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Set by Omkar Borate and Aman Shaikh Conducted by Aman Shaikh Format: 25 question elims followed by a 32 question final on IR Attended by ~ 100 teams Results: 1st: Aniket Khasgiwale and Aditya Gadre : 85 pts 2nd: Anannya Deb and Maitreyi Gupta: 75 pts 3rd: Vibhendu Tewari and Avaneendra Bhargav : 70 pts 4th: Abhinav Dasgupta and Shubhankar Gokhale: 65 pts 5th: Venkat Srinivasan and Samrat Sengupta: 60 pts 6th: Omkar Dhakephalkar and Pranav Pawar: 40 pts The quiz started with a 25 question elim. The questions were a bit long and while workable, they could have been crisper. Some questions in the elims were totally know it or you don't. Overall the set was competent. The highest score was 19 while the cut off was 13.5 with one star The finals had 32 questions on Infinite rebounds with half passing clockwise and the other half anti clockwise. The questions themselves were good and one notable point that the QMs should be proud of is that there were almost no Gawd awf...

Set by Aniket Khasgiwale, Yash Marathe and Aditya Gadre Format: 30 question elim to determine the 8 quarter finalists. Then a 60 question quarter final to determine the top 4 i.e. the semi finalists. A 40 question Semi final to narrow down to the top 2 in the finals. A 24 question Finals played over two legs (home and away) to determine the winner.  Report:  The elims were slightly easier than the previous year with more participants making double digits. Shrirang topped the elims with 14 points. The cut off was 8.5 with two stars. The field was quite strong and the youngsters Snehasis Panda and Rishwin Jackson put in a great performance to qualify for the Quarter finals. Seasoned sports quizzers Anand Sivashankar, Harish Kumar, Kaushik Koley, Sameer Deshpande and Deepanjan Deb all narrowly missed out on qualification.  The Quarter Finals: The Quarter finalists were Shrirang Raddi, Venkatraghavan S (aka Ingit Sir), Snehasis Panda, Shubhankar  Gokhale, Anurag...

The BC Cup is  the BCQC's annual solo, open, loooooooong quiz to crown the Best Sports Quizzer in Pune, perhaps Maharshtra (probably India). This is the eight edition.  Format:       First, a 30 question prelim determines 8 qualifiers (or Quarter Finalists). These 8 people take part in a 60 question quarter final. The top four go through to the semi final. The semi-final will consist of 36 questions with scoring reset to zero. The top two then go to the Final where they  face off one-on one for a 24 question final.  The top college finisher (UG only, we may ask for ID cards) will get a prize in addition to all the top eight open finishers Administrivia     QMs:  Yash Marathe, Aniket Khasgiwale and Aditya Gadre Theme:  Sports Teams:  Individual Restrictions:  (or the lack of one) Open quiz. Everyone is welcome When?   12:45 pm ,  Saturday, 7th May, 2016 Where?  The Boat Club, College of Engi...

Set and Conducted by Chinmay Tadwalkar Attended by ~100 teams Format: Written elims of 25 questions. Finals comprising 32 questions on Infinite Rebounds and a 6 question written theme round  Results: 1st:  Aniket Khasgiwale & Aditya Gadre:  185 pts 2nd: Kunal Sawardekar & Arnold D'Souza: 170 pts 3rd: J Ramanand & Debanjan Bose: 130 pts Jt 4th: Omkar Dhakephalkar & Pranav Pawar: 80 pts Jt 4th: Suraj Prabhu & Rohan Danait: 80 pts 6th: Uday Bansal & KN Chakraborty: 75 pts An good solid quiz put up by Chinmay.  The quiz started with a 25 question written elims. The elims was a close affair with all of the teams that qualified bunched in the 13.5 to 17 bracket. I felt most of the questions were based on nice fundas but were not sufficiently clued - making the elim a bit more "seasoned quizzer friendly" than is ideal. The finals had 2 rounds of 16 questions each on Infinite bounce - with 5 pounces per half at +10/-10  The cont...

