Monday, August 31, 2015

Goa History Quiz - Qualifiers

North Goa:
1. Saniya Pednekar, Sridatt Verenkar, Shubham Vernekar (St. John of the Cross HS, Sanquelim)
2. Eesha Tirodkar, Om Joshi, Shraddhesh Kenkre (Saraswat Vidyalaya, Mapusa)
3. Salvius D’Cunha, Eden Heredia, Ujwal Tendulkar (Holy Family HS, Porvorim)
4. Saitej Amonkar, Manas Hadkar, Saavi Natekar (Dr. KB Hedgewar HS, Panjim)
5. Emmanuel de Noronha, Rhys Braganca, Lindolf Colaco (The Rosary HS, Miramar)
6. Arthur Gomes, Chayne Lobo, Dharamraj Thakur (Don Bosco HS, Panjim)
7. Calvin D’Mellow, Elton D’Souza, Joshua D’Lima (St. Britto HS, Mapusa)
8. Brianne D’Souza, Arya Gauns, Sophia Dias (St. Mary’s Convent HS, Mapusa)
9. Madhusudan Hasbe, Neel DeSouza, Shruti Shenoy (Holy Family HS, Porvorim)
10. Shriram Parab, Ayush Amonkar, Anoushka Prabhu (Mushtifund HS, Panjim)
11. Noah Martins, Hrishikesh Chanekar, Ansley Lobo (St. Britto HS, Mapusa)
12. Sarah Rajabali, Reuben Nazareth, Aldrin Fernandes (Chubby Cheeks Spring Valley HS, Porvorim)

South Goa:
1. Yannick Furtado, Werner Gomindes, Altamash Panjwany (Loyola HS, Margao)
2. Harsh Prabhudesai, Vishvesh Nayak, Mayuresh Khandeparkar (Bhatiker Model HS, Margao)
3. Khiara Pinto do Rosario, Karina Pinto do Rosario, Rianne Barreto (Fatima Convent HS, Margao)
4. Aradhya Khandeparkar, Gaurang Nayak, Sanket Sinari (Bhatiker Model HS, Margao)
5. Trusha Ganesh, Surabhi Aswath, Kartik Hede (Vidya Vikas Academy, Margao)
6. Ravindra Kudchadkar, Dickster Da Costa, Nathan Fernandes (Loyola HS, Margao)
7. Sahas Kamat, Sahil Shet, Yash Chopdekar (Deepvikar HS, Vasco)
8. Jeremiah Pacheco, Irvin Joao, Rahul Shanbag (Loyola HS, Margao)
9. Ashish Kelkar, Anish Konkar, Panchami Pai (Bhatiker Model HS, Marago)
10. Siya Kakodkar, Chinmayi Nadkarni, Sarvad Amonkar (The New Educational Institute, Curchorem)
11. Vinay Mascarenhas, Bradley Rodrigues, Dinesh Lopez (Vidya Vikas Academy, Margao)
12. Jonathan Moraes, Winston Samuel Raj, Saurabh Mulgaonkar (Deepvihar HS, Vasco)

The semis and finals will be held at 9.30 am on the 4th of September at the Xavier Centre for Historical Research, Porvorim.

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Margao August Quiz

Date: Saturday, 29th August 2015

Time: 5.00 pm
Venue: Urban Health Centre, opp. Hospicio, Margao
QM: Rajiv D'Silva
Flavour: General
Participation: Open to all.

Incredible India Quizzes - Results

School Edition

QM: Harshvardhan Bhatkuly

1st: Akash Arun & Zibane Paes (Shree Damodar HSS, Margao) - 100
2nd: Altamash Panjwany & Yannick Furtado (Loyola HS, Margao) - 80
3rd: Anish Dhaimodkar & Kedar Gudekar (AJ de Almeida HS, Ponda) - 50+1
4th: Ashwin Mascarenhas & Chaitanya Naik (Mushtifund Aryan HSS, Panjim), Bindav Bakhle & Vedang Gaonkar (GVM's Aakas HSS, Ponda) - 50
6th: Gayatri Gauns & Karuna Sankolli (GVM's Aakas HSS, Ponda) - 30


Open Edition:

