Ingit brings it.

2013 has been a Landmark year for the Bombay Quiz Club, on more ways than one. Early this year, we got registered as a society which has opened up the possibility for us to operate on a more substantial scale. Mid-year, the quintessential Mumbai team,  Nawabs of Mahabs (Rajiv, Vibhendu, Gopal) won the Mumbai Landmark Quiz and marched ahead to win the national finals as well.  Throughout the year, BQC quizzers performed well in national and international written quizzes, while Vikram Joshi consistently churned out world top-10 scores. The Mumbai Quiz Festival 2013 was the biggest so far and has set the precedent for even more grandeur at the MQF 2014. While it was unfortunate that some regular BQC members had to leave for other cities, it was very comforting to see a good number of newcomers quizzing at the club on a regular basis. All in all, a good year.

So hosting the last quiz of this bumper year, we have someone who has had a great year himself. Coming out of a 15 year long quizzing hiatus, Venkatraghavan Sahasranaman won his debut landmark quiz in Pune this year, triggering a return of sorts to regular quizzing. He continued to do well throughout the year at Quizzes across the country, along with QM'ing a few as well, one of which he will be presenting this Sunday. We hope to see everyone there for one last time in 2013 to wish the BQC even more renown, success and glory in the coming year.

Quizmaster:  Venkatraghavan Sahasranaman

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 22nd Decemner 2013 (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). 

British Open (saturday) + MahaQuizzer & Asiasweep (sunday)

This weekend, apologise to your family and friends as Saturday morning is the only time you will get to spend with them. Once you finish lunch on saturday, questions and quizzers will keep you company right until sunday evening. Kicking off the written quiz bonanza will be the British Open Quiz Grand Prix, a written quiz consisting of 240 questions divided into 6 categories

 Art & Culture (history, philosophy, mythology, religion, fine art etc.)

• Civilisation (human geography, cultures, technology, current affairs etc.)

• Entertainment (all musical genres, literature, TV, radio, films, stage, dance, etc.)

• Lifestyle (health & fitness, celebrities, food & drink, fashion, handicrafts etc.)

• Physical World (physical geography, science, nature, flora & fauna etc.)

• Sport & Games (includes hobbies & pastimes, but mainly Sport in all its guises)

The Quiz will begin at 4pm on Saturday, 7th December at the Barista cafe on SV road in Santacruz West. Click here for location. Please register for this quiz by sending a mail to mcschuzz@gmail.com. Registration is compulsary as we will have answer sheets for only those who have registered. Current list of registerees is  HERE.

On Sunday, we begin early with the  KQA Mahaquizzer solo quiz and move on to the Asiasweep Quiz for teams of 2. Both are written quizzes. More information is available HERE.

Quizmaster:
British open Quiz GP -  www.quizzing.co.uk (proctored by Shubhankar Gokhale)
Mahaquizzer and Asiasweep - KQA

When: 
British open Quiz GP - 4pm , Saturday, 7th December 2013
 MQ and Asiasweep - 10 am onwards.  Sunday, 8th December 2013

 Where: 
British open Quiz GP - Barista, SV road, (next to Yoko Sizzlers / Archies / Dynasty restaurant)         Santacruz West
MQ and Asiasweep - Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W). 

Quiz Dubai + Vikram Joshi

We'll be starting with a written quiz by Quiz Dubai on 24th November at 2pm followed by a long and comprehensive gen quiz with a bit of a travel bias by Vikram Joshi (i.e. myself).

For the written quiz please register https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16UN5DPQK5xRCA9toFe7MwiU1Ka3Ad4F6621MY-lb8No/viewform so that Vibhendu,our proctor,will know how many papers need to be printed.

Quizmaster: Quiz Dubai and Vikram Joshi  When: 3 PM, Sunday, 24th November 2013 (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). 

Devang Ghia and Sumeet Pai

Eras might end and gods might abdicate their ranks, but the Quiz must go on. We continue our "Every Sunday is a Quiz Sunday"  affair this week as well. BQC old hands Devang Ghia and Sumeet Pai will be co-quizmastering the session. They will be having a huge variety of topics to offer so there is no better way to spend your Sunday afternoon. There's nothing on TV anymore anyway.

