By -- Varun and Deepak
At -- 4pm on Sunday Oct 4, 2009
In -- Wean 5409
Watch out for an interesting mix: literature, film and music trivia, followed by some more "recent" entertainment, socca' and F1 trivia!
ps. Like last week, there are prizes for the winning team.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Quiz 3: Friday Sep 25 @ 6.15pm
By -- Suyash Shringarpure
At -- 6.15pm on Friday Sep 25, 2009
In -- Wean 5409
Watch out for TV-related trivia, classic literature (QM says, "Mills-and-Boons and Jeffrey Archer is not literature") and some soccer trivia -- when in doubt answer ManU :-)
At -- 6.15pm on Friday Sep 25, 2009
In -- Wean 5409
Watch out for TV-related trivia, classic literature (QM says, "Mills-and-Boons and Jeffrey Archer is not literature") and some soccer trivia -- when in doubt answer ManU :-)
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Quiz 2: Friday Sep 18 @ 6.15pm
By -- Vyas Sekar
At -- 6.15pm on Friday Sep 18, 2009
In -- Wean 5409
Watch out for long excerpts (Ctrl-C Ctrl-V) from Wikipedia, Biblical myth, and some geekdom trivia. (Brush up on XKCD and Seinfeld, but don't even bother about Bollywood film/music ;-))
Report (Updated on 9/22):
Vyas conducted the second quiz of the season. And keeping with his tradition, he opened the quiz by (accidentally?) giving out the answer to a question. The quiz had a bit of medical bias (not surprising given the upcoming House season premiere, I guess ;-)) camouflaged as etymology and visuals.
The quiz had a high answer rate, with most questions being answered in one or two tries. The post wouldn't be complete without mentioning that the final scores had a very uniform looking "Bell curve", which is no surprise given the quiz master's fetish for statistics :-)
Scores/standings: TBA (really soon)
At -- 6.15pm on Friday Sep 18, 2009
In -- Wean 5409
Watch out for long excerpts (Ctrl-C Ctrl-V) from Wikipedia, Biblical myth, and some geekdom trivia. (Brush up on XKCD and Seinfeld, but don't even bother about Bollywood film/music ;-))
Report (Updated on 9/22):
Vyas conducted the second quiz of the season. And keeping with his tradition, he opened the quiz by (accidentally?) giving out the answer to a question. The quiz had a bit of medical bias (not surprising given the upcoming House season premiere, I guess ;-)) camouflaged as etymology and visuals.
The quiz had a high answer rate, with most questions being answered in one or two tries. The post wouldn't be complete without mentioning that the final scores had a very uniform looking "Bell curve", which is no surprise given the quiz master's fetish for statistics :-)
Scores/standings: TBA (really soon)
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Quiz 1: Friday Sep 11 @ 6.30pm
By -- Apurva Samudra
At -- 6.30pm on Friday Sep 11, 2009
In -- Wean 5409
Watch out for some entertaining "pictionary", mostly "fun-oriented" trivia, and of course, a customary question on "9/11" :-)
Report (updated on 9/12):
First quiz had a record turn out -- 35 people showed up! I am guessing the quiz-master was the crowd puller, and he set a high bar for the future quiz masters ;-)
Apurva made a 42-question quiz with the usual mix of entertainment, etymology, cricket, bizzare stuff, and a score-boosting round. Although the quiz did not have a "customary" 9-11 question, it did have a question with answers like the "T-word" and bunch of flight mishaps -- alright, I am just making up a connection to the date of quiz :-)
Overall, the quiz was very entertaining (no one walked out ;-)) with a very few unanswered questions. Looking forward to Vyas's quiz on Friday!
Scores/standings: TBA
At -- 6.30pm on Friday Sep 11, 2009
In -- Wean 5409
Watch out for some entertaining "pictionary", mostly "fun-oriented" trivia, and of course, a customary question on "9/11" :-)
Report (updated on 9/12):
First quiz had a record turn out -- 35 people showed up! I am guessing the quiz-master was the crowd puller, and he set a high bar for the future quiz masters ;-)
Apurva made a 42-question quiz with the usual mix of entertainment, etymology, cricket, bizzare stuff, and a score-boosting round. Although the quiz did not have a "customary" 9-11 question, it did have a question with answers like the "T-word" and bunch of flight mishaps -- alright, I am just making up a connection to the date of quiz :-)
Overall, the quiz was very entertaining (no one walked out ;-)) with a very few unanswered questions. Looking forward to Vyas's quiz on Friday!
