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Date: 04-11-2017 Quiz: H.A.N.D. Venue: Indian Institute of Scientific Education and Research, Pune Organized by/Fest: Karavaan 2017 QM(s): Bhavesh, Aditya, Vishal, Anisha, Samarendra, Yogesh, Amit, Amla Results: 1. Pranav Pawar and Omkar Dhakephalkar, 255 Points (Open) ( Team A ) 2. Ranajeet Soman, 205 Points (Solo, Open) ( Team   F ) 3. Ajai Ragde and Gokul Panigrahi, 50 Points (Open) ( Team E ) Other Finalists 4. Advay and Ananya, 20 Points (AFMC) ( Team D ) 5. Rohit and Harshini, 15 Points (IISER) ( Team B ) 6. Arnabh Senupta and Anirudh Anilkumar, -170 Points (AFMC) ( Team C ) On a bright Saturday morning, the quiz started at 10:30 (standard delay of half an hour). The elims composed of 48 questions divided into 4 sections, each set by a different person. They were themed around mythology, music, pop culture and one more. The questions were easy and consisted of many Peters. However, the usual IISERized title hints were a treat. Som...

Date: 22-09-2017 Quiz: Torquest 2017 Venue: College of Engineering, Pune Organized by/Fest: Mindspark 2017 QM(s): Vrushabh Gudade Results: 1. Siddharth Ramesh and Arnabh Sengupta (AFMC) 2. Anirudh Anilkumar and Hritvik Jha (AFMC) 3. Sai Pavan and Rituraj (AFMC) The prelims round started at about 11.30. About 40 teams participated in the prelims. Though the prelims were low scoring, the questions were stimulating and fascinating. The cut off was 3 with the highest score being 13.5. A total of 6 teams qualified to the finals. The final round started by 1. It consisted of two infinite rebounds, each with 12 questions and a written round with 8 questions. Here too, the teams found it difficult to score. The questions asked were from diverse fields-from simple tech to medicine, to India. In the end the team of Arnabh Sengupta and Siddharth Ramesh from AFMC came 1st with 100 points. The team of Anirudh Anilkumar and Hritvik Jha came runners up beating t...

Date: 16-09-2017 Quiz: Credenz BizTech Quiz Venue: Pune Institute of Computer Technology, Pune Organized by/Fest: Credenz 2017 QM(s): Ritwik Manatkar Results: 1. Arnabh Sengupta and Anirudh Anilkumar (AFMC) 2. Veushabh Gudade and Karan Agarwal (COEP) 3. Sameer and Yash (PICT) The Quiz started off with just a delay of around 20 minutes with a full house auditorium of about 30-35 teams. It is notable that there was no hassle in the registrations and other pre-quiz rituals and a fair share of the crowd was from the host college. The elims was a nice set of 20 questions with a few two-part questions and star marked ones that touched all the corners of all the Biz-Tech dome. All the answers were familiar to the layman, thus creating multiple guesses and helping the non-quizzing junta to think upon the context. Very appreciable. Advertisements, simple questions, one-liners, company trivia, etc all were covered and the cut-off was around 7. Top six tea...