Margao July monthly – 26/July/2026 – content

QM: Viola Rodrigues

Margao Monthly – 27/July/2026 – recap and results

QM: Viola Rodrigues

 Material Girl

‘Cause we are living in a material world

And I am a material girl

You know that we are living in a material world! 

(Lyrics from Material Girl)

The ‘material world’ conjured by the pop diva Madonna is not the material that Viola works with. A scientist by profession, Viola is observant, analytical and erudite. A true lover of science and scientific thinking.

For Viola, scientific facts and knowledge are not abstract, complex and technical to the point of being beyond the comprehension of a common person. Instead, she brings the scientific temper into the everyday and relatable aspects of life, especially through the food we eat, the beverages we drink and the clothes we wear.

Viola’s quiz spread over four rounds covered not only the flora and fauna, but also trivia on movies, literature, language and everything under the sun. It was above all a great learning experience; who knew that your navel could host some organisms that thrive in the Artic cold and others that survive the underwater vents of hot blasts. It is like Modi and Rahul living in the same small pothole.

There were a few references to the material world as against the materials that make the world by way of exotic food, for instance the macadamia nuts that compelled the pilot to turn back, the reproductive organs of the sea urchin that is a prized dish for the material people like Madonna and others.

The climax was the connect in triads and the grandmother – daughter - granddaughter overall connect. A fitting tribute to the Grandparents Day celebrated across parishes in Goa and other parts of the world.  

Voila! What a way to conclude a great quiz, Viola! May her tribe increase

Written by Assis Sequeira

Results:

1st: Team 2: 285 points

Kaivalya,Ira,Devika, Saud, Assis

2nd: Team 6: 275 points

Anirudh Kakodkar, Shiv Nadkarni, Srijit Kumar,Neha Kamat, Adish Talwadkar

3rd: Team 3: 250 points

Anjali Dar Sengupta, Annie Sengupta,Vinayak Singbal, Swati Parab

4th: Team 1: 240 points

Soham Gaunekar, Simran Dhond,Utsav Banerjee, Ajit Nair, Shujoy Datta

5th: Team 5: 195 points

Amey Parsekar, Vilas Pavithran, Melchior

6th: Team 4: 155 points

Ruchira Porob, Abhijeet, Sahil R, Nitish Wagle, Bhaskar Chakarborty

SEQC Panjim August Quiz

Date: Sunday, 2nd August 2026

Time: 5.00 pm

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao

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QM: Aman Agarwal 

Participation: Open to all

DQC Capital Punishment: National Written Qualifiers 2026

The Sunday Evening Quiz Club, will be hosting Delhi Quiz Club's Capital Punishment: National Written Qualifiers on the 2nd of August 2026 at 2pm.

As a curtain raiser to their marquee event: ✨ Oktoberfest 2026 ✨, the Delhi Quiz Club (DQC) is back once again with the third edition of their annual (offline) general quiz. 

The quiz can also be attempted by teams not looking to travel for the eventual fest in October as well, and treated as a standalone written quiz. Non-qualifiers from this written quiz can also attempt the on-ground prelims of Capital Punishment at Oktoberfest in New Delhi.

Details are as below:

Capital Punishment: National Written Qualifiers (CP:NWQ)

Question Setters: Anaamika, Aryan, Balagopal, Debasmita, Jyotesh, and Rohini 

Format & Theme: Written. General Quiz. Offline. 50 Questions. Run on slides by a proctor at each venue.

Team Size & Eligibility: Up to 3 members. Open to everyone.

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao 

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Time: 2 pm (IST)

Date: 2nd August 2026 (Sunday)

Duration: 2.5-3 hours (including checking of answers).

Proctor: Ruchira Porob 

Registration Link: Kindly register to participate at: https://forms.gle/qRU4jBv5kNG4QJrPA 

MQFx Dada: 2 quizzes by Bombay Quiz Club

The Sunday Evening Quiz Club will host two quizzes, conducted by the Bombay Quiz Club, as part of MQFx Dada, on 26th July 2026 at the South Goa District Hospital, Margao.