Scores/standings: TBA
Monday, August 3, 2009
Quiz Club 2.0
Announcing the second season …
Date: Friday, September 11
Time/Place: TBD
Please volunteer to conduct quizzes (calender on the right side), and consider doing a full/half quiz.
Feel free to spread the word among the new/incoming students. Looking forward to another great season.
ps. Post comments on any new things that we should try, anything that should not be repeated from the last season, or other general feedback!
Date: Friday, September 11
Time/Place: TBD
Please volunteer to conduct quizzes (calender on the right side), and consider doing a full/half quiz.
Feel free to spread the word among the new/incoming students. Looking forward to another great season.
ps. Post comments on any new things that we should try, anything that should not be repeated from the last season, or other general feedback!
Monday, June 1, 2009
Summer, so far such a bummer ...
Two questions:
1) Any enthusiasm for a medley of quizzes *this* Thursday @ 6.30pm? Reply if you can come and if you can get 7 questions (more people, more questions, more fun).
2) The bigger question, why not do the same once or twice a month? I am sure a few summer quizzes are possible before the next season begins in September.
Any takers?
1) Any enthusiasm for a medley of quizzes *this* Thursday @ 6.30pm? Reply if you can come and if you can get 7 questions (more people, more questions, more fun).
2) The bigger question, why not do the same once or twice a month? I am sure a few summer quizzes are possible before the next season begins in September.
Any takers?
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Season One -- An Epilogue
A long, successful season -- with 17 weeks of quizzing -- came to an end on the wee hours of Friday night (or Saturday early morning, if you wish :-). Here are some of my thoughts on the first season.
I think we will continue to have another great season next semester. We had a very enthusiastic turn-out -- almost all quizzes had six teams with atleast 3-4 people each -- which is a really impressive turnout for a quiz club in grad school! A lot of people made their debuts as a quiz master, by setting either a half-quiz or a full-quiz. But that number can easily increase, perhaps by having a bigger season with more people doing a full-quiz :-)
And, at the risk of sounding like an (IGSA?) propaganda minister, the numbers above are only half of the number of people who showed up for atleast a couple of quizzes. Seems like there are lot of enthusiasts out there who find it hard to come on a regular basis. If you know why, please comment and let's do something about it.
In general, please comment on anything to make this more fun, like more novel and quirky formats (yes, you all know my fetish for rather complex, convulated creations), more theme-based quizzes (or not), more food/drinks (with a way to procure them :-)) or anything else.
And for those who care, the final season standings are available at
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pad8OkPTEUANT0-QEnI_oTA
The top ten finishers, based on the sum of best 13 (of 17) scores, are Swapnil (103 pts), Keshav (89 pts), Vyas (70 pts), Varun and Nishtha (58 pts), Deepak (58 pts), Gaurav (57 pts), Apurva (56 pts), Pranav and Suyash(55 pts).
Thanks to everyone who participated!
I think we will continue to have another great season next semester. We had a very enthusiastic turn-out -- almost all quizzes had six teams with atleast 3-4 people each -- which is a really impressive turnout for a quiz club in grad school! A lot of people made their debuts as a quiz master, by setting either a half-quiz or a full-quiz. But that number can easily increase, perhaps by having a bigger season with more people doing a full-quiz :-)
And, at the risk of sounding like an (IGSA?) propaganda minister, the numbers above are only half of the number of people who showed up for atleast a couple of quizzes. Seems like there are lot of enthusiasts out there who find it hard to come on a regular basis. If you know why, please comment and let's do something about it.
In general, please comment on anything to make this more fun, like more novel and quirky formats (yes, you all know my fetish for rather complex, convulated creations), more theme-based quizzes (or not), more food/drinks (with a way to procure them :-)) or anything else.
And for those who care, the final season standings are available at
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pad8OkPTEUANT0-QEnI_oTA
The top ten finishers, based on the sum of best 13 (of 17) scores, are Swapnil (103 pts), Keshav (89 pts), Vyas (70 pts), Varun and Nishtha (58 pts), Deepak (58 pts), Gaurav (57 pts), Apurva (56 pts), Pranav and Suyash(55 pts).
Thanks to everyone who participated!
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