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The BCQC will be holding its annual Winter InFest this weekend. What its all about : well, (mostly) random people come along and conduct quizzes on (mostly) random topics of their choosing and (mostly) torture people. Venue: The Boat Club, College of Engineering Pune Time: The mayhem starts at 1:30 pm on both days Quizzes: Saturday: The legendary George Thomas will be doing his much awaited quiz on whatever the hell he feels like , Suvajit Chakraborty will be doing a general quiz, Yasho will be doing his trademarked Stones quiz (i.e. the WTF Pop culture quiz) and Suraj will be doing an Entertainment quiz Sunday: Aniket will be doing a quiz on his favourite topics (Cricket wil surely be involved) , Aditya will be doing a quiz on topics yet to be decided and if time permits Suraj will be doing a Business quiz. There is no registration required. Everyone is invited and we hope a lot of you show up and join in the fun.

A quizzing announcement by SCMHRD: Court Martial – The Neev Quiz Knowledge sits in judgment, while the accused stand represented by cold hard facts defining the truth. As the charge-sheet is read out, the prisoners- of- fact walk through a mine field of anxiety, fear, and helplessness. One by one they overcome harsh allegations of breakdown of discipline and clarity to win their freedom from mediocrity. Court Martial - The Neev Quiz brings together the brightest minds in the country, seeking to crack one of the most awaited events on the quizzing calendar. Court Martial this year will pass judgment on the most talented prisoners-of-fact in India. The quiz is designed and hosted by students of The SCMHRD Quiz Club. When? The interrogation starts with the preliminary round at 10:30 AM on the 13th of December 2009 (Sunday) How? To take part, you can register Online by clicking here http://www.neev-scmhrd.com Or register at the venue. We strongly recommend registering onlin...

We will have an open quiz this week as follows Administrivia Date : 13th December (Sunday) Venue : Dewang Mehta Auditorium, Persistent Systems Ltd., Senapati Bapat Road, Pune (The nearest landmarks: The location is behind Domino's Pizza, near the new ICC Towers complex in which are situated shops such as Mainland China. The place is about 2 km from Pune University. This is a wikimapia map to the location.) Contact : Phone: Ramanand (97642 58560), Salil (98231 12258), Email: contact(at)bcqc(dot)org 'How to's : Up to two members per team; no prior registration needed; no entry fees Prizes Prizes for each finalist, for the Best College Team , the Best School Team , and the Best Newbie Team . Lots of audience prizes. Prizes are co-sponsored by Landmark (Pune) and the BCQC . Timings : 10:00 am to 1:00 pm (report by 9:45 am) Finals : Six teams in the final Quizmasters : Rohan Jain & Mohit Karve Please note that the national team quiz 'Mega-Whats'...

update: venue details included Mega - Whats is a quiz designed to answer the question ‘Which is India’s best open quizzing team?’. The operative word here is ‘open’; anybody can form a team to participate, and any team can win. The syllabus, to preempt the obvious question, is surprise. The quiz will be held across nine cities simultaneously--Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Goa, Thrissur, Mumbai, Pune, New Delhi and Kolkata. Date: Sunday, 13 December 2009 Info General quiz, open to all Teams of FOUR members (or less). Prior registration is essential. To register, please email kqaquizzes@gmail.com with Mega-Whats 2009 and the city you are competing from in the subject-header. Please provide the names of the four people who comprise your team in the email–also indicate whether you are taking part in the school or open categories Email registrations will close on Sunday 6th December 2009 . Centre coordinators will allow entries after the cut-off date at their discretion....

Suvajit Chakraborty, Sachin Ravi and Raghav Chakravarthy won Pune's Nobel Quiz Round. All the details in this TOI article .

The 2009 edition of the Texas Instruments Science and Technology Quiz 2009 is back in Pune. Date : 7th November 2009 Venue : Nehru Memorial Hall, No. 4, Ambedkar Road, PUNE Time : 930 AM Teams of two Classes 8, 9, 10 Register online at http://www.tiif.org or send mail to tistquiz-query@list.ti.com or call 080-40065005 Max of 6 teams per school Grand prizes There is a detailed document with entry forms and procedures - if you want this, please write to ochintya[at]yahoo[dot]com or leave a comment on this blog (could be a slower option)

Chakravyuh 2009 was a part of COEP's technical event MindSpark. Set by : Aniket Khasgiwale, Aditya Gadre , Kaustubh Bhat , Mohit Karve , Aadinath Harihar Conducted by : Kaustubh Bhat and Mohit Karve The quiz had 54 questions on seamless IR. Results: 1st: Anand Sivashankar and Amit Garde: 95 pts 2nd: Niranjan Pednekar and Meghashyam Shirodkar: 90 pts 3rd: Yasho Tamaskar and Suraj Menon: 85 pts 4th: Yash Marathe and Vinay: 65 pts 5th: Nikhil Motlag and Tejas Kulkarni: 40 pts 6th: Raghav Chakravathy and Vikram: 30 pts __________________________________________________________________________________ Particpants views- report by Suraj Mennon Chakravyuh certainly lived up to its billing..... A well put together elim set with a fair mix of classical quizzing and pop culture fundae saw a tough fight for places on stage... Honourable mention to harish and Navya who scored 14..... Cant recollect who won best college team and the other honourable mention so if someone could fill in ...