Set and Conducted by Rohan Danait Attended by ~100 teams Format: Written elims of 30 questions. Finals comprising 42 questions on Infinite Rebounds and a 6 question written round on differential scoring Results: 1st: Anannya Deb & Anirudha sen Gupta: 365 pts 2nd: Aniket Khasgiwale & Aditya Gadre: 300 pts 3rd: Shrirang Raddi & Venkat Srinivasan: 250 pts 4th: Meghashyam Shirodkar & Amit Garde: 215 pts 5th: Debanjan Bose & Vikram Keskar: 185 pts 6th: Shubhankar Gokhale & Arnold D'Souza: 170 pts An excellent, enjoyable quiz put up by Rohan. The quiz started with an interesting 30 question written elims  - a throwback to tradition with printed sheets instead of a ppt. There was a surprisingly large range of elim scores with the highest score being 27/30 and the last qualifiers making 18/30 The finals had 2 rounds of 21 questions each on Infinite bounce - using the One-Finite pounce system (recently made popular in Pune circles by BDFL Ramanan...

" Abhimanyu " is the annual solo contest for COEP's quizzers. This began with a preliminary round held last year, from which 6 quizzers qualified. The final was delayed for several months and was finally held in May 2014. The finalists took part in a common written general round, which was followed by a Mastermind-style set of specialities (picked in advance). The General round was set by Ramanand, while the 6 specialities were set by the previous Abhimanyu winner, Gautam Akiwate. Results: Winner: Payas Awadhutkar (4 + 10), topic: Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2nd: Vibhav Bhave (7+4.5), topic: Downton Abbey 3rd: Rujul Godse (4.5+6), topic: Current Affairs 4th: Rohan Danait (6+2), topic: Quentin Tarantino 5th: Chinmay Tadwalkar, topic: Lok Sabha elections 6th: Omkar Yarguddi, topic: Scrubs Season II Payas had a sensationally perfect 2nd round to clinch the title. List of winners so far 2001 - Rahul Srinivas - Asterix Comics 2002 - Sumeet Kulkarni - Formula-One 2003 - ...

Quiztronomy - The Annual Astronomy flavoured quiz presented by the COEP Astronomy club. When - March 30, 2014 (Sunday) Where - College of Engineering Pune. Teams of 2 *OPEN TO ALL* (The poster says students only, but this is a correction) Registration charges - INR 50 per team For registrations contact: Sarang - +91 90284 72187 More details here.

(based on information sent in by Rohan Danait) On October 24, a quiz for COEP students was held at COEP, aimed at introducing them to quizzing and to the BCQC. The quiz was set by Chinmay Tadwalkar and Mustafa Abbas (SE students) with Rohan's guidance. 20-25 teams of two members participated in the elims, from which 6 teams + 3 draft picks were selected for the finals. (Rohan says: around 15-20 people said they were interested in quizzing and would like to attend more quizzes in the future.) The finalists: 1st place: Omkar Borate, Anubhav Tiwari, Swapnil Ahire 2nd place: Atharva Deshpande, Darshan Jaware, Animesh Bora 3rd place: Mruganayani Nagur, Ipshita Paul, Devyani Salokhe The other finalists were: 4) Nishant Bhumare, Vibhav Tungar, Kaustubh Shakkarwar 5) Divyansh Saxena, Rohan Manatkar, Urvi Purohit 6) Devashree Ragde, Sanket Gurikar, Simran Batra More such events are being planned for COEP quizzers, including the finals of Abhimanyu in the coming months.

The College of Engineering, Pune will be organizing three quizzes as a part of its technical festival MindSpark'13. The quizzes are spread over three days - September 27th, 28th and 29th 1. Torquest - The Science and Technology Quiz College Quiz Date: 27th September (Friday) Contact: Omkar Yarguddi +91 78751 50078 2. Chakravyuh - The General Quiz Open Quiz Date: 28th September (Saturday) Contact: Vibhav Bhave +91 99224 12867 3. Quonoisseur - The MELA Quiz College Quiz Date: 29th September (Sunday) Contact: Rujul Godse: +91 98500 86949 For any other general queries please contact: Rohan Danait: +91 98505 53038 or visit our website

Set by Amit Patil and Rohan Danait with inputs from Neelima Jha & Mihir Khatwani Theme: Science and Technology (Sci-Tech) Date/Venue: 5th October 2012, Auditorium (Elims) & Room No.13 at College of Engineering, Pune Format: 30 Question Elims, 46 Question Finals (18 IR +10 Special round (XKCD) + 18 IR Rev) Total Teams: 54 Results: 1st Place: Debanjan Bose and Hari Nair (Team F: Fish Curry Rice) - 135 pts [Elims: 26 (5*)] 2nd Place: Nikhil Motlag and Avaneendra Bhargav (Team B: Einstein Ke Frankenstein) - 115 pts[Elims: 16 (4*)] 3rd Place: Rohit Iyer and Ravi Handa (Team E: The Latecomers) - 110 pts [Elims: 20 (3*)] 4th Place: Ranajeet Soman and Sachin Ravi (Team D: Quizzing For Nirvana) - 45 pts [Elims: 20 (4*)] 5th Place: Abhishek Bagade and Ameya Bhagat (Team C: Yuva) - 25 pts [Elims: 18 (4*)] 6th Place: Harshal Sarda and Shantanu Hadgekar (Team A: Tech-Wizards) - 10 pts[Elims: 11 (3*) ] Best College Team (outside the finalists): Ayush Bhat and Yateen Kedare Eli...

