The folks at the Celebrate Bandra Festival asked us to put together a quiz for this year's edition. Details below - and cash prizes are there. I'm not sure how much, but it should be worth the early escape from work. The quiz, that is. We all know real quizzers don't get rich. ;-)
Quizmaster: Sumant Srivathsan
Research: Anannya Deb, Amit Pandeya and others. :)
When: 4:30 PM, Saturday, 28 September, 2009
Where: Crossword Bookstore, Linking Road, Bandra
Teams: Two or fewer members, no bars of any kind. Until after the quiz.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Monkee Business
Atulya Bharadwaj will do his quiz this Sunday, as we get into the thick of quizzing season. We will start an hour later than usual (see the new time below) as many of the regulars will be in South Bombay attending Dhananjay Shettigar's JBIMS Quiz. Dhananjay tells me that he will finish by 2 PM, which should give us all adequate time to get back to Santacruz for our regular season. For those who plan to be in Bangalore for the next season of the Landmark Quiz, this should be a great chance to sharpen your skills.
Quizmaster: Atulya 'Monkee' Bharadwaj
When: 4 PM, Sunday, 25 October, 2009 (Please be there by 3:45 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.
Quizmaster: Atulya 'Monkee' Bharadwaj
When: 4 PM, Sunday, 25 October, 2009 (Please be there by 3:45 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 07, 2009
And Finally, We Present...
Atul Mathew and Pradeep Ramarathnam have been promising their quiz for ages now, and after much postponements and emergency quiz schedules, we now get to actually have this urban legend quiz. This is Chakravyuh weekend in Pune, but we hope that you'll all be back after Saturday's Open Quiz to attend this one. After all, this is the BQC, and we're just better.
Quizmasters: Pradeep Ramarathnam and Atul Mathew
When: 3 PM, Sunday, 11 October, 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.
Quizmasters: Pradeep Ramarathnam and Atul Mathew
When: 3 PM, Sunday, 11 October, 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.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Yokozuna
Once upon a time, a fellow quizzer and I shared a desk in school. Since then, we have both grown large enough to no longer fit in such a desk. But Bombay is a big city, and it can accommodate many such large types. Sumo hosts his first BQC session on Sunday, and as always, it should be a cracker.
Quizmaster: Rajen 'Sumo' Prabhu
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.
Quizmaster: Rajen 'Sumo' Prabhu
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, September 06, 2009
The Results So Far - Part 2 of 2
The rest of the results from this season. Regular service will continue with Amit on Janardhan's quiz.
QM: Anannya Deb
First
Anand Sivashankar
Balakrishnan S.
Rajen Prabhu
Second
Pravin
Srinath Narayan
Sumant Srivathsan
Third
Akanksha Mohan
Janardhan R.
Rajiv Rai
QM: Ajith Prabhakar
First
Kritika B.
Nandan Krishnaswamy
Rajiv Rai
Souvik Basu
Second (Tie)
Anand Sivashankar
Atulya Bharadwaj
Dipankar Goswami
Vibhendu Tewari
Amit Pandeya
Arvind Krishnaswamy
Gautam Chaturvedi
Sandip Sen
QM: Sarat Rao/Vibhendu Tewari
First
Abid EH
Atulya Bharadwaj
Bikash Mohapatra
Second
Ameya Samant
Mayuresh Madbhavi
Sritanu Chakraborty
Sumant Srivathsan
Third
Dipankar Goswami
Pradeep Ramarathnam
Prasann Potdar
Srinath Narayan
QM: Ameya Samant/Sumant Srivathsan (QFI Open)
First
Anand Sivashankar
Dharmendra
Pradeep Ramarathnam
Second
Ameya Samant
Bikash Mohapatra
Sarat Rao
Sumant Srivathsan
Third
Anannya Deb
Mayuresh Madbhavi
Srinath Narayan
Tanul Mishra
QM: Anannya Deb
First
Anand Sivashankar
Balakrishnan S.
Rajen Prabhu
Second
Pravin
Srinath Narayan
Sumant Srivathsan
Third
Akanksha Mohan
Janardhan R.
Rajiv Rai
QM: Ajith Prabhakar
First
Kritika B.
Nandan Krishnaswamy
Rajiv Rai
Souvik Basu
Second (Tie)
Anand Sivashankar
Atulya Bharadwaj
Dipankar Goswami
Vibhendu Tewari
Amit Pandeya
Arvind Krishnaswamy
Gautam Chaturvedi
Sandip Sen
QM: Sarat Rao/Vibhendu Tewari
First
Abid EH
Atulya Bharadwaj
Bikash Mohapatra
Second
Ameya Samant
Mayuresh Madbhavi
Sritanu Chakraborty
Sumant Srivathsan
Third
Dipankar Goswami
Pradeep Ramarathnam
Prasann Potdar
Srinath Narayan
QM: Ameya Samant/Sumant Srivathsan (QFI Open)
First
Anand Sivashankar
Dharmendra
Pradeep Ramarathnam
Second
Ameya Samant
Bikash Mohapatra
Sarat Rao
Sumant Srivathsan
Third
Anannya Deb
Mayuresh Madbhavi
Srinath Narayan
Tanul Mishra
The Results So Far - Part 1 of 2
I've been way behind in doing this, but here are the point-scorers in each of the quizzes so far since May.
QM: Vijay Shankar/Amit Pandeya
First
Sumant Srivathsan
Sumit Roy
Vibhendu Tewari
Second
Anannya Deb
Kaustuv Gupta
Pradeep Ramarathnam
Third
Atul Mathew
Bikash Mohapatra
Srinath Narayan
QM: Govind Grewal
First
Abhik Ghosh
Anannya Deb
Diwakar Pingle
Shiv Anant Tayal
Second
Ajith Prabhakar
Amit Pandeya
Devang Ghia
Francis Rodrigues
Vijay Shankar
Third
Ameya Samant
Dipankar Goswami
Janardhan R.
