"Whodunits" - BCQC November Open 2007

"Whodunits" - BCQC November Open 2007

I'm doing an open quiz this Sunday called "Whodunits". The detectives theme is more than incidental and seems appropriate for an intellectual exercise such as quizzing. Anyway, I think it might be fun (mostly), so drop by even if it goes against your better judgement. All the details, complete with noir poster, below:

The BC Quiz Club will be organising an Open General quiz on Sunday, the 4th of November, 2007.

The details:

"Whodunits"
Date: Sunday, 4th Nov
Venue: Dewang Mehta Auditorium, Persistent Systems Ltd. (see this link for directions)
Time: Prelims start at 1 pm sharp, so please report by 12:45 pm
Flavour: General
Who can participate: anyone; it's an Open quiz; Entry is free
Format: Prelims + Playoffs + Finals for 6 teams
Team Size: 2 per team
Conducted by: J. Ramanand
Prizes sponsored by Landmark, Pune
Contact:
email: contact@bcqc.org
phone: Ramanand (97642 58560), Harish (93733 04910), Salil (98231 12258)

Here but there

Here but there

There's so much to write about: the travails of following Vishal's music when it releases, a hey! to Johnny G still pending to be noted, RSA winning a World Cup for the 2nd time and England actually making a final again, my potential retirement from cricket (no!!), panthers at IIT and the resulting linguistic deep fry, and learning to keep my mouth shut while setting a quiz.

All this is on hold due to some upcoming quizzes to be done and a paper to be made camera-ready and so on.

Math for snakes

Math for snakes

When did "maths" become "math"? I hear a lot of people say and write "math", (short for "mathematics", not as in the "Ramakrishna Math") these days (especially at IIT-B). Have school teachers started using this term too?

Nothing really to get upset about, but still, it makes me uneasy. More subliminal American influence? I can see, since the cult film, how you started saying "may-trix" instead of "ma-trix" (as in good old Matric-pass). Perhaps you converted to "skedule" after watching "The Apprentice". But how did you drop the "-s" from the abbreviation? Pray tell.

Keepers finders

Keepers finders

Is the first time that both the captains of two ODI sides in a series are also the wicketkeepers of their sides? Perhaps this is a question for Steven Lynch.

Latest scientific survey results in

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A recent survey shows that when you read my blog, it is good for health.

My health, naturally.