MQFx Dada is a quiz festival to remember BQC's former Acting President and Hall of Famer Anannya Deb aka Dada (1974-2026). Details of both quizzes are below:

QUIZ TIME FOR AFRICA

An open written quiz on all things Africa.
Date: Sunday, July 26th 2026
Time: 10.30 am (please be seated by 10.15 am)
Venue: Conference room, 4th Floor, South Goa District Hospital, Margao 
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Proctor: Anjali Dar SenGupta
Participation: Open to all, entry free. No registration is required. 

LIFE UNIVERSE AND 4-4-2

BQCs quadrennial 'general quiz about football' centred around the FIFA World Cup.
Date: Sunday, July 26th 2026
Time: 2.30 pm (please be seated by 2.15 pm)
Venue: Conference room, 4th Floor, South Goa District Hospital, Margao 
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Proctor: Anjali Dar SenGupta
Participation: Open to all, entry free. No registration is required.  

SEQC Margao July Quiz

Date: Sunday, 26th July 2026

Time: 5.00 pm

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

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QM: Viola Rodrigues

Participation: Open to all

FIFA Fo Fum football quiz – 12/July/2026 – content

QM: Nitish Wagle

FIFA Fo Fum football quiz – 12/July/2026 – results

QM: Nitish Wagle

1st: Team 5 (Rahul Upadhyay, Ankita Deb, Sudhanshu, Mervyn Fernandes, Arnold D'Souza, Sanjay Parab) – 270 points

2nd: Team 3 (Amey Parsekar, Raunak Nevgi, Dhiraj Kumar, Priyami Dutta, Vinayak Singbal) – 245 points

3rd: Team 1 (Nathan Souza, Rajiv D'Silva, Naintara Jain, Nihal Bhobe) – 175 points

4th: Team 6 (Valentino Alvares, Srijit Kumar, Atharva Mandrekar, Bhaskar Chakraborty, Annie Sen Gupta) – 140 points

5th: Team 4 (team sheet not received) – 105 points

6th: Team 2 (team sheet not received) – 90 points

Panjim Monthly – 05/July/2026 – recap and results

QM: Karan Dhingra

Karan’s Panjim monthly was a delightful ray of sunshine in the otherwise dark and foreboding weather we have been given. It was wonderfully light and even irreverent ,and made with an effort that showed.I find myself still surprised at how much of the QM’s personality shows up in a quiz that they set. We are allowed glimpses into what they like and find interesting, and what they are fascinated by. It is an unlikely but a true way of getting to know someone who stands up there on the dais and lets us walk through their mind. It is as if the mind is in conversation with us directly, and the QM is merely a conduit-“Come tell me what you see”.

The quiz was set in six brisk rounds, with the first being a written round on the theme of “5”. Perhaps a nod to date of the quiz?. The next round was quite fun, once you had arrived at the theme of the three columns. I especially liked the column with the capital cities. Then there were two short rounds of pounce and bounce on general topics . I particularly appreciated that the QM designed two compact sets of twelve questions, separated by a tea break. It made the quiz feel lighter and far more palatable than one long marathon. In the round five,we had to identify popular idioms and phrases using AI-assisted image clues. And then we moved to the end of the quiz with three connect questions.

What a lovely way to spend a rainy evening. Fun questions that spanned a multitude of topics, hot chai, good conversations and getting to leave with the feeling that one has learnt slightly more than when one walked into the room. A good quiz makes us feel good at the end;it reminds us that although there is still so much we do not know about the world, we have made some headway today.

Also, a big thank you to Shujoy for the beautiful show and tell from his trip to Africa. The stories were fun and the pictures, awe-inspiring!

Teams and Points

1st: Team 5: 445 points

Annie Sen Gupta, Shujoy Dutta, Nikhil Shirsat, Nigel Dias, Utsav Banerjee, Poonam Chowdhury, Gaurish Sawant.

