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Tender Leaves is organising a corporate quiz for IT companies as part of a fund-raiser for "Teach For India". Details below and this link .

Date : 22 Sept, 2011 Conducted by : Derek O'Brien Venue : Westin Hotel, Pune Turnout : ~30 teams Standings 1st: Infosys (C): Pratyush and Mehul 3rd: ZS Associates (D): Prabhakar and Jaipal 3rd: Advinus Therapeutics (A): Suraj & Shariq Other finalists: ZS Associates (Bharat and Anand), Indira School of Business (names not announced), TCS (Abhishek and Suchir) Got comments? Use the commenting form below. Questions from the prelims here .

When: Friday, January 28, 2011 Where: Extentia ITT, Kalyani Nagar QM: Bobby Moothedan. Quiz set by Yash Marathe/BCQC Theme: General Email Quiz: As always an email quiz was sent to Extentians earlier in the week. Winners determined by # of correct answers and timestamp on email. Answers and winner ( Farah N and Pankaj Sontakke ) announced ahead of the Fri afternoon's quiz. Finals: Medium turnout at the ITT office this time – about 15 in all. Teams from the Extentia houses Most number of participants from Team Parikrama Difficult questions for Extentians this time. However, some great pickup on clues by most teams. The QM helmed the quiz really well for a first timer, and kept the momentum going. Good to see several new participants again Good to see no fights break out again Winners - Royal Brigade (Surbhi, Rahul D, Gaurav C, Vcat) Runners Up - Constant Variables (Farah, Pankaj S, Eva, Pankaj S)

Date: Dec 24 2010, at Extentia, KP, Pune Set and conducted by Suraj Menon/BCQC Theme : General Event held a week earlier on account of New Year’s weekend next week. As always an email quiz was sent to Extentians earlier in the week. Answers and winners announced ahead of Fri's quiz. Winners determined by # of correct answers and timestamp of email. Winner: Vcat Finals: Decent turnout. Teams were again formed from the Extentia houses. Five in all. Teams : Spartans, Royal Brigade, Parikrama, Constant Variables and Infinity. Format : IR with 25 questions. * Keenly contested quiz with all the usual shrill sledging between teams * The Royal Brigade led from the beginning, and the Spartans ran them close. * Most questions (22/25) were answered and all teams had points on the board mid-quiz. * Several connect questions were worked out by the top three teams * Topics currently in the news featured in many questions * Several new faces among participants! Winne...

Fri, October 29, 2010 at Extentia KPO/Umkaz, Koregaon Park QM: Venkat Srinivasan. Quiz set by Suraj Menon/BCQC Theme: Festivals & Sport Email Quiz: The usual email quiz was sent to Extentians earlier in the week. Winners determined by # of correct answers and timestamp on email. Some eager-beavers started to badger Vcat with questions on the questions mid-week. Answers and winners announced at the end of Fri afternoon's main quiz. The winner's usually a skilled Googler. Finals: Among the highest turnouts for an Extentia quiz. The event coincided with the company's traditional attire day for the upcoming Diwali festival. Teams were formed from the Extentia houses for the first time. Six in all. Several new faces. (And very traditionally dressed teams!) Teams: Unicorns, Spartans, Royal Brigade, Parikrama, Constant Variables and Infinity. Format: IR with 25 questions. Questions alternated between festivals and sport/sports scams. The Unicorns took an early l...

When : Fri, September 24, 2010 at Extentia ITT, Kalyani Nagar QM : Prakash Kamath. Quiz set by Suraj Menon/BCQC Theme : General Email Quiz: As always a 'warm up' email quiz was sent to Extentians earlier in the week. Winners determined by # of correct answers and timestamp on email. Answers and winner : (Vcat) announced ahead of Fri afternoon's quiz. He won 'cos he got Mehrauli for the exact location of the Iron Pillar [Q: Where is this (pic) located?] Finals: * Good turnout at ITT. A full house for this Extentia location. * IR with participants split into four teams as always. * Team 1 started to lead from the 4th question. Competitive quiz where all teams scored over 30 points each. * Most questions were worked out and answered by teams * Teams were given a minute for each direct - to read long questions and work out answers. An actual stopwatch was used. * Cordial atmosphere despite intensity of competition. No fights between teams and with the Q...

Extentia Company Quiz VI - Fri, August 27, 2010 at Extentia KP QMs: Mukul Vyas and Soumava Chatterjee. Quiz set by Suraj Menon/BCQC Theme: General Email quiz sent to Extentians earlier in the week. Answers and winners announced ahead of Fri's quiz. Winners determined by # of correct answers and timestamp of email. About 20 Extentians in all - the now familiar in-company quiz folks. IR with participants split into four teams as always. Team 1 established an early lead that it held through the quiz Tie for 2nd between teams 3 and 4. Tiebreaker won by Team 4 Interesting, workable questions, and most were answered by teams. QMs had a good sense of humor and helmed the quiz well Minor fight between team 3,4 and a QM at tiebreak Demands for Vcat to be excluded from next event (or distribute prizes first and then have the quiz!) Winners: Team 1 (Melanie, Rahul D, Vcat......) Runners Up: Team 4 (Farah, Jaya, Surbhi, Louis...)