Mukund Sridhar
Sumit Roy
QM: Mukund Sridhar
First
Anand Sivashankar
Jitaditya Narzari
Mehar Sridhar
Roshith Mohan
Sumant Srivathsan
Second
Anannya Deb
Atulya Bharadwaj
Sarat Rao
Vishwesh Ramnath
Third
Ajith Prabhakar
Atul Mathew
Shruthi Ravi
Vikas Sahu
QM: Mahesh Murthy
First
Ajith Prabhakar
Rajiv Rai
Sumit Roy
Vibhendu Tewari
Second
Dipankar Goswami
Jay Menon
Mukund Sridhar
Souvik Basu
Third
The scoresheet is missing, so we don't know who came third. If you know, please tell us and we'll update the sheet.
QM: Vijay Shankar/Amit Pandeya
First
Sumant Srivathsan
Sumit Roy
Vibhendu Tewari
Second
Anannya Deb
Kaustuv Gupta
Pradeep Ramarathnam
Third
Atul Mathew
Bikash Mohapatra
Srinath Narayan
QM: Govind Grewal
First
Abhik Ghosh
Anannya Deb
Diwakar Pingle
Shiv Anant Tayal
Second
Ajith Prabhakar
Amit Pandeya
Devang Ghia
Francis Rodrigues
Vijay Shankar
Third
Ameya Samant
Dipankar Goswami
Janardhan R.
Mukund Sridhar
Sumit Roy
QM: Mukund Sridhar
First
Anand Sivashankar
Jitaditya Narzari
Mehar Sridhar
Roshith Mohan
Sumant Srivathsan
Second
Anannya Deb
Atulya Bharadwaj
Sarat Rao
Vishwesh Ramnath
Third
Ajith Prabhakar
Atul Mathew
Shruthi Ravi
Vikas Sahu
QM: Mahesh Murthy
First
Ajith Prabhakar
Rajiv Rai
Sumit Roy
Vibhendu Tewari
Second
Dipankar Goswami
Jay Menon
Mukund Sridhar
Souvik Basu
Third
The scoresheet is missing, so we don't know who came third. If you know, please tell us and we'll update the sheet.
Friday, September 04, 2009
Emergency Measures Quiz This Sunday
Atul Mathew and Pradeep Ramarathnam were supposed to give us a full quiz this Sunday. However, due to a variety of reasons (which can be approximated to them being lazy gits, if one is so inclined :)), they won't be able to do the quiz they'd originally planned. So Atul will share with us questions from a recent BCQC session. As always, the dirty details:
Quizmaster: Atul Mathew (with a little help from our friends in Pune)
When: 3 PM, Sunday, 6 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.
Quizmaster: Atul Mathew (with a little help from our friends in Pune)
When: 3 PM, Sunday, 6 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.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
This Sunday's BQC Session
Janardhan R. will host his first quiz for the BQC this Sunday. It should be fun - and hopefully we'll see a lot more first-time QMs at the BQC in subsequent sessions.
QM: Janardhan R.
Time: 3 pm, Sunday, August 23, 2009 (Please be there by 2:45 pm.)
Venue: 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.
QM: Janardhan R.
Time: 3 pm, Sunday, August 23, 2009 (Please be there by 2:45 pm.)
Venue: 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.
Thursday, August 06, 2009
The Talented Mr. Deb
The monsoon might have been a bit of a damp squib this year, but the BQC has been quite a bit of fun so far. More fun and games this Sunday, courtesy of Anannya Deb, who puts his leaderboard position on the line and becomes QM for the afternoon. If his last quiz was any indication, this one should be a doozy. Be there, it's not like you'd rather be doing something else.
QM: Anannya Deb
Time: 3 pm, Sunday, August 9, 2009 (Please be there by 2:45 pm.)
Venue: 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.
QM: Anannya Deb
Time: 3 pm, Sunday, August 9, 2009 (Please be there by 2:45 pm.)
Venue: 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.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
The Prodigal Returns
Ajith Prabhakar sent us all a nice email saying goodbye to the BQC, apparently for something better in Trivandrum. Clearly he left something behind, because he's in town this weekend, and asking questions. We'll call it the Ajith Prabhakar Farewell Special, and buy him beer afterwards.
You should join us - for both quiz and beer.
QM: Ajith Prabhakar
Time: 3 pm, Sunday, July 26, 2009 (Please be there by 2:45 pm.)
Venue: 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.
You should join us - for both quiz and beer.
QM: Ajith Prabhakar
Time: 3 pm, Sunday, July 26, 2009 (Please be there by 2:45 pm.)
Venue: 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, July 08, 2009
Any Given Sunday
That's usually when quizzers are free to do what they do best. This weekend being one such, the Bombay Quiz Club gets its motor running. Vibhendu Tewari and Sarat Rao will be our driver and tour guide respectively. I'm sure Sarat would like to drive, but given his vision, Stevie Wonder is probably going to be his navigator. It should be a fun ride. You should come along.
QM: Vibhendu Tewari and Sarat Rao
Time: 3 pm, Sunday, July 12, 2009 (Please be there by 2:45 pm.)
Venue: 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.
QM: Vibhendu Tewari and Sarat Rao
Time: 3 pm, Sunday, July 12, 2009 (Please be there by 2:45 pm.)
Venue: 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.
Friday, June 12, 2009
This Sunday, At Pinstorm...
The BQC Season Four rolls right along, with Vijay Shankar at the helm. He promises a fun quiz for one and all, and the winners might be able to gain enough experience points to buy the Armour of Invulnerability. No wait, wrong game. This one's a quiz, folks. I promise.
The details are below.
QM: Vijay Shankar
Time: 3 pm, Sunday, June 14, 2009 (Please be there by 2:40 pm.)
Venue: 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 details are below.
QM: Vijay Shankar
Time: 3 pm, Sunday, June 14, 2009 (Please be there by 2:40 pm.)
Venue: 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.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
A Long Weekend Of Quizzing
A fantastic weekend of quizzing lies ahead for Mumbai quizzers, as the Landmark Quiz this Friday is followed by a BQC quiz on Sunday. Details:
The Landmark Quiz, Mumbai
QM: Navin Jayakumar
Time: 2.30 pm, Friday, May 1, 2009 (Please register in advance at Landmark Bookstore.)
Venue: St Andrew's Auditorium, Bandra.
Prizes: Hazaar Landmark coupons.
BQC Quiz 3, Season 4
QM: Mahesh Murthy
Time: 3 pm, Sunday, May 3, 2009 (Please be there by 2:45 pm.)