2nd : Team 6: 435 points

Srijit Kumar, Omkar Bhurke, Devika Shetty, Mohammed Danish, Gurjot Sidhu, Anirudh Kakodkar, Jaanvi Saraf, Dhruv Sharma

3rd: Teams 1 and 2: 380 points

Team 1 : Jay Chowdhury, Naintara Jain, Rajiv D'Silva, Mahesh Prabhu, Ruchira Porob, Anjali Sengupta, Karishma D'Mello, Shivangi Sharan

Team 2: Atharva Mandrekar, Aastha Dua, Dhanraj, Aman Agarwal, Raunak Nevgi, Assis Sequeira

5th: Team 4 : 345 points

Ajay Poonia, Asha Rane, Ajit Nair, Prabhav Sidhaye, Prem Shankar, Melchior Teles, Safvana Khalid, Sayan Kundu, Mervyn Fernandes

6th : Team 3: 325 points

FIFA Fo Fum, football quiz

Date: Sunday, 12th July 2026

Time: 5.00 pm

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao

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Flavour: Football

QM: Nitish Wagle

Participation: Open to all

June Margao monthly – 28/June/2026 – content

 QM: Lynn Barreto Miranda

Margao monthly – 28/June/2026 – results

QM: Lynn Baretto Miranda

1st: Team 4 (Paul Gatward, Sanjay Parab, Melchior Teles, Harsh Khandeparkar, Rashmi Khandeparkar) – 305 points

2nd: Team 2 (Ajit Nair, Soham Gaunekar, Prashant Maurya, Neil Barretto) – 260 points

3rd: Team 1 (Devika Shetty, Maria Barretto, Magali Vaz, Aruna D'Costa, Fatima Moniz) – 235 points

4th: Team 3 (Vinayak Singbal, Sparsh Kulkarni, Mursaleen Nazir, Amey Parsekar, Parind Phadte) – 170 points

SEQC Panjim July Quiz

Date: Sunday, 5th July 2026

Time: 5.00 pm

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao

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QM: Karan Dhingra

Participation: Open to all

SEQC Margao June Quiz

Date: Sunday, 28th June 2026

Time: 5.00 pm

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

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QM: Lynn Barreto Miranda

Participation: Open to all

Mela Quiz, Panjim -14/June/2026- results

 QM: Annie Sengupta

1st :Team 6: 215 points

Aastha Dua, Shivangi, Kaivalya Karkare, Srijit Kumar, Aman Agarwal, Sunil Sardessai, Devansh Cholera, Simran Dhond

2nd: Team 1: 205 points

Bonny Furtado, Utsav Bannerjee,Dr Ira Almeida, Dr Chandrashekhar Rao, Devika Shetty, Vikram D'Silva

3rd : Team 3: 200 points

Anjal, Mursaleen Salroo, Parind Phadte, Nihal Bhobe, Harsh Khandeparkar, Naintara Jain, Raunak Nevgi, Anirudd Kakodkar

4th: Team 2: 185 points

Maria Baretto, Gurjot Sidhu, Poonam Chowdhury, Rashmi Khandeparkar, Ruchira Porob, Ira Prem, Magali Vaz, Karan Dhingra, Nitish Wagle

5th: Team 4: 165 points

Abha Lal, Dhanraj, Rajiv D'Silva, Bhaskar Chakraborty, Michel Maruca,Rijuna Kammilli-Maruca, Swati Parab, Alvira Sheikh

6th: Team 5: 140 points

Jaideep Jairam, Vinayak Singbal, Ajit Nair, Shubham Phadte, Terrence D'Costa, Ajay poonia, Soham Gaunekar, Anjali Sengupta

June Panjim monthly – 07/June/2026 – content

QMs: Sanjay Parab and Lynn Barreto Miranda

Sanjay Parab: 

Lynn Barreto Miranda:

MELA Quiz – 14/June/2026

 

Date: Sunday, 14th June 2026
Time: 5pm
Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao
Flavour: Media, Entertainment, Literature and the Arts
QM: Annie Sen Gupta 

Panjim Monthly -07/June/2026- results

 QMs: Sanjay Parab and Lynn Baretto Miranda

1st: Team 3: 230 points

Vinayak Singbal, Anirudd Kakodkar, Dr Terrence, Shujoy Dutta, Adish Talwadkar, Ajay Poonia, Raunak Nevgi, Harsh Kahndeparkar, Rashmi Khandeparkar

2nd : Team 1 and Team 6 : 195 points

Team1: Krishnamurthi J, Ashwini Joglekar, Ruchira Porob, Saud, Dhanaraj Naik

Team 6: Sanjay Parab, Lynn Barreto Miranda, Srijit Kumar, Devika Shetty, Kunal Naik, Dr Chandrashekhar Rao, Utsav Bannerjee, Parind Phadte

