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Monday, October 26, 2026

Margao October monthly – 25/10/2026 – content

QM: Annie Sen Gupta

SEQC Panjim November Quiz

Date: Sunday, 1st November 2026

Time: 5.00 pm

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao

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QM: Dr. Chandrashekhar Rao

Participation: Open to all

Margao October Monthly : 25/Oct/2026 – recap and results

QM: Annie Sengupta

500 Miles Away from Home

The wistful tune lingered long after the close of a roller-coaster October Sunday Quiz at SGDH Margao. ‘500 miles’ in all its variations and versions is a stark reminder of impermanence of our present abode. It is also a yearning for the home of our childhood; often existing now only in our imagination.

It was a homecoming for Nathan Moniz on vacation from Melbourne and for Lynn Barreto Miranda back from a trip exploring Goan connect with Kenya. With Srijit absent due to a cold, Annie distributed the contestants in 5 (500/100) teams.

Quizmaster Annie was ebullient as always. The way he crafted the whole quiz and assigned captions like ‘Interlingual Homographs’ ‘Intersectional Epiphanies’ and ‘Anti horological Revolution’ is a revelation. Presenting thematic pockets of knowledge and trivia in his playful style.

In Interlingual Homographs we learnt that ‘alma’ (soul) in Spain means ‘an apple’ in Hungarian. And that ‘bra’ in Swedish means ‘good’. When someone mentions ‘bra’ I do not connect the word with hooking, unhooking, or padding. For me ‘bra’ signifies litmus paper or the litmus paper test. In my first year of college, I just couldn’t remember if dipping blue litmus paper in acid turned it red or the other way round. Till one smart classmate asked me to just remember the word ‘bra’. Blue litmus paper turns Red when dipped in Acid. And five decades down ‘bra’ still means the same, which is ‘good’ I presume.

But ‘bra’ was just part of the picture. Annie reminded us of terms and concepts we seldom hear like ‘calfe’ and ‘volta’. He teased us with audio visual connects that required lateral thinking. At least one team scored a ‘duck’ on a connect that had ‘zero’ or ‘nought’ as the underlying link.

The questions were both easy and tough, with answers that ranged from just two letters ‘if’ to an explanation of the special farewell by Princess Mako who chose to marry a commoner. If the quiz was enthralling the contest between the five teams was an edge of the seat thriller. A rollercoaster ride!

Kaivalya Karkare led Team 1, who were at the bottom of the ladder after the First round of ‘Interlingual Homographs’ went on to emerge as the winners at the close of day. Devika Shetty led Team IV earned full points in Round 1, their scores dipped in between. They picked scoring full points on ‘500 miles’ climbing to pole position till the penultimate round.

It was a close contest with other teams putting up a credible fight till the last round. And while going home as I hummed ‘500 miles’ I realised that Infinity can best be understood as 1.) The possible moves on chess board. 2.) The number of ways statistics of cricket can be cast and 3.) The variety of titles, subtitles and questions in Annie’s Quizzes.

By Assis Sequeira

Results:

1st place : Team 1:265 points

Kaivalya, Aditya Karve,Saud,Parind,Assis,Ajit

2nd Place: Team 4: 255 points

Shiv Nadkarni, Anirudh Kakodkar, Melchior Teles, Viola Rodrigues, Devika Shetty

3rd Place: Team 3: 225 points

Abhijeet Virgincar, Rajiv D'Silva, Srishti Maruca, Anjali Sengupta, Swati Parab

4th place: Team 2: 195 points

Paul Gatward, Aastha Dua,Diksha Mandlik ,Raunak Nevgi ,Mursaleen Salroo

5th Place : Team 5: 165 points

Nikhil Shirsat,Amey Parsekar,Zoya Parsekar,Sanjay Parab,Lynn Baretto Miranda,Nathan Moniz,Ishan kakodkar

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Irish Open – 29/Sep/2026 – results

The Irish Open, run by the Irish Quiz Organisation, was held in Goa at the South Goa District Hospital venue on Sunday, September 29, 2026. Anjali Sen Gupta proctored on behalf of SEQC. Here are the scores:

Anirudha Sen Gupta	134
Rajiv D'Silva	110
Shujoy Dutta	95
Viola Rodrigues	71
Paul Gatward	57
Srishti Maruca	37
Shreya Ramchandani	34

The full list of scores worldwide can be accessed here.

Monday, October 19, 2026