Tuesday, January 03, 2006
19th Offline Meet
Quizmaster: Rajib
Venue: Goldie's place
Here is the writeup about the 19th Offline Meet from several different
perspectives. Let's start with the first timers to BQG quizzes, Vipin
and Pratibha...........
Vipin wrote in to say:
----------------------
The quiz was just awesome!! It was a unique experience for us. We have
attended quite a number of quizzes but none in this kind of
environment. People pulling each others' legs and all that. I am
thankful to Rajib for introducing us to this clique.
He also did an excellent job with the quiz. It was a real smorgasbord
of questions out there. And to think he did all this in one night!!
Hats off to him.
Goldie played an ideal host. The dinner was excellent, "seasoned" with
repartees by Avinash, Sunil, Prakash etc.
As regards the best answer of the day, there were many brilliant
answers from Avinash as is his wont. I have seen some of his KQA
quizzes and couldn't help but marvel at his answers on each of the
occasions!! But on this particular day, I think Goldie took the cake
with his answer in which he identified the movie 'Core' without even
having a look at the video.
I was surprised to hear that (some) people come for this quiz once and
then stop coming altogether. You can at least count me out of that
list, excepting the weekends when I go home.
Eagerly awaiting the next offline meet at Rajib's. Also the prospect
of a Chinese dinner looks inviting!! :)
Regards
-Vipin Nair-
Pratibha says:
--------------
Although I had known about this quiz group for a long time, I never
made that effort to be a part of it. I had my friend Goldie inviting
me many times, but everytime there was always some work to be done, I
was not in town, in meetings - (giving) excuses & excuses. But I am
glad that I came and enjoyed myself thoroughly.
I thought I would be just a spectator and ended up being a part of the
winning team!
The level of quizzing was high, at least for me. I got one answer
correct! That was the best part. An evening that was very productive
in a very fun manner.
-Pratibha Sastry-
Now the quizmasters comments, titled "My Side Of The Story"
-----------------------------------------------------------
"There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge" said
Bertrand Russell and I can't agree more.
After pestering Prakash for 4 months to hold a BQG offline we finally
got one. I tried by all means (sometimes while Prakash was in senses
and sometimes when he was not) to get him restart the event which we
all enjoyed out and out. But I met no success. He did not buckle down.
Somewhere down the line he was hurt and pissed off [at the poor
attendance of the previous offline]. I hope time has healed his wounds.
Thanks to Goldie for shifting to a new house for this was the event
that triggered the last BQG Offline (if this be a case in the point to
have BQG offlines I sincerely pray we all shift our homes in turns
every month).
I was delighted when Prakash broke the news to me about the upcoming
offline and enthralled when I got the chance to conduct the quiz, for
it was almost a year since I did a BQG offline quiz (Dec 26th 2004 was
when I did the last one). Since I did the quiz, it would not be
justified to turn into a self critic. Hoping you all enjoyed it. But I
must commend the ambience & the food that Goldie managed to
create/get. It was simply superb.
Wishing the offlines keep on happening .... "Another Place, Another Time"
-Rajb Saha-
Goldie's (The host's) comments:
-------------------------------
Ask someone how long a duration do they think 4 month is. Chances are
most will say its hardly a long time. But ask die-hard BQGers, they
wud beg to differ. And how.
4 months without an offline for BQGers is like a bad drought without a
drop of water for months, its like having to live without something
that u like the most, its like no fun at all....!!!
Well, all that finally ended on 3rd Dec..when BQG offline bounced back
to action, and lived up to its name -- fun, excitement, stampedes, and
quizzing--at its best.
As the host, I couldnt be more happier to see everything falling into
place-like a clockwork. Weather (courtesy rain god) didn't act up,
people (courtesy everyone) who confirmed turned up, quiz (courtesy
Rajib) exhilerated us, food (transportation courtesy Prakash and Suma)
and dessert (transportation courtesy Sunil and Priya) satiated our
hunger.