4th Place:Team 4: 175 points

Nitish Wagle, Simran Dhond, Sunil Sardessai, Vilas Pavithran, Mervyn, Nigel Dias, Bhaskar

5th Place: Team 2: 150 points

Swati Parab, Anjali Dar Sengupta, Ira Almeida, Naintara Jain, Soham Gaunekar, Samir Volvoicar, Nikhilesh Rana

6th Place: Team 5: 140 points

Annie Sengupta, Kaivalya Karkare, Amey Parsekar, Ajit, Aastha Dua

SEQC Boat trip : 6th June 2026

 

What do you see with the faraway look in your eyes? Is it the river, flowing indolent, along a coast thick with mangroves, while the sky darkens with anticipation? Does the bird (a kite? a vulture?) that just took flight among the prawn farms, lift your spirits? Do you see that this is the place where hope is born? And then what happens?

Then there are snatches of conversations here about cake and tea, and laughter tinkling between friends and acquaintances. Two young girls who are the best of friends, wander about with innocent abandon. “Is that pao” , one of them asks, watching a buoy float past.

We lounge , and we drink how many glasses of urrak? Who knows, who even counts on an evening like this. We sing old antakshari staples while eating fresh cooked Durado and prawns. We arrive on the shore where the Sal meets the Arabian Sea. We hear whispers of promises between lovers. We feed the dogs who have assembled out of habit, and we perform Kalari on the shore.

We cut cakes to celebrate the SEQC anniversary, and sing Konkani cantars. We play dumb charades. How extraordinary our lives seem in this moment. All is well and we are safe in our familiar picnic rituals; amongst friends and family we have known for eons. Can it really be only 18 years?

And then, we talk, we listen, we stay silent and we try to find. While all this is happening, the Sal just is. She is in no hurry. Time stops in her, while our lives have moved on a tiny bit. 

Day of Quizzing – 31/May/2026 – scores

QMs: Ajay Poonia, Magali Vaz, Siddhant Parab, Doc Shekhar (proctored by Ira Prem), Abhijeet Virginkar, Lynn Barretto Miranda

The final scores for the day were the sum totals of the scores for individual quizzes.

1st: Team 2 (Srijit Kumar, Bonny Furtado, Devika Shetty, Kunal Naik, Magali Vaz, Saud Sayed, Shujoy Dutta, Shwetambari Parab, Terrence D'Costa) – 665 points

2nd: Team 3 (Nikhil Shirsat, Annie Sen Gupta, Bhaskar, Siddhant Parab, Amey Parsekar, Chantal D'Costa, Harsh Khandeparkar) – 635 points

3rd: Team 4 (Sanjay Parab, Abhijeet Virginkar, Soham Gaunekar, Anirudh Kakodkar, Ajay Poonia, Parind Phadte, Lynn Barretto Miranda, +1) – 625 points

4th: Team 1 (Kaivalya Karkare, Anjali Sen Gupta, Vilas Pavithran, Ira Prem, Ira Almeida, Assis Sequeira, Shiv Nadkarni) – 590 points

SEQC Panjim June Quiz

Date: Sunday, 7th June 2026

Time: 5.00 pm

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao

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QM: Sanjay Parab and Lynn Barreto Miranda

Participation: Open to all

The Day of Quizzing

Once a year the Sunday Evening Quiz Club tests the true limits of our quizzing endurance with The Day of Quizzing, a (nearly) dawn-to-dusk celebration of trivia, curiosity, and endurance.  

