BCQC April Open Written Quiz

Written Quiz by Suraj Menon. ( 42 questions )
             
Following are the results 

Team Members	Score
Kunal Sawardekar & Avaneendra Bhargav	27
Samrat Sengupta & Omkar Dhakephalkar	22.5
Ranajeet Soman & Rohan Jain	19.5
Rohan Danait & Vibhav Bhave	15.5
CVR Shastry & Aniketh Rallbhandi	15.5
Kshijit Jyoti & Saikat Sarkar	15
Anurag Danda & Abhijit K Anil	13
Nikhil Motlag	10
Gaurav Keskar	09
Debajyoti Adhikari & Prajwal Likhar	09
Alok Kulkarni & Siddharth Jadhav	8.5
Abhinav S Vadapalli & Saikat Ghosh	8

                

TATA Motors Srujan General Quiz Report

( Report By Avaneendra & Nikhil ) SRUJAN 2012, an annual fest conducted by the Graduate Engineer Trainees (GET) of TATA Motors had organized a General quiz. The Elimination round had quite a few repeat questions or peters as we call it however Finals was definitely an improvement over the Elims with some brilliant questions. The Finals consisted of 7 rounds: 2 IR, 2 D&P, 2 AV (Hollywood OSTs and Minimalist movie posters and 1 MVC)



Quiz Masters: Gokul G Anugrah & Deepak Vishnu.


TEAM 1: Rohan Jain & Ranajeet Soman - 130
TEAM 2: Shekhar Raghav & Ujjwal Mukherjee - 20
TEAM 3: Abhijit Datta & Anurag Tumma - 40
TEAM 4: Kunal Sawardekar & Avaneendra Bhargav - 130
TEAM 5: Pramod Bharadwaj & Shounak Deshmukh - 10
TEAM 6: Nikhil Motlag & Venkat Srinivasan - 45

The winner was decided by the tie breaker. TEAM 4 finished first.

April BCQC Opens in Pictures

April 2012 BCQC Opens - General (written) & Business

Two Open quizzes by the BCQC this Sunday (22 April), a short written quiz followed by a Business Quiz. Here are the details:

Date: 22nd April (Sunday)

Venue

Seminar Hall II, College of Engineering, Pune

Quiz 1: "Mostly Harmless"

Quizmaster: Suraj Menon

Flavour: General

Format: Written quiz i.e. no prelims-finals format; Up to two members per team; no prior registration needed; no entry fees

Timings 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm (report by 1.45 pm); answers & results immediately follow.

Quiz 2: "Bizzy Quizzy"

Quizmasters: Raghav & Sachin (who recently won the Campus version of the Tata Crucible Business Quiz; this is Raghav's farewell quiz as he is graduating soon)

Flavour: Business

Format: Prelims, followed by Finals; Up to two members per team; no prior registration needed; no entry fees.

Timings 3:30 pm to 6:00 pm (report by 3.15 pm)

How to get to the venue

The College of Engineering, Pune (also known as COEP or just "Engineering College") is located very close to other landmarks such as Pune Station, Sancheti Flyover, and the RTO. The Seminar Hall is on the opposite side of the Boat Club (where our informal weekend sessions take place), near the Main Building.

Contact

Phone: Suraj (98903 59065), Avaneendra (9011040388), Email: suraj.sk[at]gmail.com

Prizes

Prizes for each finalist, for the Best College Team, the Best School Team, and the Best Newbie Team. Lots of audience prizes.
The BCQC is on Facebook and Twitter as well.

some questions from previous BC Opens are now available at the BCQC Questions Blog.

Norway Open Quiz - Pune results

(results from Avaneendra)


The Norway Open Results ( Global Scores )

Kunal Sawardekar - 80
Saikat Sarkar - 73
Samrat Sengupta - 72
Ranajeet Soman - 55
Anurag Danda - 50
Cvr Shastry - 48
Omkar Dhakephalkar - 47
Kshitij Jyoti - 45
Abhijith K Anil - 36
Rujul Godse - 35
Aniket Dass - 31

( Local Scores )
Yash Marathe - 106

Prizes:
1st Open Category : Kunal Sawardekar
2nd Open Category : Samrat Sengupta

Best College/School/Newbie : Saikat Sarkar

The BCQC March 2012 Open Quiz - Results

Date: 24 Mar 2012

Set and Conducted by: Kunal Sawardekar

Format:
Teams of 2 for elims. 25 teams participated. 25 questions written elims.
Top 6 teams in finals. Participants from 7th-9th top teams joint finalist teams. Teams of 3 for finals.
Finals: 19 questions on Infinite Bounce clockwise, 5-image Meme Theme written round, 20 questions on Infinite Bounce anti-clockwise; In the IB rounds, teams were allowed to 'pounce' upto 4 times in the entire quiz.

