Friday, December 12, 2014

Asean Quiz



The penultimate quiz of 2014 will be brought from overseas. The BQC will host the IR round of the Asean Quiz championship which was held last month in Manila. The Questions having been contributed by over 40 quizmasters across the world and collated by BQC veteran Rajiv Rai, It has world class written all over it. 90 top questions to keep you interested on an on an otherwise event-less Sunday.
The quiz was meant for teams of 4, but we will employ our usual BQC quizsaathi algorithm, so all you need to do is just show up. For all those planning to resolve to attend quizzes from 2015, take a little head start, there’s no better quiz than this one for it.

Quizmaster: Various Artists
 When: 3 PM, Sunday, 20 September, 2009 (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). 

Friday, November 28, 2014

Sachin Deshpande

This Sunday, Sachin Deshpande will return to conduct a full-length quiz, following the excellent quiz he and Karthik hosted earlier this year. Given Sachin's tremendous performance at BQC quizzes so far, one can expect nothing less than an absolute treat. Also, since he is one of the quizmasters at the Mumbai Quiz Festival early next year, it may be a good idea to attend this quiz to deconstruct his style and push up for what it's worth.

Quizmaster: Sachin Deshpande   When: 3 PM, Sunday, 30th november 2014 (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).

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Jagdeep Kannarath

This Sunday, Jagdeep Kannarath takes centrestage at the BQC, with what is decidedly not a Geography Quiz. The quiz, set in collaboration with Sundesh Shetty who has now departed for the US, is a General Quiz with the world map as a backdrop. Teams have to choose a region on the map on their turn, and the questions they get will pertain to that region.
Jagdeep has always been an innovator, and one hopes that the in-PPT scoring system he has developed will also debut at the BQC with what will be his own debut as quizmaster. Either way, this quiz will certainly be worth missing some business quiz final in South Mumbai for.


Quizmaster: Jagdeep Kannarath When: 3 PM, Sunday, 23rd november 2014 (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). 

Saturday, November 01, 2014

Persiflage

Books will be the flavour of the day on November 4th. Sumant Srivathsan will host Persiflage, the annual KQA Books quiz composed by himself and Thejaswi Udupa. Being held in Mumbai for the first time, it will be a treat for all book fans, like it is every year. Don't miss it.
.Quizmaster: Sumant Srivathsan + Thejaswi Udupa   When: 3 PM, Sunday, 2nd november 2014 (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.

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Diwali Double

When a regular 2-day weekend has 1 quiz at Pinstorm, isn't it only natural that a 4-day weekend should have 2?
We start this Sunday with the Oasis Lone Wolf written quiz set by the English Language Activities Society of BITS Pilani - arguably the finest open quiz in the country set entirely by college students. Suvajit Chakraborty will be Proctor, and you will need to mail him with your name at chakrabortysuvajit@gmail.com should you want to participate, since he needs to get an idea of the number of photocopies of the questions to be made. Request you to mail him only if you are sure of attending, since absenteeism derails us from doing our bit to conserve the environment.
Once we cross the Oasis, deser...I mean, dessert will be served by Rajeev Chakravarthi. His short General Quiz will be the perfect way to top off the long weekend.
3 p.m. at Pinstorm then on Sunday, 26 October. For more details on the venue, please note the About section of the page.
On behalf of the Bombay Quiz Club, we wish you and your loved ones a very happy Diwali.

Quizmaster: BITS Pilani and Rajeev Chakravarthy   When: 3 PM, Sunday, 26th October. 2014 (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).

Friday, October 10, 2014

Kaushik Saha sports quiz

And right after the Mood Indigo Lone Wolf prelims, we have our regular Sunday session at Pinstorm. Kaushik Saha will re-run the India-themed Sports Quiz he and Titash Banerjea set for the India Quiz Festival organised during the Independence Day weekend in Kolkata.
For a change, therefore, the focus shall move from Narendra Modi to Narendra Hirwani and Syed Modi. Our quizmaster, however, shall be just as entertaining as ever, and if the reviews from Kolkata are any indication, folks in Mumbai are in for a treat.




