Match 3 (Oct 5 at Aldona)
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| The teams |
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| The QM |
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| The Bench and the audience |
Matches 4-5 (Oct 13 at ICG)
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| QM and teams |
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| Quiz in action |
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| Setting for the quiz |
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
ITZ Matches 3-5 – pix
Monday, October 14, 2013
ITZ Matches 4 & 5 – two finalists identified
Two close-fought matches at ICG on Sunday October 13 culminated in the first two ITZ finalists being identified – the Mad-gaonkars and the Panjim Pastafarians.
Match 4 (Blue Group)
The first match featured the three teams of the Blue Group – the Mad-gaonkars, the Ponda Ponderers and the Dons of Dona Paula. The seeded Margao team were carrying a 10-point lead over the second-placed Ponda team into the second leg of the tournament. The match saw fortunes ebb and flow, the lead swinging between the two teams, with the Dons never out of it either. In the last couple of rounds, however, the Mad-gaonkars accelerated away, eventually finishing comfortable winners, both on the day and cumulatively. The other two teams, though much closer spaced, also finished in the same sequence as in the first round, putting Ponda through to the play-off.
Match 4 (Blue Group leg 2)
QM: Rajiv D'Silva
(represented by Tallulah D'Silva)
1st: Mad-gaonkars (Lynn Barreto Miranda*, Ira Almeida, Julian D'Costa, Sanjay Parab, Suraj Kamat, Viola Rodrigues) – 135 points
2nd: Ponda Ponderers (Ameya Mardolkar*, Anirudh Shirsat, Ashwin Mysore, Raghunandan Mysore) – 100
3rd: Dons of Dona Paula (Veenu Vas*, Ananya Mukherjee, Conrad Fernandes, Pranab Mukhopadhyay, Samyak Rajanala, Taran Mukherjee) – 95
Blue Group final standings
1st: Mad-gaonkars (250)
2nd: Ponda Ponderers (205)
3rd: Dons of Dona Paula (195)
Match 5 (Red Group)
The Red Group leg 2 match was even more of a cliffhanger, with the qualifying place for the play-off match being decided effectively on an unfortunate buzzer call on the last question of the match. One has to feel for the young Patraos of Porvorim who came so close but failed to make it past the seeded Procrastinators. Of course, the Panjim team was missing its star centre-forward Rajiv D'Silva (away on national duty) and things would probably have been quite different with him in the squad. But its city rivals, representing a thin sliver of the Miramar-Caranzalem coastline, made the most of the circumstances, erasing their deficit from the first leg with a vengeance and easily cantering through to occupy the second finalist spot.
Match 5 (Red Group leg 2)
QM: Lynn Barreto Miranda
1st: Panjim Pastafarians (Kunal Naik*, Adish Talwadker, Ajey Patil, Marc Mascarenhas, Mohnish Sardessai, Pranav Khadpe, Rohan Saxena) – 145 points
2nd: Porvorim Patraos (Paul Gatward*, Ashwin Mascarenhas, Roshan Kumar, Srijit Kumar) – 65
3rd: Panjim Procrastinators (Amit Shet*, Anant S. Prabhu, Nitish Fatarpekar, Raunaq Rao, Sunil Sardessai, Tallulah D'Silva, Yash Latkar) – 55
Red Group final standings
1st: Panjim Pastafarians (265)
2nd: Panjim Procrastinators (195)
3rd: Porvorim Patraos (190)
Through to the finals: Mad-gaonkars, Panjim Pastafarians
In the play-off: Ponda Ponderers, Panjim Procrastinators
Friday, October 11, 2013
SEQC October – Results
QM: Aniruddha Sen Gupta
1st: [C. N. Prabhakar, Eesha Tirodkar, Ira Almeida, Leroy Veloso, Mithila Prabhudesai, Rajiv D'Silva, Sunil Sardessai, Veenu Vas, Vishnu Gawas] & [Ajey Patil, Ashwin Kumar, Ashwin Mysore, Paul Gatward, Peter Pereira, Reshama Salelkar, Sanjay Parab, Srijit Kumar] - 145
3rd: Anant Prabhu, Blessie James, Delson Roche, Fatima Kumar, Jatan Rodrigues, Kunal Naik, Nitish Wagle, Moli Garg, Yash Pathak - 130
4th: Anil Rodrigues, Julian D'Costa, Lynn Barretto Miranda, Oswald Pinto, Rohit Ganoo, Soham Kamat, Tallulah D'Silva, Yash Latkar - 125
5th: Abhijeet Virginkar, Adish Talwadker, Aarina Roche, Harshvardhan Bhatkuly, Krithik Vaidya, Raunaq Rao, Suraj Kamat, Tanmay Naik - 120
6th: Anant Tirodkar, Anjali Sen Gupta, Kaira Coelho, Mahesh Prabhu, Marie Coelho,Shwetambari Parab, Soham Gaunekar, Wilma Alvares, Umang Nair, Venita Coelho, Viola Rodrigues - 105
The next Panjim Monthly will be held on the 3rd of November, to be QMed by Srijit Kumar.
