Set by - Aditya Gadre and Debanjan Bose
Conducted by - Aditya Gadre
Date: 5 January 2020
Venue: Academic Complex, COEP
Format - Elims: 30 questions including 6 two-pointers; Finals: 36 Questions on IR plus 4 written rounds (3 questions * 10 points each)
Flavour - Music Quiz
Results:
Winners: Team 1 - Rajiv Rai, Abhishek Kapoor and Sumeet Pai (draft)
Runners up: Team 6 - Vansa David, Govind Grewal and Sania Nerulkar (draft)
2nd Runners up: Team 5 - Anannya Deb, Gokul Panigrahi and Kunal Sawardekar (draft)
Other finalists: Team 2 - Ranajeet Soman, Pranav Pawar and Anuradha Santhanam (draft); Team 4 - Anisha Karnail, Manas Mahaveer and VCat Srinivasan (draft); Team 3 - Devang Ghia, Gaurav Sabnis and Nadeem Ansari (draft)
Report:
This is the second time Aditya and Debanjan brought the Maazical Mystery Tour to InFest, and this edition lived up to the high standards set by the first. Compared to the previous edition of MMT at InFest (in 2018), this time the quiz was quite well attended and more than 20 teams braved the chilly weather to attend the quiz.
The QM noted that following feedback in the last iteration of this quiz, the difficulty level in the elimination round had been moderated. True to the QM's word, the Elims were indeed accessible and fun while at the same time covering a time period from the 6th Century to the 21st and many parts of India and the world.
The Finals had a similar format to the previous edition of MMT, with four written rounds on what the QM described as "whimsical themes" and 36 questions on IR with a (in this writer's opinion) very forgiving pounce. Once again, there was a great representation of various genres, time periods and places.
One minor quibble was that the written rounds had a comparatively high weightage - the points on offer in the 4 written rounds were a quarter of the total points available in the finals. I'm not usually in favour of this as it can potentially skew the outcome of the quiz - but the setters' care in ensuring balance in topics even within each written round ensured that this would not be a concern.
With a good sprinkling of entertainment quizzing heavy-hitters spread throughout the teams in the finals, the quiz was keenly contested. Team 6 pulled into an early lead with their deep knowledge of bhangra, but Team 5 edged ahead by the end of the second written round with their fundas on dance forms and the Billboard Charts. After this, Team 1 brought the vast experience of the pre-CHOGM era and prodigy of the post-Aashiqui generation (they had both in one team!) to bear and the rest of the quiz was pretty much a contest between Teams 1 and 6 with Team 1 coming through in the end.
On a parting note, I should tell you that I am listening to a song I heard for the first time at the quiz, as I am writing this. I don't know what higher compliment I can pay a Music Quiz.
(Our report on the previous edition of the Maazical Mystery Tour at Infest 2018 can be found here).
Conducted by - Aditya Gadre
Date: 5 January 2020
Venue: Academic Complex, COEP
Format - Elims: 30 questions including 6 two-pointers; Finals: 36 Questions on IR plus 4 written rounds (3 questions * 10 points each)
Flavour - Music Quiz
Results:
Winners: Team 1 - Rajiv Rai, Abhishek Kapoor and Sumeet Pai (draft)
Runners up: Team 6 - Vansa David, Govind Grewal and Sania Nerulkar (draft)
2nd Runners up: Team 5 - Anannya Deb, Gokul Panigrahi and Kunal Sawardekar (draft)
Other finalists: Team 2 - Ranajeet Soman, Pranav Pawar and Anuradha Santhanam (draft); Team 4 - Anisha Karnail, Manas Mahaveer and VCat Srinivasan (draft); Team 3 - Devang Ghia, Gaurav Sabnis and Nadeem Ansari (draft)
Report:
This is the second time Aditya and Debanjan brought the Maazical Mystery Tour to InFest, and this edition lived up to the high standards set by the first. Compared to the previous edition of MMT at InFest (in 2018), this time the quiz was quite well attended and more than 20 teams braved the chilly weather to attend the quiz.
The QM noted that following feedback in the last iteration of this quiz, the difficulty level in the elimination round had been moderated. True to the QM's word, the Elims were indeed accessible and fun while at the same time covering a time period from the 6th Century to the 21st and many parts of India and the world.
The Finals had a similar format to the previous edition of MMT, with four written rounds on what the QM described as "whimsical themes" and 36 questions on IR with a (in this writer's opinion) very forgiving pounce. Once again, there was a great representation of various genres, time periods and places.
One minor quibble was that the written rounds had a comparatively high weightage - the points on offer in the 4 written rounds were a quarter of the total points available in the finals. I'm not usually in favour of this as it can potentially skew the outcome of the quiz - but the setters' care in ensuring balance in topics even within each written round ensured that this would not be a concern.
With a good sprinkling of entertainment quizzing heavy-hitters spread throughout the teams in the finals, the quiz was keenly contested. Team 6 pulled into an early lead with their deep knowledge of bhangra, but Team 5 edged ahead by the end of the second written round with their fundas on dance forms and the Billboard Charts. After this, Team 1 brought the vast experience of the pre-CHOGM era and prodigy of the post-Aashiqui generation (they had both in one team!) to bear and the rest of the quiz was pretty much a contest between Teams 1 and 6 with Team 1 coming through in the end.
On a parting note, I should tell you that I am listening to a song I heard for the first time at the quiz, as I am writing this. I don't know what higher compliment I can pay a Music Quiz.
(Our report on the previous edition of the Maazical Mystery Tour at Infest 2018 can be found here).
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