Suchintan Chatterjee

This weekend will see the last quiz of 2011 being conducted.. Suchintan Chatterjee will be the Quizmaster. This will be his second quiz of the year and if it is anything close to what his first quiz was like, it will more than suffice for the three week gap, as we will be breaking for the Christmas and New Year weekends.

Quizmaster: Suchintan Chatterjee

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 18th December, 2011 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W).

Directions

League table

Quiz this weekend

Vikram and Anannya will be conducting a quiz this Sunday. Anannya will cover the History, Travel, Geography and Sports quotient and Vik will take care of the rest. These two have set wonderful quizzes for us in the past so this should be fun.

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 20th November, 2011 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W).

League Table for those still keeping score : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ar8fkIHYmT2NdHEwUVZCamZoMkg1enJEOEZnT00wc0E&hl=en_US#gid=1

The tag team rolls on

One might get suspicious as to why Konga (Pradeep) and Atul always host their quizzes together. But we at BQC certainly dont, coz we totally luxuriate in the awesomeness they deliver. For those of you yet to experience it, come over on Sunday and see for yourself.

Quizmaster: Atul Mathew (with half the quiz prepared by the foriegn-export Pradeep Ramrathnam from NYC)

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 20th November, 2011 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W).

Directions

League table

Debonair Redux

Its a landmark weekend for India as Anannya Deb hosts his second quiz of the season this Sunday. In other news, there's some car race and some metal ka band concert happening somewhere in the north while the talented Mr.Deb shoots questions. For us BQC folk, that order of valuation makes perfect sense. Anannya's perfectly engineered quizzes make the racecars look like rusty jalopies and the band like a a quartet of hairy has-beens.

Also, opening for Anannya, is the written quiz organised by our calypso friends in Goa. This one shall be a solo written quiz of 120 questions. And since Anannya knows a thing or two about pwning a Goa quiz, he shall be proctoring it, so the rest of us can have a chance.

Quizmaster: Anannya Deb

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 30th October 2011 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)

3pm-4.30 pm - The big Q. (Please get a pen along.)

4.30pm-4.45pm - correction of papers

4.45 pm onwards - Anannya's quiz

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W).

Directions

From Old Generals to Young Guns

Last weekend was a spotless display by the BQC graybeards; Bala hosting and Rajiv winning. This Sunday, the focus shifts to a young turk who reminds these

veterans of their merry budding youth. Abhinav Dasgupta, who has had a bumper year so far, will be taking the quizmaster's hot seat. Some trivia about the QM : He is the reigning Landmark Mumbai champion. He has quizzed in 5 states in the last 5 months. He has seen more dead people than Haley Joel Osment. He has read more books than India has lost Test matches.

And if that is not enough, this quiz is also one of our themed quizzes. Literature and mythology being the flavours of the day. (The veterans must already be licking their lips. After all, Bala coined the term 'literature'. And Rajiv was in school when mythology happened)

Quizmaster: Abhinav Dasgupta

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 16th October, 2011 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W).

Directions.

League table.

And we're back

The BQC returns after a month long hiatus for the first part of a double header. Bala will be QM for the second time this year.

Details:
Quizmaster: Bala
When: 3 PM, Sunday, 9th October, 2011 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)
Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W)
Directions: here

Newcomers are welcome at BQC quizzes, and do not need to form teams before coming. Teams are normally formed by a draw of lots at the venue itself, and everybody gets to take part. The questions are generally not the boring "you-know-it-or-you-don't" types, but accessible and workoutable ones.

Mukund Sridhar

2010 Landmark Champ Mukund Sridhar plays host this Sunday. He's promised to cover a wide range of topics - from History/Geography to Pop Culture Questions so it should keep the Vikram Joshis and the Anand Sivasankars busy.

Quizmaster: Mukund Sridhar

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 11 September, 2011 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W)

Directions:here

Vibhendu Tewari

Vibhendu Tewari hosts the second half of our Sunday double header. He's promised us an A/V heavy quiz so it should be fun.

Details of the morning quiz : here

Quizmaster: Vibhendu Tewari
When: 2:30 PM, Sunday, 4th September, 2011 (Please be there by 2:15 PM for team assignments)
Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W).

