Monday, October 13, 2025

Borders and Boundaries - a sports and geography quiz

Date: Sunday, 19th October 2025

Time: 5.00 pm

Venue: SGDH Auditorium, 5th Floor, South Goa District Hospital, Margao


QM: Chandrakant Kudchadker 

Participation: Open to all

Friday, October 10, 2025

Panjim Monthly - 05/Oct/2025 -Recap and Results

Two the Point 

Samyak and Chinmay hosted a fantastic quiz last Sunday. There were 6 rounds in total, which usually means a long evening, but the duo managed to keep a tight leash. There was also an entertaining mix of formats — audio, Russian roulette, wordsmash and traditional Q&A.

Round 1 featured audio clips of popular cartoon theme songs from the 90s which instantly transported us to a time of carefree nostalgia. It was funny and surprising to realize how little we actually know about the beloved songs we still sing- like who were the singers, composers, and lyricists behind them.

Next came an interesting round where two sets of questions had answers that sounded similar (ish). The wordplay gave the teams plenty of opportunities to swoop in to steal points from others directs. The following Connect round was equally fun, featuring some surprising revelations like Ram Jethmalani’s bigamous past!

At the break we indulged in a spread of mawa and fruit cakes, samosas, and many cups of chai. SEQC breaks are truly special, being as they are full of bonhomie, camaraderie, and general catching up. It sometimes feels like quizzing is just an excuse to enjoy each other’s company.

Post the break, we entered into a spirited round of Russian roulette, which had everyone on the edge of their seats since there were only 5 seconds to give the answer. Teams faced elimination if their designated captain fumbled and gave a repeated or wrong answer and there were some heads that rolled immediately.

The evening wrapped up with a traditional Q&A round followed by the now familiar wordsmash segment. Overall, it was a wonderfully balanced quiz, run seamlessly by our able quizmasters Samyak and Chinmay, and mercifully free of any KV references this time!

Coincidentally for a double QM quiz, two sets of teams tied for the 2nd and 3rd place, with team 6 zooming away to a comfortable win at 395. Here’s to more such harmonious, multi-QM quizzes. 

QM: Chinmay Naik & R Samyak

1st Place - Team VI (Annie Sengupta, Anu Kedia, Ashwin Mascarenhas, Pamela D'Mello, Paul Gatward, Nikhil Shirsat, Kaivalya Karkare) - 395 Points

2nd Place - Team I (Srijit Kumar, Doc Shekhar, Devika Shetty, Kanchan Gatward, Parind Phadte, Aproop Prabhudesai) & Team V (Mervyn Fernandes, Nikhilesh Rana, Ajit Nair, Saarish Naik, Aastha Dua, Rajiv D'Silva, Arvind Sivakumaran) -330 Points

4th Place: Team II (Ruchira Porob, Mayur Shett, Chaitanya Naik, Viola Rodrigues, Angeline and Upesh Pradhan, Amita Kanekar) & Team IV (Shujoy Dutta, Nitish Wagle, Dhimant Parekh) - 305 Points

6th Place: Team III (Ajay Poonia, Mohnish Sardesai, Saud Sayed, Anurag Dalal, Amey Parsekar, Soham Gaunekar, Karan) - 270 Points

 

 

Monday, September 29, 2025

Irish Open 2025

Date: Sunday, 5th October 2025

Time: 2.30 pm (reporting time: 2.15 pm)

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao (click here for maps)

Set By: Irish Quiz Organisation

Proctor: Kanchan Gatward

Participation: Solo, open to all. Please bring your own pens and backing boards.

Format: Written, 240 questions to be answered in 2 hours

Note from the organisers: The format will be similar to the World Quizzing Championships, with 2 papers and a total of 240 questions across 8 categories. The papers will be in English, with questions that are international in scope and NOT Irish-specific.

Only scores at our Irish venue near Dublin will count towards the official results, but we will post all international scores on our website at quizireland.ie

To give an idea of the format and standard of questions, here is a link to the 2024 quiz.

Register at: https://forms.gle/HFWZXYuBvP5CMbDc8