SEQCm December monthly – results

QM: Suraj Kamat

1st: Abhijeet Virginkar, Altamash Panjwany, Lynn Barreto Miranda, Rohit Viegas, Sahil Ramchandani – 145 points
2nd: Kalpana Satarkar, Sanjay Parab, Tanmay Pereira – 130

The next Margao monthly will be held on the 25th of January 2014, to be QMed by Rajiv D'Silva.

SEQC January 2014

The new year will be rung in by Nitish Wagle this weekend, in the form of the Panjim monthly.

Date: Sunday January 5, 2014
Time: 5.00 pm
Venue: The International Centre Goa (ICG), Dona Paula
QM: Nitish Wagle
Flavour: General
Participation: Open to all, entry free

QuizStock 2014

QuizStock, the SEQC Festival of Quizzing, returns in January 2014!

In January this year, we held the first edition of QuizStock, to a reasonable response. The second time around, it's a little bigger, with five quizzes spread across the weekend of the 11th and 12th of January, conducted by different QMs. The festival will be held in association with the International Centre Goa (ICG), which will serve as the venue. 

All the quizzes are open for all, and entry is free. A few of them will be in a non-competitive format, with teams being made up from all those who attend. For the competitive quizzes, teams will consist of two or three persons (see individual quiz listings below). Teams can be registered in advance by e-mailing seqcgoa@gmail.com, or made up on the spot. We are rounding up prizes, so there should be some for the competitive quizzes.

Here's the detailed schedule:

Saturday January 11

3pm-4.30pm: Miles To Go
A written travel and tourism quiz, for teams of two. QM: Rajiv D'Silva

5pm-8.30pm: Goa Open
SEQC's biggest annual open quiz. For teams of two. Should hopefully have some decent prize money! QM: Aniruddha Sen Gupta

Sunday January 12

10am-1pm: On Words and Upwards
A quiz on literature, language, comics, poetry, perhaps even some theatre, music and movies. Non-competitive. QM: Aniruddha Sen Gupta

2.30pm-4.30pm: The BEST Quiz
Not exclusively about Bombay city transport, but an eclectic mix of subjects – Business, Entertainment, Sports and Technology. For teams of three (outstation teams are encouraged to tie up with local talent for this one). QM: Nitish Wagle

5pm-8pm: The Year That Was
A 2013 round-up. Non-comp. QM: Rajiv D'Silva

SEQCm December

Date: December 28, 2013

Time: 5.00 pm
Venue: Urban Health Centre, opp. Hospicio, Margao
QM: Suraj Kamat
Flavour: General
Participation: Open to all.

SEQC Movie Quiz

If you like the life cinematic, the SEQC Movie Quiz will test the limits of your knowledge of the subject. From 'Birth of a Nation' to 'Death at a Funeral', from Kieślowski to 'Kissa Kursi Ka', from Mammootty to 'Mamma Mia', from 'Dhoom' to zoom, the quiz will cover the span of all things filmi and filmic.

The quiz will be held in a non-competitive format, with all those who turn up being slotted into teams on the spot. It's likely to be a long event, so we'll start at 5pm sharp. Come a little before, so you don't miss out on any of the lights/camera/action!

Venue: Mandovi Hall, International Centre Goa (ICG), Dona Paula
Date: Sunday December 22

Time: 5pm

QM: Aniruddha Sen Gupta

Flavour: Hollywood, Bollywood, all the other woods; regional, national and international cinema

Participation: Open to all, entry free. Teams to be made up on the spot, with everyone who lands up participating.

SEQC December 2013 – content

Our Goa Quiz

Mahaquizzer - Scores

	Name	Category	Score	*	**
1	Aniruddha Sengupta	Open	61	5	1
2	Rajiv D'Silva	Open	43	2	0
3	Niranjan M	Open	29	2	0
4	Ajey Patil	Open	27	2	1
5	Vilas Pavithran	College	21	2	0
6	Kunal Naik	Open	20	2	1
7	Paul Gatward	Open	20	2	1
8	Viola Rodrigues	Ladies	17	1	0
9	Sunil Sardessai	Open	16	2	1
10	Parind Phadte	Open	12	0	1
11	Anant Prabhu	Open	11	1	1
12	Anjali Sengupta	Ladies	11	1	0
13	Suraj Kamat	College	10	0	1
14	M R Ramesh Kumar	Open	7	1	0
15	Sadhika Buddaseth	Open	6	0	1
16	Shreesh Bhat	School	4	1	0
17	Shivraj Kishor Naik	Open	2	0	0
18	Shubham Phadte	School	2	0	0
19	Siddhant K Naik	School	2	0	0

