SEQC Panjim April Quiz

Date: Sunday, 5th April 2026

Time: 5.00 pm

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao

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QM: Nitish Wagle 

Participation: Open to all

Mythology & History Quiz – 22/March/2026 – results

QMs: R Samyak and Chinmay Naik

1st – Team I (Amita Kanekar, Shashwat Salgaoncar, Melchior Teles, Viola Rodrigues, Omkar Bhurke, Pallavi Dhakne): 155 points

2nd – Team II (Chaitanya Naik, Riddhi Naik, Nayana Naik, Aastha Dua, Sunil Sardessai, Shujoy Dutta) and Team IV (Kaivalya Karkare, Assis Sequeira, Sanjay Parab, Diksha, Manan, Immanuel): 145 points 

4th – Team III (Nikhil Shirsat, Ajay Poonia, Amey Parsekar, Abhijeet Virginkar, Mohnish Sardesai, Rupika V): 140 points

5th – Team VI (Srijit Kumar, Harsh Bhatkuly, Saud Sayed, Karan Dhingra, Shruti Nair, Devika Shetty): 130 points

6th – Team V (Rajiv D'Silva, Doc Shekhar, Parind Phadte, Swati Parab, Mitanshu Kavlekar): 95 points

Mythology & History Quiz – 22/March/2026 – content

QMs: R Samyak and Chinmay Naik

SEQC Margao March Quiz

Date: Sunday, 29th March 2026

Time: 5.00 pm

Venue: SGDH Auditorium, 5th Floor, South Goa District Hospital, Margao

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QM: Assis Sequeira & Melchior Teles

Participation: Open to all

Lights! Camera! Questions! movie quiz – 15/March/2026 – results

The Lights! Camera! Question! (LCQ) movie quiz was held on March 15 at the Maquinez Palace in collaboration with the Entertainment Society of Goa. The auditorium is otherwise used for jury screenings during IFFI, so we did the quiz in some style, with plush seating and superb projection.

The main battle for supremacy was between the teams of the two standout quizzers of the evening – Sameer Volvoikar and Shaunak Sardessai. On this occasion, Sameer, backed by Sanjay Parab and the young Shiv Nadkarni, prevailed. 

Final scores

1st – Team IV (Sameer Volvoikar, Sanjay Parab, Shiv Nadkarni): 360 points

2nd – Team II (Shaunak Sardessai, Anjali Sen Gupta, Upesh Pradhan): 310 points

3rd – Team VII (Devika Shetty, Siddhant Parab, Karan R): 230 points

4th – Team VI (Rajiv D'Silva, Srijit Kumar, Harsh Bhatkuly): 220 points

5th – Team V (Doc Shekhar, Magali Vaz, Parind Phadte) and Team VIII (Raunak Nevgi, Aastha Dua, Vilas Pavithran): 200 points

7th – Team I (Shujoy Dutta, Ruchira Porob, Sunil Sardessai, Angeline Pradhan): 175 points

8th – Team III (Ira Prem, Nikhil Shirsat, Rasika Fernandes): 165 points

The content for this quiz will not be uploaded to the blog, as it is too media-heavy.

SEQC History & Mythology Quiz quiz

Date: Sunday, 22nd March 2026

Time: 5.00 pm

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao

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QM: Chinmay Naik & Samyak Rajanala

Theme: History & Mythology

Participation: Open to all

SEQC Margao March 2023 monthly – 26/March/2023 – content

QM: Anjali Sengupta, Ashwini Joglekar, Ira Almeida, Ira Prem, Pallavi Dhakne, Viola Rodrigues

Anjali Sengupta

Ashwini Joglekar

Ira Almeida

Ira Prem

Pallavi Dhakne

Viola Rodrigues

SEQC Panjim March 2025 monthly – 2/March/2025 – content

QM: Angeline Pradhan, Anjali Dar SenGupta, Devika Shetty, Naintara Jain and Ruchira Porob

Angeline Pradhan

Anjali Dar SenGupta

Devika Shetty

Naintara Jain

Ruchira Porob

Purple Riband Challenge Quiz — 8/March/2026 — results

Here are the results of the Purple Riband Challenge Quiz by Quiz Foundation of India, 2026, hosted by Anjali Sengupta:

1st: Team 3 - 271 points

Chinmay Naik, Kaivalya Karkare, Assis Sequeira, Aastha Dua, Arnold D'Souza

2nd: Team 2 - 267 points

Rajiv D'Silva, Ajay Poonia, Nikhil Shirsat, Swati Parab, Samayra Manjrekar, Abhijeet Virginkar

