Make way for The BiG Q

The BiG Q, SEQC's annual solo written quiz is back for its 4th edition. The quiz, which endeavours to find the Best-in-Goa Quizzer, will be held this year in 3 locations across Goa, and will consist of 120 questions to be answered in 90 minutes.

Date: 30th September 2012
Time: 9.30 am.
QM: Aniruddha Sengupta
Venues:
Margao - Urban Health Centre, Opp. Hospicio Hospital
Panjim - Goa College of Pharmacy, Near Caculo Island, 18th June Road
Vasco - St. Andrew's High School, next to St. Andrew's Church
Participation: Open to all. Pre-registration is essential. To register, send an email to seqcgoa@gmail.com, indicating which category you are participating from and from which centre. Registrations close at midnight on Friday September 28.
Prizes: In addition to the overall winner, prizes will be given to the best score in the Open and School (Std XII and below) categories at each venue.

For more details, call the respective venue co-ordinators - Ira 9822127995 (Margao), Rajiv 9890141715 (Panjim) & Mahesh 9823010242 (Vasco).

SEQCm September

Date: 29th September2012
Time: 5.00 pm
QM: Sanjay Parab
Flavour: General
Venue: Urban Health Centre, opp Hospicio Hospital, Margao
Participation: Open to all, entry free

Navhind Times Golden Jubilee School Quiz

The Navhind Times Golden Jubilee School quiz is a made-for-TV quiz event that will consist of 12 Taluka-level quizzes followed by 4 Zonal semi-finals and one State final. All quizzes will be telecast on Goa 365.

QM: Rajiv D'Silva
Flavour: General
Who can participate: Students of Standard X and below, in teams of two each. Teams can participate only from the Taluka their school is located in.
Schedule:

Stage	Participants	Date	Venue	Time
Zone 2 Taluka Finals	Tiswadi, Sattari, Ponda	29 September 2012	Dempo House, Panjim	9.30 am - 1.00 pm
Zone 1 Taluka Finals	Bardez, Pernem, Bicholim	1 October 2012	Dempo House, Panjim	9.30 am - 1.00 pm
Zone 3 Taluka Finals	Salcete, Quepem, Canacona	03 October 2012	Ravindra Bhavan, Margao	9.30 am - 1.00 pm
Zone 4 Taluka Finals	Mormugao, Dharbandora, Sanguem	04 October 2012	Ravindra Bhavan, Margao	9.30 am - 1.00 pm
Zonal Finals 1	Zone 1 & Zone 2	10 October 2012	Dempo House, Panjim	10.30 am - 1.00 pm
Zonal Finals 2	Zone 3 & Zone 4	13 October 2012	Dempo House, Panjim	10.30 am - 1.00 pm
Final	All Goa	27 October 2012	Dempo House, Panjim	To be confirmed

For more details, visit the official website, or call 6651111.
Update: Please note the change in schedule.

Oasis Lone Wolf 2012

Organized by: BITS-Pilani
Date: 23rd September 2012
Time: 3.45 pm. The quiz will begin at 4.00 pm sharp.
Format: This is a solo written quiz. The quiz will consist of 120 questions, to be answered in 90 minutes. 
Venue: International Centre Goa, Dona Paula - Panaji.
Participation: Open to all. Participants must register beforehand by sending an email to seqcgoa@gmail.com. Last date for receiving registrations is 22nd September 2012 at 5.30 pm. Spot entries will be accommodated depending on availability of question papers and seating.

Quizzing with the Bombay boys

Here's the final schedule for the weekend of quizzing with the Bambaiyas:

Sat 15th, 3pm-5pm: The Glorious 50s (QM: Vibhendu Tiwari) at Paul-Kanchan's house

Sat 15th, 6pm-8pm: Sports Quiz (QM: Aniket Khasgiwale) at Annie-Anjali's house, followed by drinks and dinner

Sun 16th, 12.30pm-2.30pm: Lunch at Bambolim beach shack

Sun 16th, 2.30pm-4.30pm: The West Coast quiz (QM: Anannya Deb) at Bambolim beach shack

Sun 16th, 5pm-8pm: Open General quiz (QMs: Aditya Gadre and Shubhankar Gokhale) at ICG, Dona Paula

In addition, we'll try and see if they can do a quick quiz at NoMoZo on Sunday morning.

