Set and Conducted by Yasho Tamaskar and Suraj Menon
Standings :
1st : J Ramanand , Meghashyam Shirodkar and Maitreyi Gupta : 78 pts
2nd : Akhil , Suvajit and Sameer : 73 pts
3rd : Niranjan Pednekar , Aditya Gadre , Siddharth : 43 pts
4th : Abhinav Gudur ,Rohan Chokkar and Nikhil Motlag : 39 pts
5th : Yash Marathe , Vinay and Kaustubh Bhat : 13 pts
6th : Amit Dandekar , Yash Sinha , Saransh Verma : 10 pts
61 Qs seamless IR , One written round with differential marking and a Long Connect
While most of questions in the elims were good , though the elims were a bit too tough or rather too quizzer friendly which is why the cut off was very low (only about 8/35). The questions were all great however.
Positives:
The finals had some very good questions and covered a very wide range of topics which is always good to see.
There were several interesting audio-visual questions .
All the answers were of the kind that most of audience could have related to them.
The team names and the production values in general were very entertaining .
Negatives:
The quiz was way too long and the last 30 questions had to be rushed through at a very high pace.
IMHO both the special rounds seemed forced. The TIME covers round seemed to just be about recognising people .
The long connect seemed to be made just to make up the lack of myth/religion in the rest of the quiz. In my opinion the theme was too far out and not accessible to all. In addition the 5 question weightage to the theme (something my last quiz was criticised for too) did seem too much. The two teams that cracked the theme on the second clue just ran away with it with no chance for anyone else to catch up.
Comments
* The finals were good; only blemishes were the length of the quiz (could have been ~45) and thus the rushing at the end, some qns were too easy/repeats, the special rounds had too much weightage, and some of the qs were too long or had an excess of info which we didn't usually need.
Overall, enjoyed the quiz.
Finals seemed looooong. The finals were entertainment heavy with 1/3rd questions or rather 22 to be specific on ent which kept me staring at the screen for most of the time! I think, this happened, because both the quizmasters have a inclination towards western entertainment in particular and entertainment in general.So probably, for the next quizzes, people qith different areas of specialization or different special interests should pair up and set the quiz.
The finals indeed had some brilliant questions and overall the quiz was very enjoyable!
Finally it was great to be on stage at a bcqc open!!
@Yasho: As far as my wish goes, I want to win a bcqc open but that wont happen till guys like Ramanand etc. are up on stage. So my proposition for a specialised non-bcqc quiz still valid!
And my apologies for a rather longish first session which probably resulted in us having to go a bit too fast in the next one.
Also, for winning quizzes, College quizzes are always there for us.
@Dandekar again- pls do not defame us by saying we have western ent interests at heart, as hearts truly belong to the long line of unforgettable movies crapped out by the likes of mithunda and kanti shah.
If I was able to beat bcqc guys in college quizzes I wouldn't have made such a proposition in the first place. And it was all in jest including the plan to assassinate certain individuals!
Now,
Sorry, about wrong stats. Few are controversial. But it was definitely more than 11. (Billboards and Peter Norman not counted)
Here are questions I categorized as entertainment questions.
(Entertainment question= Any any any sort of music or movies related question.)
1. Californication
2. Terry Gilliam
3. Samurai and Ronin
4. Dylan talking about Hendrix
5. Camelot (considered in entertainment cuz answer slide shows pic of camelot musical)
6. Anthony Perkins
7. Daisy Bell
8. Q28. - I dont know the answer still - The scene in some old hindi movie where sambrani smoke was used
9. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Pink Floyd)
10.Jesus christ Superstar
11.Fahrenheit 451 Guy Montag dialogue
12.Italian Job
13.But It Rained
14.Heavy Metal
15.Bohemian Rhapsody
16.Buddy Holly
17.Life is Beautiful
18.License to Kill (controversial. can be considered in other categories)
19.Salma Sultan (Doordarshan considered in entertainment!)
Plus add two from differential marking written round.