Venue: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W).
Do note that the Landmark Quiz will also count for points on the BQC's League Table.
The Landmark Quiz, Mumbai
QM: Navin Jayakumar
Time: 2.30 pm, Friday, May 1, 2009 (Please register in advance at Landmark Bookstore.)
Venue: St Andrew's Auditorium, Bandra.
Prizes: Hazaar Landmark coupons.
BQC Quiz 3, Season 4
QM: Mahesh Murthy
Time: 3 pm, Sunday, May 3, 2009 (Please be there by 2:45 pm.)
Venue: 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.
Do note that the Landmark Quiz will also count for points on the BQC's League Table.
It's All Happening Here
If Tony Greig was doing commentary on the BQC, he would not find it necessary to manufacture excitement: it really has all been happening here at the BQC. The first two quizzes of Season 4 were action packed events, though we will not report the bloodshed here, and there will be no pictures of the carnage. This is a family blog.
The results:
Quiz 1, April 12, conducted by Rajiv Rai
1st (163 points) Vibhendu Tiwari, Anannya Deb, Ameya Samant, Janardhan R, Akshat Trivedi
Tied 2nd-3rd (141) Atul Mathew, Sumit Roy, Govind Grewal, Bikash Mohapatra
Tied 2nd-3rd (141) Rohit Ajitkumar, Shiv Anant Tayal, Hanisha Vaswani, Jitaditya Narzari, Nandan Krishnaswamy
4th (139.5) Sumant Srivathsan, Devang Ghia, Souvik Basu, Siddharth Sinha Ray
5th (137) Amit Varma, Sai Ganesh, Dhananjay Shettigar, Srikant Narasimhan, Nrupal Chowdhary
6th (117.5) Diwakar Pingle, Sandip Sen, Ajith Prabhakar, Arvind Krishnaswamy, Amlesh Mishra
7th (116.5) Pradeep Ramarathnam, Amit Pandeya, Francis Rodrigues, Dipankar Goswami, Ram Shankar
8th (81) Anand Sivasankar, Chinmay Kamath, Rasik Tirodkar, Vishwesh Ramnath
As the scores indicate, this was a close quiz, with four teams separated by half a question fighting for second place, which was decided on the last question.
Quiz 2, April 19, conducted by Dhoomketu
1st (with 90 points) Sumant Srivathsan, Govind Grewal, Souvik Basu, Chinmay Kamath
2nd (71) Rajiv Rai, Atul Mathew, Anand Sivasankar, Dipankar Goswami
3rd (48) Amit Varma, Atulya Bharadwaj, Sarat Rao, Roshith
4th (45) Amit Pandeya, Jonas John, Sriram R, Vikas Sahu
5th (43) Rishi Iyengar, Mukund Sridhar, Rohit Ajitkumar, Hanisha Vaswani
6th (42) Ajith Prabhakar, Sandip Sen, Srikant Narasimhan, Francis Rodrigues
7th (41) Anannya Deb, Jitaditya Narzari, Supriyo Saha, Mina Anthony
8th (39) Vibhendu Tiwari, Sumit Roy, Janardhan R, Vamsi Krishna
All the teams had a chance to finish in the top three in this quiz, a battle decided, once again, right at the end. In BQC quizzes, members of the winning team get 10 points each for the BQC League Table, followed by 7 and 4 for second and third, and splits if there are ties. In open quizzes with elims and finals, like the forthcoming Landmark Quiz, finalists get two points each. Here, then, are the league standings right at the start of Season 4.
BQC Season 4 (from 2 quizzes, as of April 19, 2009)
15.5 points
Govind Grewal
12.5 points
Atul Mathew
10 points
Akshat Trivedi
Ameya Samant
Anannya Deb
Chinmay Kamath
Janardhan R
Souvik Basu
Sumant Srivathsan
Vibhendu Tiwari
7 points
Anand Sivasankar
Dipankar Goswami
Rajiv Rai
5.5 points
Bikash Mohapatra
Hanisha Vaswani
Jitaditya Narzari
Nandan Krishnaswamy
Rohit Ajitkumar
Shiv Anant Tayal
Sumit Roy
4 points
Amit Varma
Atulya Bharadwaj
Roshith
Sarat Rao
These are early days, and no doubt there will be much movement on this league table. Watch this blog for announcements of future quizzes.
The results:
Quiz 1, April 12, conducted by Rajiv Rai
1st (163 points) Vibhendu Tiwari, Anannya Deb, Ameya Samant, Janardhan R, Akshat Trivedi
Tied 2nd-3rd (141) Atul Mathew, Sumit Roy, Govind Grewal, Bikash Mohapatra
Tied 2nd-3rd (141) Rohit Ajitkumar, Shiv Anant Tayal, Hanisha Vaswani, Jitaditya Narzari, Nandan Krishnaswamy
4th (139.5) Sumant Srivathsan, Devang Ghia, Souvik Basu, Siddharth Sinha Ray
5th (137) Amit Varma, Sai Ganesh, Dhananjay Shettigar, Srikant Narasimhan, Nrupal Chowdhary
6th (117.5) Diwakar Pingle, Sandip Sen, Ajith Prabhakar, Arvind Krishnaswamy, Amlesh Mishra
7th (116.5) Pradeep Ramarathnam, Amit Pandeya, Francis Rodrigues, Dipankar Goswami, Ram Shankar
8th (81) Anand Sivasankar, Chinmay Kamath, Rasik Tirodkar, Vishwesh Ramnath
As the scores indicate, this was a close quiz, with four teams separated by half a question fighting for second place, which was decided on the last question.
