Twenty Paces - Prelims

Date: 7th November 2010
Time: 4.15 pm
QM: Rajiv D'Silva
Flavour: General
Format: Written. The top 28 finishers will go directly into the main draw of the tournament. 4 slots are reserved for Wild Card entries. For more detail on that, see below. For more detail on the rest of the tournament, check this post.
Venue: CCP Hall, 2nd Floor, CCP Building, Opp. Cafe Central, Panaji
Participation: Open. To register in advance, send an email to rajivdsilva[at]gmail.com.
Wild Cards: These are for those who can't make it to the prelim on the 7th November for one reason or the other but are available for the main tournament. To register as a Wild Card, send an email to the above address stating that you would like to enter as a Wild Card. Wild Card entrants will engage in a written face-off before the first round matches to determine who goes through.

The making of the BiG Q 2010

On another blog, tambdimati.com, I have posted a review of how I prepared the BiG Q 2010 quiz. You can access it by clicking here.

BiG Q 2010 prizes

The prizes for BiG Q 2010 will be awarded at 5pm on Sunday, November 7, at the Corporation Hall, CCP Building, opposite Cafe Central, off 18 June Road in Panjim. Everyone is welcome to attend, and have the pleasure of staying back for the SEQC November monthly, which will follow.

The prizes, which total Rs 5000 in cash courtesy of a friend and supporter of SEQC, Sanjeev Fatehpuria, are:

* The BiG Q 2010: Rs 1000

* The Best Open Quizzers for the four venues: Rs 600 each

* The Best School Quizzers for the four venues: Rs 400 each

Those who took the BiG Q quiz and want to collect their BiG Q 2010 answer sheets, can do so from me on the day. After that, the papers will be kept with the respective venue coordinators for a fortnight, for participants to collect if they like.

Arun Hiregange wins BiG Q 2010

The Best-in-Goa Quizzer (BiG Q) this year turned out to be someone from outside Goa. Arun Hiregange, a Bangalore quizzer acknowledged as being among the top 10 in India, was in Panjim for the weekend, and scored 78 points to emerge on top in the quiz held on Sunday, October 17.

A Karnataka Quizzing Association counterpart of Hiregange's, Thejaswi Udupa, took the Best Open Quizzer prize at Panjim (the BiG Q not being eligible for both prizes), with a score of 77, while Rajiv D'Silva finished close behind at 73. Other top finishers were Dr V. Muralidharan (Best Open Quizzer in Margao with 66 points), Ajachi Chakrabarti (who topped in Vasco with 65) and Anirudha Borkar (the Ponda winner with 58).

In the Schools category, Raj Kunkolienkar of Mushtifund Higher Secondary won the top spot in Panjim with 44 points, fending off a close challenge from Julian D'Costa, the Best School Quizzer (BSQ) in Margao with 43. The Schools category toppers in Vasco and Ponda were Anurag Panicker (31 points) and Shraddha Moye (16), respectively.

The inaugural edition of BiG Q, held in September last year, saw more than 80 participants take the challenge in Panjim, Vasco and Margao. This year, Ponda was added to the list, and the number of participants across the four venues rose by 50% to top 120.

BiG Q 2010 Top 20 and complete rankings

The top 20 finishers in the BiG Q 2010, across all venues and irrespective of category, are listed below.

For the complete list of scores of all 124 participants with their rankings, click here.