My experiment of connecting the laptop to TV also worked (and I feel
like a 'Genius), though it didn't do much to avoid the stampedes that
have become a trademark of the BQG offliners.
While all this sounded good, the only thing that I am sad about is the
performance of my team. We came a miserly 3rd :(
And me got answers to just 2 questions (of which one i answered even
without seeing the question!).
I am only too keen now is to set the scores right in next offliner.
It was nice to see three new faces turning up for the quiz..and also
to witness their excitement levels. Hope these faces do not become
one-time wonders at the offlines :). They have promised us otherwise,
which remains to be seen.
Also, for a change the offline started by 7 and ended by 8:30--a
timeline most of us wud love to see at most of the offlines.
And I am sure most of us wud agree that its just feels so nice to have
the offlines back. And am sure with li'l co-operation from all of us,
we can take this wonderful tradition of offline quizzing a long way ahead.
Can't wait for the next one at Rajib's home with Avinash doing the
honors as QM...
So look out for the 20th offline quiz report coming your way soon.
-Goldie-
Prasad Nayak writes:
--------------------
hi BQGites,
It was great to see you all after such a long time. Being in a quiz I
actually realized how much I was missing it. And it was a great quiz,
thoroughly enjoyed it, of course with Avinash in ur team u don't feel
the tension of scoring.
My favourite question was the one with the movie, Core. I went online
after that and read about the movie. Hope to watch it soon if I can
get my hands on the DVD. Also the fun we had after the quiz was great
with the usual leg pulling, Prakash's Masala stories and Avinash's
characteristic humour (Revenge of the Sikh). All in all it was a
lovely night,of course it helped that after that I went out for a few
drinks.
See u all at the next one.
Regards,
-Prasad Nayak-
BQG's husband-and-wfe quizzing team's response:
-----------------------------------------------
(a) Ladies first.......Suma:
----------------------------
The buzz was greater this time, since it was a revival of sorts. Armed
with dabbas full of food from the great Nammuru, Prakash and I made
our way to Goldie's new place, spying Avinash's car on the way up.
The turnout was encouraging, to say the least. Lots of new people (who
must have been slightly zapped at the high spirits and more-than-usual
leg pulling). Avinash was in full swing, thinking of names for
hurricanes more imaginative than the melodramatic "Baaz". (Avinash,
please provide the full list!!)
Goldie had made some pretty nice seating arragments on colourful mats
but since the quiz was mostly visual, the stampede meant that everone
was crowded around the TV screen. Actually, the team to whom the
question was directed was (self)accorded the privilege of peeping into
the QM's laptop.
Rajib Saha as QM turned out a few surprises. This time, there were
absolutely no questions from NFL, NBA, baseball or F1!! Such admirable
restraint, Rajib. For the sake of ignorami like us, please keep it up.
Good questions there were aplenty. The most delicious for me was
knowing the names of the 3 locomotives that made the first journey in
India. Why did I know it? There's a restaurant by that name in town
and though it's too expensive for me, I derive my info from reading
the P3 stuff. There were other delicious answers too. We guessed some
that others faltered over, (namely: Sudheendra over the curvaceous
Helena Christiansen in MTV's most sexy video!!) and managed to reach
second place (I think...the final scores were never announced, right?)
And I must say this, it was great to have a new bunch of enthusiasts
with us...and it was just as great to see that the old bunch had lost
none of its verve.
Hope to see you guys again soon!! Long life the offliners!!
-Suma Ramachandran-
(b) Sunil the Hubby's spiel:
----------------------------
So the Offline Fellowship of the BQG is finally back! (For a few
months I thought it was lost for good)
That was the high point of Saturday night at Goldie's place. The quiz
itself was a visual and aural delight, the ambience was rooftopish and
partyish, the participants were full of enthu, the food and coffee
were yum and we all had a great time just sitting and chatting and
laughing towards the end of the session.
Can't wait to see what the Jodi Number 1 Avinash & Rajib dish out in
January. I'm sure that's going to be great.