Date: Sunday, 31st May 2026

Time: 10.30 am (Please note this is an all day event. We will break for lunch approximately around 1pm, or whenever the set ends. We start the second session around 3pm and end around 6pm or whenever the set ends) 

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

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QMs: TBA

Participation: Open to all

MindSweep, MegaWhats & Norway Open scores

MindSweep

QMs: Dr Arul Mani, Nikhita Thomas, Pranav VS, and Venkataraman Ravindra (Karnataka Quiz Association) 

Proctor: Kanchan Gatward 

1. Aniruddha Sen Gupta - 74
2. Shujoy Dutta - 40
3. Aastha Dua - 34
4. Viola Rodrigues - 28
5. Paul Gatward - 22
6. Swati Parab - 12

MegaWhats 

QMs: Movin Miranda, Debanjan Bose, Sreyashi Dastidar, Sushant Shekar, and Thejaswi Udupa (Karnataka Quiz Association) 

Proctor: Devika Shetty 

1. Feni, Vidi, Vici (Aniruddha Sen Gupta, Srijit Kumar, Nitish Wagle, Rajiv D'Silva) - 41.5

2. Deewane Mastane Parwane (Shujoy Gupta, Aastha Dua, Vikram D'Silva, Samyak Rajanala) - 26

3. RSVP (Paul Gatward, Swati Parab, Viola Rodrigues, Ruchira Porob) - 18.5

4. Gang of Four! (Adarsh Rao, Shreyash K, Suhani Chodnekar, Nikhilesh Rana) - 10

5. Devki & Tapasya - 5.5

Norway Open

QMs: Fyrbøterlogen (Norwegian Quizzing Association) 

Proctor: Anjali Dar SenGupta 

1. Aniruddha Sen Gupta - 73
2. Rajiv D'Silva - 62
3. Shujoy Dutta - 56
4. Samyak Rajanala - 45
5. Aastha Dua - 44
6. Nikhilesh S. Rana - 41
7. Paul Gatward - 37
8. Viola Rodrigues - 36
9. Shreyash - 31
10. Swati Parab - 23
11. Suhani Prabhu C. - 20
12. Adarsh Aravinda Rao - 18
13. Vikram D'Silva - 18

All scores are subject to final ratification by the Karnataka Quiz Association and Norwegian Quizzing Association. Finalized comprehensive scores will be up on the KQA website and Norwegian Quizzing Association website in due course.

Goa Open -10/May/2026- results

QM: Annie Sengupta

1^st : Team 6:270 points

Vilas Pavithran, Devika Shetty, Sanjay Parab, Soham Khandeparkar, Swatit Valaulicar

2nd: Team 7: 265 points

Shashwat Salgaoncar, Mervyn, Siddhant Parab, Dhanaraj Naik, Nikhilesh Singh Rana, Aastha Dua

3rd: Team 3: 235 points

Amita Kanekar, Anjali Sengupta, Rajiv D'Silva, Harshvardhan Bhatkuly, Viola Rodrigues

4th: Team 2: 215 points

Chandrashekhar Rao, Adish Talwadkar, Chinmay Naik, Nikhil Shirsat, Vikram D'Silva

5th : Team 1: 210 points

Paola de Sequeira,Anirudh Kakodkar, Ajay Poonia, Raunak Nevgi, Shujoy Dutta

6th: Team 8: 210 points

Kaivalya Karkare, Srijit Kumar, Lucano Alvares, Shreyash, Suhani, Nathan

7th : Team 5: 195 points

Sneha Nair, Shyam Prasad, Sameer Volvoicar, Bonny Furtado, Parind Phadte

8th: Team 4: 170 points

Paul Gatward, Nitish Wagle, Rupika V, Swati Parad, Valentino Alvares, Ruchira Porob

 

Goa Open 2026 – 10/May/2026 – content

QM: Annie Sen Gupta

Prelims



Finals

MindSweep, MegaWhats & Norway Open 2026

The Sunday Evening Quiz Club, in association with the Goa Business School, Goa University, will host three quizzes, conducted by the Karnataka Quizzing Association and the Norwegian Quizzing Association, on 17 May 2026 at the Goa Business School, Taleigao. Details and registration links of all three quizzes are as below:

MindSweep 2026

International Solo Quizzing Championship, the written quiz will consist of 180 questions across two halves.

Date: Sunday, May 17th 2026

Time: 10.30am (please be seated by 10.15am)

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao Plateau

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Proctor: Kanchan Gatward

Flavour: General

Participation: Open to all, entry free. Please bring your own pen(s) and backing board.

To register and for more information, visit http://kqaquizzes.org/mindsweep/

Previous editions of the quiz can be accessed here https://kqaquizzes.org/quizzes/

List of registered participants here https://kqaquizzes.org/mindsweep-registrations/

MegaWhats 2026

MegaWhats is KQA’s national open team quizzing championship. It is an open team quiz for up to four members. The quiz will consist of around 75-80 questions.

