Announcing QuizStock 2017

QuizStock 2017 will be held on the weekend of January 14-15, 2017. The programme for the event is given below. All quizzes are open, and entry is free. All quizzes, except the non-competitive ones, are for pre-fixed teams of three members or fewer. In the non-comp quizzes, all those who turn up will be sorted into teams, and participate non-competitively.

Schedule

Saturday January 14
10.30am-1.30pm: Social Media quiz (Nitish Wagle, non-comp)
2.30pm-4.30pm: Crime quiz (Vidyadhar Gadgil, written)
5pm-8.30pm: Goa Open (Rajiv D'Silva, prelims and finals)

Sunday January 15
9.30am-1pm: Arts & Lit quiz (Annie Sen Gupta, prelims and finals)
2pm-4pm: Punishment quiz (Annie Sen Gupta, written)
-- 4.30pm-6pm: Master, Mind It! Finals --
6.30pm-8.30pm: Endings quiz (Rajiv D'Silva, non-comp)

Master, Mind It! Semis line-up

The line-up for the Master, Mind It! Semis have been drawn up based on the rankings of the 12 Semi-finalists, as per their Round 1 scores. The winners of each of the four Semis will qualify for the Finals, to be held as part of QuizStock on January 14-15, 2017.

Rankings
1. Chirag - 13 (1)
2. Sanjay – 12 (0)
3. Srijit - 12 (0)
4. Harsh B - 12 (1)
5. Ameya - 12 (1)
6. Gouthami – 11 (0)
7. Gadgil – 11 (1)
8. Tejan – 11 (3)
9. Ajey - 11 (6)
10. Rajiv - 10 (0)
11. Delson – 10 (2)
12. Sahil – 10 (3)

Semi-final matches
(subject to confirmations)

Match 1
1. Chirag
2. Tejan
3. Ajey

Match 2
1. Sanjay
2. Gadgil
3. Rajiv

Match 3
1. Srijit
2. Gouthami
3. Delson

Match 4
1. Harsh B
2. Ameya
3. Sahil

SEQC Panjim December

Date: Sunday December 4th
Venue: International Centre Goa (ICG), Dona Paula
Time: 5 pm onwards
QM: Shubham Tiwari
Flavour: General
Participation: Open to all, entry free.

Master, Mind It! qualifiers

The Margao round of Master, Mind It! saw two very tight matches and one, where a close fight was expected, that was quite a walkover finally.

In Match 1, Harsh (Bhatkuly) pulled off a near-perfect score on his chosen subject, a 'Sairam' in place of a 'Sainath' the only fumble. Nitish, who would have been expected to do much better, managed only 3 points to effectively knock himself out of the competition, coming third behind Paul. Kanchan was a nervous fourth.

Match 2 was very evenly contested, with the two young college students Tejan and Harsh (Hegde) matching Gouthami and Ameya. The latter won the match by a whisker, but the high-scoring nature of the match has ensured that two of his fellow contestants also go through to the next round.

Match 3 almost saw a huge upset, with Sahil matching Rajiv's score on both the chosen subject as well as the general knowledge sets, but Rajiv topped by virtue of fewer passes. Viola also finished level on scores with Rajiv and Sahil, but will lose out on a place in the semis because of her 7 passes. Her best hope is that one of the other qualifiers expresses an inability to attend.

With all six matches done, the 12 people who go through to the Semis are given below.

Automatically qualifying as Match winners:
1. Ajey
2. Chirag
3. Srijit
4. Harsh B
5. Ameya
6. Rajiv

Joining them will be:
7. Sanjay – 12 points (0 passes)
8. Gouthami – 11 (0)
9. Gadgil – 11 (1)
10. Tejan – 11 (3)
11. Delson – 10 (2)
12. Sahil – 10 (3)

Unlucky 13. Viola – 10 (7)

Master, Mind It! Round 1 (Margao) – content

Match 1



Match 2



Match 3