Results
1st: Team B - Anand Sivasankar, Vikram Joshi and Vikram Keskar (draft) - 195pts
2nd: Team F - Suraj Menon, Saibal Das Mahapatra and Sameer Deshpande (draft)- 75pts
3rd: Team C - Debanjan Bose, Hari Nair and Farhaz Iqbal (draft) - 70pts
Joint 4th: Team D - J. Krishnamurthy, Maitreyi Gupta and Rohan Jain(draft) - 65pts
Joint 4th: Team E - Samrat Sengupta, Aditya Gadre and Hitesh Mahato (draft) - 65pts
5th: Team A - Salil Bijur, Avaneendra Bhargav and Arnold D'Souza(draft) - 55pts

Best College Team: Ranajeet Soman and Rohan Jain
Best Newbie Team: Sanchida and Ramesh

Prizes sponsored by Landmark and BCQC

Elims cutoff: 8

Please leave your opinions in the comments section.

The BCQC March 2012 Open

Quizmaster: Kunal Sawardekar

Flavour: General

Format: Written prelims; Finals with 6 teams (but with the Draft Pick system: after prelim, top 6 teams to qualify for finals, members of next 3 teams will be distributed among them.) Up to two members per team; no prior registration needed; no entry fees

Date & Time

24th March (Saturday, not Sunday)

Timings: 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm (report by 2.45 pm)

Venue

Seminar Hall II, College of Engineering, Pune

How to get to the venue

The College of Engineering, Pune (also known as COEP or just "Engineering College") is located very close to other landmarks such as Pune Station, Sancheti Flyover, and the RTO. The Seminar Hall is on the opposite side of the Boat Club (where our informal weekend sessions take place), near the Main Building.

Contact

Phone: Suraj (98903 59065), Avaneendra (9011040388), Email: suraj.sk[at]gmail.com

Prizes

Prizes for each finalist, for the Best College Team, the Best School Team, and the Best Newbie Team. Lots of audience prizes.
The BCQC is on Facebook and Twitter as well.

some questions from previous BC Opens are now available at the BCQC Questions Blog.

[College] Dr. D.Y.Patil College of Engg, Akurdi - General Quiz

There is a quiz in Dr. D Y Patil College of Engg, Akurdi. Rohan Jain and I (Ranajeet) will be doing the quiz. Details follow. (May be subject to slight changes. Changes will be updated.)

Venue : Dr. D.Y. Patil College of Engineering, Akurdi
Date and Time : 11th March, 11 am (tentative)
Registration Fee : 50 Rs
Prize money : 3k , 2k , 1k for 1st 2nd and 3rd respectively
Registrations can be done on the spot. For colleges (UG/PG) only. Teams of 2. Cross college allowed.
For details contact : Swapnil Pandit 8149333678

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From Ranajeet Soman on the FB group

Landmark Quiz, Pune, 2012 - results

(writing this from memory and 2nd hand reports - kindly add/correct)

What: Landmark Quiz, Pune Round
When: 3 Mar, 2011
Where: Dhanvantri Auditorium, AFMC, Pune
Conducted by: Dr. Navin Jayakumar

Results
1st: Nawabs of Mahabs [Rajiv, Gopal, Vibhendu]
2nd: Haseena ka Paseena [Vikram, JK, Sumant]
3rd: Well of Course [Bala, Anannya, Atul]
Other finalists: [Srinath, Abhinav, Shubhankar], [Avaneendra, Kunal, Navin], [Anand, Amit Garde, Meghashyam], [Priyambad, Amit Pandeya, Ameya Samant], Dark Horse and Black Sheep [Ranjiv Ravi,Vansa David,Bharath S]

Other Results
Best Corporate Team: TCS ("Born Losers", Suresh Kumar, Aniruddha Dutta and Pravin Varma)
Best Two School Teams : Army Public School ( V Soumya, Abhimanyu Bhadauria, Rishiraj, Baruni Goel, Alok Gupta, Arjun Gade)
Best College: Quizkanths (IIM Indore: Abhishek Upadya, Rameen Khan and Prasnna Patange)

Review comments can be posted in the comments section for this blog

Photos of the event (from the Landmark FB page)

Call of the wild

The BCQC had its origins in the early 90s, when a group of COEP students began quizzing at the Boat Club of COEP every Saturday.

It was meant to be an informal way to indulge in a pursuit that very few take to, like Jesus fish to water (or Dharmendra to whiskey). Somehow, each year, there were just about enough people to keep it going, and along the way, the caravan only became larger (hello Monica!).

Spurred by that, the motley group picked up a confusing acronymic-name, grew beyond COEP to a pan-Puneri nature, and picked up a unique and authentic character of its own.

All this was made possible by a large group of quizzers who gave their time, interest, effort, and their eccentricities in order to help the BCQC sustain these 2+ decades. All without expecting anything in return, except to ensure there was always a platform for those who wanted to quiz. For all its warts, moles, and freckles, this has been a reasonable success.

Each year, old BC quizzers leave: some graduate (finally! and usually with distinction), some escape torturous jobs to find new roles (like with the Spanish inquisition), and some simply have had enough of long visual connects. Like in any ecosystem, the BCQC also needs fresh legs, fresh ideas, and fresh meat to move ahead.

