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.

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

https://www.facebook.com/events/1478839055662310/1485722298307319/

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).

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). 

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.