Quizmaster: Kaushik Saha   When: 3 PM, Sunday, 12th October 2014 (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).

Thursday, September 11, 2014

VIkram Joshi + Souvik Basu

Vikram Joshi, arguably (and statistically too) the greatest written quizzer India has ever produced, now takes the quizmaster's chair with his own written quiz. This quiz was initially set for K-Circle in Hyderabad, and the plaudits received by the quiz there should be testimony to what's in store for us this Sunday.
Once Vikram gets done with World Quiz level stuff, it will be Souvik Basu's turn to bring us back to our country and our times. Souvik will re-run his India after Independence Quiz, originally set for the India Quiz Festival in Kolkata during the Independence Day weekend.
3 p.m. at Pinstorm, Santa Cruz (W) as always.

Quizmaster: Vikram Joshi & Souvik Basu  When: 3 PM, Sunday, 14 September, 2014 (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).

Tuesday, September 02, 2014

It started off as the TIMES quiz, he thought of calling it the SMITE quiz, but by popular demand, it is being called the ITEMS quiz. Aniket Khasgiwale has made a quiz on the Internet, Travel, Entertainment, Media and Science, and he will host it for the BQC on 7th September.
As usual, 3 PM at Pinstorm.

Quizmaster: Aniket Khasgiwale   When: 3 PM, Sunday, 7 September 2014 (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). 

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Literature Quiz

The Kala Ghoda Literature Quiz used to be a highlight of the BQC calender. But since the KGAF guys have moved on to more populist ventures, we have brought the Quiz indoors. With 2 veterans hosting it, it will be nothing short of exceptional. Even if Literature is not your thing, do come over as the Questions will appeal to the puritans and the general populace alike. Like co-QM Abhinav Dasgupta puts it,-  "there will be questions celebrating the fact that there is a little bit of Literature in everything, be it History, Geography, Science, Art, Entertainment, Food or even our favourite quizzing specialisation - Sports!"

Quizmaster: Abhinav Dasgupta and Rajeev Chakravarthy   When: 3 PM, Sunday, 24th August 2014 (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). 

We're back.

Apologies for the blog being dormant for a while. We are back in action now and Quiz updates will be posted regularly here. Please make sure you check he blog latest by Friday night for a Sunday Quiz.

The lust for knowledge is Gods gift to us. The BQC is our gift back to God.

Friday, May 02, 2014

MCBC Cup

We will have our MCBC Cup 2014 (Sports Quiz for Individuals ) on this Sunday on 04th May at Pinstorm (Santa Cruz West) at 11 am (not an usual 3 pm start).
Quiz Masters: Shubhankar "Tour De France" Gokhale and Anannya "East Bengal" Deb
The format of the quiz is as follows:
50 Questions spread out over 4 stages
Stage 1 "Qualifiers": 50 questions, written, open to all who land up and have a writing instrument with them; top 12 scores qualify for next stage, rest metamorphose into audience (or go off for lunch)
Stage 2 "Top 12": 40 questions, Written + IR, Bottom 4 drop out
Stage 3 "Top 8": 36 questions, IR + Lazy Pounce
Stage 4 "Voila Champs Elysee" : 24 questions, Mastermind format (specialised topics) + Pounce
Scores will carry forward to the next round. All questions carry 2 points. Part points will be at the discretion of the quiz master.

Prizes:
There are cash prizes for the top 4
Champion: Rs 750
Runner Up: Rs. 500
3rd & 4th place: Rs 250

Best Under-21 performer: Rs 250
- Subject to a minimum of 5 participants
- Age proof will be required
Please be there by 11 am as we plan to start the proceedings on time.

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

Friday, April 25, 2014

Rajeev Chakravarthy

Rajeev Chakravarthy will he hosting his much awaited (and delayed) quiz this Sunday at Pinstorm. Overseas quizzers who have seen the quiz have rated it very highly. No better way to warm up for Landmark Mumbai on May 1.