Qonnoisseur- The MELA Quiz at COEP's MindSpark 2012 Conducted by Rohan Danait 1st: Swapnil and Akib: 150 pts 2nd: Kunal sawardekar and Avaneendra Bhargav: 115 pts 3rd: Aditya Gadre and Annanya Deb: 105 pts 4th: Ranajeet Soman and Rohan jain: 95 pts 5th: Ravi and Rohit: 75 pts 6th: Debanjan Bose and Hari Nair: 65 pts Positives: - The quiz was a huge contrast from Chakravyuh the previous day - the effort in setting the quiz was apparent. - The quiz started off with a nice elims set - a few questions could have been better framed but overall a good effort. - The elims were engaging and well conducted - a big thumbs up for a lot of visual content as well - The finals had quite a few nice questions - and most questions were well framed - The ppt was well thought out - everything we needed was on the slides - The caricatures round was really nice - Overall the quiz was light and interesting - most teams seemed to like it. Negatives: - After reminders and announce...

The Chakravyuh Open Quiz - A part of COEP's MindSpark 2012 Conducted by: Neelima Jha Attended by ~100 teams Results: 1st: Kunal Sawardekar and Avaneendra Bhargav: 120 pts 2nd: Aditya Gadre and Vikram Keskar: 115 pts 3rd: Debanjan Bose and Hari Nair: 60 pts 4th: Vikram Joshi and Abhinav Dasgupta: 40 pts 5th: Ranajeet Soman and Rohan jain: 20 pts 6th: Nikhil and Vishvesh: 5 pts This year's Chakravyuh happened on a Saturday, a welcome change from last year which meant that a few of us could travel from out-of-town to take part. The elims were, there is no other way to say this, bad. Ambiguously worded questions and no prior thought into what the expected answer was led to the post-elim period turning into a bargaining contest - teams tried to convince the QM about how their answer was correct as per their interpretation of the question and the QM actually gave in on far too many occasions. One thing that irritated me was that the visuals were run only at the en...

Report by the COEP Astronomy Club: The CoEP Astronomy club in association with the Boat Club Quiz Club conducted Quiztronomy – the annual astronomy themed quiz. It includes all aspects of astronomy, it’s fiction, it’s mythology. Held in the CoEP campus, this quiz sees a wide participation from different schools and colleges in Pune. The quiz took place on 4th February, 2012 and received a good response. Around 40 teams participated which had to crack a set of 25 questions for the elimination round. Based on this, 6 teams made it to the final. The final round comprised of 36 questions all on varied topics related to astronomy and astrophysics. Prizes worth Rs.15,000 were awarded to the winners and finalists. The first prize winners - Omkar Moghe and Swapnil Phulse of CoEP – received trophies along with cash prize of Rs. 2000 and Landmark vouchers worth Rs. 3000. The Symbiosis school, which had the maximum participation, was given the Best Contingent Award and was given vouchers wort...

Announcement sent in by Aadinath The CoEP Astronomy Club is hosting a one-of-a-kind event on the quizzing calendar. Quiztronomy is an astronomy themed quiz. You do not have to be an astronomy enthusiast to participate. The quiz will consist of written prelims, followed by a six team final. Prizes: All finalists will receive prizes and certificates; Winners will also receive a trophy each. The school/college contingent with the best performance will receive a "Best Contingent” trophy. This year, we will be awarding prizes worth a total of Rs.15,000/-(inclusive of vouchers) Date: 4th February, 2012 (Saturday) Time: 10: 30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (reporting time: 10 a.m.) Venue: Main Auditorium, College of Engineering, Pune – 5 Flavour: Astronomy- for everyone Team: Two members per team; Teammates can be from different classes and cross school/college You can send in your names and contact details via Email to quiztronomy@gmail.com There is no registration fee. All partic...