 Quizmaster: Devang Ghia and Sumeet Pai When: 3 PM, Sunday, 17th November 2013 (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). 

The Big Q

The written Quiz organised by the guys at SEQC, Goa will be held in Mumbai this Sunday. 120 Questions will have to be answered in 90 minutes. Registration is compulsory as we will be having limited answer sheets. Please register HERE. More information about the quiz at  http://seqc.blogspot.in/2013/11/big-q-2013.html

(Also, please don't register in case you are iffy about showing up, we've experienced a lot of paper wastage in the recent written quizzes due to no-shows)


Quizmaster: SEQC, Goa (proctored by Abhinav Dasgupta)

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 10th November 2013 (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).

Kaikku? Aisich.

We will be doing a rerun of a few quizzes which were conducted at Kaikuu, the debut Quizfest of the gang at K-Circle at Hyderabad. While all the quizzes at the fest received rave reviews (the ravest being for the one where the Quizmaster danced on stage), time constraints will limit us to only a couple of quizzes. We'll begin with one of the best Quizzes of the fest, the AV quiz. Visual heavy and loaded with nice fundae. If that wraps up in time, the K-Circle Open will also be conducted. Aapla mulga Vikram Joshi will be hosting. Two cracker quizzes to kickstart your Diwali.


Quizmaster: K-Circle (hosted by Vikram Joshi)  When: 3 PM, Sunday, 3rd November 2013 (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). 

Anannya Deb + Name Place Animal Thing

BQC legend and Crown Prince of Bangladesh Anannya Deb will present an innovative "History of Ideas" Quiz this sunday. The quiz will be of a relatively general flavour, but with a twist. Following it will be a Name Place Animal Thing Quiz done by Aditya Gadre and Shubhankar Gokhale, another general quiz, but an evolved version of a favourite inter-class activity in schools.


Quizmaster: Anannya Deb, Aditya Gadre, Shubhankar Gokhale

 When: 3 PM, Sunday, 27th October, 2013  (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). 

Rajeev Chakravarthy + Oasis written quiz

Everyone turns like a dog's ear to a whistle when the name Rajeev is mentioned at the BQC. The saint however, will only be answering questions asked by his "studmaxx" namesake Rajeev Chakravarthy. We will complete a double header of double headers, when Rajeev will debut as QM this Sunday at the Bombay Quiz Club. Rajeev's quiz has been eagerly awaited  by everyone and is sure to be a cracker.

Preceding Rajeevs's Quiz, the BQC will be hosting the Bombay leg of the Qasis written quiz, conducted by the Quiz club of BITS, Pilani. 90 questions will have to be answered in 2 hours. Please register HERE for the quiz, as we will be having limited answer sheets. Please get a pen along.


Quizmaster: BITS Pilani Quiz Club + Rajeev Chakravarthy

 When: 2 PM ( Oasis Written Quiz), 4 PM (Rajeev's Quiz), Sunday, 20th October, 2013

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

Samrat Sengupta + German Open

Pune quizzing veteran Samrat Sengupta will be the Quizmaster this Sunday. This will be Samrats second quiz this year and promises to be even better than his quiz last year.

Before the Quiz starts, we will be having a re-run of the German Open written quiz, for those who missed it last weekend. Please check the previous blogpost for details.


Quizmaster:Samrat Sengupta (Preceded by the German open writtten quiz)

When: 3.30 PM, Sunday, 13th October 2013, (German open begins at 2 PM)

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

Ich bin ein Quizzer.

The BQC will hold the first ever German open Quiz on Saturday, 5th October  ( http://www.quizverein.de/german-open-english.html) at our usual venue. Pravin Varma will be proctoring. It will be a solo written Quiz consisting of 240 questions in six categories (Art and Culture; Civilisation; Entertainment; Lifestyle; Physical World; Sport and Leisure). Please get a pen along.Also, you have to have registered for the quiz, as we will be having limited number of answer sheets. In case you have not registered, please drop a mail to (pravin.varma@gmail.com).

Quizmaster:  http://www.quizverein.de/german-open-english.html 

When: 3 PM, Saturday 5th October 2013. (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.