1st: [C. N. Prabhakar, Eesha Tirodkar, Ira Almeida, Leroy Veloso, Mithila Prabhudesai, Rajiv D'Silva, Sunil Sardessai, Veenu Vas, Vishnu Gawas] & [Ajey Patil, Ashwin Kumar, Ashwin Mysore, Paul Gatward, Peter Pereira, Reshama Salelkar, Sanjay Parab, Srijit Kumar] - 145
3rd: Anant Prabhu, Blessie James, Delson Roche, Fatima Kumar, Jatan Rodrigues, Kunal Naik, Nitish Wagle, Moli Garg, Yash Pathak - 130
4th: Anil Rodrigues, Julian D'Costa, Lynn Barretto Miranda, Oswald Pinto, Rohit Ganoo, Soham Kamat, Tallulah D'Silva, Yash Latkar - 125
5th: Abhijeet Virginkar, Adish Talwadker, Aarina Roche, Harshvardhan Bhatkuly, Krithik Vaidya, Raunaq Rao, Suraj Kamat, Tanmay Naik - 120
6th: Anant Tirodkar, Anjali Sen Gupta, Kaira Coelho, Mahesh Prabhu, Marie Coelho,Shwetambari Parab, Soham Gaunekar, Wilma Alvares, Umang Nair, Venita Coelho, Viola Rodrigues - 105
The next Panjim Monthly will be held on the 3rd of November, to be QMed by Srijit Kumar.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
ITZ Group Stage second-leg matches – revised format
Based on feedback from the opening matches, there are a few variations being planned in the quiz format for the second-leg matches of the competition. Here's the revised structure:
-- Round 1. Target Practice: Normal passing round x 2, 12 clockwise, 10/5 points per question, no negatives
-- Round 2. Aim and Shoot: 9 India-specific questions from a grid of topics (each team to choose three), on first strike, +10/-5 points per question on buzzer, 10 points on normal passing (5 clockwise, 4 anti-clockwise), no negatives
-- Round 3. Home and Away: 4 questions each on four subjects, as provided by each team (teams will be asked in advance to provide subject areas). Answers to be written down by all teams. 5 points per question, with a bonus of 10 points for getting all four right. Applies to both Home and Away teams. -5 points to the Home team for getting any answer wrong that any of the Away teams answers correctly.
-- Round 4. Recurve: Normal passing round x 2, 12 anti-clockwise, 10/5 points per question, no negatives
-- Round 5. Bull's Eye: 4 questions with 4 clues to each, on the buzzer. +20/15/10/5 for getting it correct; -10 for wrong answer throughout, except at the end, when there's no negative.
Changes made from previous stage
Round 1. Instead of 6 questions clockwise, 6 anti-clockwise, all 12 questions will pass clockwise.
Round 2. Instead of the buzzer and pounce system, this round will be on first strike.
Round 3. No change.
One aspect that needs clarification here is when all the teams' specialised subjects are revealed. This will be done prior to the teams' changeover between rounds. That is, first all the three specialised subjects will be announced, then the teams can decide their onstage four.
Round 4. New round introduced, same as Round 1, but going the other way.
Round 5. Points system changed.
In addition, each team will have four 'BenchMarks', which they will be able to play at any time during Rounds 1 and 4. The BenchMark will allow the team to get an answer from the Bench for a given question. The Bench member(s) should simply raise their arm if they think they know an answer, and it is up to the onstage four to decide whether or not to play their BenchMark on that particular question.
The team gets the standard 10 points if the Bench answers correctly, -5 if it's wrong.
-- Round 1. Target Practice: Normal passing round x 2, 12 clockwise, 10/5 points per question, no negatives
-- Round 2. Aim and Shoot: 9 India-specific questions from a grid of topics (each team to choose three), on first strike, +10/-5 points per question on buzzer, 10 points on normal passing (5 clockwise, 4 anti-clockwise), no negatives
-- Round 3. Home and Away: 4 questions each on four subjects, as provided by each team (teams will be asked in advance to provide subject areas). Answers to be written down by all teams. 5 points per question, with a bonus of 10 points for getting all four right. Applies to both Home and Away teams. -5 points to the Home team for getting any answer wrong that any of the Away teams answers correctly.
-- Round 4. Recurve: Normal passing round x 2, 12 anti-clockwise, 10/5 points per question, no negatives
-- Round 5. Bull's Eye: 4 questions with 4 clues to each, on the buzzer. +20/15/10/5 for getting it correct; -10 for wrong answer throughout, except at the end, when there's no negative.
Changes made from previous stage
Round 1. Instead of 6 questions clockwise, 6 anti-clockwise, all 12 questions will pass clockwise.
Round 2. Instead of the buzzer and pounce system, this round will be on first strike.
Round 3. No change.
One aspect that needs clarification here is when all the teams' specialised subjects are revealed. This will be done prior to the teams' changeover between rounds. That is, first all the three specialised subjects will be announced, then the teams can decide their onstage four.
Round 4. New round introduced, same as Round 1, but going the other way.
Round 5. Points system changed.
In addition, each team will have four 'BenchMarks', which they will be able to play at any time during Rounds 1 and 4. The BenchMark will allow the team to get an answer from the Bench for a given question. The Bench member(s) should simply raise their arm if they think they know an answer, and it is up to the onstage four to decide whether or not to play their BenchMark on that particular question.
The team gets the standard 10 points if the Bench answers correctly, -5 if it's wrong.
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