3rd: Team 1 - 265 points

Ruchira Porob, Shujoy Dutta, Julian D'Costa, Soham Gaunekar, Melchior Teles

4th: Team 5 - 251 points

Srijit Kumar, Devika Shetty, Adish Talwadkar, Bonny Furtado

5th: Team 4 - 236 points

Ira Almeida, Annie Sengupta, Omkar Bhurke, Saareesh Naik, Rutva Porob

Lights! Camera! Question! movie quiz

The Sunday Evening Quiz Club (SEQC) will conduct 'Lights! Camera! Question!' (LCQ), a quiz on the magic of movies, in collaboration with the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) at Maquinez Palace Auditorium 2. 

Replete with audio-video clips, LCQ will consist of questions from Indian and international cinema. It will start with a preliminary round to be answered solo by participants, with the teams for the final rounds decided on the basis of the prelims scores.

Date: Sunday, March 15, 2026

Time: 3.00 pm (reporting time 2.45pm)

Timeline:

3pm-5pm: Prelims

5pm-5.30pm: Tea break

5.30pm-8.30pm: Finals with a break midway

Venue: Maquinez Palace, Panaji, Auditorium 2

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QM: Annie Sen Gupta

Format: Written prelims, to be answered solo. Teams for finals to be formed based on prelims scores. Please bring your own pen(s) and backing board.

Participation: The event is open to all, and entry is free.

Purple Riband Challenge Quiz—2026

In a world where the quizzing stage is often male-dominated, Purple Riband aims to flip the script. Created by The Quiz Foundation of India (QFI) to celebrate International Women’s Day this quiz is designed by women, for women. Featuring a set curated entirely by a diverse team of female quizmasters: Jayashree, Nirupama, Saranya, and 13-year-old Vanshi, it’s a fun and friendly celebration of trivia.

Date: Sunday, 8th March 2026

Time: 5.00 pm 

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao

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QM: Anjali Dar SenGupta 

Participation: Open to all.

Panjim March monthly – 01/March/2026 – results

Here are the results of the Panjim, March 2026 monthly hosted by Soham and Kunal:

1st: Team 4 - 305 points

Mohnish, Kaivalya Karkare, Rohit, Nadine, Harshavardhan Bhatkuly, Shreyas Naik, Isha Usgaonkar, Rahul Sabnis, Arnold D'Souza

2nd: Team 3- 300 points

Julian D'Costa, Dhanraj, R Samyak, Priya Viegas, Ajay Poonia, Raunak Nevgi, Deepak Batra, Shujoy Dutta

3rd: Team 5- 260 points

Annie Sengupta, Anjali Dar Sengupta, Parind Phadte,Chinmay Naik, Aastha Dua, Nikhil Shirsat, Devansh Cholera, Ruchira Porob

4th: Team 2- 235 points

Chandrashekhar Rao,  Vilas Pavithran, Devika Shetty, Ira Almeida, Rupika V, Nitish Wagle, Dr Ryan Costa, Nisha Costa

5th: Team 6- 230 points

Adish Talwadkar, Anirudh Kakodkar, Dhimant, Bonny Furtado, Srijit Kumar, Saloni Sardesai, Dr Terrence

6th: Team 1- 220 points

Soham Khandeparkar, Marishia Rodrigues, Simran Dhond, Rishabh Verma, Omkar Bhurke,Anuradha Kedia, Rajiv D'Silva, Amey Parsekar, Paola Mambro

A Versatile Quiz: Sunday Evening of Wit and Wonder

Review of the Margao Feb monthly by Assis Sequeira

The February sun lingered, the heat pressing down and making us long for cooler weather. Relief finally dawned as we stepped into the Hospicio’s air conditioned auditorium, where the outside world seemed miles away. The atmosphere shifted instantly from sultry discomfort to eager anticipation, as all eyes turned toward the stage.

On the stage or rather in front of the stage, the dynamic quizmaster duo—Devika Shetty and Vilas Pavithran—were all set to orchestrate an afternoon of intellectual excitement. Devika, with her trademark radiant smile, welcomed the audience warmly, while Vilas, sporting his mischievous grin, added a spark of playful energy. Together, they struck a perfect balance: charm and wit, precision and humour.

The Quiz Experience

• Range of Questions: The duo guided participants through a sweeping journey of knowledge, from ancient civilizations to contemporary events. Their incisive questions touched upon landmark historical moments, cultural trivia, and fascinating nuggets of information that kept the players on edge.