New kid on the blog

We will see our third debut Quizmaster in as many Sundays, when the BQC's newest entrant Aushim Gupta takes the QM's chair this Sunday. The young QM bringing a General Quiz  with a slight bend towards Sports and Pop culture. We expect a good crowd to come see this surprise package.

  Quizmaster: Aushim Gupta

   When: 3 PM, Sunday, 22 September, 2013 (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). 

Nikhil Sunday

Nikhil Sonde has had a dream debut at the BQC, and is currently the leader of the league table. This Sunday however, others will have a chance to catch up to him as he debuts as the Quizmaster.  


Quizmaster: Nikhil Sonde   When: 3 PM, Sunday, 15 September, 2013 (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



  

BV Harish Kumar

One of the most respected Pune quizzers, BV Harish Kumar, is the visiting faculty this Sunday at BQC. In a quizgawd exchange program of sorts, his quiz happens right after Mumbai doyen Anannya Deb held a quiz in Pune last weekend.

Harish runs a very popular book sharing startup, www.tenderleaves.com

Quizmaster: BV Harish Kumar When: 3 PM, Sunday, 1st September 2013 (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.

Vinoo Sanjay

Written quiz gawd and in-general super quizzer Vinoo Sanjay will be conducting his first quiz at the BQC this weekend. 

Quizmaster: Vinoo Sanjay When: 3 PM, Sunday, 18th August 2013 (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: 

Original's in

This Sunday, Abhinav Dasgupta plays QM, presenting a quiz on the origins of words, songs, names and everything else. Do not miss it.

Quizmaster: Abhinav Dasgupta When: 3 PM, Sunday, 12th August 2013 (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). 

Of degrees, radians and grads

Bangalore - Chennai quizzer Rajagopal P.S. (More popularly known as IRCTC Raju) will be conducting 2 (yes two!) very interesting quizzes this weekend. We will be doing a re-run of some of the quizzes at QFIesta - the ScEnt (i.e. Science and Entertainment, not joking, really) Quiz and the Audio Visual Quiz. (please note the change in time)

Quizmaster: Rajagopal PS

 When: 2 PM, Sunday, 28th July 2013 (NOTE: We are meeting at 2pm and NOT 3pm this weekend. Please show up somewhat on time - we have a LOT of questions to run. )

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

Sporty Spice.

For the first time in years, this Sundays session will be a Sports Quiz hosted by Delhi quizzer Shounak Purkayasta. A hardcore sports quiz which will also see us trying out the new Jeopardy format of passing and scoring. To find out more, make sure you reach by kickoff time.
(cycling fans need not worry as the Champs-Elysee's stage is a dusk finish in Paris and will be telecast at 9 pm)

Quizmaster: Shounak Purkayasta

 When: 3 PM, Sunday, 21st Jul 2013 (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). 

A Quiz nobody expected.

The Holy quiz this holy Sunday will be one set by Pune expat Aditya Gadre, which he ran last month at the BCQC and received a lot of holy praise for it. You can surely expect an interesting Sunday afternoon.


Holy Quizmaster: Aditya Gadre
Holy asker of questions: Abhinav Dasgupta

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 7th July 2013 (And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou wake up by noon on a Sunday. Then, shalt thou reach the venue at three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the time thou shalt reach, and the time of the reaching shall be three. At Four shalt thou not reach, neither shalt reach thou at two, excepting that thou then proceed to wait till three. Five is right out. Once at  three, being the third hour to be reached, then, thou shalt Quiz."

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

Mostly reign, with a chance of heil.

In the last few months, Vikram Joshi has become the hottest topic of discussion in pubs and cafes across Europe with top 10 finishes in the WQC and the Norwegian quiz. This Sunday however, BQC will finally see a different Sunday champion, as Vik is taking the QM's seat. He is doing a rerun of the quiz he did last week in Hyderabad, which was very well received and reviewed.


Quizmaster: VIkram Joshi

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 23rd june 2013 (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). 

No school like old school

After complaints that the recent string of written quizzes were giving an MBA entrance exam feel, we are back to old fashioned quizzing, with biz-gawd veteran Pravin Verma taking the QM's seat this Sunday.  If this one is even close to how good and prolific Pravin's quiz was last year, we should be in for a super Sunday afternoon.