Extentia Quiz V - Fri, July 30 at Extentia ITT QMs:Rohan Ambasta and Vishnuprasad Verma. Quiz set by Suraj Menon/BCQC Theme: General Email quiz sent to Extentians earlier in the week. Answers and winners announced ahead of Fri's quiz. * Well attended quiz with participation that increased after the first few questions. * Participants split into four teams. * Clear early lead established by Team III. Several last second correct answers by teams. * Accusations of (un)fairplay traded between Team I and everyone. * Great questions - lots of applause for both questions and answers. Winners : Team III (Jaya, Farah, Mukul, Rahul D, Soumava, Zyfn, Vcat) Runners Up : Team I (Naazneen, Umeed, + 4 others) Report by Vcat

Date: Fri, May 28, 2010. Location: Extentia, Lane 5, KP QM: Dinesh Paripatyadar. Questions set by Rohan Nakar of Extentia and BCQC. First round: Email quiz sent to everyone last Tuesday. Toppers got 15/15 correct (ranked in order of email time-stamp for answers sent) Theme: General tending toward India-centric Participants split into 4 teams of about 6 each. Turnout was higher than previous events. Format: IR with 25 questions. Quiz ended at 20 on account of time. 17/20 questions answered by teams. Notes: Competitive event among 3 teams, with one team not scoring. Some teams were misled by the ‘discuss the wrong answer’ strategy employed by neighboring teams. No violence reported Winners: Team B with Chetan, Umeed, Vcat, Zyfn, Manuela, Prashant M among others. Runners up: Team D with Jaya, Melanie and several others. They went past Farah/Louis/others’ Team A by 0.5 pts. Report by 'Vcat'

When: Fri, Apr 30, 2010. Location: Extentia ITT, Rd 12, Kalyani Nagar QM: Venkat Srinivasan First round: BCQC set email quiz sent to all employees Monday. Rohan Nakar a regular topper got all 14.5/15 correct. 4 way tie for 2nd at 14. Theme: General Participants split into 4 teams of about 4 each IR with 25 questions 21/25 questions answered by teams Notes: Competitive quiz where all teams scored above 3 points each. Loads of applause for several questions. Several 'difficult' questions solved by all teams. Winners: Team 1 led by Chetan Shetty, VP, Operations Runners up: Team 3 led by Prashant Main, SEO Coordinator Prizes: Crossword vouchers in various denominations for all winners. Report by Venkat Earlier Extentia quizzes here

Extentia is a software development firm with offices in Pune. A few months ago, the BCQC was approached to conduct quizzes at the company in a package of entertaining quizzing. The quiz was conducted by Yash Marathe on our behalf. Here's a report by Vcat: Extentia Intra-company quiz I Fri, Feb 5, 2010. Location: Extentia HQ, Lane E, Koregaon Pk. QM: Yash Marathe. First round: BCQC set email quiz sent to all employees earlier in the week to generate enthusiasm for the Friday event. Topper got all answers right. Theme: General Participants split into 5 teams of about 4 each IR with 25 questions 21/25 questions answered by teams Winners: Team 2 led by Chetan Shetty, VP, Operations Runners up through a tie break: Team 1 led by Farah Nesargi, Project Manager Extentia Intra-company quiz II Fri, Mar 26, 2010. Location: Extentia ITT, Rd 12, Kalyani Nagar QM: Yash Marathe. First round: BCQC set email quiz sent to all employees on the previous Tuesday. Theme: Sports Par...

The Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB), Pune is organizing its annual national level management event “IGNISENSE ’10” on 16th and 17th January, 2010. Update: This event has been cancelled. From a mail sent by the SIIB team: Dear All, We are sorry to inform that Clairvoiyance 2010, the Corporate Quiz being organised on 17th Jan 2010 at SIIB,Hinjewadi is not being held due to a pull out from our sponsers. We are very sorry for the inconvinience caused and we sincerely apologise for the same. Regards Team Ignisense SIIB,Pune.

Date: April 2, 2008 Another entertaining event by Derek O Brien. The finalists on stage (in alphabetical order) were from BMC Software, Honeywell, Infosys, Savoir Faire, TCS, and ZS Associates. Savoir Faire from Goa had been winning the Pune round of BEQ for the last two years and were hot favourites to win again. The team from TCS, Ramanathan and Abha (Did I get the names right?) did well to pip them on the tie-breaker question by answering Roshogollas to "What is K C Das credited with inventing?" . The theme of this year was how quizzing has evolved in India over the years. There were mentions of Siddharth basu and even the cover of Mastermind 5 (but sadly, no mention of the winner of Mastermind 5 who hails from Pune) The rounds and the representation of the scores were also in line with the year that was being commemorated. The highlight for me was to listen to the audio clip of Ameen Sayani hosting the BQC on Radio. Jug and Bunny Suraiya were also present. TCS, the l...