Quiz 2, April 19, conducted by Dhoomketu
1st (with 90 points) Sumant Srivathsan, Govind Grewal, Souvik Basu, Chinmay Kamath
2nd (71) Rajiv Rai, Atul Mathew, Anand Sivasankar, Dipankar Goswami
3rd (48) Amit Varma, Atulya Bharadwaj, Sarat Rao, Roshith
4th (45) Amit Pandeya, Jonas John, Sriram R, Vikas Sahu
5th (43) Rishi Iyengar, Mukund Sridhar, Rohit Ajitkumar, Hanisha Vaswani
6th (42) Ajith Prabhakar, Sandip Sen, Srikant Narasimhan, Francis Rodrigues
7th (41) Anannya Deb, Jitaditya Narzari, Supriyo Saha, Mina Anthony
8th (39) Vibhendu Tiwari, Sumit Roy, Janardhan R, Vamsi Krishna
All the teams had a chance to finish in the top three in this quiz, a battle decided, once again, right at the end. In BQC quizzes, members of the winning team get 10 points each for the BQC League Table, followed by 7 and 4 for second and third, and splits if there are ties. In open quizzes with elims and finals, like the forthcoming Landmark Quiz, finalists get two points each. Here, then, are the league standings right at the start of Season 4.
BQC Season 4 (from 2 quizzes, as of April 19, 2009)
15.5 points
Govind Grewal
12.5 points
Atul Mathew
10 points
Akshat Trivedi
Ameya Samant
Anannya Deb
Chinmay Kamath
Janardhan R
Souvik Basu
Sumant Srivathsan
Vibhendu Tiwari
7 points
Anand Sivasankar
Dipankar Goswami
Rajiv Rai
5.5 points
Bikash Mohapatra
Hanisha Vaswani
Jitaditya Narzari
Nandan Krishnaswamy
Rohit Ajitkumar
Shiv Anant Tayal
Sumit Roy
4 points
Amit Varma
Atulya Bharadwaj
Roshith
Sarat Rao
These are early days, and no doubt there will be much movement on this league table. Watch this blog for announcements of future quizzes.
Friday, April 17, 2009
The Return of Dhoomketu
In 1949, The Fearless Nadia starred alongside Ram Singh, John Cawas, Boman Shroff and the magnificent Sona Chatterji in a film called Dhoomketu.
In 2009, 60 years later, on a full moon afternoon in April, Dhoomketu returns. Here are the details of our next BQC quiz:
QM: Dhoomketu.
Time: 3 pm, Sunday, April 19, 2009 (Please be there by 2:45 pm.)
Venue: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W).
The results of last Sunday's quiz will be uploaded along with this one once this is over. If we survive. Dhoomketu is coming!
In 2009, 60 years later, on a full moon afternoon in April, Dhoomketu returns. Here are the details of our next BQC quiz:
QM: Dhoomketu.
Time: 3 pm, Sunday, April 19, 2009 (Please be there by 2:45 pm.)
Venue: 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.
The results of last Sunday's quiz will be uploaded along with this one once this is over. If we survive. Dhoomketu is coming!
Friday, April 10, 2009
BQC's Season 4 is all set to open
The first quiz of the Bombay Quiz Club's Season 4 will be conducted by the Season 2 and 3 champion, Rajiv Rai, this Sunday. That means that, for a brief while at least, someone else will lead the league table this season. Do not miss this chance!
Details:
QM: Rajiv Rai
Time: 2.30 pm, Sunday, April 12, 2009 (Please be there by 2:15 pm.)
Venue: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W).
Important: Do note that this quiz starts at 2.30 pm instead of at 3, when we usually begin. Please be at the venue by 2.15. Thank you.
Details:
QM: Rajiv Rai
Time: 2.30 pm, Sunday, April 12, 2009 (Please be there by 2:15 pm.)
Venue: 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.
Important: Do note that this quiz starts at 2.30 pm instead of at 3, when we usually begin. Please be at the venue by 2.15. Thank you.
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Rajiv Rai Dominates Season 3
Rajiv Rai topped the league table after the final BQC quiz of its third season, winning by a whopping margin of 47 points over his open-quiz team-mate, Sumant Srivathsan. Their third man, Vibhendu Tiwari, finished the season with a strong win to take third place in the league standings. After that we were all bunched up like college kids in a moshpit, headbanging furiously as these three strummed their mojo.
No, well, really, this season, more than the last two, the competition was severe. BQC's quizzing depth can now safely be compared to any other major city, and on a given day there are 10 to 15 people capable of kicking serious ass and winning a quiz on their own. There was much action in the second half of this season, especially, when some new and some improved quizzers put in a seriously strong show. That means Season 4 will be tight. We'll all be in the moshpit.
The 25th and final quiz of the season was a grand affair conducted by Anannya Deb. There were more than 100 questions, and many local Bombay fundas. A good time was had by all , and it was a fitting way to end the season.
And so, the results of this last quiz:
1st place Vibhendu Tiwari, Goving Grewal, Srikant Narasimhan.
2nd place Rajiv Rai, Sidharth Vij + 1
3rd place (tied) Sumant Srivathsan, Anand Sivasankar, Vijay Shankar
3rd place (tied) Ajith Prabhakar, Kaustuv Gupta, Devang Ghia
And now, will a roll of trumpets and a tray of turnips, the results of season 3!
BQC Season three Standings (from 25 quizzes, as of March 31, 2009)
131 points
Rajiv Rai
84 points
Sumant Srivathsan
71 points
Vibhendu Tiwari
58 points
Udatta Duarah
54.5 points
Amit Varma
53.5 points
Aadisht Khanna
48 points
Atul Mathew
47 points
Ajith Prabhakar
46 points
Kaustuv Gupta
45 points
Sumit Roy
44 points
Govind Grewal
42.5 points
Rishi Iyengar
41.5 points
Pradeep Ramarathnam
40 points
Ameya Samant
Sajith Pai
39 points
Atulya Bharadwaj
37 points
Rohit Ajitkumar
Shrikant Narasimhan
36 points
Souvik Basu
35 points
Sandip Sen
34 points
Bikash Mohapatra
33.5 points
Anannya Deb
32.5 points
Francis Rodrigues
32 points
Brian D'Souza
S Balakrishnan
31 points
Anand Sivasankar
27 points
Mahesh Murthy
26.5 points
Prasann Potdar
26 points
Vijay Shankar
24 points
Kedar Sastry
22 points
Amit Pandeya
21.5 points
Sarat Rao
18 points
Shiv Anant Tayal
17 points
Avinash Mudaliar
Devang Ghia
Mukund Sridhar
Rahul Gaur
15.5 points
Akash Bansal
14 points
Akanksha Mathur
Mitul Kodali
12 points
Sireesh Talluri Rao
11 points
Ravi Venkatesh
10 points
Amit Sharma
Arvind Krishnaswamy
Dhananjay Shettigar
Kashyap Pandeya
Phani Prasad
Rushi Bhavsar
Sandeep Rajpurohit
Srini Rajagopal
9 points
Mukund Krishnan
8 Points
Manish Mishra
7 points
Ajay Ravindran
Arjun Swarup
Avinash Umapathy
Kaustubh Chakravarti
Meher Sridhar
Nandan Krishnaswamy
Norbert Fernandes
Raamesh Gowri Raghavan
Rahul Bhaskar
Roshith
Shreya
Sidharth Vij
V Sreeharsha
5.5 points
Janardhan R
Leo Mirani
Nrupal Chaudhari
Rasik Tirodkar
Vikram Joshi
4 points
Barun Chakrabarti
Gopal Kidao
Mithun Srivatsa
Neelabh
Rajendra Parmar
Supriyo Saha
Vijay Chittoor
Vikas Sahu
2 points
Shambhu Shankar
More updates on Season 4 will follow on this blog. Watch this space.