• Innovative Rounds: A particularly memorable segment featured a world map, cleverly marked with the birth and death locations of global personalities. Contestants had to connect the dots—literally and figuratively—between geography and history, making the round both challenging and visually engaging. Contrary to the slogan ‘Global is Local’ all the teams missed identifying the only Goan featuring in the segment.

• Pounce Questions with a Twist: Adding to the thrill, the pounce round came with a clever catch. Contestants could opt for a clue, but at the cost of halving their points. This rule tested not only knowledge but also strategy, forcing participants to weigh risk against reward.

The energy in the auditorium was palpable. Most questions sparked murmurs, gasps, and bursts of applause. The quizmasters’ seamless coordination and engaging style ensured that even though a few questions flew over my head, I felt proud to be part of the intellectual challenge. Like all SEQC contests, it was more a celebration of curiosity and fun learning.

As the clock ticked relentlessly, time became the only adversary the duo could not outwit. The much anticipated final round of twelve questions had to be shelved, leaving the players with a bittersweet sense of longing. Yet, the enthusiasm and joy generated throughout the quiz ensured that it would be remembered not for what was missed, but for what it delivered.

Feb Margao monthly – 22/Feb/2026 – content

SEQC Panjim March Quiz

Date: Sunday, 1st March 2026

Time: 5.00 pm

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao

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QM: Kunal Naik & Soham Gaunekar

Participation: Open to all

Margao Feb monthly – 22/Feb/2026 – results

Here are the results of the Margao Feb 2026 monthly:

1st: Team 6 (Srijit Kumar, Anirudh Kakodkar, Shiv Nadkarni, Soham Gaunekar, Sahil Ramchandani) -- 235 points

2nd: Team 3 (Anjali Sen Gupta, Terrence D'Costa, Swati Porob, Annie Sen Gupta) -- 215 points

3rd: Team 5 (Anand Lobo, Julian D'Costa, Sanjay Parab, Olex, Rajiv D'Silva) -- 185 points

4th: Team 2 (Ira Prem, Ira Almeida, Magali Vaz, Maria Barretto, Amey Parsekar, Shwetambari) -- 160 points

5th: Team 4 (Nikhil Shirsat, Harshvardhan Bhatkuly, Simran Dhond, Shujoy Dutta) -- 140 points

6th: Team 1 (Arnold D'Souza, Amaan Sheikh, Melchior Teles, Assis Sequeira) -- 125 points

MusiQuiz 2026 Results

 Here are the results and teams of the MusiQuiz 2026:

Team 7: 210 points

Sultans of Sing: Srijit Kumar, Neville Coutinho, Chandrashekhar Rao

Team 6: 195 points

Lucano Alvares, Sanjay Parab, Russel

Team 8: 190 points

Annie Sengupta, Anjali Sengupta, Devika Shetty

Team 3: 135 points

32kbps: Aastha Dua, Rupika V, Shujoy Dutta

Team 4: 115 points

Daft Picks: Harshvardhan Bhatkuly, Ajay Poonia, Anirudh

Team 2: 105 points

Pragya, Micheal, Jennifer

Team 1: 95 points

Raunak Nevgi, Parind Phadte, Rishav Paul

Team 5: 80 points

Ruchira Porob, Nitish Wagle, Julian

SEQC Margao February Quiz

Date: Sunday, 22nd February 2026

Time: 5.00 pm

Venue: SGDH Auditorium, 5th Floor, South Goa District Hospital, Margao

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QM: Vilas Pavithran & Devika Shetty 

Participation: Open to all

Feb Panjim monthly – 1/Feb/2026 – content

QM: Annie Sen Gupta

February Monthly 2026- Panjim

                                                 Artwork for Mayur credited to Upesh Pradhan

Traditions have survived millennia for a reason. They provide continuity in a world that feels alien. People die, cities change, our bodies look different. But traditions, and our stories associated with them, will survive. They provide a sense of control and indeed, comfort to the ones left behind. They are illusions, created by mankind to pull the greatest trick of all- immortality.

And so it was yesterday. The show must go on, as is tradition. Mayur once told me , one should aspire to be notorious enough to be featured in a quiz. He would be tickled to know that he was in Annie’s quiz yesterday. I remember in my early days at SEQC, there was a quiz Mayur had hosted and he put in the quote by Carl Sagan (echoing my thoughts for Mayur right now): "In the vastness of space and the immensity of time, it is my joy to share a planet and an epoch with Annie.” He had told me later how much he admired Annie and how lucky he felt to be a part of SEQC.

