BCQC’s College Quizzing Team of the Year 2022

Date & Time: 1 May 2022, Morning
Venue: VIT, Pune
Format: Elims + Finals
QM(s): Omkar Dhakephalkar
Results:
1st: Naman Jain and Sagnik Sarkar (VIT+AFMC) at 192.5
2nd: Chinmay Deshpande and Ritoban Maitra (SLS) at 188.5
3rd: Giridhar Gopal and Saurabh Singh Bisht (AFMC) at 174.5
4th: Atharva Soman and Prajot Patne (COEP) at 149.5
5th: Yash Gupta and Ritwick Johari (AFMC) at 107
6th: Zoha Fatima and Naman Chaturvedi (AFMC) at 41
7th: Palak Shah and Amol Mule (VIT) at 40
8th: Vedant Jaiswal and Satyam Kumar (AFMC) at 36.5
9th: Manas Soni and Rahul Choudhury (AFMC) at 16

The Boat Club Quizzing Team of the Year 2022 was held on 1st May, 2022 at VIT Pune. The quizmaster was Omkar Dhakephalkar.

With nine teams turning up for the prelims, it was decided that scores will be carried forward to the finals. There were 25 questions in the prelims.

The team from SLS topped prelims with 13.5, followed by the cross-college team of VIT and AFMC at 12.5.

Finals had a unique theme as Omkar decided to turn the clock back and included rounds which he had endured during his college quizzing days. Long Visual Connects, List It, Amul Hits - his set had them all. The finals Were like Tour De France, with the variety of rounds analogous to different stages.
The scoring pattern of the IRs was also beguiling as it allowed the finalists to take risks and reap bigger rewards in return. There was a system of doubling on pounce and bounce if you were sure. This would grant double the points, but correspondingly raised penalties if you were wrong.

Ritoban and Chinmay from SLS raced ahead, early in the finals, and garnered a lead which everyone thought would be impregnable. Giridhar and Saurabh from AFMC were in a comfortable second position. However, dynamics changed in the last two rounds and Sagnik and Naman came from nowhere to win the quiz by a slender margin, after playing aggressively and taking risks. Ritoban and Chinmay finished second while Giridhar and Saurabh came third. Prajot and Atharva from COEP finished a close fourth.

Report by: Naman Jain