-Sunil Rajguru-
Kenan Machado says:
-------------------
It was great meeting everybody and had a wonderful time. My grey cells
heated up after a long time. Also in so small part to the 'Flames of
Love' round! ;)
Sudheendra speaks:
------------------
It was raining that day. A cyclone we were told, by the mets. An
irritating drizzle that had me mostly indoors. A slight lull in the
drizzle meant that I started for my destination. But it was not to be.
It started to drizzle again. Called Rajib and told him to proceed with
the promise that I would join them if the rain stops. Went back home
in the drizzle. An hour later the drizzle stopped and off I was, to
the venue. Traffic was at its peak, with numerous jams along the way.
A journey of 40 minutes took me an hour and fifteen.
All along the way , Rajib had given 3-4 missed calls. As I stood near
the Airport Road signal, there came another call from him "Dude, where
are you? we are waiting for you here". Just replied "Will be there in
15 minutes".
The Signal had turned green and I zoomed. Soon I was following the
map, that I had stored in my memory. The noise of Planes taking off,
confirmed that I was on the right track. As I travelled along the
boundary wall, more flights took off. Soon I felt, I had reached
closer to my destination. Called Rajib again, who handed the call to
Goldie. It turned out that I was standing at the next road corner of
the venue. I soon landed at the venue. I looked skywards, and from the
2nd floor Balcony peered Rajib's face. I knew I had reached my
destination.
What happened over the next 2-3 hours was a blur, with everyone
shouting themselves hoarse, much to the amazement of the newcomers.
The visual and audio clues were cracked. The Indestructible lived upto
his name and the rest of us ended
somewhere behind.
Then came the food,from nammura hotel and everyone helped themselves
to it. A lot of truths and jokes were manufactured with everyone
laughing their guts out.
Well, it was time to go back again. I started and pushed my bike to
100 Kmph on the Mysore Road flyover. I was back in 25 minutes and
ready to go to the next venue.
Hmmm... BTW did I tell you that the destination was the 19th BQG
Offline meet, the venue was Goldie's residence near
the Airport Boundary wall and the next venue will be Rajib's residence!!!!
Meet you all there :)
PS: My throat is still sore, maybe we should serve strepsils at the
next meet !!!
Thanks for the great evening guys. Hope to meet you soon.
Tailpiece by Avinash:
---------------------
It's been quite some time since there was a BQG meet. All thanks to
Goldie andPrakash who got the motley crew together again on the
terraces of Goldie's house.
Rajib's quiz came in different flavors including a Bollywood round.
The questions were knotty and naughty. From Playboy to The Core the
quiz had us gasping for more.
My personal favorite was the Core question, which Goldie cracked
effortlessly without even watching the clip.
There was a round on models where we kinda, got confused as to which
model to look at - the car (Rajib's first love) or the star. Our
salivatory glands took a beating as these clips were a tad too short.
We would have liked Vanessa Williams and Eva Mendes in their true
ebullience. But Rajib a k a The New Age Bowdler denied us the pleasure.
Another definite mention was the some new blood, who came, who saw and
who we wish will come again!
As the Union of Undercover Playbhais of BQG welcome the new faces :
Bunny! Bunny!
Shine On....
"Please come! Please come!" At another level, when asociated with
playbhais "Please come! Please come!" can take on another hidden
meaning that I will let you to figure out.
Prakash's concluding comments:
-------------------------------
The 19th offline was great!
Those of you with analytical minds will realise that one person's
writeup is missing above. It is Priya's. She suddenly upped and awayed
to Kolkata on an assigment and was eating rosagollas with gusto there
when I called her to enquire where her offline write up was. When she
explained the situation, I thawed and egged her to forget about the
writeup and have a rasamalai too. Which I believe she did.
What is incredible is the very close bonding that develops at these
offline meets.
No one has mentioned Goldie's parents. These two lovely people enjoyed
the offline meet in their own way. They stood discretely in the
background and were rivetted by the goings on.