Date: Sunday, May 17th 2026

Time: 3.30pm onwards (please be seated by 3.15pm)

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao Plateau

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Proctor: Devika Shetty

Flavour: General

Participation: Open to all in pre-formed teams of four or less, entry free. Please bring your own pen(s) and backing board.

To register and for more information, visit http://kqaquizzes.org/megawhats/

Previous editions of the quiz can be accessed here https://kqaquizzes.org/quizzes/

List of registered teams here https://kqaquizzes.org/megawhats-registrations/

Norway Open 2026

The Norway Open is a written solo quiz, consisting of the following eight categories with a total of 240 questions:

1. High Culture
2. History
3. Lifestyle
4. Popular Culture
5. Science & Nature
6. Society
7. Sports & Games
8. World

Date: Sunday, May 17th 2026

Time: 5.30pm onwards (please be seated by 5.15pm)

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao Plateau

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Proctor: Anjali Dar SenGupta

Participation: Open to all, entry free. Please bring your own pen(s) and backing board.

To register click here https://forms.gle/DALitCuQkH33rVJh8

Goa Open 2026

The Goa Open is back after a gap of 6 years. It's scheduled for Sunday, May 10, at the Goa Business School, starting 4pm.

It's open to all in teams of 3, but with one caveat. A team can contain a maximum of either:

* 1 person from List 1 and 1 person from List 2; 

or

* 2 persons from List 2

List 1: Doc Shekhar, Ira Prem, Nitish Wagle, Rajiv D'Silva, Shashwat Salgaonkar, Srijit Kumar, Vilas Pavithran

List 2: Aastha Dua, Ajey Patil, Anjali Sen Gupta, Chinmay Naik, Devika Shetty, Kunal Naik, Lucano Alvares, Parind Phadte, R Samyak, Raunak Nevgi, Ruchira Porob, Shujoy Dutta, Soham Gaunekar, Viola Rodrigues

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

Registration is mandatory. You can register either as a team (please give your team a name in this case), or individually. Annie will combine those who register independently into teams as per his discretion. 

To register, send an email with the header 'Goa Open registration' to seqcgoa@gmail.com by midnight of Friday May 8.

The quiz will begin with a written Prelims at 4pm, from which the top 8 teams will qualify for the Finals.

Date: Sunday, 10th May 2026

Time: 4 pm (please be in place by 3.45pm)

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 monthly 03/May/2026 – Results

 QM: Rajiv D'Silva

1^st : Team 3:295 points 

Amey Parsekar, Vilas Pavithran, Abha Lal, Karan Dhingra, Devindra Dhingra, Aastha Dua, Raunak Nevgi, Ajit Nair, Mohammed Danish

2nd: Team 5: 260 points

Saareesh Naik, Vikram D'Silva, Angeline Pradhan, Shashwat Salgaocar, Ruchira Porob, Sanjay Parab, Kunal Naik

3rd: Team 6: 255 points

Kaivalya Karkare, Doc Shekhar,Adish Talwadkar, Tanmay Pereira Naik, Nikhil Shirsat, Walusha Fernandes, Pradyumna Madelkar, Clayton da Gama

4th: Team 2: 250 points

Harsh Bhatkuly, Upesh Pradhan, Siddhant Parab, Dhanraj Naik, Mervyn Fernandes, Bharat Bambawale, Michelle Mendonca Bambawala, Annie Sengupta

5th: Team 4: 190 points

Shaunak Sardessai, Mahesh Prabhu, Soham Gaunekar, Utsav Banerjee, Palash Kulkarni, Nandini Ray, Shivil Bhasin, Parind Phadte

6th: Team 1: 180 points

Paul Gatward, Kanchan Gatward, Swati Parab, Naintara Jain, Ajay Poonia

A Knock Out (Karan and Omkar)- recap of the Margao April Quiz

Review of the Margao April monthly by Assis Sequeira

For reasons not entirely clear, the regular Last Sunday Quiz at Margao draws fewer participants than the First Sunday Quiz at Dona Paula. It reminded me of the Port town of Vasco da Gama in the late 1990s, when shops, bars, and restaurants would remain deserted for the last few days of the month. But as the calendar page turned and salaries disbursed, these locations would spring back to life.