Quizmaster: Rajeev Chakravarthy When: 3 PM, Sunday, 20 September, 2009 (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.

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Quiz Announcement: MCBC Cup 2014 - May 4th 2014

After a successful inaugural edition which saw an international field with participants from Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Dubai, we announce the second edition of the MCBC Cup on the 4th of May 2014 at the usual BQC venue i,e. Pinstorm offices in Linking Road, Santa Cruz West at 11 AM

Authors
Shubhankar Gokhale and Anannya Deb

Defending Champion
Atul Mathew

What it is:
For those who came in late, this is a sports quiz for individuals (solo participants). It is open to all people - age no bar, gender no bar, caste no bar, political affiliations no bar, Sachin trolls no bar.

This year, the quiz will include special dedications to four legends who have retired from the sport / suffered a tragedy / left this world recently. 
- Sachin Tendulkar, Clarence Seedorf, Michael Schumacher and Eusebio

Format:
It is a long and grueling event running through 4 rounds of quizzing. There are 150 questions in total split up into four rounds
Round 1: Written Prelims (50 questions)
Round 2: Top 12 (40 questions)
Round 3: Top 8 (36 questions)
Round 4: Top 4 (24 questions)

Scores will carry forward to the next round. All questions carry 2 points. Part points will be at the discretion of the quiz master.

Prizes:
There are cash prizes for the top 4
Champion: Rs 750
Runner Up: Rs. 500
3rd & 4th place: Rs 250

Best Under-21 performer: Rs 250
- Subject to a minimum of 5 participants
- Age proof will be required

To register, log on to Facebook and join the event page

Next week, as we run up to the event, we shall be posting some sample questions. So do join the event guest list.

Copies of the quiz will be mailed to the BQC Paid Subscribers 1 week later. Please do not send me any requests for emailing the quiz. 

Start the push ups.

Quizmaster: Shubhankar Gokhale and Anannya Deb

 When: 11 AM, Sunday, 4th May 2014

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

Friday, April 18, 2014

KQA April General Quiz

We will be having imported quizzes at our BQC session this Sunday at Pinstorm. Vikram Joshi will be doing a re run of last weekend's KQA April General Quiz (set by Ashwin and Raju)

If time permits we will also do an additional history quiz from KQA (Set by Praveen).

Quizmaster:KQA (hosted by Vikram Joshi)   When: 3 PM, Sunday, 20th april 2014 (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). 

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Kaushik Saha

Sorry for the late update. To kick off the new season, kaushik Saha will be the quizmaster his Sunday at bqc. He has planned a long quiz and kept the flavour general. As a side dish, the winner is guaranteed a top spot (joint at least) at the top of the 2014 bqc league table.


Quizmaster: Kaushik Saha When: 3 PM, Sunday, 12 th April 2014 (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.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Shamika and Mario

As the Quizzical year is about to set and its patron saint Sri Sri Rajiv Rai about to leave for skyscrapery shores , the BQC will see two rising rising stars make their debut as QMs. MQF gen quiz finalist Shamika and the prodigal youngster Mario Fernando will host their first quiz this Sunday. Both of them have been consistently impressive all through the year and here's our chance to impress them. Don't miss it.


Quizmaster: Shamika and Mario  When: 3 PM, Sunday, 23rd March, 2014 (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). 

Wednesday, March 05, 2014

Women's day quiz

After the Irish Open this Sunday at 2 pm, our regular 3 pm session will be a special Womens Day quiz. The quizmaster will be VInoo Sanjay. This is what he says about the quiz.

"We have all wondered, for various reasons, about how to get more women into quizzing. This quiz will not solve that issue. What it will try to do, in honour of International Women's Day on March 8, is acknowledge the achievements of a few noteworthy women - some well-known and some not. Their achievements would be across various fields and roles, and almost always something other than 'just' being the mother, wife or daughter of somebody of the male gender. There will be 40 questions on this theme, with a set of 10 general questions separating the two halves."