Oasis Quiz Lone Wolf Edition 2011 Mumbai

The Oasis Quiz Lone Wolf Edition is the annual lone wolf quiz conducted by ELAS, the quizzing club at BITS Pilani.

It will be a 90 minute 120 question written solo quiz, held simultaneously across various venues across the country. The quiz is open to all. The college-level winner in each venue will be invited to Pilani during Oasis, the annual cultural festival of BITS-Pilani to participate in a mega showdown. Prizes for college category and open category winners. The winner here will be crowned champion and, needless to say, will win lots of money and pride and honour.

We will be having our regular BQC session after the quiz (at around 14:00-14:30). Details on that quiz in a bit.

Register here: EDIT: Closed

Please get a writing instrument along as this is a written quiz.

Proctor: Atul Mathew

When: 11 AM, Sunday, 4th September, 2011 (Latecomers will not be entertained)

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W)

Directions:From the south: If you come north on Linking Road from Bandra to SantaCruz, you'll find a large Benetton Store on the right. At the end of that block is a Kotak Bank at the corner. Take a right and it's the next building, take the first gate and tell the sentry you've come for the quiz.From the north: If you get on to Linking Road at the airplane park end, you'll cross a HDFC Bank. A block later, you'll see a Kotak Bank on the corner - do not cross it. Take a left at that point and it's the building next to Kotak Bank.

Delhi Vs Mumbai

Travellers from the north used to bring news of a quizzer called Dr.Bhatta, calling him the most adept and cultivated quizzer they had seen. He had travelled far and wide, sparring his skills with duellers from the Dutch and Peruvian quizzing cliques. In this country, he garnered great acclaim for his tour de force in Mastermind and Tata Crucible, and also created the Kutub Quizzers, which has since churned out a bevy of Quizzers. He has now thrown down the gauntlet to us Mumbaikars, and we will have to turn out in numbers in order to put up a worthy fight. It is going to be chaotic, more chaotic than any purportless Anna Hazare public rally.

(A mole tells us that Dr.Bhatta. the Nat Geo champion, will load up on History and Geography for the quiz. We will have to use our secret weapon. It starts with a Vikram and ends with a Joshi.)

Quizmaster: Dr. S Bhattacharya

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 21st August, 2011 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W)

Directions: here

League table : here

Dr. Bhatta

After Mitesh (2008) and JR(2010), Bhatta joins the list of guest QMs at the BQC. Kutub Quizzer's Dr. Bhatta has done some wonderful quizzes in the past and we're hoping for more of the same this Sunday.

Quizmaster: Dr. S Bhatta

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 21st August, 2011 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W)

Directions: here

Newcomers are welcome at BQC quizzes, and do not need to form teams before coming. Teams are normally formed by a draw of lots at the venue itself, and everybody gets to take part. The questions are generally not the boring "you-know-it-or-you-don't" types, but accessible and workoutable ones.

Debonair - India Edition

They call him the BQC’s answer to the KQA yearbooks. Anannya Deb has compiled more quizzes than most quizmasters have framed questions. We thought we’d pull a fast one on this sports and gen guru by asking him to put together a themed India quiz in a very short time. And the answer is all set to smack us in the face in three days time. Be ready to be quizzed about almost anything India; from the time of the Mehrgarh settlements in the Indus valley, to the now 63 years and 51 weeks old modern nation.

If you want to win, we suggest you set up camp for 3 days in the India section of Landmark, and then crush a pill into Vibhendu’s lunch before coming.

Newcomers are welcome at BQC quizzes, and do not need to form teams before coming. Teams are normally formed by a draw of lots at the venue itself, and everybody gets to take part. The questions are generally not the boring "you-know-it-or-you-don't" types, but accessible and workoutable ones.

Details:

Quizmaster: Anannya Deb

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 7th August, 2011 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W)

Directions: here

League table : here

Pravin Varma's first act.

The next few weeks are set to be a roller coaster ride for us people, as we have more quiz-masters and less Sundays to accommodate them. We begin our back-to-back quizzes from this Sunday itself. Mega-whats finalist Pravin Varma hosts. The quiz he says, will include a pot-pourri of topics to keep everyone engrossed and entertained. Be there, this one wont get rained out.