Old BC fossils will have noticed the relative lack of regular BC activity in recent times. This post is a call at large for people who can help change that.

We're looking for people (especially student quizzers) who can take on the following roles for the BC:

1. Be Quizzing impresarios: schedule open quizzes regularly, get the venues booked, arrange for prizes, do basic publicity

2. BC Session coordinators: schedule BC sessions

3. Take the anti out of our social media: update our blog/FB/email group/twitter with announcements & reports of quizzes

All of these activities demand almost no strenuous activity, only loads of quizzing enthusiasm. The returns are likely to be a warm & fuzzy glow in your heart before you go to sleep each night, proximity to some of the most devious minds in the city, and perhaps, if you're that cold-hearted, a line or three in your CV to impress an FMCG recruiter or two hundred (they move fast).

And best of all, you'll have the satisfaction of contributing to a remarkable group and keeping it going into its 3rd decade.

Interested? Write in to Suraj Menon/Avaneendra Bhargav/me/leave a comment. We'll help you with getting started.

Thanks.

[Appendix]
A History of the BCQC, according to many historians.

And with apologies to Suraj, Lord Kitchener.

Landmark Quiz, Pune, 2012

Details:

When: 3 March, 3 pm
Where: Dhanvantari Auditorium, AFMC, Off Solapur Road, Pune

* Landmark Events FB page
* Online registration page.

VIT Quiz-O-Mania 2012 Results

Date: 25 February 2012

Venue: VIT, Pune

Theme: General

Set by: Sameer Deshpande, J. Ramanand, Suraj Menon, Salil Bijur. Siddharth Dani, Ganesh Hegde, Arnab Pal, Yash Marathe, Bharat Marathe, Kunal Thakar, Anupam Akolkar (Let me know if I'm missing anyone out here)

QM: Sameer Deshpande

Results:

(Format: Dry IR + Amul Ad round + ABCDE round)

1st: Shubhankar Gokhale and Abhinav Dasgupta

2nd: Avaneendra Bhargav and Kunal Sawardekar

3rd: Ranajeet Soman and Rohan Jain

4th:

5th: Samrat Sengupta + 1

6th:

(I couldn't catch the names of the members of teams 4 and 6 and Samrat Sir's teammate. Let me know in the comments and I'll be happy to update)

VIT's Quiz-o-mania 2012

Sent in by Maitreyi:

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Quiz-o-mania, VIT's annual open general quiz is happening this Saturday. Details below.

http://melange.ind.in/quizomania.pdf

Date: 25-02-2012, Saturday

Venue: Auditorium, VIT, Pune (map)

Reporting time 10am. 

Elims start at 10.30 sharp. Will be over before lunch. 

Flavour: general

Open to all. 

Teams of 2

Registration fee: Rs. 100 per team. 

Registration can be done online on http://melange.ind.in/ or on-the-spot

Quiz-master: Varun Afzulpurkar +91-76668-61110 (varun.afzulpurkar@gmail.com) 

AFMC Open Quizzes (Shyam Bhatt & Sports) - reports

Shyam Bhatt Memorial Quiz
Date: 19 Feb, 2011
Venue: AFMC, Pune
Set and conducted by: Major Chandrakant Nair
Theme: General

Quiz Final Results
Format: 6 rounds (2 dry+IR, Photo round, Visual Connects, Connects, Differential scoring)


1st: Anand Sivashankar + Anannya Deb (8)
2nd: Suraj Menon + Avaneendra Bhargav (1)
3rd: Vikram Joshi + J. Ramanand (3)

Other finalists: Suraj Prabhu +1 (FC, 4), Meghashyam + Rohan Jain (5), Arun Warrier +1 (NIT calicut, 6) , Nazar Hafiz +1 (KMC Manipal, 7)

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Silhouettes Sports Quiz
Date: 19 Feb, 2011
Venue: AFMC, Pune
Set and conducted by: Major Chandrakant Nair
Theme: Sports

Quiz Final Results


1st: Anand Sivashankar + Anannya Deb
2nd: Suraj Menon + Avaneendra Bhargav
3rd - Atul V Nath and Arun Warrier
4th - Ranajeet Soman and Sameer Deshpande
5th - ??
6th - Hitesh Mahato and Finehas Pinto

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Got something to say/contribute? Write it in the 'comments' section here.

General B.C.Joshi Memorial Quiz 2012 - Results

Partial Results based on hearsay

Date: 18 Feb, 2011
Venue: Army Institute of Technology, Pune
Set and conducted by: Meghashyam Shirodkar
Theme: General

Quiz Final Results
Format:


1st: Suraj Menon + Avaneendra Bhargav
2nd: Shubhankar Gokhale + Abhinav Dasgupta
3rd: Srinath + Kunal S
4th: Anand Sivashankar + Anannya Deb
5th: Ranajeet Soman + Rohan Jain
6th: Vikram Joshi + Harish Kumar

Report

Looking for the rest of the details. Crowdsourcing this.