Quizmaster:  Pravin Verma

When: 3 PM, Sunday, 9 June 2013 (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). 

World Quizzing Championship 2013

One of the most liked written quizzes of the year is happening this Saturday.  BQC will host the Bombay leg of the 2013 World Quizzing Championship on 1st June at 4 pm at our usual venue Pinstorm.

As usual, it will be a 240 question written quiz, divided into 8 sections of 30 questions each. A participant's score will be the sum of his/her best 7 sectional scores.

Pre registration is compulsory as we will have limited answer sheets. On the spot participation will be allowed only if any of the registered participants pull off a no-show. But taking that risk is stupid. Really very stupid. Please register HERE.

Once again, please note that the Quiz is on Saturday, 1st June at 4 pm. Please get a writing instrument along. Don't go around begging for an extra pen. That's just stupid.


Quizmaster: http://www.worldquizzingchampionships.com/

  When: 4 pm, Saturday, 1st June, 2013 (Please be there by 3:45 PM )

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

MahaQuizzer 2013

The BQC will host MahaQuizzer 2013, the ninth edition on Sunday 26th May 2013. The quiz will be held simultaneously in Mumbai and 12 other cities. The venue will be the Lecture Hall Complex at IIT Bombay in Powai.

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

Please note that all participants will have to carry a valid Photo ID in order to enter the IIT Bombay premises. (Driving license, pan card, voter card, aadhar -  any one of these should suffice)

For more info,  visit http://kqaquizzes.org/mahaquizzer/

Quizmaster: Karnataka Quizzing Association

When:10 AM, Sunday, 26th May, 2013 (Please be there by 9.30 AM for ease of coordinatin)

Where: LHC, IIT Bombay, Powai,

Location on Google maps

Bollywood Ka Boss

Vibhendu Tewari is always the last word when it comes to Indian Cinema. Youve seen him answer AV questions without looking at the AV. You've seen him point out mistakes in a question, and still answering it better than the actual answer slide. He wont get a chance to do all that this Sunday, because the master turns Quiz-master for a 100 question Quiz he has set as a tribute to Indian cinema completing 100 years.

It will be a written quiz with all dry (no AV) questions, to be completed in 2 hours. In order to print enough answer sheets, we require contestants to register for the quiz soon. Please register HERE. Registration is free.

Quizmaster: VIbhendu Tewari
 When: 3 PM, Sunday, 30th May 2013 (Please be there by 2:45 PM)
  Where: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W). 

MCBC Cup Review

The First MCBC Cup saw a bounty of sports gawds descend to the venue, very early in the morning for a four hour sports feast. An idea borrowed form the BC Cup had a good first run, with the general review for the quiz being -  good coverage of fundaes, but very tough.

QMs - Anannya Deb and Shubhankar Gokhale

Prelims - 30 Question written prelims.
The top 12 were to be chosen from the prelims for the QuarterFinals. Pradeep Ramarathnam topped a low scoring prelim with 17. The other qualifiers were Rohit Suresh, Aditya Gadre, Aniket Khasgiwale, Atul Mathew, Atul Nath, Sumant Srivathsan, Ramkey V, Venkatraghavan S and Anand Sivashankar. Suraj Menon took the Final spot with 12.

Quarter Finals - The Quarter Final started slowly but everyone picked up speed in the second half of the 36 Questions. The top 6 to qualify for the next round were Rohit, Aditya, Atul Mathew, Suraj Menon, Venkatraghavan S, Ramkey V. Suraj top scored with 6 points. ADitya and Anand were tied on scores, but Aditya qualified by Virtue of a higher prelims score.

Semi final - The 6 contestants carried their scores from the QF, for an 18 Question IR round. While everyone scored at a decent pace, Atul Mathew shifted a gear and ended te round with 14 points, while the others played around 9s and 10s. Aditya, Ramkey and Venkatraghavan qualified with Atul to the Final.

Final - In a 12 question tough final, each contestant was asked to choose a topic on which he was asked 3 questions, with pouncing allowed for the other contestants. While everyone cracked good answers, Atuls lead from the semis allowed him to take it easy and win with 16 points, keeping the home flag flying. Aditya and Ramkey were tied at 12, but they decided to ditch the tie breaker and split the prize.

