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Wish to attend a BCQC Informal Sunday session? Have a doubt regarding the same? Here are answers to some FAQs. If you still have a doubt, you can mail us at thebcqc@gmail.com Q. Is registration required? A. No, this is an informal quiz. Just show up! Q. Where is the venue, and what time do sessions start? A. Generally the sessions start at 4, but this is subject to change, so please read the announcement. The quiz takes place at the Boat Club of the College of Engineering, Pune. Q. What is the team size? A. We will form teams on the spot based on how many people attend. There will be no pre-formed teams. Q. Is there any registration fee? Is there prize money? A. No and no. This will be an informal quiz. Q. Can I also conduct a session? A. Sure! Just write to thebcqc@gmail.com with your topic (if any) and when you'd like to do the session (we do these Sunday afternoons). Q. Can I do a session with questions I have asked in a quiz somewhere else? A. Yes, although we'd refer quest...

Date & Time: 1 May 2022, Morning Venue: VIT, Pune Format: Elims + Finals QM(s): Omkar Dhakephalkar Results: 1st: Naman Jain and Sagnik Sarkar (VIT+AFMC) at 192.5 2nd: Chinmay Deshpande and Ritoban Maitra (SLS) at 188.5 3rd: Giridhar Gopal and Saurabh Singh Bisht (AFMC) at 174.5 4th: Atharva Soman and Prajot Patne (COEP) at 149.5 5th: Yash Gupta and Ritwick Johari (AFMC) at 107 6th: Zoha Fatima and Naman Chaturvedi (AFMC) at 41 7th: Palak Shah and Amol Mule (VIT) at 40 8th: Vedant Jaiswal and Satyam Kumar (AFMC) at 36.5 9th: Manas Soni and Rahul Choudhury (AFMC) at 16 The Boat Club Quizzing Team of the Year 2022 was held on 1st May, 2022 at VIT Pune. The quizmaster was Omkar Dhakephalkar. With nine teams turning up for the prelims, it was decided that scores will be carried forward to the finals. There were 25 questions in the prelims. The team from SLS topped prelims with 13.5, followed by the cross-college team of VIT and AFMC at 12.5. Finals had a unique theme as Omkar dec...

Date & Time: 1 May 2022, Afternoon Venue: VIT, Pune Format: Elims + Finals QMs: Pranav ‘Floyd’ Joshi Results: 1 st : Prajot Patne at 125 2 nd : Chinmay Deshpande at 95 3 rd : Ritwick Johari at 65 (on tie-breaker) 4 th : Ritoban Maitra at 65 5 th : Naman Jain at 45 6 th : Palak Shah at 40 7 th : Atharva Soman at 30 8 th : Sagnik Sarkar at 15 After a long (and relatively dry) hiatus of 2 years, we finally had the annual BCQC College Quizzer of the Year competition in a physical setting. Held in VIT, the solo quiz was held after the Teams quiz with a small lunch break in between. The Prelims were relatively long with 27 questions, consisting of 21 single pointers and 6 double pointers. Floyd took special efforts to keep the prelims as general as possible, with minimal amount of obscure fundaes. The prelims cut-off was surprisingly low at 7, probably because we had 8 teams in finals. The finals consisted of four rounds - 2 Written rounds and 2 IRs. The finals started wi...