Margao quiz has its own charm, the huge auditorium, with great acoustics and lighting and the promise of a samosa that Dona Paula cannot match in texture and taste. With his trademark smile, Srijit, ably assisted by Vilas, shuffled participants into four evenly matched teams. Another hallmark of Margao monthly is its ability to attract fresh faces. This time, Gurjot with charming Poonam and the Phadtes (husband-wife duo of doctors from BITS Pilani) joined the fold.

The young quizmasters, Omkar Bhurke and Karan Dhingra, wasted no time in setting the pace. The opening written round featured ten clever questions—each tied to an IPL team through wordplay or picture clues, with bonus points for spotting the overarching connection. Only one team managed a perfect score; few others did crack the overall link.

The main rounds included a grid box challenge and two sets of Infinite Pounce questions. The grid comprised 16 boxes labelled Place, Animal, Name, and Thing, each numbered 1 to 4. The twist? Every answer was a single word beginning with one of just four letters. As the round unfolded, we realized with delight that the letters spelled QUIZ, each used exactly four times.

After a spirited tea break, with the customary samosa rush; the final round of four connects proved to be the true test. Tough to crack, yet immensely satisfying when solved, they had participants muttering, “I should have guessed that sooner!”

And that, to me, is the hallmark of a great quiz: one that keeps you on edge, challenges your instincts, and rewards persistence. This one certainly did. Thanks to the masterly shuffling by Srijit there was a winner no doubt, but the other teams were not too far behind.

Hats off to Karan and Omkar — what a knockout performance!

Margao monthly – 26/Apr/2026 – scores

QMs: Karan Dhingra and Omkar Bhurke 

1st: Team IV (Srijit Kumar, Parind Phadte, Abha Lal, Paul Gatward, Mohammed Danish, Amanda Fernandes, Brian Fernandes) – 325 points

2nd: Team II (Abhijeet Virginkar, Soham Gaunekar, Ajit Nair, Sameer Dhingra, Neil Barretto, Gurjot Sindhu, Poonam Chowdhury) – 310 points

3rd: Team I (Ira Prem, Devika Shetty, Viola Rodrigues, Magali Vaz, Maria Barretto, Kuhika Seth) and Team III (Amey Parsekar, Vilas Pavithran, Assis Sequeira, Shruti Nair, Diksha Mandlik, Tanvi Shet, Shubham Phadte, Leechi Dhawan) – 270 points

Margao monthly quiz – 26/April/2026 – content

QMs: Karan Dhingra and Omkar Bhurke

SEQC Panjim May Quiz

Date: Sunday, 3rd May 2026

Time: 5.00 pm

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao

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QM: Rajiv D'Silva 

Participation: Open to all

SEQC Margao April Quiz

Date: Sunday, 26th April 2026

Time: 5.00 pm

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

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QM: Karan Dhingra & Omkar Bhurke

Participation: Open to all

Around the World in 50 Qs – 12/April/2026 – content

QM: Annie Sen Gupta

Around the World in 50 Questions– 12/April/2026 – Results

 QM: Annie Sen Gupta

Points:

1^st: Team 1:110 points 

Clayton D'Gama, Paola Fernandes,Naintara Jain, Anjali Dar Sengupta, Soham Gaunekar, Harshvardhan Bhatkuly

2^nd: Team 2 : 105 points

Saud Sayed,Vilas Pavithran, Rasika Fernandes, Ananya Singh, Dhanraj, Rupika V, Shujoy Dutta

3^rd: Team 4 : 95 points 

Eaunak Nevgi, Kunal Naik, Namit Kumar,Daksh Chauhan, Viola Rodrigues, Swati Parab, Omkar Bhurke, Palash Kulkarni

4th: Team 3 and Team 6 : 80 points

Team 3: Abhijeet Virginkar, Amey Parsekar, Bonny Furtado, Nashon Pinto, Ershad Safi, Arkan Safi, Arsalan Safi,Tarun Robins, Abir Kamat, Kani Bernard

Team 6: Pradyumna Madelkar, Walusha Ann Fernandes,Kanchan Gatward, Srijit Kumar, Devika Shetty, Parind Phadte, Ruchira Porob

6th: Team 5: 70 points

Kaivalya, Chandrasekhar Rao, Sheryl Afonso, Jyoti Boyana, Megan Zoe De Souza, Mervyn Fernandes, Ajit Nair

April Panjim monthly – 05/April/2026 – content

QM: Nitish Wagle

Panjim monthly quiz – 05/April/2026 – Recap and results

QM: Nitish Wagle

How do we know where we fit in?