But as I said, the quiz was very much enjoyable. Nothing against the quizmasters or intended to defame them. :D
@Yasho ... the questions had flavorings of western ent but thats not a bad thing since that's how most of the people prefer it
I thought the elims were really good though the finals could've been a bit shorter ... but the questions were great
One crib that I had was that in a long connect you expect the slides to progressively reveal more about the connect ... herein, one of the earlier slides made me think Odyssey ... especially with a picture almost lifted from the book ... but then the later slides distracted me away from that
Also, when it comes to ent/pop culture, imho you usually have to experience something to know about it ... and that's where some of the younger quizzers tend to have a disadvantage compared to the older ones ... the DD anchor made me go WTF
And it was good to finally be up on stage in a BCQC Open ... hopefully we'll have more opens where many B'bay teams will not be there so that the rest of us get a chance too
@Yash- I personally think we should be looking just to qualify at BC Opens, as that in itself takes a lot of effort and is commendable. The winning experience can be left for the numerous college quizzes that happen.
Amit-
And Farhaneit 451 is a book !
(And by we in the above comment, i meant college quizzers :) )
first and foremost i dont think the quiz was ent heavy....... jsut cos i put a pic of camelot on the answer slide or the answer was californication or ronin doesnt qualify as an ent question........ u need to look at the way the question was framed and then decide
Ill accept that the quiz could have been shorter....... but i remember there being a tremendous number of cribs abt the last open quiz being too short.....so it was a conscious decision on our part to make it a slightly long quiz..that said better time management and laptop related issues being worked out earlier wld have helped...so our apologies
thirdly the theme yes there was a big spread but then in such a big quiz we figured that gets evened out ...and to make it more fair we did modify the special round ka scoring to reduce any runaway advantages
@ gadre the idea of the time magazine covers was to 'just id ppl' as u put it...but again in our defense there was some amount of workability there...case in example springsteen dint look like springsteen .... or the joni mitchell pic wherein the year was too late for it to be janis joplin...she was dead by then!!!!!!!! at the same time we did put in sitters like yaeger and freud .......
and this thread just proves one thing u cant please em all
cheers
But as I have repeatedly mentioned, the quiz had brilliant questions and was really very enjoyable!
cheers!
@All - I sincerely apologise to anyone who felt my comments are rude and uncalled for. I have no intention to defame yasho or suraj or undermine efforts they put in the making of this quiz and I apologise to both of you if my comments gave you such an impression. I have repeatedly said that the quiz was very enjoyable and had brilliant questions. I once again apologize to anyone who feels my comments insulting and request the moderators to delete any such comment.
And one does not necessarily have to have set an open quiz to comment on one. Though it puts things in better perspective definitely.
Oh, and some blood just shot out of my eyes as I saw the phrase "put fundae" on the slide of a Pune quiz. No! No! No! This will not do. It's worse than using SMS-ese on slides. Ban the phrase in Pune. Whoever uses it must be killed. Yasho, consider this your final warning.
Plus it always feels good to give yourself an outsider, underdog tag ... that way your ego gets a massive boost when you actually do perform well :P
Fervent prayer to future QMs to trim down the text, use simpler language, remove redundancy.
(Am I turning into Anand? ;-))
Duuuuude!!!
@Yash S: Ramanand didn't "remind" you... That's just his way of giving you a warning... ;)
Any comments on Amnesia?
Despite all talk of "hum sab BCQC hai.n" (mainly from my side), we would be kidding ourselves if we didn't recognise that some are strongly affiliated, some are weakly affiliated, and some not at all. Hopefully, each of our QMs will be able to make their quizzes fair for all.
I must agree with Amit D: some qns like Ronin would have the ent tag, because you would hardly ask them if people had not heard of the film. Anyway, with ~90 qs, you did also touch on other topics.
GS: yes, 'even I' balked at throwing 'fundaes' - I refuse to do that.
NP: sorry, the Amnesia post will be up soon for comments.
"Weekly" affiliations, perhaps ?
Salil:At last signs of spiritual upliftment , eh ? Hic !