Margao September Monthly : 27/Sept/2026 – recap and results

QMs:Ira Prem & Siddhant Parab

Last night, because of a question by QM Siddhant,I went down a rabbit hole to find out what other ways humans today have found to speak to our descendants thousands of years later. Isn’t that what we do? Communicate, commemorate, speak across centuries in commandments, cave art, stories and rap music. We warn those who follow to pay heed to the pitfalls that we have seen and created, but we also ask them to stop and admire the wonders and beauty of our world. From the farthest known star to the 8 thousander peaks, we are here to witness them all.

Quizzing , at its core, is an act of observation. It can be a half-remembered story about an actor’s resilience in turning her facial injury into her calling card. It can be a memory of reading a reddit thread about Euler, or of watching an absurdly misogynistic comment in a Netflix documentary about football. We take note, and because we do so, we give credence to the world. "Come tell me what you see" ,a QM asks, "because this is what I see". We are endlessly curious of the known universe and the unknown too.

Ira and Siddhant made disparate quizzes in the two halves. But there was a common thread that tied their sets: they showed us what they observed and found interesting. Who knew hats could be so fascinating (by the way, a fascinator is also a type of head wear!). The Des-Pardes round was especially well made. Siddhant took us on a wonderfully whacky journey that included a dictator’s granddaughter selling Casios, and a whole religion created from the spiritual experience that is Coltrane’s jazz.

Both the QMs took us on a trip across space and time, across facts and fundas that caused scratched heads and also applause. And we in the audience admired the beauty of the questions, and how well clued they were. We raced to the next dopamine hit of the correct pounce. And we stopped for a minute , and observed what was and what will be.We answered the question:What do you see?

 

Results:

1^st place: Team 1: 255 points

Kaivalya Karkare, Paul Gatward, Ira Prem, Magali Vaz, Siddhant Parab, Shubhangi

2^nd place: Team 6: 250 points

Anirudh Kakodkar, Altamash Panjwany, Vilas Pavithran, Amey Parsekar, Ruchira Porob

3^rd place: Team 4: 230 points

Angeline Pradhan, Ajit Nair, Shreya Ramachandani, Viola Rodrigues, Annie Sen Gupta

4^th place: Team 5: 225 points

Sanjay Parab, Diksha Mandlik, Aastha Dua, Assis Sequeira, Ishan Kakodkar, Terrence D’Costa, Shujoy Dutta

5^th place: Team 3: 210 points

Srijit Kumar, Aabha Lal, Devika Shetty, Upesh Pradhan, Srishti Maruca, Shwetambari Parab

6^th place: Team 2: 205 points

Ira Almeida, Anjali Sengupta, Rajiv D’Silva, Karan Dhingra

 

 

SEQC Panjim October Quiz

Date: Sunday, 4th October 2026

Time: 5.00 pm

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao

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QM: Nitish Wagle

Participation: Open to all

Irish Open 2026

Date: Sunday, 27th September 2026

Time: 2.00 pm (reporting time: 1.45 pm)

Venue: Conference room, 4th Floor, South Goa District Hospital, Margao

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Set By: Irish Quiz Organisation

Proctor: Anjali Dar SenGupta 

Participation: Solo, open to all. Please bring your own pens and backing boards.

Format: Written, 240 questions to be answered in 2 hours

Deadline: Midnight on Friday, 25th September 2026 

Registration link: https://forms.gle/qR8T8ZDZ3jjjQLAB7 

Note from the organisers: The format will be similar to the World Quizzing Championships, with 2 papers and a total of 240 questions across 8 categories. The papers will be in English, with questions that are international in scope and NOT Irish-specific.

Only scores at our Irish venue near Dublin will count towards the official results, but we will post all international scores on our website at quizireland.ie

To give an idea of the format and standard of questions, here is a link to the 2025 quiz.

SEQC Margao September Quiz

Date: Sunday, 27th September 2026

Time: 5.00 pm

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

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QM: Ira Prem & Siddhant Parab

Participation: Open to all

Pop Goes The 80s: 13/Sept/2026: Results

QMs: Angeline Pradhan & Upesh Pradhan 

Results and Scores:

1st place: Team 2: 285 points

Richard Valladares,Melchior Teles, Srishti Maruca, Rajiv D'Silva, Ishan Kakodkar

2nd place: Team 1: 265 points

Judy Branche, Leroy Veloso, Parind Phadte, Paul Gatward, Annie Sen Gupta

3rd place: Team 4: 225 points

Srijit Kumar, Devika Shetty, Anirudh Kakodkar, Kaivalya Karkare, Viola Rodrigues

4th place: Team 3: 155 points

Cosme Aroujo, Kanchan Desai, Mursaleen Salroo, Muntaha Amin, Sameer Volvoicar, Shyam Prasad, Dr Chandrashekhar Rao, Sahil Ramchandani