During the quiz I suddenly faced a sharp drop in blood sugar. I rushed
in to Goldie's kitchen in search of something sweet. His mom, alarmed,
asked me what was the problem. When I explained my predicament to her,
she gave me some of her own special home-cooked gajjar halwa that was
delicious! I believe that this was a privilege that I exclusively
enjoyed.
Btw, I must tell you that BQG is unique in having coined the phrase
"monitor stampede".
Who coined it?
Suma? Avinash? I forget.
The fact is, it descibes the situation perfectly. When the visual questions come
up on the monitor, there is a stampede for the monitor.
This offline I realised something else.
We have subconcously developed a monitor stampede etiquette!
I heard some teams asking for the right of way to the front of the monitor and
this was given ungrudgingly. Since there were two monitors present on this
occaison - Goldie's TV and the laptop - the etiquetee was immediately modified,
to let the team to whom the question was posed view the laptop monitor whilst
the others stampeded the TV monitor.
================
THE NEXT OFFLINE
================
Will be at Rajib Saha's place. Avinash will be the quiz master. It
looks like the first quiz that he conducts in 2006 will be a BQG one!
Rajib confided in me that two great quizzers will be in secret
attendance and that he (and his team) are sure to win the quiz. They
(the secret quizzers) will communicate the answers to him
discretely...... furtively. When I pressed him to let me in on the
secret as to who they are he told me, in the strictest confidence,
that he has been training his two lovely golden retrievers in the art
of quizzing and they are already at an advanced level. There is only
one catch. If Rajib does not win the round, they bite the quiz master
out of anger.
So come and be prepared for a great quiz by Avinash and a rigged win by Rajib
and his lovely Retrievers.
=====================
THE FEBRUARY OFFLINE
=====================
Will be quiz mastered by Priya.
Ace quizzer that she is, she asked for support in ripping clips etc.
Avinash, Rajib and I have rushed to offer her support, if she needs it.
In that order of eagerness! :-)
Signing off with a smile.
Prakash
Venue: Goldie's place
Here is the writeup about the 19th Offline Meet from several different
perspectives. Let's start with the first timers to BQG quizzes, Vipin
and Pratibha...........
Vipin wrote in to say:
----------------------
The quiz was just awesome!! It was a unique experience for us. We have
attended quite a number of quizzes but none in this kind of
environment. People pulling each others' legs and all that. I am
thankful to Rajib for introducing us to this clique.
He also did an excellent job with the quiz. It was a real smorgasbord
of questions out there. And to think he did all this in one night!!
Hats off to him.
Goldie played an ideal host. The dinner was excellent, "seasoned" with
repartees by Avinash, Sunil, Prakash etc.
As regards the best answer of the day, there were many brilliant
answers from Avinash as is his wont. I have seen some of his KQA
quizzes and couldn't help but marvel at his answers on each of the
occasions!! But on this particular day, I think Goldie took the cake
with his answer in which he identified the movie 'Core' without even
having a look at the video.
I was surprised to hear that (some) people come for this quiz once and
then stop coming altogether. You can at least count me out of that
list, excepting the weekends when I go home.
Eagerly awaiting the next offline meet at Rajib's. Also the prospect
of a Chinese dinner looks inviting!! :)
Regards
-Vipin Nair-
Pratibha says:
--------------
Although I had known about this quiz group for a long time, I never
made that effort to be a part of it. I had my friend Goldie inviting
me many times, but everytime there was always some work to be done, I
was not in town, in meetings - (giving) excuses & excuses. But I am
glad that I came and enjoyed myself thoroughly.
I thought I would be just a spectator and ended up being a part of the
winning team!
The level of quizzing was high, at least for me. I got one answer
correct! That was the best part. An evening that was very productive
in a very fun manner.
-Pratibha Sastry-
Now the quizmasters comments, titled "My Side Of The Story"
-----------------------------------------------------------
"There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge" said
Bertrand Russell and I can't agree more.