COEP Quiztronomy 2012 - Report

Report by the COEP Astronomy Club:

The CoEP Astronomy club in association with the Boat Club Quiz Club conducted Quiztronomy – the annual astronomy themed quiz. It includes all aspects of astronomy, it’s fiction, it’s mythology. Held in the CoEP campus, this quiz sees a wide participation from different schools and colleges in Pune.

The quiz took place on 4th February, 2012 and received a good response. Around 40 teams participated which had to crack a set of 25 questions for the elimination round. Based on this, 6 teams made it to the final. The final round comprised of 36 questions all on varied topics related to astronomy and astrophysics.

Prizes worth Rs.15,000 were awarded to the winners and finalists. The first prize winners - Omkar Moghe and Swapnil Phulse of CoEP – received trophies along with cash prize of Rs. 2000 and Landmark vouchers worth Rs. 3000. The Symbiosis school, which had the maximum participation, was given the Best Contingent Award and was given vouchers worth Rs. 500. The audience was also made a part of the quiz. Questions were directed to the members in the audience and prizes were given out for every correct attempt.

The event was hosted by Gautam Akiwate, Payas Awadhutkar and Omkar Yarguddi – members of the CoEP Astronomy Club. Dr. S.T. Vagge , Dean, Student Activities , graced the occasion with his presence. The quiz was highly appreciated by the participants and the club members.

"Symbhav '12" : 5 Symbiosis Law School Quizzes

Announcement from SLS quizzers:

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The Symbiosis Law School Quiz Club with the support of its alumni will be organizing a set of 5 quizzes as part of its Cultural fest- Symbhav'12!

Attractive prizes to be won. Be part of the Quizzing Extravaganza!

The quizzes are as follows –

1) Bharat Ek Khoj - India Quiz

Date – 24 February 2012 (Friday)

Venue –SLS Classrooms

Time – Eliminations Followed by Finals– 10:00 am till 01:00 pm

2) Jigyasa – General Quiz

Date – 24 February 2012 (Friday)

Venue – SLS Auditorium

Time – Eliminations Followed by Finals– 03:30 pm till 6:30 pm

3) Shantanu Tomar Memorial Quiz on Law, Politics, Economics and International Affairs

Date – 25 February 2012

Venue – SLS Classroom

Time – Eliminations Followed by Finals– 10:30 am till 1:30 pm

4) Quizzine – Music, Entertainment, Literature, Arts, and Sports (MELAS) Quiz

Date – 25 February 2012

Venue – SLS Classroom

Time – Eliminations Followed by Finals– 03:00 pm till 6:00 pm

PRIZES FOR ABOVE MENTIONED FOUR QUIZZES–

1st – Rs. 7,000

2nd – Rs. 5,000

3rd – Rs. 3,000

4th-6th - Vouchers and other attractive coupons.

(Prizes are subject to change upon finalization.)

Rules and Regulations for the above mentioned four Quizzes–

• Two Members per Team (Open to COLLEGES and SCHOOLS only)

• On the Spot-Registration

• Cross- College Teams Allowed

• Top Six Teams in the Finals

5) Biz Ipsa Loquitor – College and Corporate Tech-Business Quiz

Date – 26 February 2012

Venue – SLS Auditorium

Time – Eliminations Followed by Finals– 12:30 pm till 2:30 pm

PRIZES –

1st – Rs. 20,000

2nd – Rs. 10,000

3rd – Rs. 5,000

4th - 6th places - Rs 1,000

(Prizes are subject to change upon finalization.)

Rules and Regulations –

• Two Members per Team (College and Corporate Teams Allowed)

• On the Spot Registration

• Cross- College and Cross-Corporate Teams Allowed (A College-Corporate Team Would be Considered a Corporate Team for the Qualification Purposes)

• Top 3 College Teams and Top 3 Corporate Teams Make it to the Finals

For Specific Queries, Please Contact-

Raghav Chakravarthy N.C (+91 99700 30327)

Sachin Ravi (+91 99700 30327)

Shruttima Ehersa (+91 97626 89557)

AFMC: Silhouettes and Shyam Bhatt Memorial Quiz 2012

From Hitesh's post on the BCQC Facebook Group

The Debating &  Quizzing Society,AFMC presents a series of 4 quizzes-(2 open &; 2 college quizzes) on the 19th-20th Feb as part of its annual fest-SILHOUETTES...