QM: Aniruddha Sen Gupta

1st: Sangeeth Varma, Sanjay Parab, Vidyadhar Gadgil - 120
2nd: Harshvardhan Bhatkuly, Lynn Barretto Miranda, Rajiv D'Silva - 110
3rd: Pradhyumna Bhat, Sunil Sardessai, Vishwanath Rajan - 90
4th: Ameya Mardolkar, Amol Joshi, Gouthami - 75
5th: Avinash Pujari, Sammit Jain, Varun Prasad - 40
6th: Anant Prabhu, Leroy Veloso, Pritha Sardessai - 20

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Goa History Quiz 2015

Dates: Prelims - 29th August 2015, Finals - 4th September 2015
Venues: South Goa Prelims - Loyola High School, Margao
North Goa Prelims & Finals - XCHR, Porvorim
Time: 9.30 am
QM: Rajiv D'Silva
Flavour: Goa's history
Format: The top 24 teams in the prelims held on the 29th August, 12 each from North & South Goa, will participate in 4 Semi-Finals of 6 teams each held on the 4th September. The winners of each Semi-Final will meet in the Final, to be held on the same day.
Participation: Open to students of Std. X and below, teams of three members each. Call 2417772 or 2414971 for more details, or visit www.xchr.in.

Monday, August 10, 2015

Panjim August Quiz - Results

QM: Aniruddha Sen Gupta

1st: Abhijeet Virgincar, Arunav Konwar, Chaitanya Naik, Majid Siddiqi, Nadine Monteiro, Naz Siddiqi, Nitish Wagle, Tanmay Pereira Naik, Viola Rodrigues - 170
2nd: Ameya Mardolkar, Amol Joshi, C. N. Prabhakar, Kaivalya Karkare, Mahesh Prabhu, Nehara Pandey, Pritha Sardessai, Soham Kamat, Srijit Kumar - 140
3rd: Ajey Patil, Anjali Sengupta, Ashwini Joglekar, Mandar Nagarsekar, Purva Nagarsekar, Sanjay Parab, Shekhar Wadhwa, Siddharth Parab, Ved Nagarsekar - 130
4th: Gouthami, Mohnish Sardessai, Paola Mambro, Pathikrit Ghosh, Pranab Mukhopadhyay, Preeti Lal, Shaunak Sardessai, Sunil Sardessai - 120
5th: [Ashwin Mascarenhas, Astrid Monteiro, Chinmay Naik, Lara Pereira, Lynn Barretto Miranda, Mark Monteiro, Parind Phadte, Rajiv D'Silva, Sangeeth Varma] & [Amey Parsekar, Anant Prabhu, Blessie James, Jayant Karn, Kedar Naik, Manas Hadkar, Pamella D'Mello, Shaila De Souza, Shaswat Chaterji, Vishwanath Rajan] - 100

The next Panjim Monthly will be held on the 6th of September, to be jointly hosted by Ashwin Mascarenhas & Chaitanya Naik.

Friday, August 7, 2015

Announcing the Incredible India Quizzes 2015


The Incredible India Quizzes 2015 will be held, as they are every year, on August 15, Independence Day, at the International Centre Goa (ICG) in Dona Paula. As always, there will be two editions – one for Schools, starting at 2pm; the other Open to all, starting at 5pm.

The Quizmaster for the Schools edition this year is Harsh Bhatkuly, while Aniruddha 'Annie' Sen Gupta will be conducting the Open edition. 

The Schools edition is open to students of up to Std XII, in teams of two, both members from the same institution. Those who wish to pre-register for the quiz can do so through their schools, or directly by sending an email to seqcgoa@gmail.com before midnight on August 14, mentioning names of both the team members, and the name of the school. Teams can also register on the spot. 

Participants in the Schools edition are requested to be at the venue by 1.30pm on Saturday August 15, and seated by 1.45pm. The qualification round will commence at 2pm. The top six teams from the prelims will qualify for the onstage finals.

Anyone can take part in the Open edition, including those who have participated in the Schools quiz. The prelims for the Open edition will be taken individually. The top 18 qualifiers will then be divided into six teams of three each for the onstage finals. Those wishing to pre-register for the Open edition can do so by emailing seqcgoa@gmail.com before midnight on August 14, mentioning that you would like to participate in the Open quiz. Spot registrations will also be accepted.