During my school days, the time when DD-National was the only channel
available for me to watch on T.V, there used to be a wonderful Quiz show
conducted by Mr.Sidarth Basu. The best thing I remember about this quiz show is
the buzzer round.
In this buzzer round, the marks are
awarded to the person who presses the buzzer first and gives the correct answer
for the question. Obviously, the wrong answer carried some negative marks along
with it. There was something which thrilled me very much in this round. Here is
a hypothetical scene from this round:
Sidarth Basu : “Lets
start the buzzer round. All contestants, please keep your hands on the buzzer”
All tensed faces
would be eagerly waiting for the question because, the person who first press
the buzzer would be eligible to answer the question.
Sidarth Basu :
“First question. Indira Gandhi, who was the first prime minister of India…”
Riiiiinggggggggg!!!
Some one had already
pressed the buzzer.
Sidarth Basu: “Yes.
Answer please” .He would not utter any other word from that question and this
contestant will have to answer it.
Contestant: “Satwant
Singh”
Sidarth Basu: “Right
Answer”
The school boy, that
was me, who used to watch this thrilling scene on T.V was always amazed about
one thing – “How do they used to guess the question?”
There could be n
number of other questions, which would have suitably completed that question
and correspondingly yielded n number of answers like : Jawahar Lal Nehru, 31st
October, Morarji Desai, Operation blue star etc…”
Damn! How the hell
did that guy guess the question?
How did he anticipated that, the question is about the murderer of Indira Gandhi?
From that school kid
to now, one of the most important thing my life has taught me is this – Keep
Guessing the Questions. The complicated questions of life, which carries the most obvious answers along with it!
Always, Guess –
“What???”