Pop Goes The 80s: 13/Sept/2026 – content

QMs: Angeline Pradhan & Upesh Pradhan 

Panjim September Monthly (held in Margao): 06/Sept/2026 – content

QM: Annie Sen Gupta

Panjim September Monthly (held in Margao): 06/Sept/2026 – recap and results

QM: Annie Sengupta

Margao Mela 

In an increasingly unpredictable world, we cherish the few things that remain constant. That the first Sunday of the month quiz is conducted at Panaji and the last Sunday of the month at Margao is adhered to more strictly than the Monroe Doctrine. But we live in interesting times and an unhindered run to a VVIP gains priority over any Monroe-Donroe shenanigan.  

The first round was titled ‘We Tour Thailand’ – the ‘We’ standing for Annie and his better half Anjali. The questions and the answers revealed very ancient Indian historical and cultural linkages with this country some 2,000 kms away. It also revealed how good Annie is in absorbing and retaining like a sponge so many facts and trivia on subjects, ranging from religious iconography to the pictorial representation in a menu. 

The QM then led a mela tour, allowing the participant teams to choose from the dozen stalls, displaying either Media, Entertainment, Arts or Literature. Answering correctly the chosen stall ensured a bonus of 5 points. He followed it up with a round titled ‘Wandering Around’ featuring questions from different geographies. Often, teams do not state the answer, if it appears too facile. So when ‘Malacca’ looked like the obvious answer, five teams got it wrong. They assumed that Annie would never ask a question with so easy an answer. Team no 6, with Shaswat Salgaonkar, stated the obvious to get full points.

After wandering around, the prodigal did return to Goa with questions on literary work of Manohar Sardessai and the scholarship of the Kossambi family. It’s a pity that most teams could not link the towering achievements of three generations with the Kossambis.  

Ira Prem shared a delicious cake during the tea and samosa break. After the break Annie got us in an identification parade of presently politically incorrect people. This was followed by another round of Mela. I recollected attending shows conducted by P C Sorcar. His standard act was pouring water from a jar that never seemed to go empty. He would call it water of India. Annie also just keeps on retrieving question after question. Each question thoughtfully crafted and designed. 

It is a good augury for the Margao monthly when enthusiastic participants like the scholarly JK, the elegant Pradhans and AP (a fan of Dejan Drazic 69) take the trouble to cross bridges and travel miles to attend the quiz.

The ultimate proof that it was a great quiz is in the fact that when Annie announced that due to time constraint, he would skip the final round, all participants remained seated for a few minutes. All the more surprising since there was no surprise as to the winners.  Shaswat led Team no 6 to the pole position by a wide margin.

Winding up with an enduring memory of Thailand:

Anjali sought out yak cheese,

Craning her lovely neck left and right,

No yak and no cheese.

By Assis Sequeira

Teams and Results

1st : Team  6: 270 points

Shashwat Salgaocar, Utsav Banerjee,Cosme Araujo, Shiv Nadkarni, Anirudh K, Melchior Teles

2nd: Teams 3 and 4: 185 points

Team 3: Srijit Kumar, Maria Barreto, Magali Vaz, Bonny Furtado, Devika Shetty

Team 4: Upesh Pradhan, Ishan Kakodkar, Rajiv D'Silva, Srishti Maruca, Anjali Sengupta, Ruchira Porob

4th: Team 5: 150 points

Vilas Pavithran,Sanjay Parab,Viola Rodrigues,Assis Sequeira,Ajay Poonia

5th: Team 2: 140 points

Ira Prem, Dr. Ira Almeida, Angeline Pradhan, Kaivalya Karkare, Swati Parab

6th: Team 1: 125 points

Nikhil Sirsat, Terrence D'Costa, J Krishnamurthi, Mervyn Fernandes, Raunak Nevgi

Pop goes the 80s

The Sunday Evening Quiz Club will hold Pop Goes The 80s, a nostalgic music quiz journey through the iconic Western hits of the 80s and 90s. 

Date: Sunday, 13th September 2026
Time: 5.00 pm
Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao
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QM: Angeline Pradhan & Upesh Pradhan
Participation: Open to all

SEQC Panjim (shifted to Margao) September Quiz

Due to the Home Minister's visit to Goa today we have been informed that the Goa Business School will not be available for the quiz. Since postponing to a later date is also proving difficult, we have decided to shift today's quiz to Margao. 

Updated details:

Date: Sunday, 6th September 2026

Time: 5.00 pm

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

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QM: Aniruddha Sen Gupta 

Participation: Open to all

Margao August Quiz - Content

 QM: Rajiv D'Silva