After pestering Prakash for 4 months to hold a BQG offline we finally
got one. I tried by all means (sometimes while Prakash was in senses
and sometimes when he was not) to get him restart the event which we
all enjoyed out and out. But I met no success. He did not buckle down.
Somewhere down the line he was hurt and pissed off [at the poor
attendance of the previous offline]. I hope time has healed his wounds.
Thanks to Goldie for shifting to a new house for this was the event
that triggered the last BQG Offline (if this be a case in the point to
have BQG offlines I sincerely pray we all shift our homes in turns
every month).
I was delighted when Prakash broke the news to me about the upcoming
offline and enthralled when I got the chance to conduct the quiz, for
it was almost a year since I did a BQG offline quiz (Dec 26th 2004 was
when I did the last one). Since I did the quiz, it would not be
justified to turn into a self critic. Hoping you all enjoyed it. But I
must commend the ambience & the food that Goldie managed to
create/get. It was simply superb.
Wishing the offlines keep on happening .... "Another Place, Another Time"
-Rajb Saha-
Goldie's (The host's) comments:
-------------------------------
Ask someone how long a duration do they think 4 month is. Chances are
most will say its hardly a long time. But ask die-hard BQGers, they
wud beg to differ. And how.
4 months without an offline for BQGers is like a bad drought without a
drop of water for months, its like having to live without something
that u like the most, its like no fun at all....!!!
Well, all that finally ended on 3rd Dec..when BQG offline bounced back
to action, and lived up to its name -- fun, excitement, stampedes, and
quizzing--at its best.
As the host, I couldnt be more happier to see everything falling into
place-like a clockwork. Weather (courtesy rain god) didn't act up,
people (courtesy everyone) who confirmed turned up, quiz (courtesy
Rajib) exhilerated us, food (transportation courtesy Prakash and Suma)
and dessert (transportation courtesy Sunil and Priya) satiated our
hunger.
My experiment of connecting the laptop to TV also worked (and I feel
like a 'Genius), though it didn't do much to avoid the stampedes that
have become a trademark of the BQG offliners.
While all this sounded good, the only thing that I am sad about is the
performance of my team. We came a miserly 3rd :(
And me got answers to just 2 questions (of which one i answered even
without seeing the question!).
I am only too keen now is to set the scores right in next offliner.
It was nice to see three new faces turning up for the quiz..and also
to witness their excitement levels. Hope these faces do not become
one-time wonders at the offlines :). They have promised us otherwise,
which remains to be seen.
Also, for a change the offline started by 7 and ended by 8:30--a
timeline most of us wud love to see at most of the offlines.
And I am sure most of us wud agree that its just feels so nice to have
the offlines back. And am sure with li'l co-operation from all of us,
we can take this wonderful tradition of offline quizzing a long way ahead.
Can't wait for the next one at Rajib's home with Avinash doing the
honors as QM...
So look out for the 20th offline quiz report coming your way soon.
-Goldie-
Prasad Nayak writes:
--------------------
hi BQGites,
It was great to see you all after such a long time. Being in a quiz I
actually realized how much I was missing it. And it was a great quiz,
thoroughly enjoyed it, of course with Avinash in ur team u don't feel
the tension of scoring.
My favourite question was the one with the movie, Core. I went online
after that and read about the movie. Hope to watch it soon if I can
get my hands on the DVD. Also the fun we had after the quiz was great
with the usual leg pulling, Prakash's Masala stories and Avinash's
characteristic humour (Revenge of the Sikh). All in all it was a
lovely night,of course it helped that after that I went out for a few
drinks.
See u all at the next one.
Regards,
-Prasad Nayak-
BQG's husband-and-wfe quizzing team's response:
-----------------------------------------------
(a) Ladies first.......Suma:
----------------------------
The buzz was greater this time, since it was a revival of sorts. Armed
with dabbas full of food from the great Nammuru, Prakash and I made
our way to Goldie's new place, spying Avinash's car on the way up.
