"Big Q" - the SEQC's general written quiz

Date: 30th September, 2012

Venue: Boat Club, COEP,Pune

Time: 1.30 PM

The Big Q (link) is a written quiz for individuals conducted by the SEQC, Goa to find the Best Quizzer in Goa. Other quiz clubs are also taking the quiz in their respective locations (because that's how we like to spend our Sundays). 90 minutes 120 questions.

Registration is compulsory, so that we can get the right number of sheets. Please register before 6 pm, 29th September 2012 for registration mail Avaneendra(avaneendrabhargav@gmail.com). For people planning to register on the spot, he will get only 5 extra sheets. And don't forget to get a pen/pencil along, and perhaps a writing pad for greater writing comfort.

Quizzes at Mind-Spark 2012

MindSpark is the annual Technical fiesta of the College of Engineering, Pune.
This year MindSpark will play host to 3 quizzes from 5th- 7th October 2012.
Specifics Below.

1. TorQuest- The Science and Technology quiz
Friday, 5th October, 2012

We wouldn't really be an institute of excellence in technical education unless our students were sound in their technical knowledge and fundas. Pit your love for technology against ours. Brush up your theory and find out how much you could actually apply it when you go out into the mad, mad world. Science and technology are inseparable, and this is a quiz where the passion for both would find a home.
Status: Open Quiz (anyone can Participate)
Team size: 2
Registration fees: Rs. 50/- per team.
Register on the spot.

2. Chakravyuh- the Open General Quiz
Saturday , 6th October, 2012
Timing: 11:00 am to 4:30 pm.
Venue: The Auditorium, College of Engineering, Pune

Chakravyuh has been one of Pune's best known open quizzes for many years now. A general quiz that is literally based on anything and everything under the sun, the participants of this quiz can range from college students to software professionals. Chakravyuh has gone on to produce quizzers who would later perform exceptionally well at national level quizzes. Previous years have elicited fantastic participation and the prize money remains as sweet as ever.
Status: Open Quiz (Anyone can Participate)
Team size: 2
Registration fees: Rs. 50/- per team.
Register on the spot.

3. Qonnoisseur- The MELA Quiz
Sunday, 7th October, 2012

There's not really much to introduce to this classic format. We're looking for people who read a lot of classics, watch a lot of movies and critique works of art in your spare time, then you're the kind of person who just might have a shot at winning this quiz. Prove yourself to be the ultimate savant in all things related to media and culture.

Status: Open Quiz (Anyone can Participate)
Team size: 2
Registration fees: Rs. 50/- per team.
Register on the spot.

For any additional clarifications, visit
http://www.mind-spark.org/?page=modules&n=Brainiac

Oasis Quiz Lone Wolf Edition Results

Name	Category	Score
Debanjan Bose	Student	28(1*)
Aniket Rallabhandi	Student	24(2*)
Hari S Nair	Student	24(1*)
Kunal Sawardekar	Open	43(2*)
Ranajeet Soman	Open	27(2*)
Avaneendra Bhargav	Open	15(1*)

Cineaste 2 - BCQC September Open Quiz (Morning ) Review

The BCQC September Open Quiz - Morning Quiz
Date: 2nd September 2012
Set and Conducted by: Avaneendra Bhargav and Rohan Jain
Format:
Teams of 2 for elims.  25 questions written elims.
Top 6 teams in finals. Participants from 7th-9th top teams were asked to join finalist teams. Teams of 3 for finals.


Results
1st: Sumant Srivathsan, Vibhendu Tewari and Sushrut (draft) - 75 pts*
2nd: Aditya Gadre, Aniket Khasgiwale and Rohan Danait (draft)- 75 pts
3rd: Anannya Deb, Shubhankar Gokhale and Alok Kulkarni (draft)  - 70 pts
4th: Amit Garde, Anand Sivashankar and Kunal Sawardekar(draft) - 55 pts
4th: Ranajeet Soman, Aditya Chandarkar and Samrat Sengupta (draft) - 55 pts
6th: Ravi Handa, Rohit Iyer and Rohit Bhaskar (draft) - 30 pts
* Won via a sudden death tie-braker

Prizes sponsored by BCQC

Report:

Overall I really liked the quiz and it must be said that the quiz was far better than the corresponding fixture last year.
The elims were nice - light and interesting, good workable questions. The finals had quite a few good questions, but also had its share of know-it-or-you-dont type questions.
In terms of the questions / content etc I mostly liked the quiz and only have a few complaints
- Lack of balance in the quiz - too many west oriented questions (not that our team minded that too much :))
- A peter here and there
- List it idea has been done to death - certainly the QMs with their expertise in movies could have thought of something a little newer

The content aside, the quiz surely could have been a lot better on the organization front.
The elims started at 10am (this after the QMs had publicised the need to start the quiz at 9:30 sharp on various online forums) and the finals started at 11:30 - a 1.5 hr duration to conduct and correct a 25 question elim set is inexcusable, especially when another full length quiz is to follow. The result was that a lot of the questions had to be rushed through. The switching of ppts midway through could have been avoided. Also it seemed the the QMs had not tested their AV content prior to the quiz which led to quite a few delays. Some basic production value could have made the quiz a bit better for the audience to sit through.

Perhaps another case of leaving it too late, as BDFL has spoken of far too many times.

The BCQC September Open Quiz - Report

Date: 2nd September 2012
Set and Conducted by: Anannya Deb
Format: 
Teams of 2 for elims.  35 questions written elims.
Top 6 teams in finals. Participants from 7th-9th top teams were asked to join finalist teams. Teams of 3 for finals.

Results
1st: Sumant Srivathsan, Vibhendu Tewari and Rahul (draft) - 155 pts
2nd: Amit Garde, Anand Sivashankar and Rohit (draft)- 105 pts
3rd: Vikram Joshi, Abhinav Dasgupta and Avaneendra Bhargav(draft) - 100 pts
4th: J Ramanand, Samrat Sengupta and Kunal Sawardekar(draft) - 100 pts*
5th: Debanjan Bose, Hari Nair and Rohan Jain (replaced by Arnold D'Souza)(draft) - 60 pts
6th: Aditya Gadre, Aniket Khasgiwale and Shubhankar Gokhale (draft) - 30 pts

* Lost out on lower elims score

Prizes sponsored by BCQC

Report
The quiz started with an excellent 35 question elim - great questions, interesting fundas and a lot of AV content. Sumant and Vibhendu topped the elim with 24 with the rest of the teams making up the finalists bunched between 17 and 20.

The final was an elaborate affair with several interesting rounds - Set theory ('sets' of people/ things/ events etc) , normal IR passing, a special round on the North east with a few written bonus questions thrown in.

Sumant and Vibhendu led right from the start and produced brilliant answers with great regularity to win the quiz comfortably. Three teams fought it out for the second spot with Amit, Anand and Rohit just nicking it on one of the last questions of the quiz.

Overall Anannya Deb lived up to his Gawd of all things moniker and covered a ton of topics - right from hardcore music to local publications to roman history.

A few negatives
- we had to change the venue due to which some inconvenience was caused
- I personally felt the finals were a bit too 'high-brow' - and we had several "who the hell is this guy" moments in the quiz. Perhaps not the most accessible quiz from an audience point of view.