All quizzes are free and open to all. However, for the quizzes at people's houses on Saturday afternoon and evening, please mail anniesen01@yahoo.com about your coming (and guests that you'll be bringing), so that the hosts can make the required arrangements.

Tata Crucible - Goa Round

Date: 13th September 2012 
Time: 5.00 pm
QM: Giri 'Pickbrain' Balasubramanium
Flavour: Business
Venue: Cardium Auditorium, National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula
Who can participate: Teams of two, representing their company/organization.
Prizes: Rs 75,000 for the winners, 35,000 for the runners-up
More details at the official site.

Bombay2Goa quiz

A gang of guys from the Bombay Quiz Club are planning to descend on Goa on the weekend of September 15-16. But these Greeks come bearing gifts -- they will conduct at least one open quiz for SEQC members on the evening of September 16. Other quizzes will be announced as the details get finalised.

Date: Sunday, September 16
Venue: International Centre Goa (ICG), Dona Paula
Time: 5pm
QMs: Aditya Gadre and Shubhankar Gokhale
Flavour: General, with a generous dose of visuals
Participation: Open to all, entry free

Britto's Quiz Quest

Date: 8th September 2012
Time: 10.00 am
QM: Nitish Wagle
Flavour: Goa
Venue: St. Britto's High School, Mapusa
Participation: Open to students of Class X and below. For details call Manuel on 9822982676
Prizes: Cash prizes and other goodies.

Triple Sunday September 2012 monthly -- results

We tried an experiment and ran three quizzes on Sunday, September 2, collectively called the Triple Sunday. Initially, it seemed like not such a good idea, but as people trickled in, it wasn't so bad. Eventually, with close to 20 participants for the early quiz as well as the late one, and enthusiasm retained for all three quizzes, I would deem the experiment to have been worthwhile. Next time I host a monthly, I'll probably do the same thing again. So there!

Here are the results of the three quizzes.

Quiz 1: Aperitif
1st: Amita de Sequeira, Kunal Naik, Nitish Wagle, Pranab Mukhopadhyay, Raghunandan Mysore - 60 points
2nd: Ananya Mukherjee, Anjali Sen Gupta, Mahesh Prabhu, Shaila De Souza, Srijit Kumar - 55
3rd: C.N. Prabhakar, Eulalia De Mello, Rajiv D'Silva - 40
4th: Ameya Mardolkar, Ashwin Mysore, Sunil Sardessai, Taran Mukherjee, Viola Rodrigues - 35

Quiz 2: Main
1st: Ananya Mukherjee, Anjali Sen Gupta, Anoushka Chatte, Arati Fernandes, Elaine Chatte, Jyotsna Fernandes, Nikhil Shirsat, Shaila De Souza, Srijit Kumar, Vikram Fernandes, Yash Pathak - 100 points
2nd: Ameya Mardolkar, Ashwin Mysore, Rahul Basu, Shashwat Salgaocar, Sunil Sardessai, Viola Rodrigues - 95
3rd: Blessie James, C.N. Prabhakar, Eulalia De Mello, Paola Mambro, Rajiv D'Silva, Sapna K.C., Shrijana K.C., Vijay Oli - 80
4th: Amita de Sequeira, Astrid Vas, Kunal Naik, Nitish Wagle, Pranab Mukhopadhyay, Raghunandan Mysore, Sachin Chatte, Suresh Narayan, Veenu Vas - 55 points

Quiz 3: Dessert
1st: Amita de Sequeira, Astrid Vas, Nitish Wagle, Sachin Chatte, Veenu Vas - 70 points
2nd: Blessie James, C.N. Prabhakar, Paola Mambro, Rajiv D'Silva - 65
3rd: Anjali Sen Gupta, Anoushka Chatte, Arati Fernandes, Elaine Chatte, Jyotsna Fernandes, Nikhil Shirsat, Srijit Kumar, Vikram Fernandes, Yash Pathak - 35
4th: Ameya Mardolkar, Shashwat Salgaocar, Sunil Sardessai - 25

Of course, the three-quiz format throws up some questions regarding leaderboard points. The thing is, I'd like to reward two things --  performance of course, but also staying power. Given this, I've calculated total leaderboard points for the three quizzes as if they were individual quizzes, and divided the resulting totals by 3. Any score below 1 has been upgraded to 1 point (as you would get if you attended any SEQC quiz). Above that, decimals have been rounded off as per standard norms (below .5 to the nearest lower integer; .5 and above to the nearest higher integer).