No, well, really, this season, more than the last two, the competition was severe. BQC's quizzing depth can now safely be compared to any other major city, and on a given day there are 10 to 15 people capable of kicking serious ass and winning a quiz on their own. There was much action in the second half of this season, especially, when some new and some improved quizzers put in a seriously strong show. That means Season 4 will be tight. We'll all be in the moshpit.
The 25th and final quiz of the season was a grand affair conducted by Anannya Deb. There were more than 100 questions, and many local Bombay fundas. A good time was had by all , and it was a fitting way to end the season.
And so, the results of this last quiz:
1st place Vibhendu Tiwari, Goving Grewal, Srikant Narasimhan.
2nd place Rajiv Rai, Sidharth Vij + 1
3rd place (tied) Sumant Srivathsan, Anand Sivasankar, Vijay Shankar
3rd place (tied) Ajith Prabhakar, Kaustuv Gupta, Devang Ghia
And now, will a roll of trumpets and a tray of turnips, the results of season 3!
BQC Season three Standings (from 25 quizzes, as of March 31, 2009)
131 points
Rajiv Rai
84 points
Sumant Srivathsan
71 points
Vibhendu Tiwari
58 points
Udatta Duarah
54.5 points
Amit Varma
53.5 points
Aadisht Khanna
48 points
Atul Mathew
47 points
Ajith Prabhakar
46 points
Kaustuv Gupta
45 points
Sumit Roy
44 points
Govind Grewal
42.5 points
Rishi Iyengar
41.5 points
Pradeep Ramarathnam
40 points
Ameya Samant
Sajith Pai
39 points
Atulya Bharadwaj
37 points
Rohit Ajitkumar
Shrikant Narasimhan
36 points
Souvik Basu
35 points
Sandip Sen
34 points
Bikash Mohapatra
33.5 points
Anannya Deb
32.5 points
Francis Rodrigues
32 points
Brian D'Souza
S Balakrishnan
31 points
Anand Sivasankar
27 points
Mahesh Murthy
26.5 points
Prasann Potdar
26 points
Vijay Shankar
24 points
Kedar Sastry
22 points
Amit Pandeya
21.5 points
Sarat Rao
18 points
Shiv Anant Tayal
17 points
Avinash Mudaliar
Devang Ghia
Mukund Sridhar
Rahul Gaur
15.5 points
Akash Bansal
14 points
Akanksha Mathur
Mitul Kodali
12 points
Sireesh Talluri Rao
11 points
Ravi Venkatesh
10 points
Amit Sharma
Arvind Krishnaswamy
Dhananjay Shettigar
Kashyap Pandeya
Phani Prasad
Rushi Bhavsar
Sandeep Rajpurohit
Srini Rajagopal
9 points
Mukund Krishnan
8 Points
Manish Mishra
7 points
Ajay Ravindran
Arjun Swarup
Avinash Umapathy
Kaustubh Chakravarti
Meher Sridhar
Nandan Krishnaswamy
Norbert Fernandes
Raamesh Gowri Raghavan
Rahul Bhaskar
Roshith
Shreya
Sidharth Vij
V Sreeharsha
5.5 points
Janardhan R
Leo Mirani
Nrupal Chaudhari
Rasik Tirodkar
Vikram Joshi
4 points
Barun Chakrabarti
Gopal Kidao
Mithun Srivatsa
Neelabh
Rajendra Parmar
Supriyo Saha
Vijay Chittoor
Vikas Sahu
2 points
Shambhu Shankar
More updates on Season 4 will follow on this blog. Watch this space.
Friday, March 20, 2009
A Grand Ending to a Great Season
On March 22, 2009, the third season of the Bombay Quiz Club draws to a close. Anannya Deb will conduct. The league standings are here, but there isn't really much at stake -- unless you're speaking of abstract notions like pride, and honour, and the respect of your beer-sozzled peers. Come and partake. The details:
QM: Anannya Deb
Time: 3 pm, Sunday, March 22, 2009 (Please be there by 2:40 pm.)
Venue: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W).
QM: Anannya Deb
Time: 3 pm, Sunday, March 22, 2009 (Please be there by 2:40 pm.)
Venue: 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.
Five-in-one quiz report
Right, after immense and inexcusable tardiness, this post combines five quiz reports in one. Four of them are regular BQC quizzes, and one is a lit quiz conducted for the Kala Ghoda fest. In BQC quizzes, members of the top three teams get 10, 7 and 4 points respectively. In open quizzes with elims and finals, the non-placing finalists get two points each.
In the delay in posting these results, some records were damaged (or maliciously done away with; who can tell?). As a result, some results are incomplete, and we shall fill them in later as news filters in. Until then, here's what we have:
BQC Jan 25 -- conducted by Souvik Basu
1st Amit Varma, Sajith Pai, Udatta Duarah + 1, 2nd Unknown as of now, 3rd Sumit Roy, Kaustuv Gupta + 2
BQC Feb 8 -- conducted by Mukund Sridhar and Atulya Bharadwaj
1st Pradeep Ramarathnam, Souvik Basu, Sarat Rao, 2nd Vibhendu Tiwari, Shiv Anant Tayal, Bikash Mohapatra, 3rd Sumit Roy, Govind Grewal, Arvind Krishnaswamy
Kala Ghoda Lit quiz -- conducted by Sumant Srivathsan
1st Mahesh Murthy and S Balakrishnan, 2nd Anand Sivasankar and Ajith Prabhakar, 3rd Girish Shahane + 1, Other finalists Govind Grewal and Shambhu Shankar, Amit Varma and Arvind Krishnaswamy.