The quiz will begin immediately after the Irish open concludes ~~3pm

Quizmaster: Vinoo Sanjay   When: 3 PM, Sunday, 9th March, 2014 (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). 

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Sandeep Mathias

After an exhilarating two days at MQF14, many of us quiz junkies need another fix of quizzing to keep away the withdrawal symptoms .
MQF Gen quiz finalist and rising quiz talent, Sandeep Mathias has just the remedy. He will debut as QM for BQC with a gen quiz to keep us all interested this Sunday 23rd Feb.


Quizmaster:Sandeep Mathias When: 3 PM, Sunday, 23rd Feb., 2014 (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). 

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Rajeev C and Deepanjan D

We meet this Sunday  for a couple of quizzes: 

First up - Veteran comeback kid Rajeev Chakravarthi conducts 30 questions (Flavour: General) at 3 pm 

Then we have Sports Gawd from the East Deepanjan Deb conducting a Sports quiz. This quiz will start immediately after Rajeev's set is done. 

Quizmaster: Rajeev Chakravarthy and Deepanjan Deb
When: 3 PM, Sunday, 2nd Feb 2014 (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). 

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Mumbai Quiz Festival 2014

The Mumbai Quiz Festival is no longer an idea, it is a franchise. That is to say, sequels will be churned out, year on year, and larger crowds will swell the ranks of the participants and audiences. Therefore, we present to you MQF 2014. The only difference from say, a Transformer franchise apart from the absence of Megan Fox will be the lack of blockbuster profits. 

The MQF is the most efficient and rewarding quiz festival in the country, and this year we will further up the game by shifting to a truly upmarket location - the Nehru Centre. It comes with efficient air-conditioning, aesthetics interiors, good lighting and excellent PR system - need I say more. 

2 days of non-stop quizzing - 6 quizzes in all. Open to all it promises to be a high quality, excellent quiz series with something for everyone.
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Day 1: 15/2/14 (Saturday)

10:00 a.m.
Quiz 1: Teams of 3: Khel Khel Mein - The Sports Quiz (A fun and engrossing ride through all things sport with Venkatraghavan Sahasranaman and Atul Mathew)

2:00 p.m.
Quiz 2: WRITTEN Teams of 2 : Name - Place - Animal - Thing. (An interesting new format created by Shubhankar Gokhale and Aditya Gadre)

3:30 p.m.
Quiz 3: Teams of 3: Bombay Sessions - The Entertainment Quiz (Literature, art, music and cinema come together in an AV heavy quiz by Anannya DebGovind Grewal, Nikhil Sonde and Aniket Khasgiwale)
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Day 2: 16/2/14 (Sunday)

10:00 a.m.
Quiz 1: Teams of 3: Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai - The India Quiz (Salute the Motherland by answering whatever Vibhendu Tewari, Amit Pandeya andBalakrishnan Satyam throw at you)

2:00 p.m.
Quiz 2: WRITTEN Teams of 2: English Vinglish (The etymology of all things Angrezi with Rajiv Rai and Pravin Varma)

3:30 p.m.
Quiz 3: Teams of 3: The General Quiz (The BQC Marquee event of the year - an interesting and challenging trip through anything under the Sun with Sumant SrivathsanAbhinav Dasgupta and Vikram Joshi)
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Excellent prize money as usual - as befits the financial powerhouse of India :-)

Save the dates right now - and plan ahead!

Thursday, January 09, 2014

New Year, old hand.

The Dadabhai Nowrojee of BQC, Balakrishnan Satyam, will kickoff the new year with his Quiz on Sunday. Having spent his salad days in 10th century Russia and having seen the Mongol invasion firsthand from a cliff, Bala has over 900 years of Quizzing experience, more than ample to prepare a very diverse quiz. And he makes them as perfect as they come. Get ready for a quiz better than any new year's party. (you might have to answer a little louder though, Bala suffered some hearing damage when he heard the Big Bang.)

Quizmaster: Balakrishnan Satyam

  When: 3 PM, Sunday, 12th 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). 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.