Triple Sunday -- quiz content

Goa History Quiz 2012 - Content

Goa History Quiz 2012 - Results

QM: Rajiv D'Silva

Semi-final 1:
1st: Anurag Dalal, Dharma Rane, Aditya Verlekar (Bhatiker Model, Margao) - 125
2nd: Ryan D'Souza, Franzy Mendes, Nathaniel Nazareth (St. Xavier's, Moira) - 120
3rd: [Ishaan Shetye, Mansi Paste, Shraavani Nayak (A.J. De Almeida, Ponda)] & [Heston Fernandes, Yash Pathak, Aniruddha Sankolli (Mushtifund, Panjim)] - 90
5th: Indira Barros, Oshiana D'Costa, Nusrat Sayed (Fatima Convent, Margao) - 80
6th: Kirk Fernandes, Aby Jose, Aileen Sequeira (Rosary, Miramar) - 70

Semi-final 2:
1st: Marc Mascarenhas, Altamash Panjwany, Rohit Viegas (Loyola, Margao) - 75
2nd: Reuben Rajadhyaksha, Vinayak Halgekar, Akash Arun (Bhatiker Model, Margao) - 60
3rd: Saeel Pai, Abhay Keni, Shubham Phal (Rosary, Miramar) - 50
4th: Ezekiel Balaji, Nidesh Mahalunkar, Rihad D'Souza (St. Britto's, Mapusa) - 20
5th: Pratnam Yadahalli, Sumukh Pinge, Soham Kamat (Mushtifund, Panjim) - 15
6th: Tejan Karmali, Parth Kunkolienkar, Digvijay Dessai (Mahila & Nutan, Margao) - 5

Semi-final 3:
1st: Sahil Ramchandani, Rugved Bandekar, Prasan Honavar (Bhatiker Model, Margao) - 85
2nd: Julian D'Costa, Tarun Mascarenhas, Sairaj Phaldessai (Vidya Vikas, Margao) - 70
3rd: [Cyrus Pereira, Jared D'Lima, Trisha Lopes (Rosary, Miramar) & [Anoushka Kamat, Moushmi Pednekar, Yuga Prabhu (Mushtifund, Panjim)] - 60
5th: Rishabh Prabhudessai, Meera Prasad, Richa Kajoli (St. Joseph's, Pernem) - 50
6th: Mukesh Guddadamani, Mark Vas, Yannick Furtado (Loyola, Margao) - 30

Semi-final 4:
1st: Leander Paes, Zibane Paes, Harsh Hegde (Bhatiker Model, Margao) - 105
2nd: Vishal Kamat, Kakshan Naik, Sachin Chillal (New Educational, Curchorem) - 55
3rd: [Agnes Pinto, Shashank Kulkarni, Rajiv Mendonca (Regina Mundi, Vasco)], [Greyno Menezes, Dave Paiva, Mac Fonseca (Don Bosco, Panjim)] & [Raideep Gosavi, Preeti Gawas, Prayash Lawande (People's, Panjim)] - 50
6th: Jude Baretto, Keegan Pinto, Ibrahim Shaikh (St. Britto's, Mapusa) - -10

Final:
1st: Leander Paes, Zibane Paes, Harsh Hegde (Bhatiker Model, Margao) - 80
2nd: Sahil Ramchandani, Rugved Bandekar, Prasan Honavar (Bhatiker Model, Margao) - 75
3rd: Marc Mascarenhas, Altamash Panjwany, Rohit Viegas (Loyola, Margao) - 70
4th: Anurag Dalal, Dharma Rane, Aditya Verlekar (Bhatiker Model, Margao) - 20