A Quizzer's epitaph

The gravestone would probably read:

Don't pass me by - atleast take a guess!

If there is one golden rule in quizzing, it is "Never Pass!" {unless if you are against some negative scoring beast}. In the past, having lost atleast two quizzes I desperately wanted to win by the simple act of not taking that shot in the dark that was eventually right, I've learnt it the hard way. Now, does the "Die but don't pass" dictum hold in life? Is it a good enough metaphor for "give it a try"?

When you make a wild guess for a question, you have to fight back the sane voice that says that people will laugh at you for saying that - even if you know that moment of embarassment, the finger that points at your ignorance, is a mere moment, nothing in the long collection of jiffies in your life. So is taking the wild shot in real life even harder?

The choice is between the egg waiting to colour your face yellow and a golden sunrise.