Think of a farewell scene. Does your mind conjure up images of tears, hugs, souvenirs and soppy speeches? But, the students belonging to the Association of Serious Quizzers (ASQ), the quiz club of PSG College of Technology, decided to be different. They organised “The Grand Farewell Marathon” instead for their seniors. Members of ASQ and CQC (Coimbatore Quiz Circle) quizzed all day at the PSG IM campus recently.
‘The Slightly Arbit quiz' came first. Lokesh, a final year student from PSG Tech had compiled questions that were backed by arbitrary “fundae”. Lokesh gave away Orbit chewing gum packs to those who had the right answers for his questions. “Orbit quiz,” he smiled. His questions included one, on the female protagonists of 500 days of Summer , Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Santhosh Subramanian (these characters are termed ‘Manic Pixie Dream Girls!') and another, on the Rutles, a band known for making parodies of The Beatles.
Farzana's ‘Doc Trials', a medical quiz, was next with more interesting trivia. Apparently Guy De Maupassant, Churchill and Al Capone suffered from syphilis. Soldier ants were used for suturing in the ancient days. And the head crayon maker of Crayola was colour-blind! Farzana's quiz had all the elements in it to have the non-medical audience completely hooked.
Did you know that the first version of the Indian national flag was designed in Stuttgart in the year 1907? Or that the inspiration for Nike's catch phrase, “Just do it” was drawn from the last words uttered by a famous American criminal Gary Gilmore? Had you known the answers to these, you might have won brownie points in Shiva's (an honorary member of ASQ) round of quiz. There was a good mix of sports, mythology and entertainment in it.
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Post-lunch, Vidyuth Anand, a student of PSG Tech hosted his ‘Mostly harmless' quiz. There were questions on mobile-phone throwing (now, a sport!), on Krishna Raja Wodeyar IV (who started the Mysore Sandal Soap factory because there were excessive reserves of sandalwood that could not be exported during WW II) and one, on Jordan's stint as a baseball player. The audience thoroughly enjoyed the diverse topics.
The adrenalin pumped and the excitement never flagged right till seven that evening when Goutham's India Quiz rounded up the event.
