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Small Note Dunno if everyone has seen this but Anand has a comphrehensive review of the March Open that he and Vibhendu did up on his blog. He has detailed numerical analysis and personal opinions about each teams showing. Excellent, detailed and precise. Do see.

April Open Quiz - Results Details: * April BCQC Open Quiz on 23 April, 2006 * Set by Sarika Chuni and Gaurav Sabnis; conducted by Gaurav * Scoring: Infinite Rebounds (2 pts); Pole Position bonuses (3/2/1) Results (54 questions in the Final): 1st: Dhoomketu and Naveen Unni (17 pts) Jt. 2nd: B.V. Harishkumar and Samrat Sengupta (16) Jt. 2nd: Salil Bijur and J. Ramanand (16) 4th: Shivaji Marella and Ganesh Hegde (14) 5th: Arnold D'Souza and Shamanth Rao (super-sub for Kunal S :-)) (13) 6th: Kunal Thakar and Anupam Akolkar (12) Elims results (35 questions): 1st: Harish and Samrat (18*) 2nd: Salil and Ramanand (18) 3rd: Dhoomketu and Naveen(?) Cutoff: 14.5 Comments/Criticisms: * Participation numbers seem to be going up - many more new faces this time. More visitors from Bombay, two of whom won the quiz! * Personally felt that the questions weren't completely upto the usual standards of the quiz-setters. Close to half the questions were entertainment related....

April Open Quiz Sarika and Gaurav will be conducting an Open Quiz in Pune this weekend. Details: Date - 23rd April 2006 (Sunday) Time - 10:00 a.m. (finals will end at approx 3 p.m.) Team Size 2 members Venue - Dewang Mehta Auditorium, Bhageerath, Persistent Systems Pvt. Ltd, Behind Domino's Pizza, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune Flavour : General Contact for more info : gaurav(dot)sabnis(at)gmail... Update : On the side, an "unseeded quiz" will also be conducted. This is meant for all rookie participants.

Conducted by : Derek O' Brien Date : 9th April, Sun. Location: Sahara Aamby Valley City Results : 1st Place - Goldman Sachs (Bangalore) 2nd Place - UTI Bank (Mumbai) 3rd Place - KPMG (Chennai) Comments: Derek sprung a big surprise by having IR. This itself, added to the fact that he was in full form implementing the 'militaristic' theme fully as General RAMDI(RAMSKI?), parodies and usual leg-pulling made it a fun experience overall. There were of course bad questions(esp. the AVs, which mostly involved muted/beeped out brand names in various unrelated movies/songs) However some questions were nice, and overall the surroundings did help lift up the mood of the average spectator. The drive up to Amby Valley (to use a now obselte term) is quite spectacular to say the least, and it does quite help to have a member of a co-quizzer's family to drive you till there ;-) Also to mention that Dhammo and Dhananjay narrowly missed out on the grand prize, and not...