Quizmaster: Pravin Varma

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 24th July, 2011 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W)

Directions: here

League table : here

The Duke is no Fluke

Freshly baked Landmark Mumbai champion Srinath T.B takes his turn to play quizmaster this Sunday. Quality is a given, but this one promises quantity too, as he plans to have a really long quiz (a welcome change from recent archetypes). Don’t make any other plans for the evening.

Quizmaster: Srinath T.B

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 17th July, 2011 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W)

Directions: here

League table : here

Aditya Gadre

After a hectic 3 day quizzing weekend in Bangalore, the BQC resumes normal service this weekend. Table Topper Aditya Gadre (who recently defected from the BCQC to join us) will be Quizmaster . There's a small issue of a Wimbledon Final in the evening so it would be great if we started on time.

League table here

ASKQANCE results: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Quizmaster: Aditya Gadre

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 3rd July, 2011 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W)

Directions: here

Play it again, Vikram Joshi

As time goes by, Vikram Joshi never ceases to amaze as he keeps churning out highbrow quizzes with such fine frequency. The reigning Landmark National champion (and fresh off his victory at the WQC), hosts his first quiz of the season this Sunday. He plans on being a bit adventurous, by including sports and other hoi polloi friendly topics in this quiz. It will be nothing less than top-notch quizzing.

Quizmaster: Vikram Joshi
When: 3 PM, Sunday, 19th June, 2011 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)
Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W).
Directions: here

Mahaquizzer 2011 Results

Mumbai contestants in the Mahaquizzer Top 100:
Rajiv Rai 75
Harikrishnan Menon 73
Sumant Srivatsan 67
Vinoo Sanjay 67
Mukund Sridhar 65
Anannya Deb 64
Balakrishnan S 58
Vibhendu Tiwari 55
Vikram Joshi 52
Govind Grewal 52
Abhinav Dasgupta 48
Nikhil Sonde 48
Pravin Varma 48
Prasann Potdar 46
Anil Kothuri 46
Sumo 43
Aditya Gadre 40
Chandrachud Basavaraj 37
Anand Sivashankar 36
Srinath 36

Ladies Winner Preyoshi Ganguly 29
College Winner Pranav Shetty 27

Rest of the results: http://kqaquizzes.org/2011/06/10/mahaquizzer-2011-top-100-and-international-results/

WQC 2011 Results

1st - Vikram Joshi 119

2nd - Sumant Srivatshan 114

3rd - Rajiv Rai 110

Sectional Winners:

Entertainment: Vikram Joshi 14

Culture: Vikram Joshi 17

Lifestyle: Sumant Srivathsan 19

Science: Antariksh Bothale 20

History: Vikram Joshi 23

Media: Sumant Srivatshan, Govind Grewal 22

Sport:Shubhankar Gokhale 19

World: Antariksh Bothale 20

Dhruv Mookerji

Completing a hat-trick of bong quizmasters, Dhruv Mookerji will host his first quiz for the BQC this Sunday.

Dhruv, an actor by profession and a stand-up comic by avocation, guarantees a wholesome quiz with a large helping of visuals and audio.

We can expect a treat.

Quizmaster: Dhruv Mookerji

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 5th June, 2011 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W).

Directions: here

2011 World Quiz Championship Mumbai

We start off our double header this weekend with the Bombay Round of the World Quiz Championship this Saturday. Details of last year's event here .

Registrations are now closed. We will accept on-the-spot-entries if adequate seating, and enough surplus question-papers are available

Team Size: Solo Written Quiz

Co-ord: Vibhendu Tewari

Entry Fee: 50 Rs.

When: 3 PM, Saturday, 4th June 2011 (Please be there on time as we have to wrap up by 6)

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W).

Directions:From the south: If you come north on Linking Road from Bandra to SantaCruz, you'll find a large Benetton Store on the right. At the end of that block is a Kotak Bank at the corner. Take a right and it's the next building, take the first gate and tell the sentry you've come for the quiz.From the north: If you get on to Linking Road at the airplane park end, you'll cross a HDFC Bank. A block later, you'll see a Kotak Bank on the corner - do not cross it. Take a left at that point and it's the building next to Kotak Bank.