When nothing in the world seems to make sense, what is it that binds us as a group? How do we forge the connections that provide meaning, and what tools help us define where we stand? How many times must we keep asking these questions until we find the niche that gives us our place in the world; that makes us say- “yep, I belong here. This fits perfectly”.

Connections, and how we define them, seemed to be the theme of Nitish’s excellent quiz at SEQC last sunday. Interspersed with some animal nipples , domestic abuse(!) and other such whacky topics thrown in as well , as suggested by our esteemed fellow quizzers. However, what struck us was how easily he tied these topics, with genuinely good fundas like identifying a young, uncredited Tabu in the movie Bazaar!

There were 5 rounds with the first being such a complete bouncer for some (Nitish claimed it was "topical," but in the mad world we’ve been plunged into, the list of current topics is infinite). The questions (along with the answer slides this time, thankfully) were a delight: accessible, informative, and anchored by a refreshingly non-gimmicky points system. There were even leftover echoes of his "Origins" quiz from a few months ago.

Someone reminded me the other day , that if we are looking for people that speak our language, then, we need to speak many languages,so we will have many people of our own. Folks at SEQC are such people- multi lingual polyglots, who are bound by ties of curiosity, of a shared wonder at esoteric etymologies, who rhyme Idris Elba with Nellie Melba. In a world that currently feels alien, what a rare and beautiful thing it is to be connected to this group.

Points:

1^st: Team 5: 260 points

Bonny Furtardo, Ajit Nair, Rajiv D’Silva, Upesh Pradhan, Rupika V

2^nd: Team 1: 245 points

Kanchan Gatward, Ruchira Porob, Anjali Dar Sengupta, Annie Sen Gupta

3^rd: Teams 2 and Team 6 : 185 points

Team 2: Raunak Nevgi, Dhanraj, Pranav Kudale, Paul Gatward

Team 6: Srijit Kumar, Parind Phadte, Amita Kanekar, Viola Rodrigues, Prabhav Sidhaye

5th: Team 4: 180 points

Kaivalya Karkare, Sunil Sardessai, Soham, Karan

6th: Team 3: 165 points

Aastha Dua, Omkar Bhurke, Swati Parab, Chinmay, Shujoy Dutta, Mervyn.

 

Around the World in 50 Questions

 The Sunday Evening Quiz Club (SEQC) will organise 'Around the World in 50 Questions' – a Travel & Leisure Quiz – on Sunday 12 April, starting 4pm, at the Goa Business School in Taleigao. The quiz, to be conducted by Annie Sen Gupta, will feature a board game format, with teams proceeding along a route on a world map by answering questions. The questions will cover such areas as Travel & Places, Food & Drink, Sports & Games, Pastimes & Hobbies, etc. The quiz is open to all, and entry is free.

 

Margao monthly quiz – 29/March/2026 – results

QMs: Melchior Teles and Assis Sequeira

1st – Team II (Ira Prem, Magali Vaz, Maria Barretto, Amita Kanekar, Viola Rodrigues): 250 points

2nd – Team IV (Srijit Kumar, Neil Barreto, Terrence D'Costa, Devika Shetty, Sunil Peesapati): 205 points

3rd – Team III (Sanjay Parab, Nihal Bhobe, Ajit Nair, Anand Lobo + 1): 120 points

4th – Team I (Swati Parab, Girish Deshpande, Nirmala Deshpande, Anjali Dar Sengupta, Ira Almeida): 100 points

Margao monthly quiz – 29/March/2026 – content

QMs: Melchior Teles and Assis Sequeira

Part 1



Part 2

 

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

QM: Vilas Pavithran & Devika Shetty

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