---19th Feb,SUNDAY

Scrummage
Flavour-OPEN sports quiz
QM: Chandrakant Nair
Time:9:45 am
Prizes:5000|3000|vouchers

The SHYAM BHATT memorial QUIZ
Flavour-OPEN general Quiz
QM: Chandrakant Nair
Time:2:00 pm
Prizes:7000|5000|3000|best college team|best school team|vouchers

---20th Feb,MONDAY

The INDOPHILE Quiz
Flavour- all things Indian
QM: Hitesh Mahato
College only quiz,cross-college/PG teams allowed
Time-9:45 a.m.
Prizes:4000|2000|Vouchers

QURIOSITY
Flavour-General
Quiz set & conducted by:The team of(Kshitij Jyoti,Saikat Sarkar ,Kamesh gupta,Mridul Janweja)
College only quiz,cross-college/PG teams allowed
Time-2:00 p.m.
Prizes:4000|2000|Vouchers



VENUE for all quizzes:NEW LECTURE HALL complex(NLH),AFMC
(REG FEES:OPEN teams=100,College teams=50,School teams=nil)
Teams of two for all quizzes...

See you there folks :)

SCIT BIZ QU!Z results

Report by Avaneendra

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1. Debanjan Bose and Bhupinder Singh (SIMC) - 105 pts
2. Aayush Kharbanda + 1 (Matrix Business School) - 95 pts
3. Nithin Santosh and Kurien George (SCMHRD) - 65 pts
4. Varun Sreedharan + Sandip Kota (SCIT) - 40 pts
5. Kumar Saurabh and V. Nivesh (BIMHRD) - 40 pts
6. Sudarshan Kabra + Sachidanand Bhat (SCIT) - 15 pts

Quiz Master: Nikhil Motlag
Questions Set By: Avaneendra Bhargav

General B.C.Joshi Memorial Quiz 2012

Announcement by Meghashyam

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Army Institute of Technology, Pune presents:

'General B.C.Joshi Memorial Quiz' - An Open General Quiz
Day: Saturday, February 18, 2012 | Time: 10.30 AM | Teams of 2
Venue: AIT Campus, Dighi Hills, Alandi Road, Pune, India 411015
Cash Prizes worth >Rs. 28,000/-; loads of Audience Prizes!!

Research & Content: www.QuizCorp.biz | QuizMeister: Meghashyam Shirodkar

(Organisers have arranged for a Bus Pick-up & Drop facility from Pune on the day of the event)

"Quiztronomy 2012" - COEP Astronomy Quiz

Announcement sent in by Aadinath

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The CoEP Astronomy Club is hosting a one-of-a-kind event on the quizzing calendar. Quiztronomy is an astronomy themed quiz. You do not have to be an astronomy enthusiast to participate.

The quiz will consist of written prelims, followed by a six team final.

Prizes: All finalists will receive prizes and certificates; Winners will also receive a trophy each. The school/college contingent with the best performance will receive a "Best Contingent” trophy. This year, we will be awarding prizes worth a total of Rs.15,000/-(inclusive of vouchers)

Date: 4th February, 2012 (Saturday)
Time: 10: 30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (reporting time: 10 a.m.)
Venue: Main Auditorium, College of Engineering, Pune – 5
Flavour: Astronomy- for everyone
Team: Two members per team; Teammates can be from different classes and cross school/college
You can send in your names and contact details via Email to quiztronomy@gmail.com
There is no registration fee. All participants must carry valid institute I-Cards.

Other Activities:
Telescope familiarization session will immediately follow the quiz.

Please forward this info to anyone who may be interested and feel free to write in case of any more queries/ clarifications.

Inquizitive (FC) 2012 - Report

Report by Avaneendra

What: Inquizitive General Quiz, Fergusson College
When: 24 Jan, 2012
QM: Suraj Prabhu
Questions set by: Suraj Prabhu and Ruchik More

Results
1st: Akshay Vaidya & Gautam Sondur : 177 (won on tie-breaker):Team 3
2nd: Ranajeet Soman & Rohan Jain : 177 : Team 5
3rd: Avaneendra Bhargav & Samir Deshpande : 170 : Team 2
4th: Rohan Danait & Siddhartha Phule : 145 : Team 6
5th: CVR Shastry & Tushar Jha : 103 : Team 1
6th: Rohit Sahasrabudhe & Satyavrat Wagle : 90 : Team 4

Results
Quiz started at 11.15 AM. Elimination round had 31 questions. Thirty first question was identifying the theme. Cut off was 12. It was a good college quiz biased towards pop culture. Quiz master intended to avoid tie break at the end hence he had random scoring system for lvcs and svcs. In all finals had 4 written rounds and 2 IR (with 3+3 pounces per team).

COEP Zest Sports Quiz 2012 - Results

When: 15 Jan 2012
Where: COEP
What: Sports Quiz, part of COEP Zest
Conducted by: Rohan Danait and Vibhav Bhave

Results:
1st: Omkar Nene and his partner: 125
2nd: Ranajeet Soman and Sameer Deshpande: 90
3rd: Vikram Keskar and his partner: 80 pts
4th: Rohit Sahasrabudhe and Alok Kulkarni
5th: Rishi Deshpande and his partner
6th: Aniketh Rallabhandi and his partner

Got feedback or can fill up the missing info to complete this report? Use the comments for this post.

"Tum mein se J. Ramanand Kaun Hai?"