MCBC cup 2013 winner - Atul Mathew

Reviews from Contestants

Atul Mathew (winner)
+ves - Good mix of sports. 
+ve- V.competitive field. Keep this on May 1st going ahead.
-ves Somequestions had no clear fundas or left the the audience scratching their head figuring out the quizworthyness of the answer -who cares if someone is from the tropics for instance?

Aditya Gadre (finalist)
Overall very studly quiz.
+ves: Superb range of questions both in terms of sports covered as well as geographies etc.Very educating , almost no fundaes I had heard beforeExcellent use of AV

-ves: Questions with answers like "tropical countries" have no place in a sports quiz. Pounce in QFs would have made it fairer (It also means I probably would not have qualified  )

Serial Quizzer

 KBC star Syed Mustafa Hashmi did a Quiz at K-Circle last month, which was very well received.
He's shared the quiz with us and it will be the program at BQC this Sunday. The colourful Vikram Joshi will ask the questions.

Please note that the Quiz is at 10.30 am, not at our usual 3 PM.


Quizmaster: Syed Mustafa Hashmi

When: 10.30 AM, Sunday, 6th May (Please be there by 10.15 AM for team assignments)

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

Varsh nava, Harsh nava, Quizzing utkarsh nava.

The Spandan Foundation of Mumbai, will be organising a book fair to mark the Bengali new year (Pohela Boishakh) and they have planned a School quiz and an Open General Quiz as one of the marquee events of the fair. Both of these quizzes will be conducted by the Bombay Quiz club.The School quiz is aimed towards giving school children a taste of open competitive quizzing. The questions have been set by experienced Quizmasters and promises to be an enriching experience to all those who attend.

The Open General quiz  is open to everyone and while it will be a treat for those who have quizzed before, it is an ideal platform for the uninitiated to come and experience what quizzing is all about.

Both Quizzes will have a Prelims + Finals format. Teams of 2 for both quizzes.

Quizmaster: Bombay Quiz Club

  When: School Quiz -  4 PM, Friday, 19th April, 2013.
              Corporate quiz, 4PM, Saturday, 20th April, 2013.
              Please be there by 3.45 for registrations

 Where: Hiranandani Foundation School, Hiranandani Gardens, Powai, Mumbai

 Location on Google Maps. - https://maps.google.co.in/maps?ie=UTF8&cid=9802466981928128684&q=Hiranandani+Foundation+School&iwloc=A&gl=IN&hl=en

Norwegian Open

Like every year, the pilot quiz of BQC season 8 will be the Norwegian open quiz, organised by the guys at Norges Quizforbund and hosted by the BQC in Mumbai. The first points for the BQC championship (also known as "the race for second place") will be up for grabs this Saturday. Oslo, this quiz is  held almost simultaneously all around the globe so you get to pit your wits against people worldwide. The timing couldn't be better, the Europeans wont venture out in knee deep snow for a quiz, so make sure you don't miss it.

Since it is a written quiz, we will need to know the number of attendees beforehand in order to print answer sheets. Please register here. Only registered participants, and maybe a handful others, will be allowed to attempt the quiz. But don't risk it, register, its free.

Please bring a pen/pencil along.  

Quizmaster: Norges Quizforbund (Mumbai proctor Sumant Srivathsan)

When: 3 PM, Saturday, 6th April, 2013 (Please be there by 2:45 pm.

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

  

India Quiz

Navin Rajarams annual India Quiz, "Cannabis Indica" will be conducted at the BQC this Sunday.
It was conducted in Bangalore recently where it was very well received and appreciated, for being very

informative about India  both for the regular quizzer and for the newbie who has just come to learn more. 

Quizmaster: Navin Rajaram (Questions asked by Vikram Joshi)

   When: 3 PM, Sunday,24th March 2013 (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.

Kurukshetra for Kurukshetra

The BQC open set the juggernaut rolling and we can't seem to stop. Tomorrow will see the third quizzing session in as many Sundays.

