On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Bonobashi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Not fair to Noddy. This is a chestnut, which, considering its vintage, may > be considered fresh maal once again. It dates back to the Anglo-Indian era > in quizzing, when one could ask the QM to hang on until one explained to a > skeptical bearer exactly what was going wrong with the gin-and-lime. > > ..."eheu, fugaces"....and all that. > Perhaps I should explain my reasoning. One does not find many contemporary uses of the term "Mau plateau". The region these days is referred to as Central Province (shortened to "Central"). Most references to "Mau plateau" that I have across are online, and a majority of them are about Kenya being considered as a potential home for the Jewish people. So when I find someone using a dated phrasing I muttered to myself "o tempora, o moraes" and fired off a reply. Now that you mention the Ango-Indian quizzing milieu, I am forced to mutter a mea culpa and admit that, for a chappie of the sort you describe, "Mau plateau" is as pucca as a chakar around the old regimental polo grounds. Thaths > > Sent from my iPad > > On Oct 12, 2012, at 11:46 PM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Nikhil Mehra <<[email protected]> > [email protected]> wrote: > >> ** >> Mau plateau, Kenya >> > > Did you use web search in coming up with the answer? > > Which bring me to the reason I have moved away from quizzing circles. Web > search, Wikipedia and Google book search have not only made it unnecessary > to remember obscure trivia but also made the lives of quiz masters easier. > Quiz masters can now ask questions (to the strain of Humpty Dumpty, no > less) about little known cannons in Colchester without needing the ability > to locate Essex on a map or knowing who fought whom in the English Civil > War. > > Thaths > > > >> Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel >> ------------------------------ >> *From: * Thaths < <[email protected]>[email protected]> >> *Sender: * silklist-bounces+nikhil.mehra773= <[email protected]> >> [email protected] >> *Date: *Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:36:59 -0700 >> *To: *< <[email protected]>[email protected]> >> *ReplyTo: * <[email protected]>[email protected] >> *Subject: *Re: [silk] quiz help >> >> Speaking of abstruse trivia.... >> >> 1. How are the Indian Railways and the San Francisco-Bay Area BART linked? >> >> 2. In 1903 the British government offered to home 5,000 square miles of >> land to the World Zionist Organization to set up a homeland for the Jews. >> The offer was declined in 1905. Where was this land that could have become >> the new Israel? >> >> Thaths >> >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 5:20 AM, Deepa Mohan < <[email protected]> >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Deepa Mohan < <[email protected]> >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> > I must thank this thread. You people just gifted me one of the quiz >>> >>> Tcchah, I meant, "one round of the quiz". >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? >> Carl: Nuthin'. >> Homer: D'oh! >> Carl: Unless you're crooked. >> Homer: Woo-hoo! >> Sudhakar Chandra Slacker Without >> Borders >> > > > > -- > Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? > Carl: Nuthin'. > Homer: D'oh! > Carl: Unless you're crooked. > Homer: Woo-hoo! > Sudhakar Chandra Slacker Without Borders > > -- Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? Carl: Nuthin'. Homer: D'oh! Carl: Unless you're crooked. Homer: Woo-hoo! Sudhakar Chandra Slacker Without Borders