It's rather strange to be one of those visiting a BC session from pastures of a greenish hue elsewhere, given the fond memories of welcoming the stalwarts every December while I was still an earnest COEP lad, clad occasionally in that surprisingly office-worthy grey and white uniform. But attend a BC session is exactly that I did, when I showed up on Sunday afternoon at the BC for the first time in two years.

I arrived 20 minutes after announced time, but tardiness standards seemed to have only gotten worse. Quorum of about 7-8 people was achieved only by 2:20 or so (I was the second person on the scene) and questions for the day were being set by Avaneendra, a face who I have gotten to know recently as someone whose enthusiasm for the sport is second only to the great Dada who many here will fondly remember (he finally graduated!). But apart from Suraj there was no really familiar faces -- and a few were completely new.

Part of the charm of these old visits would be the Old Stalwarts Still in Town (OSSiTs) telling us stories about Old Stalwarts Visiting Towns (OSViTs) and warning us of fantastical proclivities that these question bearing, quiz-starved fiendish OSViTs would bring. I would lap it up with relish. There was none of that here unfortunately, and while the group was a motley bunch, no of them seemed fledgling or in need of any particular instruction. They all seemed rather accomplished and sure. None of that old edgy class structure.

My initial queasiness was however soon put to bed. First was the mention of Tim TeBow. Pre-BC session banter is always a discussion to behold. Each person would come bearing stories of newspaper articles they had read, movies they had watched, British TV shows from the BCL they had borrowed and these stories and recommendations would then be swapped. There was a lot of that, albeit the sources were almost always some person's twitter feed or some facebook page, that erm, I'm ashamed to admit am "too busy" to peruse. I was happy however to be witness to this live social bookmarking / recommendation engine in action. Much fun was had. In particular, there was this hilarious recounting of jokes about the Chennai couple who published an ad asking for IIT sperm donors. (What's common between a sperm and an IITian? They have a one in a million chance of becoming a human being.) -- After more dissecting of Dhoni's ban, and commentary from the India-Australia series the session began in earnest.

I don't know if this is the normal standard these days, but Avaneendra's questions were really good. The actual quizzing was equally fun, though it would have been nicer to have more people. The guessing was fun and witty like in the old days.
The only aberration was when it struck me that no one was scoring! (my old job). I was aghast at this sudden friendliness amongst the quizzing fraternity in Pune, but I let it pass. There was also the usual peter where someone asked a question that everyone except the QM thought was obvious (this time, Led Zeppelin's logo/emblem thing). Ah, it was exactly like old times!

I missed JR and some of the old gang though. I was not alone. BC sessions at this time of the year often co-incide with training for Punt Formation, a program where COEP first years are trained to punt boats I presume but these fierce looking nazi-style commanders. One of these commander types walks up to me and asks quietly while the questions are in progress:

Authoritarian Leader : "Tum mein se J. Ramanand kaun hai?"
Me (a little surprised : "Woh aaj nahi aaya hai"
Authoritarian Leader : "Haan, main jaanta usko"

and quietly leaves. Clearly a few of us left an impression.

Despite my enthusiasm, there is stuff that has changed. At least as observed in my one session. Most strikingly, past low brow habits of misal-pav and chai at Shabree after sessions has been replaced by, hold-your-breath, beer at Bamboo House! I even hear of entire sessions being conducted at the Bamboo House with beer and food in tow. While this seems like a most pleasurable experience on paper, I must strongly protest this violation of tradition. I as a hazy eyed oldtimer am willing to put up with most changes but this one? It strikes at the very roots of the T-Shirt I had excavated for this very purpose.

It said, in white pretty embroidered letters along my breast pocket 4 distinct words:

"Boat Club Quiz Club"

COEP Zest Sports Quiz 2012

Quoting from the BCQC Facebook Group:

CoEP is organising a inter-college sports quiz as a part of its sports fest Zest'12.

When: 15th Jan
Where: Room 6 (Seminar Hall 2),CoEP
Time: 10 am

More details at this link (you can disregard the team formation rules, which are a result of using the overall sports competition template).

Mindsweep 2012 quizzes - results

When: 8th Jan, 2012
Where: SCIT, Pune (many thanks to the institute and Nikhil Motlag for arranging the venue)
What: a solo general written quiz by the KQA

Results: Debanjan Bose (SIMC) and Hari Nair (SIBM): 26, Joint winners in Open and College categories.

Please see this KQA page for results and the quiz (coming in a couple of days).

Mindsweep 2012 - Pune details

Mindsweep 2012 is the first edition of the KQA's International Solo Championship.


When: 8th Jan, 2012 (Sunday)
Reporting Time: 9:30 am; must be seated by 9:45 am; Quiz will begin at 10:00 am sharp. The organisers have asked that no one be allowed into the hall after 10:00 am.

