tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301203.post108710995674344550..comments2024-03-14T13:49:44.863+05:30Comments on Interrobang: J Ramanandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03700969855424872769noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301203.post-39149850214619382222009-11-18T19:20:15.180+05:302009-11-18T19:20:15.180+05:30Who knows where to download XRumer 5.0 Palladium? ...Who knows where to download XRumer 5.0 Palladium? <br />Help, please. All recommend this program to effectively advertise on the Internet, this is the best program!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301203.post-73686131759382602532007-03-06T19:19:00.000+05:302007-03-06T19:19:00.000+05:30Was looking up Google for an official VERVE websit...Was looking up Google for an official VERVE website. Apparently, there is none such.<BR/><BR/>Its been almost two years since I finished college and the last verve I attended was probably in 2002. I am desperate to look up more information on it so that maybe next year when I am back in India, I can go back to Verve and relive my otherwise sucky college days.<BR/><BR/>Check my blog out when you get time. I write pretty much random stuff but maybe you will come across something interesting.<BR/><BR/>-PeAcE<BR/>--WiTh<BR/>---GuNsGuNshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16465447014985870946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301203.post-1132684453156101442005-11-23T00:04:00.000+05:302005-11-23T00:04:00.000+05:30Dude! Just answer one questionIf teh quiz question...Dude! Just answer one question<BR/><BR/>If teh quiz questions were awful, boring and obvious why didnt you win?<BR/><BR/>Stop whining and join EYF to make a difference if that matters to you so muchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301203.post-1089399584705656132004-07-10T00:29:00.000+05:302004-07-10T00:29:00.000+05:30Both the Verve quizzes I participated in 99,00 wer...Both the Verve quizzes I participated in 99,00 were howlers. It was pure Russian Roullete. Luckily me and Srikanth cashed in both times to come second, it greatly enhanced our reputation in college. A first would have been even better, but i dont think we minded it a bit. As I reminsce now it all seems so ludicruous, thanks a ton JR for writing down these thoughts, had a nice laugh after a long time.Samrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040334733593926471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301203.post-1087356273236022212004-06-16T08:54:00.000+05:302004-06-16T08:54:00.000+05:30An ' Outsider's ' View on VERVE
I don't think the...An ' Outsider's ' View on VERVE<br /><br />I don't think there is a dearth of verve victims is there, i for one will be the first one to give someone a reward for nabbing one of those EYF guys for sure,<br /><br />It happened that the last year i had gone to see the quiz, and guess what a quiz the stature of verve was held it in a stinky classroom. (i suppose so coz i never went in) No kunla i doubt if Shaunak&Shakti ever won anything coz i'm sure they came back empty handed. Maybe they didn't have prizes for 3rd which i doubt coz the only good thing about VERVE is the prizes. So on a rainy day i and other QUEST members walk all the way from FC to Agriculture college(twice) to watch the quiz (the elims and the quiz were on different days). I go there to find out that the place is full(no surprise really coz the place probably held only 30 ppl half of them journalists and all their paraphernalia) and that i will have to stand outside. I could not even peep in coz the guys had the bright idea to close all the windoes and curtains so that we ppl outside will not 'disturb' anyone. On some protests from me and some other ppl these guys come up with the Buchanan inspired idea of rotation. Believe it or not 'Audience' rotation. The same lady probably tell me that 10 ppl would be moved out after 10 minutes and 10 new people would be admitted. Ingenious !!!. This does happen a couple of times (while i gnaw my teeth watching all the journalists having a bored look on their faces and wasting rather precious buttspace.) Anyways as luck (does not) have it by the time my chance comes - which is after 2 hours (and only twice has a namesake rotation be done) the quiz is over and all i get to hear i some stupid questions like name all the PMs of india from Rajiv Gandhi(was it him or nehru). Anways verver did get on my nerve but the only real reason i wanna go is the spanking new mobile phone which shaunak had set his eyes on !!<br /><br />(we all discuss if quizzes should be audience centric or participant centric, verve is in a new category - journo-centric !!)<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Abhishek(a.k.a crossstyx.blogspot.com)Abhishekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947833606598158201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301203.post-1087220630102413182004-06-14T19:13:00.000+05:302004-06-14T19:13:00.000+05:30I was privileged to be a VERVE victim, and I can s...I was privileged to be a VERVE victim, and I can safely say that I've escaped with flying colours.<br /><br />The tale right from the start...<br />Our college sent 2 teams - Ganesh and me in one, Siddharth and Kunal the other.