Registrations so far:

Aditya Gangrade

Aditya Sharma

Alankar Jain

Amit Pandeya

Anand S

Anannya Deb

Aniruddha Sen

Ankush kumar Chakraborty

Anoop Vasu

Antariksh Vinod Bothale

Aparna Dixit

Arish tavadia

Arjun Sinha

Arjun Siva

Ashish Sharma

Atul Mathew

Augustine Correa

Avirup Bose

BL

Chandrachud Basavaraj

Devang Ghia

Francis Thomas

Govind Grewal

Harikrishnan Menon

Harshal Modi

Jose A

Mayur Srinivasan

Mukund Krishnan

Praful Patil

Pranav Shetty

Prasann Potdar

Prashant Shanbhag

Priyadarshan Babu

Rajarshi Chanda

Rajiv Rai

Riccu Varghese

Rinie Nag

Rupesh Gupta

S BALAKRISHNAN

Saransh Verma

shivam sharma

Shubhankar Gokhale

Siddhartha Banerjee

Somsubhra GanChoudhuri

Sourav Roy

Sreeharsha

Srimukh Prasad V K

Srinath TB

Sumant Srivathsan

sumit singare

Suraj Menon

Varun Sharma

Vighnesh Vatsal

Vijay Shanbhag

Vikram Joshi

VINOO SANJAY

Mahaquizzer 2011

MAHAQUIZZER 2011

MahaQuizzer 2011, the seventh edition will be held in Bangalore and several other cities on Sunday 29th May 2011.

Bombay Venue:

Landmark Bookstore

Infiniti Mall, No.619, New Link Road

Oshiwara, Lokhandwala

Andheri West

Coordinator: Rajiv Rai (98192-18415)

KQA Proctor: V V Krishnan (99206-90605)

As usual, the quiz will require takers to answer 150 questions in 90 minutes.

We have a new bunch of setters this year: Mitesh Agarwal heads a team comprising Urmila Lakshmanan, Vivek Kartikeyan, Rajagopal P.S., Rahul Suhas Kottalgi and Gautam Shenoy.

Prizes in each city for best School, College, Lady and Open entrant.

Registrations for Mahaquizzer are now closed. Centre Coordinators may accept on-the-spot-entries if adequate seating, and enough surplus question-papers are available.

View a list of all registered participants here: http://kqaquizzes.org/2011/05/13/mahaquizzer-2011-registrations/

Supriyo Saha

Supriyo Saha hosts his first BQC quiz this weekend. It's a General Quiz with a slight MELA (Music,Entertainment,Literature,Arts) bias so it should be fun. See you Sunday.

Quizmaster: Supriyo Saha

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 15th May, 2011 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W).

Directions: here

2011 Kartik Bose Open

Anannya hosts the latest installment of the Kartik Bose Open this week. Based on his recent adventures, you can expect a lot of questions on SE Asia. And let's not forget Kartik Bose.

Quizmaster: Anannya Deb

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 8th May 2011 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W)

.Directions:From the south: If you come north on Linking Road from Bandra to SantaCruz, you'll find a large Benetton Store on the right. At the end of that block is a Kotak Bank at the corner. Take a right and it's the next building, take the first gate and tell the sentry you've come for the quiz.From the north: If you get on to Linking Road at the airplane park end, you'll cross a HDFC Bank. A block later, you'll see a Kotak Bank on the corner - do not cross it. Take a left at that point and it's the building next to Kotak Bank.

Ameya Samant

Ameya Samant hosts the second quiz of the new season this Sunday.

Details:

Quizmaster: Ameya Samant

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 17th April, 2010 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W)

Directions:From the south: If you come north on Linking Road from Bandra to SantaCruz, you'll find a large Benetton Store on the right. At the end of that block is a Kotak Bank at the corner. Take a right and it's the next building, take the first gate and tell the sentry you've come for the quiz.From the north: If you get on to Linking Road at the airplane park end, you'll cross a HDFC Bank. A block later, you'll see a Kotak Bank on the corner - do not cross it. Take a left at that point and it's the building next to Kotak Bank.