The turnout was encouraging, to say the least. Lots of new people (who
must have been slightly zapped at the high spirits and more-than-usual
leg pulling). Avinash was in full swing, thinking of names for
hurricanes more imaginative than the melodramatic "Baaz". (Avinash,
please provide the full list!!)
Goldie had made some pretty nice seating arragments on colourful mats
but since the quiz was mostly visual, the stampede meant that everone
was crowded around the TV screen. Actually, the team to whom the
question was directed was (self)accorded the privilege of peeping into
the QM's laptop.
Rajib Saha as QM turned out a few surprises. This time, there were
absolutely no questions from NFL, NBA, baseball or F1!! Such admirable
restraint, Rajib. For the sake of ignorami like us, please keep it up.
Good questions there were aplenty. The most delicious for me was
knowing the names of the 3 locomotives that made the first journey in
India. Why did I know it? There's a restaurant by that name in town
and though it's too expensive for me, I derive my info from reading
the P3 stuff. There were other delicious answers too. We guessed some
that others faltered over, (namely: Sudheendra over the curvaceous
Helena Christiansen in MTV's most sexy video!!) and managed to reach
second place (I think...the final scores were never announced, right?)
And I must say this, it was great to have a new bunch of enthusiasts
with us...and it was just as great to see that the old bunch had lost
none of its verve.
Hope to see you guys again soon!! Long life the offliners!!
-Suma Ramachandran-
(b) Sunil the Hubby's spiel:
----------------------------
So the Offline Fellowship of the BQG is finally back! (For a few
months I thought it was lost for good)
That was the high point of Saturday night at Goldie's place. The quiz
itself was a visual and aural delight, the ambience was rooftopish and
partyish, the participants were full of enthu, the food and coffee
were yum and we all had a great time just sitting and chatting and
laughing towards the end of the session.
Can't wait to see what the Jodi Number 1 Avinash & Rajib dish out in
January. I'm sure that's going to be great.
-Sunil Rajguru-
Kenan Machado says:
-------------------
It was great meeting everybody and had a wonderful time. My grey cells
heated up after a long time. Also in so small part to the 'Flames of
Love' round! ;)
Sudheendra speaks:
------------------
It was raining that day. A cyclone we were told, by the mets. An
irritating drizzle that had me mostly indoors. A slight lull in the
drizzle meant that I started for my destination. But it was not to be.
It started to drizzle again. Called Rajib and told him to proceed with
the promise that I would join them if the rain stops. Went back home
in the drizzle. An hour later the drizzle stopped and off I was, to
the venue. Traffic was at its peak, with numerous jams along the way.
A journey of 40 minutes took me an hour and fifteen.
All along the way , Rajib had given 3-4 missed calls. As I stood near
the Airport Road signal, there came another call from him "Dude, where
are you? we are waiting for you here". Just replied "Will be there in
15 minutes".
The Signal had turned green and I zoomed. Soon I was following the
map, that I had stored in my memory. The noise of Planes taking off,
confirmed that I was on the right track. As I travelled along the
boundary wall, more flights took off. Soon I felt, I had reached
closer to my destination. Called Rajib again, who handed the call to
Goldie. It turned out that I was standing at the next road corner of
the venue. I soon landed at the venue. I looked skywards, and from the
2nd floor Balcony peered Rajib's face. I knew I had reached my
destination.
What happened over the next 2-3 hours was a blur, with everyone
shouting themselves hoarse, much to the amazement of the newcomers.
The visual and audio clues were cracked. The Indestructible lived upto
his name and the rest of us ended
somewhere behind.
Then came the food,from nammura hotel and everyone helped themselves
to it. A lot of truths and jokes were manufactured with everyone
laughing their guts out.
Well, it was time to go back again. I started and pushed my bike to
100 Kmph on the Mysore Road flyover. I was back in 25 minutes and
ready to go to the next venue.
Hmmm... BTW did I tell you that the destination was the 19th BQG
Offline meet, the venue was Goldie's residence near
the Airport Boundary wall and the next venue will be Rajib's residence!!!!
