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Indian Cinema Quiz at B.J.Medical College * Pretty decent film quiz (belying worries to the contrary) by Kiran and lot at B.J.Medical College, whose quizzing so far has been more famous for Shivaji-Vivek, paper planes and the "Khashaba Jadhav from Kolhapur" performance * Good round structure (era-wise, buzzers, questions on film crews, audio-visuals) * Questions were not obscure (95% at least) and topics were on stuff that a fan would be interested in knowing * Was won by Niranjan and me, while Aditya Pethe and Harish (who was a super-sub!) came 2nd - they did get a couple of tough ones and parried a couple to us ;-). Suvojit and friend were 3rd in a good comeback. Can't remember team 4's names. * Harish's father makes his debut - got some tough ones right later during the final from in the audience * Pretty good organisation - even with the taut and blinding light-buzzers ("buzzer" is probably the wrong term) * As I had expected, it was primaril...

July Open Quiz - Results Details: * July BCQC Open Quiz on 9 July, 2006 * Set and conducted by Meghashyam Shirodkar * Scoring: Infinite Rebounds (10 pts); No Pole Position; Elims winners decide seating order Results (60 questions in the Final): 1st-C: Shamanth Rao and J. Ramanand (100 pts) 2nd-E: Aadisht Khanna and Raj Kamal (85) 3rd-B: Sayak Dasgupta and Suvojit Chakraborty (80) 4th-A: Rishi Iyengar and Udatta Duarah (75) Jt 5th-D: Shivaji Marella and Maitreyi Gupta (70) Jt 5th-F: Niranjan Pedanekar and Gaurav Sabnis (70) Elims results (30 questions): 1st: Ramanand and Shamanth (21.5) 2nd: Sayak and Suvojit (19) 3rd: Rishi and Udatta (18.5 *) 4th: Raj K and Aadisht (18.5) 5th: Niranjan and Gaurav (18) 6th: Maitreyi and Shivaji (16.5) Cutoff: 16.5 Comments and Criticisms : * I didn't like the elims much. Some of the questions like the Jolie, sudoku qns should not have been asked, IMHO. Some of the qns could have been better and more carefully framed. Probab...

Two quizzes There will be two open quizzes in Pune on Sunday (9th July): 1. An Indian films quiz at B.J.Medical College, Pune. Teams of two, open to all, Rs. 40/- entry fee. Time of quiz is 9:30 am 2. General quiz by Meghashyam Shirodkar at the Dewang Mehta Auditorium, "Bhageerath", Persistent Systems Pvt. Ltd, Senapati Bapat Road. Teams of two, open to all, likely entry fees (as part of prize money kitty) of Rs. 50/-. Quiz starts at 3 pm.