Norwegian Open Solo Quiz

The Norwegian Open Solo Quiz

We kick off Season 6 of the BQC with a quiz set by the Norwegian Quiz Association. This quiz is conducted across several cities across the world. The BQC will be organising the Mumbai round.

The rules:

Written quiz with 6 sections

240 questions in 90 minutes

Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- (free for school students)

For more details,log on to http://www.norgesquizforbund.no/

Solo event. Please bring a pen along.

Mumbai Proctor: Rajen Prabhu (9833498749)

When: 11 AM, Saturday 2nd April 2011 (we'll be starting at 11 sharp so that we can wrap up in time for the final)

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W).

Directions:From the south: If you come north on Linking Road from Bandra to SantaCruz, you'll find a large Benetton Store on the right. At the end of that block is a Kotak Bank at the corner. Take a right and it's the next building, take the first gate and tell the sentry you've come for the quiz.From the north: If you get on to Linking Road at the airplane park end, you'll cross a HDFC Bank. A block later, you'll see a Kotak Bank on the corner - do not cross it. Take a left at that point and it's the building next to Kotak Bank.

Meghashyam

Meghashyam hosts the last quiz of the season this Sunday.

The details:

Quizmaster: Meghashyam Shirodkar

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 27th March, 2011 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W).

Directions:From the south: If you come north on Linking Road from Bandra to SantaCruz, you'll find a large Benetton Store on the right. At the end of that block is a Kotak Bank at the corner. Take a right and it's the next building, take the first gate and tell the sentry you've come for the quiz.From the north: If you get on to Linking Road at the airplane park end, you'll cross a HDFC Bank. A block later, you'll see a Kotak Bank on the corner - do not cross it. Take a left at that point and it's the building next to Kotak Bank.

The BQC - IIT Bombay Quizzes - Recaps, Reviews and Recognition

On 6 March, 2011, the BQC and IIT Bombay hosted the inaugural Bombay Open quizzes, a day-long event with up to four quizzes. We'd like to thank IIT-B and its students for support with:

• the venue - a new, large and comfortable lecture hall;
• printing posters and directions;
• audio-visual equipment, including the buzzers which were used in all quizzes;
• research for the Open Sports and General quizzes; and
• a generous number of student participants in all quizzes.

And our sponsors:

• Anand Sivashankar, Anannya Deb and Atul Mathew, for contributing Rs. 5,000 each towards prizes, particularly for the Sports Quiz;
• Rajiv Rai, for contributing Rs. 12,000 towards prizes and a dozen other expenses; and
• Vibhendu Tewari, for not asking for Rs. 7,000 back from the BQC for earlier expenses.

In the absence of formal corporate sponsorship, it's wonderful that these guys can open up their wallets to host an event of this nature. Particularly when they're giving up a significant amount of time to go with their financial contributions. Many thanks, gentlemen, and here's hoping we can set a trend with benefactors growing in strength.

Suchintan Chatterjee

We return to our regular quiz meetings after a successful BQC Open. Suchintan Chatterjee will be QM for the afternoon. There's no meaningful cricket match on Sunday so I'm expecting a full house :)

Quizmaster: Suchintan Chatterjee
When: 3 PM, Sunday, 13th March, 2011 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)
Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W)

Directions:From the south: If you come north on Linking Road from Bandra to SantaCruz, you'll find a large Benetton Store on the right. At the end of that block is a Kotak Bank at the corner. Take a right and it's the next building, take the first gate and tell the sentry you've come for the quiz.From the north: If you get on to Linking Road at the airplane park end, you'll cross a HDFC Bank. A block later, you'll see a Kotak Bank on the corner - do not cross it. Take a left at that point and it's the building next to Kotak Bank.

Open Quiz Poster

Sarat Rao

Sarat Rao returns to the BQC to host the last quiz before the BQC Open next week.

The Details:

Quizmaster: Sarat Rao

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 27th February, 2011 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W).

