Date: Sunday, 5th April 2026
Time: 5.00 pm
Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao
QM: Nitish Wagle
Participation: Open to all
Date: Sunday, 5th April 2026
Time: 5.00 pm
Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao
QM: Nitish Wagle
Participation: Open to all
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
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.
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
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