BQC Feb 22 -- conducted by Pradeep Ramarathnam and Atul Mathew
1st Rajiv Rai, Atulya Bharadwaj, Rohit Ajitkumar, 2nd Vibhendu Tiwari, Brian D'Souza, Roshith, 3rd (tied) Sumant Srivathsan, Vijay Shankar + 1, 3rd (tied) Ajith Prabhakar, Devang Ghia, Kaustuv Gupta
BQC March 8 -- conducted by Amit Varma
1st Sumant Srivathsan, Kaustuv Gupta, Bikash Mohapatra, 2nd Rajiv Rai, Shiv Anant Tayal, Meher Sridhar, Rahul Gaur, 3rd Anannya Deb, Atulya Bharadwaj, Barun Chakravarti.
And now for the league standings:
BQC Season three Standings (from 24 quizzes, as of March 8, 2009)
124 points
Rajiv Rai
82 points
Sumant Srivathsan
61 points
Vibhendu Tiwari
58 points
Udatta Duarah
54.5 points
Amit Varma
53.5 points
Aadisht Khanna
48 points
Atul Mathew
45 points
Ajith Prabhakar
Sumit Roy
44 points
Kaustuv Gupta
42.5 points
Rishi Iyengar
41.5 points
Pradeep Ramarathnam
40 points
Ameya Samant
Sajith Pai
39 points
Atulya Bharadwaj
37 points
Rohit Ajitkumar
36 points
Souvik Basu
35 points
Sandip Sen
34 points
Bikash Mohapatra
Govind Grewal
33.5 points
Anannya Deb
32.5 points
Francis Rodrigues
32 points
Brian D'Souza
S Balakrishnan
29 points
Anand Sivasankar
27 points
Mahesh Murthy
Shrikant Narasimhan
26.5 points
Prasann Potdar
24 points
Kedar Sastry
Vijay Shankar
22 points
Amit Pandeya
21.5 points
Sarat Rao
18 points
Shiv Anant Tayal
17 points
Avinash Mudaliar
Mukund Sridhar
Rahul Gaur
15.5 points
Akash Bansal
15 points
Devang Ghia
14 points
Akanksha Mathur
Mitul Kodali
12 points
Sireesh Talluri Rao
11 points
Ravi Venkatesh
10 points
Amit Sharma
Arvind Krishnaswamy
Dhananjay Shettigar
Kashyap Pandeya
Phani Prasad
Rushi Bhavsar
Sandeep Rajpurohit
Srini Rajagopal
9 points
Mukund Krishnan
8 Points
Manish Mishra
7 points
Ajay Ravindran
Arjun Swarup
Avinash Umapathy
Kaustubh Chakravarti
Meher Sridhar
Nandan Krishnaswamy
Norbert Fernandes
Raamesh Gowri Raghavan
Rahul Bhaskar
Roshith
Shreya
V Sreeharsha
5.5 points
Janardhan R
Leo Mirani
Nrupal Chaudhari
Rasik Tirodkar
Vikram Joshi
4 points
Barun Chakrabarti
Gopal Kidao
Mithun Srivatsa
Neelabh
Rajendra Parmar
Supriyo Saha
Vijay Chittoor
Vikas Sahu
2 points
Shambhu Shankar
The last quiz of this BQC season will be conducted by Anannya Deb on Sunday, March 22. More details on this blog in a few minutes.
In the delay in posting these results, some records were damaged (or maliciously done away with; who can tell?). As a result, some results are incomplete, and we shall fill them in later as news filters in. Until then, here's what we have:
BQC Jan 25 -- conducted by Souvik Basu
1st Amit Varma, Sajith Pai, Udatta Duarah + 1, 2nd Unknown as of now, 3rd Sumit Roy, Kaustuv Gupta + 2
BQC Feb 8 -- conducted by Mukund Sridhar and Atulya Bharadwaj
1st Pradeep Ramarathnam, Souvik Basu, Sarat Rao, 2nd Vibhendu Tiwari, Shiv Anant Tayal, Bikash Mohapatra, 3rd Sumit Roy, Govind Grewal, Arvind Krishnaswamy
Kala Ghoda Lit quiz -- conducted by Sumant Srivathsan
1st Mahesh Murthy and S Balakrishnan, 2nd Anand Sivasankar and Ajith Prabhakar, 3rd Girish Shahane + 1, Other finalists Govind Grewal and Shambhu Shankar, Amit Varma and Arvind Krishnaswamy.
BQC Feb 22 -- conducted by Pradeep Ramarathnam and Atul Mathew
1st Rajiv Rai, Atulya Bharadwaj, Rohit Ajitkumar, 2nd Vibhendu Tiwari, Brian D'Souza, Roshith, 3rd (tied) Sumant Srivathsan, Vijay Shankar + 1, 3rd (tied) Ajith Prabhakar, Devang Ghia, Kaustuv Gupta
BQC March 8 -- conducted by Amit Varma
1st Sumant Srivathsan, Kaustuv Gupta, Bikash Mohapatra, 2nd Rajiv Rai, Shiv Anant Tayal, Meher Sridhar, Rahul Gaur, 3rd Anannya Deb, Atulya Bharadwaj, Barun Chakravarti.