Directions:From the south: If you come north on Linking Road from Bandra to SantaCruz, you'll find a large Benetton Store on the right. At the end of that block is a Kotak Bank at the corner. Take a right and it's the next building, take the first gate and tell the sentry you've come for the quiz.From the north: If you get on to Linking Road at the airplane park end, you'll cross a HDFC Bank. A block later, you'll see a Kotak Bank on the corner - do not cross it. Take a left at that point and it's the building next to Kotak Bank.

2011 BQC Open

The inaugural Bombay Open series of quizzes is being brought to you by the Bombay Quiz Club and IIT Bombay. The event is happening on Sunday, March 6th at IIT Powai (Lecture Hall Complex, opposite KReSIT) and comprises 4 quizzes:

Gen Quiz for Colleges (mixed college teams allowed, school teams are also welcome)

Timings: 10 am to 12:30 pm

Quiz Masters: Vikram Joshi and Pradeep Ramarathnam supported by the IIT research team of Rushabh Shah & Eeshan Malhotra

Cash prizes: 1st prize - Rs. 6K, 2nd prize - Rs. 4K, 3rd prize Rs. 2.5K, 4th, 5th, 6th places - Rs. 1K each, 7th and 8th places Rs 750 each.

College Sci-Tech Quiz (mixed college teams allowed, school teams are also welcome)

Timings: 12:30 pm onwards

Quiz Masters: Mukund Madhav, Eeshan Malhotra

Prizes: worth Rs 5K+

Open Sports Quiz

Timings: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Quiz Masters: Anand Sivashankar, Anannya Deb and Atul Mathew supported by the IIT research team of Rahul Gaur & Ishan Shrivastava

Cash Prizes: 1st prize - Rs 9K, 2nd prize - Rs 4.5K, 3rd prize - Rs 2.5K, 4th - 8th places - Rs 1000 each.

Open General Quiz

Timings: 4:15 pm to 7:45 pm

Quiz Masters: Sumant Srivathsan, Vibhendu Tewari and Rajiv Rai supported by the IIT research team of Ashwin Krishnan, Antariksh Bothale, Nidhi Shanbhag.

Cash Prizes: 1st prize - Rs 12K, 2nd prize - Rs 8K, 3rd prize - Rs 4K, 4th - 8th places - Rs 1000 each.

Prize for the best college team based on prelims scores.

Audience prizes through the day (worth Rs 5K).

Please note the following rules and regulations:

1) All participants are required to get a valid photo ID. In case of college students this should be a valid college ID card.

2) All quizzes for teams of 3.

3) Entry fee for open quizzes - Rs 150 per team. There is no registration fee payable by students. Spot registration.

4) No accommodation arrangement in IIT. The quiz timings do allow participants to come in by the first flight and leave by the last flight to most major cities in India.

You can contact Mukund Madhav (9930735131) from IITB for any clarifications.

Top flight quiz masters, top notch prize money (over Rs 70K in cash) and the scenic IIT Powai for setting. Can we ask for more? Yes, we need your enthusiastic participation to complement the event and make it an annual fixture.

Kala Ghoda Literature Quiz

Quizmaster(s): Sumant Srivathsan, Vibhendu Tewari,Anannya Deb

When: Sunday, February 13 · 5:00pm - 8:00pm

Where: BNHS auditorium,Kala Ghoda,Bombay, India

Teams of 2

More details on the FB page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144319408963213&index=1

2011 CEAT Open

The freshly minted Landmark Pune champion Rajiv Rai will ask questions from the 2011 CEAT Open. Rajiv has already conducted two great quizzes for us this year ( Kurukshetra and the Round Table Quiz) and this promises to be no different.

The details:

Quizmaster: Rajiv Rai

When: 2:55 PM, Sunday, 30th January, 2011 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W)

Directions: here

Bala

Bala kicks off the New Year with his first BQC quiz this Sunday. We have quite a few quizzes lined up over the next few weeks - Landmark Pune,The CEAT Open,Kala Ghoda Lit Fest, The BQC Open and The BQC Sports Quiz.

League standings here

The details for this Sunday's Quiz:

Quizmaster: Bala

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 16th January, 2011 (Please be there by 2:45 PM for team assignments)

Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W).

Directions: here