Roark?

unities  From Saroj K. Deka, Gauhati University – 6) Whose autobiography is titled Bonding? 7) Which actor was the narrator of the movie Bawarchi? 8) Which Nobel Prize winning world statesman played himself in the Win Wenders film Far Away So Close?

do-re-me  From Maharnav Gogoi, AEC, Guwahati – 9) Can you name the twelfth and final original album by The Beatles, which was released on May 8, 1970? 10) Name the term that describes someone who makes or repairs stringed instruments? 11) Who, along with Beethoven and Bach, are refered to as the 3 B’s of music? 12) If you see Zubeen Garg ‘Busking’ in public places, what can you conclude? 13) How is Harmandir Sahib, the holiest site of the Sikhs, better known as? 14) Which word literally means ‘Little War’ in Spanish?

crescendo  15) In mythology, Castor and Pollux are together better known as what? (Maharnav Gogoi, AEC, Guwahati)

answers  1) Dilip Chabbria, the famous car designer 2) Salman Khan 3) A homeless woman who carries her possessions in a shopping bag 4) Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills 5) Fountainhead by Ayn Rand 6) Vyjayanthimala 7) Amitabh Bachchan 8) Mikhail Gorbachev 9) Let It Be 10) A luthier 11) Brahms 12) Doing live performances to entertain people, usually to solicit donations and tips 13) As the Golden Temple 14) Guerilla 15) The Gemini Twins