V.V. RAMANAN, who has been fascinated with facts and trivia for as long as he can remember, has been quizzing with a good degree of success for more than quarter of a century now. Ramanan has won many a top prize at leading school and college quizzes, at Open quizzes and on radio and television. He was a regional finalist in Mastermind India 1999. He has also conducted quizzes for leading schools, colleges, clubs and corporates.

Ramanan, whose quizzes have been featured in many publications, is at present the resident quizmaster at The Hindu, where he works on the Sports Desk.

He has been writing the much appreciated regular weekly quiz column for 'The Hindu Young World' since early 2000. Ramanan also writes a quiz on computers and IT called `Cyber Quest' in The Hindu Business Line, a fortnightly quiz titled `Quiz Corner' in The Sportstar (India's leading sports magazine), a quiz on real estate called 'Realty Check' in the The Hindu and a weekly quiz in the 'Education Plus' supplement.

Ramanan has been the host of one of the biggest, live National-level inter-high school quiz show, 'The Hindu Young World Quiz' for the past five years. The 2005 edition, focussing entirely on India, will see schools from 12 cities battling it out beginning August 17, 2005.

Ramanan has authored three popular quiz books: 'The Hindu Young World Quiz Book Vol. 1'; 'The Hindu Young World Quiz Book Vol. 2'; and 'The Penguin India Quiz Book 3', for the Penguin Group.

A man of varied interests, Ramanan lives and works in Chennai.