Meet you all there :)
PS: My throat is still sore, maybe we should serve strepsils at the
next meet !!!
Thanks for the great evening guys. Hope to meet you soon.
Tailpiece by Avinash:
---------------------
It's been quite some time since there was a BQG meet. All thanks to
Goldie andPrakash who got the motley crew together again on the
terraces of Goldie's house.
Rajib's quiz came in different flavors including a Bollywood round.
The questions were knotty and naughty. From Playboy to The Core the
quiz had us gasping for more.
My personal favorite was the Core question, which Goldie cracked
effortlessly without even watching the clip.
There was a round on models where we kinda, got confused as to which
model to look at - the car (Rajib's first love) or the star. Our
salivatory glands took a beating as these clips were a tad too short.
We would have liked Vanessa Williams and Eva Mendes in their true
ebullience. But Rajib a k a The New Age Bowdler denied us the pleasure.
Another definite mention was the some new blood, who came, who saw and
who we wish will come again!
As the Union of Undercover Playbhais of BQG welcome the new faces :
Bunny! Bunny!
Shine On....
"Please come! Please come!" At another level, when asociated with
playbhais "Please come! Please come!" can take on another hidden
meaning that I will let you to figure out.
Prakash's concluding comments:
-------------------------------
The 19th offline was great!
Those of you with analytical minds will realise that one person's
writeup is missing above. It is Priya's. She suddenly upped and awayed
to Kolkata on an assigment and was eating rosagollas with gusto there
when I called her to enquire where her offline write up was. When she
explained the situation, I thawed and egged her to forget about the
writeup and have a rasamalai too. Which I believe she did.
What is incredible is the very close bonding that develops at these
offline meets.
No one has mentioned Goldie's parents. These two lovely people enjoyed
the offline meet in their own way. They stood discretely in the
background and were rivetted by the goings on.
During the quiz I suddenly faced a sharp drop in blood sugar. I rushed
in to Goldie's kitchen in search of something sweet. His mom, alarmed,
asked me what was the problem. When I explained my predicament to her,
she gave me some of her own special home-cooked gajjar halwa that was
delicious! I believe that this was a privilege that I exclusively
enjoyed.
Btw, I must tell you that BQG is unique in having coined the phrase
"monitor stampede".
Who coined it?
Suma? Avinash? I forget.
The fact is, it descibes the situation perfectly. When the visual questions come
up on the monitor, there is a stampede for the monitor.
This offline I realised something else.
We have subconcously developed a monitor stampede etiquette!
I heard some teams asking for the right of way to the front of the monitor and
this was given ungrudgingly. Since there were two monitors present on this
occaison - Goldie's TV and the laptop - the etiquetee was immediately modified,
to let the team to whom the question was posed view the laptop monitor whilst
the others stampeded the TV monitor.
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THE NEXT OFFLINE
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Will be at Rajib Saha's place. Avinash will be the quiz master. It
looks like the first quiz that he conducts in 2006 will be a BQG one!
Rajib confided in me that two great quizzers will be in secret
attendance and that he (and his team) are sure to win the quiz. They
(the secret quizzers) will communicate the answers to him
discretely...... furtively. When I pressed him to let me in on the
secret as to who they are he told me, in the strictest confidence,
that he has been training his two lovely golden retrievers in the art
of quizzing and they are already at an advanced level. There is only
one catch. If Rajib does not win the round, they bite the quiz master
out of anger.
So come and be prepared for a great quiz by Avinash and a rigged win by Rajib
and his lovely Retrievers.
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THE FEBRUARY OFFLINE
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Will be quiz mastered by Priya.
Ace quizzer that she is, she asked for support in ripping clips etc.
Avinash, Rajib and I have rushed to offer her support, if she needs it.
In that order of eagerness! :-)
Signing off with a smile.
Prakash
# posted by THE SEVENTH SENSE @ 12:00 PM 
