This is a question that I have discussed and debated with many of my quizmates and opponents and let me tell you despite it being the adopted motto of our first creation of passion which was Quiz Foundation of Guwahati in 1991, we till that have not been able to come to a conclusion on this subject matter.
To me Minds Over Matter signified the enormous capacity of the human minds to come up with answers to seemingly impossible problems, shall I say queries or quiz questions, by working out an answer.
At QFG, some of the masters of this art form were guys like Senjam, Ranjit and many more. This blog is an attempt to revive the same people who came together one fine sunday afternoon to create one of the finest quizing group of this country and in the process created some of the best quizards that this nation has ever seen but who all remained unsung.
From late 1980s to mid 1990s Guwahati was the place for some great quizing action. Some of the best quiz masters of India like Derek O'Brian, Siddharth Basu and Joy Bhattacharya used to come on a regular basis and conduct quizzes.
Most of these quizzes were big ticket items and the competition was very very fierce. However, over a period of time some of the men stood out from the boys and continued to rule the roost for long periods.
Some of the best groups of that time were Amnesiacs, Excaliber, Unix (later on Soulmates), Commerce College; Law College etc. I may have missed out on many other names but trust me thatz because of amnesia that have set in over a period of time and also for not exercising the grey cells enough in my quest for minds over matter
Some of the names that stood out as brilliant quizzards were Reuben Choudhury, Sushil Dawka, Senjam Raj Selhar, Pritam Saikia, Ranjit Das, Subir Das, Miftauddin, Digambar Patowary, Rakesh Das, Sanjeev Sharma, Sujit Goswami, Niladri Bora, Saponti Baruah, Abhra Das, Gaurav Goswami, Gopu Da and yours truly.
Some of the best quizzes were the Pankaj Sharma Memorial Quiz, The Tea Center Quiz, The North Star Quiz, The Abhiruchi Quiz, The Exploreres Quiz etc etc. Again amnesia at work and I may have missed out on many other names.
As my first ever blog I have sort of taken a nostalgic trip down memory lane. I shall be blogging on lots of other quizing experiences and hopefully should be able to get in touch with all those whom I have met during those glorious quizzing days at least in the virtual world.
I also look forward to getting back to some serious quizzing and hope there is a quizzing club in Mumbai somewhere wherein on a sunday afternoon people who puts their minds over matter, meet up, and over beer, fish and chips also gets a generous dosage of quiz.
