Date: 22-09-2017
Quiz: Torquest
2017
Venue: College
of Engineering, Pune
Organized by/Fest:
Mindspark 2017
QM(s): Vrushabh
Gudade
Results:
1. Siddharth Ramesh and Arnabh Sengupta (AFMC)
2. Anirudh Anilkumar and Hritvik Jha (AFMC)
3. Sai Pavan and Rituraj (AFMC)
The prelims round
started at about 11.30. About 40 teams participated in the prelims. Though the
prelims were low scoring, the questions were stimulating and fascinating. The
cut off was 3 with the highest score being 13.5. A total of 6 teams qualified to the finals.
The final round
started by 1. It consisted of two infinite rebounds, each with 12 questions and
a written round with 8 questions. Here too, the teams found it difficult to
score. The questions asked were from diverse fields-from simple tech to
medicine, to India.
In the end the
team of Arnabh Sengupta and Siddharth Ramesh from AFMC came 1st with 100
points. The team of Anirudh Anilkumar and Hritvik Jha came runners up beating
the team of Sai Pavan and Rituraj in a tiebreaker.
The quizmaster
Vrushabh Gudade did an impressive job in
setting up the lovely questions and conducting the quiz.
Report by: Siddharth
Ramesh
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