When: 15 Jan 2012 Where: COEP What: Sports Quiz, part of COEP Zest Conducted by: Rohan Danait and Vibhav Bhave Results: 1st: Omkar Nene and his partner: 125 2nd: Ranajeet Soman and Sameer Deshpande: 90 3rd: Vikram Keskar and his partner: 80 pts 4th: Rohit Sahasrabudhe and Alok Kulkarni 5th: Rishi Deshpande and his partner 6th: Aniketh Rallabhandi and his partner Got feedback or can fill up the missing info to complete this report? Use the comments for this post.

Quoting from the BCQC Facebook Group: CoEP is organising a inter-college sports quiz as a part of its sports fest Zest'12. When: 15th Jan Where: Room 6 (Seminar Hall 2),CoEP Time: 10 am More details at this link (you can disregard the team formation rules, which are a result of using the overall sports competition template).

COEP's Mindspark 2011 saw three quizzes in the last week of December. Here're the results (compiled by Himanshu Panandikar). If you have any comments on the quizzes, please use the comments option. Chakravyuh Set by Himanshu Panandikar and Gaurav Keskar with inputs from Aditya Gadre, Mohit Karve, Neelima Jha, Mihir Khatwani, Amit Patil, Vibhav Bhave and Ashutosh Bokhare. Questions reviewed and moderated by Aditya Gadre, Mohit Karve and Aadinath Harihar Theme: General Date/Venue: 28th December 2011, College of Engineering, Pune Format: 30 Question Elims, 48 Question Finals (24 IR + 24 IR Rev) Total Teams: 171 Results: 1st Place: Yash Marathe and Meghashyam Shirodkar (Team F) [Elims: 22.5 (4*) || Finals: 80] 2nd Place: Vinit Atel and Vikram Keskar (Team C) [Elims: 21.5 (3*) ||Finals: 75] 3rd Place: Hari S. Nair and Suraj Menon (Team B) [Elims: 22.5 (3*) || Finals: 70] 4th Place: Nandan Gokhle and Samit Sura (Team E) [Elims: 21 (3*) || Finals: 65] 5th Place: Ksh...

Forwarding an announcement from COEP: MindSpark is the annual Technical Festival of the College of Engineering, Pune. This year MindSpark will play host to 4 quizzes from27th- 29th December 2011. Specifics Below .  For any additional clarifications. visit  http://www.mind-spark. org/chaanaksha.php 1.  Chakravyuh - the Open General Quiz Wednesday , 28th December 2011 Timing: 11:00 am to 4:30 pm. Venue: The Auditorium, College of Engineering, Pune Weblink:   http://www.mind- spark.org/chakravyuh.php Chakravyuh has been one of Pune's best known open quizzes for many years now. A general quiz that is literally based on anything and everything under the sun, the participants of this quiz can range from college students to software professionals. Chakravyuh has gone on to produce quizzers who would later perform exceptionally well at national level quizzes. Previous years have elicited fantastic participation and the prize money remains as sweet as ever...

The CoEP AstroClub is hosting a one-of-a-kind event on the quizzing calendar. Quiztronomy is an astronomy themed quiz- the trivia being workable everyone and not aimed specifically at astronomy enthusiasts. The quiz will consist of written prelims, followed by a six team final. All finalists will receive prizes and certificates; Winners will also receive a trophy each The school/college contingent with the best performance will receive a "Best Contingent" trophy. This year, we will be awarding prizes worth a total of Rs.15,000/- (inclusive of vouchers) Date: 5th February, 2011 (Saturday) Time: 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (reporting time: 9:30 a.m.) Venue: Main Auditorium, College of Engineering, Pune – 5 Flavour: Astronomy- for everyone Team: Two members per team; Teammates can be from different classes and cross school/ college. There is no registration fee. All participants must carry valid institute I-Cards. Email: quiztronomy@gmail.com Other...

When: Jan 23, 2011; Sunday Where: COEP Turnout: Only 11 teams showed up Conducted by: Gaurav, Mihir and Vaibhav Results: 1st: Yash Marathe (Modern) & Omkar Nene (IIT-B) [95 pts] 2nd: Sameer Deshpande (VIT) & Bharat Marathe (MIT) [65 pts] 3rd: Tarun Sharma & Aditya Pawar (AIT) [60 pts] 4th: Shekhar Mehta & Neeraj Paradkar (DJ Sanghvi College of Engineering, Bombay) [50 pts] Low turnout didn't justify the quality of the quiz, could've been publicized better. As expected, there were quite a few repeats from 3 inexperienced quiz setters, but there were some very good questions all the same. Certainly better than the farce last year. Report by Yash Marathe