And now for the league standings:
BQC Season three Standings (from 24 quizzes, as of March 8, 2009)
124 points
Rajiv Rai
82 points
Sumant Srivathsan
61 points
Vibhendu Tiwari
58 points
Udatta Duarah
54.5 points
Amit Varma
53.5 points
Aadisht Khanna
48 points
Atul Mathew
45 points
Ajith Prabhakar
Sumit Roy
44 points
Kaustuv Gupta
42.5 points
Rishi Iyengar
41.5 points
Pradeep Ramarathnam
40 points
Ameya Samant
Sajith Pai
39 points
Atulya Bharadwaj
37 points
Rohit Ajitkumar
36 points
Souvik Basu
35 points
Sandip Sen
34 points
Bikash Mohapatra
Govind Grewal
33.5 points
Anannya Deb
32.5 points
Francis Rodrigues
32 points
Brian D'Souza
S Balakrishnan
29 points
Anand Sivasankar
27 points
Mahesh Murthy
Shrikant Narasimhan
26.5 points
Prasann Potdar
24 points
Kedar Sastry
Vijay Shankar
22 points
Amit Pandeya
21.5 points
Sarat Rao
18 points
Shiv Anant Tayal
17 points
Avinash Mudaliar
Mukund Sridhar
Rahul Gaur
15.5 points
Akash Bansal
15 points
Devang Ghia
14 points
Akanksha Mathur
Mitul Kodali
12 points
Sireesh Talluri Rao
11 points
Ravi Venkatesh
10 points
Amit Sharma
Arvind Krishnaswamy
Dhananjay Shettigar
Kashyap Pandeya
Phani Prasad
Rushi Bhavsar
Sandeep Rajpurohit
Srini Rajagopal
9 points
Mukund Krishnan
8 Points
Manish Mishra
7 points
Ajay Ravindran
Arjun Swarup
Avinash Umapathy
Kaustubh Chakravarti
Meher Sridhar
Nandan Krishnaswamy
Norbert Fernandes
Raamesh Gowri Raghavan
Rahul Bhaskar
Roshith
Shreya
V Sreeharsha
5.5 points
Janardhan R
Leo Mirani
Nrupal Chaudhari
Rasik Tirodkar
Vikram Joshi
4 points
Barun Chakrabarti
Gopal Kidao
Mithun Srivatsa
Neelabh
Rajendra Parmar
Supriyo Saha
Vijay Chittoor
Vikas Sahu
2 points
Shambhu Shankar
The last quiz of this BQC season will be conducted by Anannya Deb on Sunday, March 22. More details on this blog in a few minutes.
Friday, March 06, 2009
The March Quiz
There are two more quizzes to go in the BQC's third season, and the penultimate one takes place this Sunday. Details:
QM: Amit Varma
Time: 3 pm, Sunday, March 8, 2009 (Please be there by 2:40 pm.)
Venue: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W).
Yes, I know -- the results of the last four quizzes haven't been published here yet, and I am solely to blame for that. I shall wait till this one is over now and publish the results of all five together. Many apologies for the delay. As for the standings, very briefly, Rajiv Rai has now sealed first place, Sumant Srivathsan has sealed second place, and Vibhendu Tiwari is, I think, half a point ahead of me (Amit Varma) for third. And as I'm not taking part in this next quiz, by virtue of being QM, you can consider that place settled as well. The war is over -- two fun battles remain!
QM: Amit Varma
Time: 3 pm, Sunday, March 8, 2009 (Please be there by 2:40 pm.)
Venue: 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.
Yes, I know -- the results of the last four quizzes haven't been published here yet, and I am solely to blame for that. I shall wait till this one is over now and publish the results of all five together. Many apologies for the delay. As for the standings, very briefly, Rajiv Rai has now sealed first place, Sumant Srivathsan has sealed second place, and Vibhendu Tiwari is, I think, half a point ahead of me (Amit Varma) for third. And as I'm not taking part in this next quiz, by virtue of being QM, you can consider that place settled as well. The war is over -- two fun battles remain!
Thursday, January 22, 2009
The Other S Basu Conducts A Quiz
The 20th quiz of the third BQC season will be conducted this Sunday by Souvik Basu, with a little help from questions by J Ramanand. Given that it's the Republic Day weekend, some of you might have considered leaving the city, taking a break with the family, suchlike.
Ha.
The details are below; keep yourself away if you can.
QM: Souvik Basu
Time: 3 pm, Sunday, January 25, 2009 (Please be there by 2:40 pm.)
Venue: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W).
From the West: If you... ah, never mind.
Ha.
The details are below; keep yourself away if you can.
QM: Souvik Basu
Time: 3 pm, Sunday, January 25, 2009 (Please be there by 2:40 pm.)
Venue: 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 West: If you... ah, never mind.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
David Thrashes Goliaths
The first quiz of 2009 was in jeopardy when the scheduled quizmasters backed out, but Pradeep Ramarathnam saved the day by conducting an old quiz that he had once attended. BQC's third season has entered its last leg, with Rajiv Rai far ahead of everyone else in the league table, and only Sumant Srivathsan even remotely close to him. Would there be a mighty battle between these two in this quiz? There was -- for second place.
Atul Mathew, Sajith Pai and Phani Prasad put together a fantastic show, leading almost from start to finish, to win by a hefty margin. Sumant's team ended up second; Rajiv's team finished third; and while the top places in the league table remain unchanged, we just got yet another demonstration of the immense depth of the BQC.
