The IIT Madras Open Quiz Blog

#9 Twinkle

2011-01-01T23:06:00.001+05:30

This is an exhaustive list of what? And for bonus points, what is special about the first one?

#8 - In God's Name?

2010-12-29T00:26:00.001+05:30

Connect the three pictures

Answer (highlight to read) : Pazuzu is a song by Behemoth (pic1), also the gargoyle in Futurama (pic2) and also possessed Regan Macneil in The Exorcist. She was played by Linda Blain (pic 3 ).

Cracked by Dinesh, Jayakanthan, Service, Aditya.

Weekly Prizes

2010-12-29T00:15:00.000+05:30

Hello everyone, we are introducing weekly prizes for the blog leading up to the Open Quiz. Winner of last week is Jayakanthan with a score of 7. Hats off to you man. Please do mail in your contact details. We will be having prizes distributed during the Open Quiz on the 16th of January.

The scorecard will be reset with today's question. Happy quizzing.

#7 - NBK

2010-12-24T23:47:00.001+05:30

Identify this quite controversial game. (And Merry Christmas folks)

Answer (highlight to read) : Super Columbine Massacre based on the Columbine High School Massacre

Cracked by Anand, Nanda, Jayakanthan, Service, Sid, Aditya S, Dinesh, Varun, Siddharth, Darshan, Shreyas and Prithvi

#6 - Futurama

2010-12-22T22:59:00.001+05:30

Identify

Answer (highlight to read) : The Trylon and Perispher from the 1939 New York World Fair

Cracked by Chinmoy, Anand, Dinesh and Jayakanthan

#5 - Lost and Found

2010-12-21T09:48:00.001+05:30

Connect

See comments for answers.

Cracked by Dinesh, chinmoy, Jayakanthan and Alex

#4 - First Blood

2010-12-19T22:44:00.001+05:30

Connect

Answer (highlight to read) : Pavlov's house named after Yakov Pavlov (pic 2 ) who defended it during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII. The famous battle also made an appearance in Call of Duty.

Cracked by Alex, Jayakanthan, Chinmoy, fifthape

# 3 - Wazzzaaaaaa

2010-12-18T00:37:00.003+05:30

Identify these celebrities

Answer (highlight to read) : Bud, Weis and Er, the famous Budweiser frogs from the hit Budweiser ads and also Louise and Frankie the lizards who replaced them a bit later.

Cracked by Jayakanthan and Alex

#2 - Identify Yourself

2010-12-17T01:35:00.007+05:30

The first two pics form a series. Connect the 3rd in that series, to the 3rd pic.

Cracked by Dinesh and Jayakanthan. Cracked, along with brownie (with ice-cream) points by Alex who weaved us a nice little story.

Answer (highlight to read) : Projects for investigating UFOs. Project Sign, Project Grudge, and Project Blue Book. Tiffany's catalog is called the Blue Book.

#1 - Figaro

2010-12-15T23:57:00.006+05:30

Identify and connect both the pictures.

Answer (highlight to read) : Jorn Utzon, the designer of the Opera House in Sydney. The second pic is of the Utzon Room, the first interior space in the Opera House designed by Utzon after his falling out with the trustees.

Cracked by Ashwin, Srivats, Jayakanthan and Service

The Beginning

2010-12-15T05:16:00.000+05:30

Hello everyone,

The IIT Madras Quiz Club is proud to announce the revival of the IIT-M Open Quiz after a 2 year hiatus. We plan to make this one of the biggest and best open quizzes in the country. For more details please visit http://openquiz.iitm.ac.in/.

Along with the Open Quiz, we are starting a quiz blog which will be seperate from the IIT-M Quiz Blog. From now on expect a barrage of mind twisting questions with at least one question a day being the norm.

Starting today, you can be a part of the IIT-M OQ by participating here, till the 16th of January when you can come to the Student Activities Centre in IIT-M for the actual quiz. There are loads of prizes and goodies to be won for the blog leaders.

The first question will be up at midnight.

Happy quizzing folks and besto,

The Open Quiz Committee