How long: ~2.5 hours (includes time for checking answers)
Where: 

Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology (SCIT),
Plot 15, Rajiv Gandhi InfoTech Park, Hinjawadi, Phase 1
Nearby Landmarks: 1 km from Infosys Circle and next door to Cognizant Tech. Solutions and I2IT
Pune – 411057

Format: General Solo quiz. For details, please see this link.
Proctor: J Ramanand (contact: 9764258560)
Prizes:

For Best quizzers in the Open, College, School, and Ladies categories.

For Runners-up in the Open category. College and school students must carry valid ID to be considered for their respective categories.

Prizes sponsored by the BCQC.

Note for unregistered participants: you will be permitted to take the quiz depending on availability of question papers and seating. Preference will be given to registered participants. Please write to me asap if you plan to register on the spot so that I can try to ensure both.

Mindspark 2011 quizzes - results

COEP's Mindspark 2011 saw three quizzes in the last week of December. Here're the results (compiled by Himanshu Panandikar). If you have any comments on the quizzes, please use the comments option.

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Chakravyuh

Set by Himanshu Panandikar and Gaurav Keskar with inputs from Aditya Gadre, Mohit Karve, Neelima Jha, Mihir Khatwani, Amit Patil, Vibhav Bhave and Ashutosh Bokhare.

Questions reviewed and moderated by Aditya Gadre, Mohit Karve and Aadinath Harihar

Theme: General

Date/Venue: 28th December 2011, College of Engineering, Pune
Format: 30 Question Elims, 48 Question Finals (24 IR + 24 IR Rev)
Total Teams: 171

Results:
1st Place: Yash Marathe and Meghashyam Shirodkar (Team F) [Elims: 22.5 (4*) || Finals: 80]
2nd Place: Vinit Atel and Vikram Keskar (Team C) [Elims: 21.5 (3*) ||Finals: 75]
3rd Place: Hari S. Nair and Suraj Menon (Team B) [Elims: 22.5 (3*) || Finals: 70]
4th Place: Nandan Gokhle and Samit Sura (Team E) [Elims: 21 (3*) || Finals: 65]
5th Place: Kshtij Jyoti and Saikat Sarkar (Team A) [Elims: 22 (3*) || Finals: 55]
6th Place: Ranajeet Soman and Rohan Jain (Team D) [Elims: 22 (3*) || Finals: 40]


Best College Team 1(outside the finalists): Rahul Harapanahalli and Neel D’Souza
Best College Team 2(outside the finalists): Suraj Prabhu and Abhinav Pathak
Additional Credits: Himanshu Panandikar for developing the entire finals on Flash (template provided by Shravan Aras)

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Qonnoisseur Report
Set by Neelima Jha, Himanshu Panandikar and Ashutosh Bokhare with inputs from Gaurav Keskar, Mihir Khatwani, Amit Patil and Rohit Patil.
Questions reviewed and moderated by Mohit Karve
Theme: Music, Entertainment, Literature, Arts (MELA)
Date/Venue: 29th December 2011, College of Engineering, Pune:
Format: 30 Question Elims, 37 Question Finals (18 IR + 19 IR Rev)
Total Teams: 52

Results:
1st Place: Suraj Menon (Team F) [Elims: 20.5 (4*) || Finals: 90]
2nd Place: Avaneendra Bhargav and Meghashyam Shirodkar (Team C) [Elims: 20 (5*) ||Finals: 45]
3rd Place: Sachin Ravi and Vikram Keskar (Team E) [Elims: 19.5 (4*) || Finals: 30]
4th Place: Ranajeet Soman and Rohan Jain (Team D) [Elims: 16 (3*) || Finals: 25]
5th Place: Kshtij Jyoti and Saikat Sarkar (Team B) [Elims: 14.5 (2*) || Finals: 25]
6th Place: Hari Nair and Nikhil Chitlangia (Team A) [Elims: 18 (3*) || Finals: 10]

Best College Team (outside the finalists): Rohan Danait

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Torquest Report
Set by Mihir Khatwani and Amit Patil with inputs from Himanshu Panandikar and Gaurav Keskar.
Questions reviewed and moderated by Mohit Karve
Theme: Science and Technology (Sci-Tech)
Date/Venue: 27th December 2011, College of Engineering, Pune:
Format: 30 Question Elims, 36 Question Finals (18 IR + 18 IR Rev)
Total Teams: 63
Results:
1st Place: Sachin Ravi and Raghav N.C. (Team A) [Elims: 14 (1*) || Finals: 60]
2nd Place*: Abhishek Nagaraj (Team D) [Elims: 12 (0*) ||Finals: 60]
3rd Place: C.V.R Shastry and Vikram Keskar (Team E) [Elims: 18 (1*) || Finals: 55]
4th Place: Avaneendra Bhargav and Arnold (Team F) [Elims: 11.5 (0*) || Finals: 30]
5th Place: Sanket Bhilare and Rohan Danait (Team C) [Elims: 10.5 (2*) || Finals: 30]
6th Place: Nandan Gokhle and Samit Sura (Team B) [Elims: 12 (0*) || Finals: 25]

*Decided on the basis of elimination round score
Best College Team (outside the finalists): Harshal Sarda and Shantanu Hadgekar
Best School Team: Abhishek Gupta and Alok Gupta

V for Wikipedia - II

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Just like last year, the Boat Club Quiz Club is happy to announce that it has made a small donation to the Wikimedia Foundation. The reasons remain the same; perhaps we could add one more: what if you woke up tomorrow and found Wikipedia gone?

