#8 Meatball, worm and wild pumpkins

Worst buffet ever!

The 11th edition of IWTK was a Hollywood quiz which saw more than 130 people participate, with all proceeds given to the Feeding India project. A huge shout out to our panelists - Satyajit Chetri, Sukanya Verma and Sucharita Tyagi for making it such a fun quiz. You can watch the quiz here. [free Vivaldi track thrown in and also checkout the outro 🤓]. 

June is Pride month and we would like to end the Pride month with the ‘Pride in Pop Culture quiz’ hosted by Vivek Tejuja on June 28th.

Push-ups to help you prep for future quizzes: 

1. It's been 21 years since The Matrix released. 21 years… Feeling old? Here is a mega thread about everything in the movie. 

2. NASA uses 2 logos which have been nicknamed ‘Worm’ and ‘Meatball’. Worm was introduced in the 1970’s and retired in the 1990’s. Now both will coexist. 

3. Wild pumpkins are transformed into the tanpura, a stringed instrument essential to Indian classical music. The right pumpkin, which is sun-dried for three-four months and then, after more steps, is attached to the right sound board to produce the perfect Tanpura. Check out this amazing photo essay about it. 

Things we’re reading / watching / listening to:

1. Bagman - Before Nixon, there was the case of Spiro Agnew - he had bundles of cash delivered to him at the White house. Narrated by Rachel Maddow, a wonderful podcast on what it took to remove Spiro Agnew from the office of Vice President of the United States of America.

2. Tokyo Trial - A four-part historical drama miniseries that depicts the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. It carefully weaves the legal arguments and political influences of the tribunal leading to conflicts. A stellar show by the late Irrfan as Radhabinod Pal, the only judge who insisted all defendants were not guilty. 

Stay safe & keep yourself hydrated
Team #9