QM: Karan Dhingra
Karan’s Panjim monthly was a delightful ray of sunshine in
the otherwise dark and foreboding weather we have been given. It was wonderfully
light and even irreverent ,and made with an effort that showed.I find myself still surprised at how much of the QM’s personality shows
up in a quiz that they set. We are allowed glimpses into what they like and
find interesting, and what they are fascinated by. It is an unlikely but a true
way of getting to know someone who stands up there on the dais and lets us walk
through their mind. It is as if the mind is in conversation with us directly,
and the QM is merely a conduit-“Come tell me what you see”.
The quiz was set in six brisk rounds, with the first being
a written round on the theme of “5”. Perhaps a nod to date of the quiz?. The
next round was quite fun, once you had arrived at the theme of the three columns.
I especially liked the column with the capital cities. Then there were two short
rounds of pounce and bounce on general topics . I particularly appreciated that
the QM designed two compact sets of twelve questions, separated by a tea break.
It made the quiz feel lighter and far more palatable than one long marathon. In
the round five,we had to identify popular idioms and phrases using AI-assisted
image clues. And then we moved to the end of the quiz with three connect
questions.
What a lovely way to spend a rainy evening. Fun questions
that spanned a multitude of topics, hot chai, good conversations and getting to leave with
the feeling that one has learnt slightly more than when one walked into the
room. A good quiz makes us feel good at the end;it reminds us that although
there is still so much we do not know about the world, we have made some headway today.
Also, a big thank you to Shujoy for the beautiful show and
tell from his trip to Africa. The stories were fun and the pictures, awe-inspiring!
Teams and Points
1st: Team 5: 445 points
Annie Sen Gupta, Shujoy Dutta, Nikhil Shirsat, Nigel Dias, Utsav Banerjee, Poonam Chowdhury, Gaurish Sawant.
2nd : Team 6: 435 points
Srijit Kumar, Omkar Bhurke, Devika Shetty, Mohammed Danish, Gurjot Sidhu, Anirudh Kakodkar, Jaanvi Saraf, Dhruv Sharma
3rd: Teams 1 and 2: 380 points
Team 1 : Jay Chowdhury, Naintara Jain, Rajiv D'Silva, Mahesh Prabhu, Ruchira Porob, Anjali Sengupta, Karishma D'Mello, Shivangi Sharan
Team 2: Atharva Mandrekar, Aastha Dua, Dhanraj, Aman Agarwal, Raunak Nevgi, Assis Sequeira
5th: Team 4 : 345 points
Ajay Poonia, Asha Rane, Ajit Nair, Prabhav Sidhaye, Prem Shankar, Melchior Teles, Safvana Khalid, Sayan Kundu, Mervyn Fernandes
6th : Team 3: 325 points