Of course, he would have wished the circumstances were different. My man had a lot to live for. But as the memorial showed, he had a large life , and an even larger impact on our lives .Death is never the end if one doesn’t want it to be.

The quiz was brief and excellent. However, the SEQC community is large and will hopefully continue for much longer than any of us will be here. But until then, we live to fight another day, ask another question, and show up on the next Sunday. As is tradition.

Teams and Points:

Team 2: 155 points

Ira Prem, Magali Vaz,Julian, Vilas Pavithran,Nikhil, Diwakar Kishore

Team 1: 115 points

Paola Mambro, Dr Chandrashekhar Rao, Ashwin Mascarenhas,Srijit Kumar, Mervyn Fernandes, Parind Phadte

Team 5: 110 points

Chinmay Naik, Swati Parab, Rajiv D’Silva, Anuradha Kedia, Assis Sequeira, Sunil Sardessai, Terrence D’Costa, Anirudh K

Team 6: 105 points

Anjali Sengupta, Devika Shetty, Dr Ira Almeida, Angeline Pradhan, Upesh Pradhan, Raunak Nevgi, Soham Gaunekar

Team 3: 100 points

Kaivalya, Dhimanth, Sanjay, Melchior, Shwetambari, Prabhav Sidheya, Aastha

Team 4: 70 points

Aditya Karve, Omkar Bhurke, Ashwini Joglekar, Ruchira Porob, Abhijit Virgincar, Nitish Wagle, Kanchan Desai

MusiQuiz 2026

A quiz on all things musical.

Date: Sunday, 15th February 2026

Time: 4.00 pm

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao

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QM: Rajiv D'Silva

Participation: Open to all, in teams of two. To register, click here. 

Mayur's memorial and Panjim February Quiz

This Sunday we will host a memorial for Mayur Shett followed by a short quiz by Annie Sen Gupta. All those who wish to speak or contribute dedications (short videos or written notes) for Mayur are requested to get in touch with Devika. 

Date: Sunday, 1st February 2026

Time: 5.00 pm

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao

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QM: Annie Sen Gupta

Participation: Open to all

Margao January Quiz cancelled

Dear all,

As we continue our pause in programming to mourn Mayur, we will not be hosting the Margao January monthly this Sunday.

Instead, we will come together next Sunday, 1st February, at the Panjim February monthly to remember and celebrate Mayur.

Further details about the memorial will be shared in a separate announcement soon.

Goa Open cancelled

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Goa Open scheduled for this Sunday, January 18, stands cancelled.

Thoughts on the Panjim monthly- 11/Jan/2025

This is not a recap per se. Nitish said he is going to run this quiz online at some point, so I will not write any spoilers. This is more of an exploration post the quiz.

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A good quiz is merely a cipher because it allows the brain to feel whatever it wants to feel. We might feel elation, at times dejection, frustration or in rare moments, even exuberance; we can feel all this or nothing at all. Yes, a good quiz is a cipher, a mirror, to see what we choose to see.

And what is it about a good quiz that makes us feel this way? Why do we subject ourselves to the torture of racking our brains and hearts for answers? And where exactly, are those answers coming from? Are they inside us, or are they hidden in the warm camaraderie of the team? Or are they in fact pulled out of the thin air by a well-devised clue (a Gujarati one, perhaps)? Are they held secret in the grids of our childhood games?

A good quiz, like the one hosted by Nitish last Sunday, leaves one hungry for more. It creates an atmosphere fuelled by thoughtful questions, engaged teams, and the raucous bonhomie of the evening. Is that what compels a quizzer to return? After all, our only reward is a subtle nod from the Quizmaster and a few points. Why do we come at all, when we could be metaphorically, lazing in a hammock instead?. Perhaps we come to belong in the collective laughter when a teammate unintentionally flubs a 15-pointer question after she makes a point on the unfairness of a 15-pointer question.

In that sense, quizzing is much like the tortures of young love: we suffer through exquisite pain for the promise of something beautiful. We are like addicts searching for the next high, or cult members in a trance. Everything makes sense in that moment when the answer fits the question. We find heaven in the hallowed halls of the GBS.

The quiz itself was beautifully structured, with the titles of the rounds themselves designed as questions. There were 6 rounds, and dispatched at a quick pace, spanning from politics to sports, history, geography, religion, food and more.

We have had a great start to 2026 and it is only January. There is more to come, and more to know about own selves through what we choose to see and remember.

So long then, until next Sunday.