<br />The elims as expected started 2 hours late. I don't know if it was the same female disciplinarian, but there was an excessively lipsticked Ms. behave-or-else-the-consequences-will-be-disastrous and her brood of 15-yr old EYF volunteers.<br /><br />The elims were a joke. 'Horrendous' would be an understatement actually.<br />Digest this: the elims had negative marking !!??!!<br /><br />Sample question: Elvis was born on ______ and died on ______ (we were thinking of writing 'Earth').<br /><br />Another controversy: Scratching not permitted.<br />Yet another controversy: Negative marking for changed answers after scratching.<br /><br /><br />The finals...<br />I don't know where they got the moronic QM from, but he was definitely trying to do a Derek O'Brien: "Was that a guess?? It IS blah-blah-blah" or "Oh...I'm afraid...But it IS the right answer!!!"<br /><br />Questions asked were picked by participants from a bunch of sheets.<br />Absolutely no comments on the questions.<br />One of the many arguments/controversies:-<br />Participant: How does a question on Robin Hood appear in the music round?<br />QM: Well I'm sure Robin Hood had an interest in music.<br /><br />There were 2 freakish gamble rounds. Play it or leave it. If you play it, then +20 for a right ans, and -20 for wrong/pass. <br /><br />Results:-<br />1st: VIT (Salil Bijur, Ganesh Hegde)<br />2nd: BJMC (Vivek Venkataramani, Shivaji Marella)<br />Others:-<br />COEP (Anup Mankar, Siddharth Natarajan)<br />SCOE/SIT (Rohan Gokhale, Chaitanya Kulkarni)<br />VIIT<br />Don't recall the other team.<br /><br />The relevance/importance of VERVE is in fact true. At our college gathering it was announced as our biggest achievement in quizzing.<br /><br />(And btw the team from St. Vincents who came 3rd in the 2000 quiz were Ganesh (now VIT) and Shivaji (now BJMC))Salilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11766706291407000110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301203.post-1087149238151457562004-06-13T23:23:00.000+05:302004-06-13T23:23:00.000+05:30I had the privilege of being a Verve victim, and I...I had the privilege of being a Verve victim, and I can safely say we escaped with flying colours.<br /><br />The tale right from the start...Our college sent 2 teams: Ganesh and myself, and the other was Siddharth and Kunal. Elims started 2-3 hours late as expected.<br />The elims were a joke. 'Horrendous' would be an understatement actually. I don't know if it was the same disciplinarian female, but there definitely was one excessively lipsticked ms. you-better-behave-or-else-the-consequences-will-be-disastrous and her brood of 15 yr old EYF voulnteers.<br /><br />Digest this: the elims had negative marking !!??!!<br />Sample questions:-<br />Elvis was born on ______ and died on _____. (We were thinking of writing 'Earth')<br /><br />Another controversy: Scratched out answers will not be accepted.<br />Yet another controversy: Negative marking for scratched out answers.<br /><br />The 4 finalists I remember were:-<br />VIT: Salil Bijur, Ganesh Hegde<br />COEP: Anup Mankar, Siddharth Natarajan<br />VIIT: ?<br />BJMC: Vivek Venkataramani, Shivaji Marella<br />MESCOE (i'm not sure if they were there)<br /><br />Surprisingly finals started after a delay of about only half an hour.<br />The host was some MBA trainer. Calling him a moron would be like calling Genghis Khan naughty. He was definitely trying to do a Derek O'Brien albeit in a Gujju accent: "Was that a guess??? It IS blah-blah-blah!!!" or "Oh...I'm afraid...But it IS the right answer!!!"<br /><br />Questions asked were from a paper picked out by participants from a bunch of sheets in the hands of the QM.<br />Controversies and arguments were plenty. One of them was:<br />Participant: How does a question on Robin Hood appear in the music round?<br />Host: I'm sure Robin Hood had an interest in music...<br /><br />The only cheering team was a huge wild gang from VIIT (our sister institution) who were giving their team a standing ovation after every single correct answer their team got. Eventually after some signals from Ganesh, they were cheering for us too :).<br /><br />Absolutely no comments about the questions.<br /><br />Results:-<br />1st: VIT<br />2nd: BJMC<br /><br />The relevance/importance of Verve in fact is true, for after winning, the announcement was made in front of the whole college and the rest of the day was given off (OK not just for the quiz...it was collectively for the quiz, Verve orchestra and winning the sports championships at COEP Zest and AFMC). But then again, Verve was announced at the gathering as the biggest achievement of our college in quizzing.<br /><br />BTW the Verve 2000 2nd runners-up from St. Vincents were Ganesh Hegde (now VIT) and Shivaji Marella (now BJMC) - the tag team of Shivaji-Ganeshan.Salilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11766706291407000110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301203.post-1087114994126555162004-06-13T13:53:00.000+05:302004-06-13T13:53:00.000+05:30I think I heard something about an FC team that wa...I think I heard something about an FC team that was in the 2003 finals. I think it was Shaunak Potdar and Shakti Sarangi, and they came third. Perhaps I'm thinking of some other quiz though. Will try and confirm this.<br />-Kunal SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com