10.0 Are there any general Quizzes on RMIM?


Yes there are regular quizzes on RMIM - RJGK (song clues), Chitrahaar (picturization clues), and Flo-Jo quiz (Interactive on IRC)

10.1 What is the RJGK quiz?


RJGK stands for "Rmim"-Jhim Geeton Ki. RJGK is a quiz in which the clues are lines, both complete and incomplete, from some part of the song, and all you have to do is guess the song. E.g. For the clue "Duniya ne hum ko diya kya, duniya ne humse liye kya" the correct answer would be the song "Dum maro dum, mit jaye gham..." (Hare Rama Hare Krishna). The general format of the quiz has been - 30 clues with the last two questions being the tie-breakers, but quiz masters have changed that at their discretion.

The originator of the idea of such a quiz on the net was Samiuddin Mohammed.

Anyone can participate in the quiz by sending in the answers to the person who posts the quiz. But remember - never post the answers on he net!!

10.1.1 Who conducts the RJGK quiz?


Anyone can compile a set of clues from songs (usually on a particular topic) and post it on the net. It is better to make an annoucement in RMIM that one is compiling such a quiz so as to avoid any sort of conflict later on.

Usually the quiz has 25-30 clues that have to be attempted. The last two questions are tie-breakers. The person conducting the quiz usually gives about a 3 to 4 weeks for sending in the answers and after a week or so he/she posts the answers and the names of the winners on the net.

10.1.2 What were the topics of some of the earlier RJGKs?


RJGK has become a regular feature on RMIM. After Sami posted the first, Angela Singh conducted the next one. Abhay Avachat, who compiled RJGK-3, had the great idea that each RJGK be set to a certain theme. Hence, RJGK-3 was a Mohammed Rafi special.

You can see all the earlier RJGKs at The RJGK Quizzes site maintained by Samiuddin Mohammed.

The guidlines and upcoming RJGKs are posted by Ikram A. Khan on RMIM regularly. New bookings can be made by sending him an email.

RJGK Milestones

Beginning
The series was started as an experimental quiz by Sami and thus started the RJGK. The quiz was held as a friendly competition with scores given for individuals turning in the answers.
Specials
The idea of dedicating each RJGK to a person or a theme was suggested by Abhay Avachat and he conducted the third in the series dedicated to Rafi.
Two tier and clues
The series went on in the normal format, until the twelfth RJGK, when Anand (Nuts) started the two tier format, which allowed RMIMers to attempt the quiz twice but with a weighted scheme for scores in the second round. This was RJGK 12 on Yesudas. This also had for the first time additional clues to help people get at the correct song. The two tier scheme was never followed in the subsequent RJGKs but the idea of giving additional clues have stuck.
Raga clues
Another novel variation of the clue scheme was successfully attempted by Kedar Naphade in RJGK 19, in which he gave the ragas on which the songs were based on. Also this quiz was the second one that was not dedicated to any particular individual but to a certain theme (RJGK-5 one was on duets).

10.2 What is a Flo-Jo quiz?


Flo-Jo quiz is a film and music trivia interactive quiz that is conducted on IRC. People log into IRC at the same time and participate (audience included) and conduct the quiz. The quiz master types the question on the channel on IRC and the teams can answer the question in turn. (The scoring pattern and the structure of the quiz changes depending on who is conducting the quiz.)

The winner of one quiz conducts the next one in line. There are 2 members in each team.

The first interactive quiz was conducted by Nitin Joshi and Mahesh Chaubal, and the second one was done by Sandeep and Ashish. The third was conducted by T. Srinivasaraghavan.

10.2.1 What is the (rough) structure of the quiz?


There are normally about 4 rounds in this quiz. But both, the number of rounds and the theme of the round is upto the quiz master. For the 1st FloJo, following were the rounds:

  1. Identify movie from graphic description of a famous sequence.
  2. Identify song from graphic description of the picturization.
  3. Identify song from the given lines (like rjgk, but simpler)
  4. Some film trivia.

10.2.2 How to participate?


The person(s) conducting the quiz decides the date and time for the quiz, and annouces it well in advance (2 weeks) on RMIM. Interested people can send their team (and member) name to the quiz master. The quiz requires atleast 2 people for conducting and keeping scores. So if you would like to help and have some experience using IRC, then express your willingless to the quiz master before the quiz (or on the channel during the quiz). Help can vary from a) being the Scorer. b) Help with IRC commands and controlling channel. c) Moderating channel and giving voices to teams.

Note: Helping does not mean that you can't participate in the quiz. You can do both when you are on IRC.

10.2.3 What is IRC?


IRC stands for Internet-Relay-Chat, in which one can 'talk' and 'chat' with other people who are logged in at the same time into IRC. More details are given in the question 16 of the FAQ.

10.2.4 Where can I get the sample recordings of the earlier quizzes?


Sample recordings of the first two quizzes are available with Satish (subraman@cs.umn.edu), while the third quiz can be got from Srinivas (srinivas@cco.caltech.edu).

10.3 What is the Chitrahaar Quiz?


This is a quiz that was started by Abhay Avachat. In this quiz, the participants are supposed to guess the song given a description of the song's picturization in the movie.

This aim (that is given a clue one has to guess the song) and structure (set of 20-30 clues) of Chitrahaar is same as the RJGK quiz (see 10.1). But the clue are different in Chitrahaar. Here is an excerpt from the first Chitrahaar posted by Abhay. 

    Instead of some lines from the lyrics, other aspects of the song
    are given. You can say that RJGK pertains to the lyrics, while this
    quiz, Chitrahar as I would like to call, pertains to the Pstats.
    Or in other words, if RJGK pertains to the audio part of a film song
    then Chitrahar pertains to the video aspects of it. 


    Mostly the song situation as it occurs in the movie, would be given.
    Some cryptic and hopefully funny description can also be given.
    Here is an example. 


        This "friendly" song is from a Mega-Mega-Hit multistarrer movie.
        Amitabh and Dharmendra are going on a mobike, which has a funny
        and detachable sidecar. Of course, the famous 'coin' also plays
        a small and humorous role here.


    If this is the clue, then it is clear that the song is from Sholay,
    "ye dosti, hum nahiN chhodenge".
All the previous chitrahaar's posted on the rmim can now be accessed at The Chitrahaar Page maintained by Pavan Kumar Desikan (pkd@cs.duke.edu).

The guidelines and upcoming Chitrahaars are posted by Kalyan Kolachala on RMIM regularly. Booking can be made by sending a mail to Kalyan or Pavan

10.4 What is the Tasvir aur Tassavur quiz?


Tasvir and Tasavvur is an event in which you'll have to let your imagination (tasavvur) run wild and come up with lines from film songs to match the given picture (tasvir). The picture is posted by the host in a web site for the participants. The first one in the series was conducted by Sami Mohammed, Prince Kohli and Preetham Gopalaswamy. For more details see Tasvir aur Tassavur page maintained by Samiuddin Mohammed.
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