Scores:

Team 6: 350 points

Aniruddha Sengupta, Naintara Jain, Aastha Dua, Devika Shetty, Mervyn Fernandes

Team 3: 330 points

Raunak Nevgi, Shujoy Dutta, Melchior Teles, Assis Sequeira, Devansh Cholera, Dhanraj

Team 4: 305 points

Ajay Poonia, Ajey Patil, Soham Gaunekar, Anirudh, Kanchan

Team 5: 285 points

Mayur Shett, Smita Nair, Ashwini Joglekar, Ruchira Porob, Viola Rodrigues, Abhijit, Ajith Nair

Team 2: 265 points

Poonam Chowdhury, Gurjot Sidhu, Karan Dhingra, Vilas Pavithran, Bonny

Team 1: 230 points

Dr. Chandrashekhar Rao, Sunil Sardessai, Srijit Kumar, Anjali Sengupta, Parind Phadte

Goa Open 2026

CANCELLED 

The Goa Open is back after a gap of 6 years. It's scheduled for Sunday, January 18, at the Goa Business School.

It's open to all in pre-formed teams of 3, but with a caveat: only one person from each of the following 2 Lists can be in the same team.

List 1: Rajiv D'Silva, Nitish Wagle, Ira Prem, Srijit Kumar, Vilas Pavithran, Doc Shekhar, Mayur Shett, Raunak Nevgi

List 2: Ajey Patil, Shujoy Dutta, R Samyak, Aastha Dua, Ruchira Porob, Soham Gaunekar, Parind Phadte, Anjali Sen Gupta

Apart from that constraint, you are free to form your team in any way you like.

The quiz will begin with a written Prelims at 3.30pm, from which the top 8 teams will qualify for the Finals.

Date: Sunday, 18th January 2026

Time: 3.30 pm (please be in place by 3.15pm)

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao

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QM: Annie Sen Gupta

Participation: Open to all in pre-formed teams of 3, with rider as detailed above

Panjim January monthly – 4/Jan/2026

QMs: Raunak Nevgi and Shujoy Dutta

Food & Travel Quiz – 28/Dec/2025 – content

QM: Swati Parab

 

A trivial start to 2026 :Recap of the Panjim monthly- 4th January 2026

Here we go again. A bright, shiny new year unspooling before us, waiting to be filled with memories and musings. It feels like the new year is not made of days but threads, dangling in front of us. Some threads are glamorous and remarkable -these are the “Big Life Events”- and some are colourful and happy, marking all the fun we have had.  Most, though, are beige, because they represent our daily lives in all their unnoticed, ordinary glory. Yet, some of these beige threads are actually Trojan horses, sneakily making their way into our hearts, so we remember later.

Now, frankly my dears, what kind of thread do you think the quiz hosted by Shujoy and Raunak shall be? Perhaps only time will tell. One fine day at a party, you might throw in trivia about how there is only one British monarch named Victoria, or how Armenia uses Ararat Mountain symbolism despite it being in Turkey.

Quizzers must be annoying to other party guests.

Last Sunday’s quiz was a good start to the new year. The homage to Trivial Pursuits was sweet as that is how Shujoy said he started quizzing. Raunak had some sports questions that even lay people could answer. What else do we need at the start of the year other than a host of new things to learn and some wedges!

They had 4 rounds with one hex round at the end. Round 1 was written, for answers ranging from 1-10 only. You would think it would be easy to guess how many times an Indian PM has visited Pakistan!

Rounds 2 and 4 were set in the Trivial Pursuit format. Questions ranged from geography, history, arts and literature, sports and leisure and entertainment. Each topic had wedges that would earn the team bonus points. Due to the nature of the game, the questions alternated between topics for each team. Therefore, even though it continued for two rounds, it felt quite dynamic. The questions were also assiduously set by the QMs.

Round 3 was called sibling rivalry. It paired two teams for a set, with 3 questions each. The Gen Alpha slangs were fun to decipher and thoroughly confused the multiple generations present.

Thus ended the inaugural SEQC quiz of the year 2026. Thank you to the quizmaster duo for knitting such a beautiful patchwork thread into our Sunday. Hope this one has whetted your appetite as we have a full quizzing calendar ahead.

See you at the next one!

Scores:

Team 3: 370 points

Team 2: 330 points

Team 4: 315 points

Team 6: 305 points

Team 1: 295 points

Team 5: 250 points

SEQC 'Origins' Quiz

A quiz about the origins of words, ideas and random stuff.

Date: Sunday, 11th January 2026

Time: 5.00 pm

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao

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QM: Nitish Wagle

Participation: Open to all