SEQC December - Results

QM: Viola Rodrigues

1st: Aniruddha Sen Gupta, C. N. Prabhakar, Mahesh Prabhu, Sapana K. C., Tallulah D'Silva, Vijay Oli - 145
2nd: Anant Prabhu, Kanchan Gatward, Pranav Khadpe, Rajiv D'Silva, Sanjay Parab, Siraj Syed - 135
3rd: Kedar Naik, Mohnish Sardessai, Nikhil Shirsat, Nisha Oli, Nitish Wagle, Parind Phadte, R. Samyak, Tanmay Pereira Naik, Sajan Venniyoor, Shrijana K. C., Shubham Phadte - 130
4th: Ajey Patil, Delson Roche, Kunal Naik, Sadhika Buddaseth, Shakuntala Buddaseth, Yash Pathak - 125
5th: Anjali Sengupta, Lara Pereira, Molu Garg, Paola Mambro, Paul Gatward, Sachin Chatte, Umang Nair - 90
6th: Lynn Barretto Miranda, Soham Gaunekar, Sunil Sardessai, Varun Khadpe, Viraj Nayak - 50

The next Panjim Monthly will be held on the 5th of January 2014. The name of the QM will be announced soon.

Quiz Dubai Brain Buster - Scores

1. Aniruddha Sen Gupta - 37
2. Rajiv D'Silva - 27
3. Nitish Wagle - 22
4. Kunal Naik - 21
5. Paul Gatward - 18
6. Anjali Sen Gupta - 14
7. Sunil Sardessai - 11
8. Delson Roche - 10
9. Anant Prabhu - 6
10. Paola Mambro - 4
11. C. N. Prabhakar - 1

Asiasweep scores

The inaugural Asiasweep was something of a mind-numbing experience. Seven teams took part in the Goa edition. Here are the final scores:

1. Rajiv D'Silva and Aniruddha Sen Gupta - 67
2. Julian D'Costa and Venkatesh Srinivasan - 55
3. Paul Gatward nd Tallulah D'Silva - 20
4. Viola Rodrigues and Suraj Kamat - 14
5. Shubham Phadte and Parind Phadte - 13
6. Sunil Sardessai and Anant Sridhar Prabhu - 10
7. Sairaj Phaldessai - 7

Mahaquizzer and Asiaweep

(Update: Please note the changed venue for Asiasweep)
Two challenging quizzes organised by the Karnataka Quiz Association (KQA) will be held in various cities across India and other countries this coming Sunday. In the morning, there's a special anniversary edition of Mahaquizzer, the national solo quiz. The afternoon will see the inaugural edition of Asiasweep, a quiz on all things Asia. SEQC will be conducting both in Goa.

Mahaquizzer is a solo written quiz, with 150 questions on general subjects to be answered in 90 minutes.

Asiasweep is a written 100-questions quiz for teams of two.

Pre-registration is essential for both quizzes. To register for Mahaquizzer, please use this link. Registration for Asiasweep can be done here. For the latter, you can register yourself individually, and find a partner later or at the venue itself, or even participate solo if you're that confident.

Please bring your own pens/pencils and backing boards. Call 9890141715 in case you need any clarifications.

Mahaquizzer
Date: 8th December 2013
Time: 9.30am (reporting time). The quiz will begin at 10am sharp.
Venue: Pharmacy College, Caculo Island, 18 June Road, Panjim
QM: KQA
Proctor: Kanchan Gatward
Flavour: General
Format: Written. 150 questions to be answered in 90 minutes.
Participation: Open to all, entry free. For individual participants.

Asiasweep
Date: 8th December 2013
Time: 2pm (reporting time). The quiz will begin at 2.30pm.
Venue: Urban Health Centre, Margao, opp. Hospicio.

QM: KQA

Proctor: Ira Almeida
Flavour: Asia-specific
Format: Written, 100 questions
Participation: Open to all, entry free. For teams of two (solo participants are also allowed).

SEQCm November – Results

QM: Sanjay Parab

1st: Harsh Hegde, Lynn Barreto Miranda, Paul Gatward, Viraj Nayak - 145
2nd: Abhijeet Virginkar, Altamash Panjwany, Anant Prabhu, Nitish Wagle - 140
3rd: [Anjali Sengupta, Ira Almeida, Shwetambari Parab, Sunil Sardessai] and [Akash Arun, Aniruddha Sen Gupta, Nathan Moniz] - 120

The next Margao monthly will be held on the 28th of December. The QM is to be decided.