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Date: 12-03- 2017 Quiz: Quiztronomy Venue: COEP Organized by/Fest: COEP Astronomy Club QM: Vinod Ganesh  Result: (Out of 300 Points (30Q*10 Points))  1st: 205 Points, Prachetas Nayse (Open, Lone Wolf)  2nd: 175 Points, Rohit Dhanorkar (Open, Lone Wolf)  3rd: 135 Points, Parshuram and Yogesh (FC+Open)  4th: 120 Points, Omkar and Pranav (Open)  5th: 70 Points Anirudh and Hrithvik (AFMC)  6th: 25 Points Shomik and Rahul (IISER)  Report: The quiz was scheduled to start at 9:30 but started around 10:15 (standard delay). The venue was Seminar Hall 2, and I was apprehensive due to the abysmal projector performance during Chakravyuh last year. However the projector did not give any problems. The laptop did. Some VGA port problem and the laptop that was chosen had a version of ppt which would crash after every question. Luckily they got a replacement by the 7th/8th question of the 25 Q prelims. The prelims was a standard writt...

Results  1 st – Snehashis Panda and Rishwin Jackson 2 nd – Ankit Choudhury and Arnabh Sengupta 3 rd – Shantanou Gangakhedkarr and Saahil 4 th – Rahul Kulkarni and Francy 5 th – Mayank Pawar and Nakul Ramakumar 6 th - Akshay Parale and Kaushik Koley Report (Written by Snehashish Panda) There couldn’t be a more fitting clash – An Open sports quiz, on a day when the flagbearers of men’s tennis ensure a flood of nostalgia. As the Raging Bull and Fedex geared up for yet another titanic clash, Rishwin Jackson and I made our away across the expressway for the inaugural edition of Invictus, COEP’s open sports quiz. Making the most of a trip that had us attempting Magister, KQA’s lone wolf quiz for college students, in the morning as well, we made our way to the auditorium just as the first question flashed on screen.  A well-set collection of 30 questions followed, with a fair share of TCQs and nice fundae. The only qualm would be a little too much focus on the Rio Olym...

TRAVEL, LIVING AND CULTURE QUIZ at ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE, PUNE. Set and Conducted by: Anmol Dhawan Report written by : Pranav Joshi Final Results: 1st - Arnold D'Souza and Pranav Pawar 2nd - Kaushik Chatterjee and Suchishree Chatterjee  3rd - Charles Mathew and Pranav Joshi 4th - Rishwin Jackson and Aneesh 5th - Prateek Vijayavargia and Parantap Singh 6th - Shantanou Gangakhedkar and Partner The quiz started with a 25 question preliminary round where the top 6 teams qualified into the finals. The dynamic duo of Surg Capt. Kaushik Chatterjee and his better half Suchishree Chatterjee cruised through the prelims with a 14 point header while two college teams comprising of Prateek + Parantap and Charles + Pranav followed closely behind. The cut-off for the prelims was 8 points. The prelims was a set of well framed questions albeit a bit on the tougher side. The first question started off with all teams taking the most obvious guess which turned out to be bigg...