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 Social Action Network, Guwahati. The theme of this quiz is culture. The definition of culture for this quiz fest includes subjects 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. Two-member teams belonging to any age-group/work-group can participate in this quiz. A written preliminary round will be held amongst the teams to find out the best six teams for the grand finale. In the same event, the winners of the past ten years will also be awarded with certificates and mementos. During the event, we are planning to felicitate Prof. Dilip Kumar Baruah and it is good news for all of us that Prof. Baruah will conduct the quiz fest along with the other quiz masters – Neelotpal Deka and Sailen Baishya, the quiz columnists of The Assam Tribune. For more details about this quiz fest visit the website: www.thecolosseum.synthasite.com. You can also 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. Send your name in each SMS.

side screen  1) Picture Clue: The Vespa we know today was made famous in this film. This film is also the first screen role of a very famous Belgian-born actress. Identify the film. (Manjil P. Saikia, Darrang College, Tezpur)

harmonisers   From Rupakjyoti Borah, JNU, New Delhi – 2) In which Northeastern states are these festivals celebrated – Mopin, Losar, Dree, Khan, Reh, Tamladu 3) Which community of North East India uses these instruments; sorenda, dimchrang, adil, singga taragaku and banyasi rosi? 4) Which martial art of Manipur later developed into a dance form and is performed by young men with swords and shields? 5) How is the harvest dance of the Halam community of Tripura known as?

unites   From Prosenjit ‘Piklu’ Dutta, Tezpur – 6) My father was a teacher of Mathematics and Sanskrit in Dhaka. I was a slow orthodox spin bowler in college. I can play a hundred different kinds of indoor games. My address is 27, Rajanikanta Sen Road, Calcutta – 700029. Who am I? 7) What is a “creature feature”? 8) Although animals figure in some plays by Shakespeare, very few got on stage during his time. Usually humans did the animal roles. There is one recorded exception. Which one?

do-re-me  9) She was born as Margaret Mary Emily Hyra in Connecticut and was the daughter of Susan Hyra Jordan, a former actress. Her first act was in a TV commercial for “Tickle” deodorant. Critics called her the “the current soul of romantic comedy”. Who is this famous Hollywood actress? (Anupom Bora, Mazgaon, Tezpur) 10) In 1884, O. Henry started a harmonious weekly. Name it. (Sadiq Hussain Laskar, Cyber City, Hadapsar, Pune-28) 11) In which 1979 movie did Meryl Streep win her first Oscar for supporting actress? (Ratul Medhi, Kakamari, Nagaon) 12) Which Gharana of Hindustani music shares its name with an Indian suiting brand? (Saroj Kr. Deka, MBA Deptt. GU) 13) Name the playwright whose 1972 novel, in which a group of men swap their wives for look alike robots, inspired the Hollywood flick The Stepford Wives starring Nicole Kidman.( Jayanta Kumar Nath, Tezpur) 14) What is the meaning of the word ‘Vodka’? (Abdul W. Mollah, Goalpara)

crescendo  15) If 657 is Accounting, 220 is the Bible, 620 is Engineering and 340 is Law, then what is 822.33? (Bhagyajeet Bhuyan, DD News, New Delhi)

ANSWERS  1) Roman Holiday. The actress is Audrey Hepburn 2) Arunachal Pradesh 3) The Garos of Meghalaya 4) Thang-ta 5) The Hai Hak dance 6) Feluda or Prodosh C. Mitter, the detective in Satyajit Ray’s novels 7) A film about a monster like King Kong or Godzilla 8) Crab, a dog in The Two Gentlemen of Verona 9) Meg Ryan 10) The Rolling Stone 11) Kramer vs. Kramer 12) Gwalior Suitings 13) Ira Levin 14) Little water 15) Shakespeare !!! All Demey Decimal numbers are used in libraries and Shakespeare is the only person to have a Demey Decimal classification named after him.