All the world’s a playground
Last Sunday, Chandrakant took on the ambitious task of
hosting a quiz that mixed Geography and Sports, a combination that is not often
seen in quizzing. Kudos to him for choosing to make such an unconventional set,
which balanced interesting factoids and trivia. The quiz was genuinely enjoyable, and Chandrakant kept things engaging throughout. Brevity is an
underrated virtue in a QM, and Chandrakant nailed it, even with five rounds and
a rather convoluted points system.
He kicked off round 1 with Roulette featuring two sets of
questions on the namesake topics. This format seems to be gaining in
popularity, having made an appearance in the last Panjim monthly hosted by
Samyak and Chinmay as well. The only issue with this round was that the initial
teams get an unfair benefit while listing the responses on the go.
Next up was a direct Q&A “Mixed bag” round with five
free pounces per team. However, the teams could also “buy” additional pounces
as required. A unique feature here was the option to stake one of three direct
questions for double points. The questions spanned from jalebi deliveries to
ping pong diplomacies, with national anthem fundas thrown in for good measure.
Chandrakant managed to cover a wide range of sports themes as well, eschewing mostly
the usual cricket, football, and tennis-related questions.
Round 3 was deceptively simple. Teams picked a topic and had
to choose all 5 answers from the multiple choices given. Only one team managed
a full house, proving once again that appearances can be deceiving.
After a quick chai and samosa break, we went into the final
rounds. The connect round came with a twist: each individual question was a
type of cryptic clue. The last round, aptly titled “Conquer the World,” had
teams identifying countries marked with red bindis (Operation sindoor?) and
their capitals, amidst passionate arguments. The design of this round was smart
in that it allowed the teams to choose countries they felt confident about
answering. By the end of the quiz, team 4 took first place at 327, with teams 5
and 3 not too far behind.
Overall, it was a nice Diwali Eve quiz which stitched together
an interesting mix of geography and sports topics. While the points system
could have been a tad simpler, Chandrakant managed it well. Special thanks to
Paul for keeping up with the scoring! Here’s hoping we get to see more interesting
combinations of topics and new QMs, who take on the task of providing a good
evening of quizzing for SEQC.
1 comment:
Bravo Chandrakant! 👏 A very interesting quiz. And very well conducted. Good fun 🙂
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