Mindspark 2011 quizzes - results

COEP's Mindspark 2011 saw three quizzes in the last week of December. Here're the results (compiled by Himanshu Panandikar). If you have any comments on the quizzes, please use the comments option.

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Chakravyuh

Set by Himanshu Panandikar and Gaurav Keskar with inputs from Aditya Gadre, Mohit Karve, Neelima Jha, Mihir Khatwani, Amit Patil, Vibhav Bhave and Ashutosh Bokhare.

Questions reviewed and moderated by Aditya Gadre, Mohit Karve and Aadinath Harihar

Theme: General

Date/Venue: 28th December 2011, College of Engineering, Pune
Format: 30 Question Elims, 48 Question Finals (24 IR + 24 IR Rev)
Total Teams: 171

Results:
1st Place: Yash Marathe and Meghashyam Shirodkar (Team F) [Elims: 22.5 (4*) || Finals: 80]
2nd Place: Vinit Atel and Vikram Keskar (Team C) [Elims: 21.5 (3*) ||Finals: 75]
3rd Place: Hari S. Nair and Suraj Menon (Team B) [Elims: 22.5 (3*) || Finals: 70]
4th Place: Nandan Gokhle and Samit Sura (Team E) [Elims: 21 (3*) || Finals: 65]
5th Place: Kshtij Jyoti and Saikat Sarkar (Team A) [Elims: 22 (3*) || Finals: 55]
6th Place: Ranajeet Soman and Rohan Jain (Team D) [Elims: 22 (3*) || Finals: 40]


Best College Team 1(outside the finalists): Rahul Harapanahalli and Neel D’Souza
Best College Team 2(outside the finalists): Suraj Prabhu and Abhinav Pathak
Additional Credits: Himanshu Panandikar for developing the entire finals on Flash (template provided by Shravan Aras)

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Qonnoisseur Report
Set by Neelima Jha, Himanshu Panandikar and Ashutosh Bokhare with inputs from Gaurav Keskar, Mihir Khatwani, Amit Patil and Rohit Patil.
Questions reviewed and moderated by Mohit Karve
Theme: Music, Entertainment, Literature, Arts (MELA)
Date/Venue: 29th December 2011, College of Engineering, Pune:
Format: 30 Question Elims, 37 Question Finals (18 IR + 19 IR Rev)
Total Teams: 52

Results:
1st Place: Suraj Menon (Team F) [Elims: 20.5 (4*) || Finals: 90]
2nd Place: Avaneendra Bhargav and Meghashyam Shirodkar (Team C) [Elims: 20 (5*) ||Finals: 45]
3rd Place: Sachin Ravi and Vikram Keskar (Team E) [Elims: 19.5 (4*) || Finals: 30]
4th Place: Ranajeet Soman and Rohan Jain (Team D) [Elims: 16 (3*) || Finals: 25]
5th Place: Kshtij Jyoti and Saikat Sarkar (Team B) [Elims: 14.5 (2*) || Finals: 25]
6th Place: Hari Nair and Nikhil Chitlangia (Team A) [Elims: 18 (3*) || Finals: 10]

Best College Team (outside the finalists): Rohan Danait

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Torquest Report
Set by Mihir Khatwani and Amit Patil with inputs from Himanshu Panandikar and Gaurav Keskar.
Questions reviewed and moderated by Mohit Karve
Theme: Science and Technology (Sci-Tech)
Date/Venue: 27th December 2011, College of Engineering, Pune:
Format: 30 Question Elims, 36 Question Finals (18 IR + 18 IR Rev)
Total Teams: 63
Results:
1st Place: Sachin Ravi and Raghav N.C. (Team A) [Elims: 14 (1*) || Finals: 60]
2nd Place*: Abhishek Nagaraj (Team D) [Elims: 12 (0*) ||Finals: 60]
3rd Place: C.V.R Shastry and Vikram Keskar (Team E) [Elims: 18 (1*) || Finals: 55]
4th Place: Avaneendra Bhargav and Arnold (Team F) [Elims: 11.5 (0*) || Finals: 30]
5th Place: Sanket Bhilare and Rohan Danait (Team C) [Elims: 10.5 (2*) || Finals: 30]
6th Place: Nandan Gokhle and Samit Sura (Team B) [Elims: 12 (0*) || Finals: 25]

*Decided on the basis of elimination round score
Best College Team (outside the finalists): Harshal Sarda and Shantanu Hadgekar
Best School Team: Abhishek Gupta and Alok Gupta