Interrobang

(Report by Arnold D'Souza) The July Open was held on Sunday the 26th of July, 2015 at the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC). The even consisted of two quizzes—one general and one themed. GEN QUIZ: Set by: Saraswat Chatterjee and Rohan Setlur Teams: 14 teams of 2 – (6 qualify for finals) – no draft picks. Final Result: 1st – Anurakshat Gupta + Madhusadan (120) 2nd – Debanjan Bose + Suraj Prabhu (115) 3rd – Arnold D'Souza + Anjali Jospeh (95) 4th – Samrat Sengupta + Aniketh Rallabhandi (85) 5th – Shantanu + Shantanu (60) 6th – Gokul (25) Comments: The elims were an interesting change from the standard written format. There were 15 questions all of which were only on a pounce for +10/-5 each. In effect, this was like a written elims where you got -5 for a wrong answer but had the option to leave a question blank without any loss. However, since the live scores were being kept on the blackboard, this meant that one could strategically decide on each question t...