Happy quizzing, reading, encyclopaeding.

Mega-Whats 2011 Pune results

When: 11 Dec, 2011
Where: COEP
Moderated by: Gaurav Keskar
No. of teams: 19

Winners:
OPEN winners: MEGA-WTFS (Ramanand J., Harish Kumar B.V., Salil Bijur, Kunal Sawardekar) - 57
OPEN runners-up: BARR CHAILA FC UNITED (Yash, Suraj, Atul, Anannya) - 52
COLLEGE winners: KILROY’S DOPPLEGANGERS (AFMC - Kshitij Jyoti, Kamesh Gupta, Mridul J., Saikat) - 33

A list of All India results.

COEP Mindspark 2011 quizzes (includes Chakravyuuh)

Forwarding an announcement from COEP:

MindSpark is the annual Technical Festival of the College of Engineering, Pune.

This year MindSpark will play host to 4 quizzes from27th- 29th December 2011. Specifics Below. For any additional clarifications. visit http://www.mind-spark.org/chaanaksha.php

1. Chakravyuh- the Open General Quiz

Wednesday , 28th December 2011

Timing: 11:00 am to 4:30 pm.
Venue: The Auditorium, College of Engineering, Pune

Weblink: http://www.mind-spark.org/chakravyuh.php

Chakravyuh has been one of Pune's best known open quizzes for many years now. A general quiz that is literally based on anything and everything under the sun, the participants of this quiz can range from college students to software professionals. Chakravyuh has gone on to produce quizzers who would later perform exceptionally well at national level quizzes. Previous years have elicited fantastic participation and the prize money remains as sweet as ever.
Status: Open Quiz (Anyone can Participate)
Team size: 2
Registration fees: Rs. 30/- per team. Register on the Spot.

2. Torquest- The Scince and Technology quiz

Tuesday, 27th December, 2011

Weblink: http://mind-spark.org/torquest.php
We wouldn't really be an institute of excellence in technical education unless our students were sound in their technical knowledge and fundas. Pit your love for technology against ours. Brush up your theory and find out how much you could actually apply it when you go out into the mad, mad world. Science and technology are inseparable, and this is a quiz where the passion for both would find a home.
Status: Open Quiz (anyone can Participate)
Team size: 2
Registration fees: Rs. 30/- per team. Register on the Spot.

3. Qonnoisseur- The MELA Quiz

Thursday, 29th December, 2011

Weblink: http://www.mind-spark.org/qonnoisseur.php

There's not really much to introduce to this classic format. We're looking for people who read a lot of classics, watch a lot of movies and critique works of art in your spare time, then you're the kind of person who just might have a shot at winning this quiz. Prove yourself to be the ultimate savant in all things related to media and culture. 

Status: Open Quiz (Anyone can Participate)
Team size: 2
Registration fees: Rs. 30/- per team. Register on the Spot.

4. 10^-9- The Nanotechnology Quiz
Tuesday, 27th December, 2011

Wednesday, 28th December, 2011

Weblink: http://www.mind-spark.org/nano.php

From nanotubes to colloids to powder technology. You need to know it all to crack this one. Dodge a volley of questions and advance in your quest to conquer the material world for this is the Nanotechnology quiz. The winner takes it all.

Status: College Quiz (I Cards required)
Team size: 2
Registration fees: Rs. 30/- per team. Register on the Spot.

Total Prize Money to be won : Rs 80, 000/-

Goodies for participants and Loads of Audience Prizes (Movie Tickets, Magazines, Anti Virus Packs, Developer Keys, T Shirts etc.)


For more details contact:

Himanshu Panandikar +91 90497 25707 (chakravyuh@mind-spark.org)
Mihir Khatwani +91 97647 707747 (torquest@mind-spark.org)

Neelima Jha +91 90283 59871(qonnoisseur@mind-spark.org)

Nilesh Adhav +91 96658 45872(nano@mind-spark.org)

Mega-Whats 2011 with Pune details

Mega-Whats is the KQA's annual team competition. Full details are available at this link. Gist is as follows:

• (upto) 4 member teams; a General quiz
• On the 11th of Dec (Sunday) from 2:30 pm
• Pune venue is: Seminar Hall 2, Room no. 13, Mech Department, COEP . A full list of venues is here.
• Prizes (sponsored by the BCQC in Pune) for Best City Team, Best School and College Teams.
• Prior registration is advised to guarantee a seat and to help organisers figure out the logistics. A list of registered teams so far is here.

For the rest of the details, visit this link.