Here are the results:
1st with 402.5 points
Atul Mathew
Sajith Pai
Phani Prasad
2nd with 375 points
Sumant Srivathsan
Ravi Venkatesh
Francis Rodrigues
3rd with 325 points
Rajiv Rai
Shiv Anant Tayal
Vikas Sahu
Supriyo Saha
4th with 237.5 points
Amit Varma
Atulya Bharadwaj
Vishvesh R
5th with 227 points
Anannya Deb
Sarat Rao
Srikant Narasimhan
Puneet Raj
6th with 175 points
Ameya Samant
Devang Ghia
Srinath Narayan
Amalesh Mishra
7th with 142.5 points
Vibhendu Tiwari
Rahul Gaur
Roshit Mohan
Mukund Krishnan
8th with 135 points
Udatta Duarah
Prasann Potdar
Akanksha Mathur
The league standings, after 19 quizzes of Season 3, stand thus:
BQC Season three Standings (from 19 quizzes, as of January 11, 2009)
107 points
Rajiv Rai
70 points
Sumant Srivathsan
53.5 points
Aadisht Khanna
48 points
Atul Mathew
Udatta Duarah
47 points
Vibhendu Tiwari
42.5 points
Amit Varma
Rishi Iyengar
40 points
Ameya Samant
38 points
Ajith Prabhakar
37 points
Sumit Roy
35 points
Sandip Sen
32.5 points
Francis Rodrigues
31.5 points
Pradeep Ramarathnam
30 points
Sajith Pai
29.5 points
Anannya Deb
28 points
Govind Grewal
Kaustuv Gupta
27 points
Rohit Ajitkumar
Shrikant Narasimhan
26.5 points
Prasann Potdar
26 points
Souvik Basu
25 points
Atulya B
Brian D'Souza
24 points
Kedar Sastry
22 points
Amit Pandeya
Anand Sivasankar
S Balakrishnan
Vijay Shankar
17 points
Avinash Mudaliar
Bikash Mohapatra
Mahesh Murthy
Mukund Sridhar
15.5 points
Akash Bansal
14 points
Akanksha Mohan
Mitul Kodali
13 points
Devang Ghia
12 points
Sireesh Talluri Rao
11.5 points
Sarat Rao
11 points
Ravi Venkatesh
10 points
Amit Sharma
Dhananjay Shettigar
Kashyap Pandeya
Phani Prasad
Rahul Gaur
Rushi Bhavsar
Sandeep Rajpurohit
Srini Rajagopal
9 points
Mukund Krishnan
8 Points
Manish Mishra
7 points
Ajay Ravindran
Arjun Swarup
Avinash Umapathy
Kaustubh Chakravarti
Nandan Krishnaswamy
Norbert Fernandes
Raamesh Gowri Raghavan
Rahul Bhaskar
Shreya
V Sreeharsha
5.5 points
Janardhan R
Leo Mirani
Nrupal Chaudhari
Rasik Tirodkar
Vikram Joshi
4 points
Arvind Krishnaswamy
Gopal Kidao
Mithun Srivatsa
Neelabh
Rajendra Parmar
Shiv Anant Tayal
Supriyo Saha
Vijay Chittoor
Vikas Sahu
The next quiz will be conducted on Sunday, January 25. More details will follow on this blog.
Atul Mathew, Sajith Pai and Phani Prasad put together a fantastic show, leading almost from start to finish, to win by a hefty margin. Sumant's team ended up second; Rajiv's team finished third; and while the top places in the league table remain unchanged, we just got yet another demonstration of the immense depth of the BQC.
Here are the results:
1st with 402.5 points
Atul Mathew
Sajith Pai
Phani Prasad
2nd with 375 points
Sumant Srivathsan
Ravi Venkatesh
Francis Rodrigues
3rd with 325 points
Rajiv Rai
Shiv Anant Tayal
Vikas Sahu
Supriyo Saha
4th with 237.5 points
Amit Varma
Atulya Bharadwaj
Vishvesh R
5th with 227 points
Anannya Deb
Sarat Rao
Srikant Narasimhan
Puneet Raj
6th with 175 points
Ameya Samant
Devang Ghia
Srinath Narayan
Amalesh Mishra
7th with 142.5 points
Vibhendu Tiwari
Rahul Gaur
Roshit Mohan
Mukund Krishnan
8th with 135 points
Udatta Duarah
Prasann Potdar
Akanksha Mathur
The league standings, after 19 quizzes of Season 3, stand thus:
BQC Season three Standings (from 19 quizzes, as of January 11, 2009)
107 points
Rajiv Rai
70 points
Sumant Srivathsan
53.5 points
Aadisht Khanna
48 points
Atul Mathew
Udatta Duarah
47 points
Vibhendu Tiwari
42.5 points
Amit Varma
Rishi Iyengar
40 points
Ameya Samant
38 points
Ajith Prabhakar
37 points
Sumit Roy
35 points
Sandip Sen
32.5 points
Francis Rodrigues
31.5 points
Pradeep Ramarathnam
30 points
Sajith Pai
29.5 points
Anannya Deb
28 points
Govind Grewal
Kaustuv Gupta
27 points
Rohit Ajitkumar
Shrikant Narasimhan
26.5 points
Prasann Potdar
26 points
Souvik Basu
25 points
Atulya B
Brian D'Souza
24 points
Kedar Sastry
22 points
Amit Pandeya
Anand Sivasankar
S Balakrishnan
Vijay Shankar
17 points
Avinash Mudaliar
Bikash Mohapatra
Mahesh Murthy
Mukund Sridhar
15.5 points
Akash Bansal
14 points
Akanksha Mohan
Mitul Kodali
13 points
Devang Ghia
12 points
Sireesh Talluri Rao
11.5 points
Sarat Rao
11 points
Ravi Venkatesh
10 points
Amit Sharma
Dhananjay Shettigar
Kashyap Pandeya
Phani Prasad
Rahul Gaur
Rushi Bhavsar
Sandeep Rajpurohit
Srini Rajagopal
9 points
Mukund Krishnan
8 Points
Manish Mishra
7 points
Ajay Ravindran
Arjun Swarup
Avinash Umapathy
Kaustubh Chakravarti
Nandan Krishnaswamy
Norbert Fernandes
Raamesh Gowri Raghavan
Rahul Bhaskar
Shreya
V Sreeharsha
5.5 points
Janardhan R
Leo Mirani
Nrupal Chaudhari
Rasik Tirodkar
Vikram Joshi
4 points
Arvind Krishnaswamy
Gopal Kidao
Mithun Srivatsa
Neelabh
Rajendra Parmar
Shiv Anant Tayal
Supriyo Saha
Vijay Chittoor
Vikas Sahu
The next quiz will be conducted on Sunday, January 25. More details will follow on this blog.
Friday, January 09, 2009
The First BQC Quiz Of 2009...
... will be conducted by Pradeep Ramarathnam this Sunday, January 11. Our scheduled quizmasters backed out, and Pradeep has kindly stepped into the breach to provide half a quiz. We still need another half, but shall have that sorted out before the quiz begins. The details:
QM: Pradeep Ramarathnam + 1
Time: 3 pm, Sunday, January 11, 2009 (Please be there by 2:40 pm.)
Venue: Pinstorm, Ground Floor, Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road), North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W).
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.
QM: Pradeep Ramarathnam + 1
Time: 3 pm, Sunday, January 11, 2009 (Please be there by 2:40 pm.)
Venue: 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.
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.
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