Rajiv Rai will conduct the Kurukshetra Open quiz, which has been set by ace quizmasters including himself, Movin Miranda and Gopal Kidao, and has been labelled as one of the best quizzes in the country. So good, that we had to announce the quiz late in order to keep the turnout in check.

Saint Rajiv is already this season's champ, and in what might be the last quiz of the season (or maybe not), he does not want to miss the opportunity to see his flock fight for the remaining points.
The quiz will be followed by a glorification ceremony for Rajiv at the nearby Barista.




Quizmaster: Rajiv Rai  When: 3 PM, Sunday, 18th March,  2013 (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

Open abhi baaki hai mere dost.

One of the marvels of quizzing is that it can never get exhausted.

The third BQC open last weekend was a roaring success which saw over 200 people take part in 6 quizzes, all of which lived up to their billing. As is true with all quizzes, all questions were carefully chosen from a huge question bank. But since we had to fit 6 quizzes in two days, time was of the essence more than it was for Phileas Fogg, and the QMs couldnt fit all their questions into their quizzes. With so many QMs and so many questions, we've decided to make a quiz out of all the leftover questions.

Seriously, the marvels of quizzing.

Quizmaster:  Various Artists

 When: 3 PM, Sunday, 10th March 2013, 3 pm (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 Open Quizzes 2013 Are Coming!

And with that Paul Revere-esque opening, we'd like to invite you to attend our third annual weekend of competitive quizzing in this tiny western outpost of the country.

We're hosting six quizzes over two days (2-3 March, 2013), and we'd like to have as many people over as we possibly can. Last year, we had a most wonderful turnout, and we're hoping to top that this year.

Not only have we scheduled the events so that locals and visitors from out of town can make it to the events and back comfortably, we've also put together a wide range of topics for our quizzes, and INR 60,000 in prize money.

Schedule, venue and other fun details of the event below:

The Venue: Bhagini Samaj Hall, Road No. 3, Hindu Colony, Dadar (E), Mumbai - 400014.

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Day 1 - Saturday, 2 March 2013

• The Sports Quiz
• Teams of 3 or fewer
• Start Time: 1030 hrs
• Quizmasters: Atul Mathew and Srinath TB

• The Bombay Quiz (Written)
• Teams of 3 or fewer
• Start Time: 1430 hrs
• Quizmaster: Shubhankar Gokhale

• The Movies Quiz
• Teams of 3 or fewer
• Start Time: 1600 hrs
• Quizmasters: Abhinav Dasgupta and Vibhendu Tewari

Day 2 - Sunday, 3 March 2013

• The Literature Quiz
• Teams of 3 or fewer
• Start Time: 0930 hrs
• Quizmasters: Anannya Deb, Sumant Srivathsan and Vibhendu Tewari

• The Roti Kapda Makan Quiz (Food, Fashion and Literature - Written)
• Teams of 3 or fewer
• Start Time: 1330 hrs
• Quizmasters: Amit Pandeya, Govind Grewal and Vikram Joshi

• The Bombay Open Quiz
• Teams of 3 or fewer
• Start Time: 1500 hrs
• Quizmasters: Aditya Gadre, Rajiv Rai and Sumant Srivathsan

Entry Fee: INR 150 per team per quiz. All-student (college/school) teams quiz free.

We will update the break-up of the prize money shortly. Meanwhile, book your tickets, clear your calendars, and inform the folks at home. And your friends too, if they'd like to join us as well. 

2013 CEAT Open

The Mumbai teams performed well at the CEAT Open last week with the Travelling Pillsburys (Vibhendu,Sumant,Srinath TB) finishing 3rd and Vikram Joshi qualifying for the Final.

We'll have a re-run this Sunday with Rajiv Rai as our QM. This is usually the best quiz of the year so I expect to see a good turnout.

Quizmaster: Rajiv Rai (Research by Team Quizician)
 When: 3 PM, Sunday, 3rd February, 2013 (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). 

Breaking (Priyam)Bad

 We kick off 2013 with a quiz by Priyambad,who will do a re-run of a quiz he did in Bhubaneshwar  last year. He's set some wonderful quizzes in the past (GREENKO) so this should be fun.


Quizmaster: Priyambad Pattanayak
When: 3 PM, Sunday,13th January 2013 (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).