In over 20 years of its existence, the Platinum Jubliee Memorial Quiz was hosted by qryptiq for the 4th year in a row[review of last year’s edition]. With Unmukt Chand scoring an unbeaten century thousands of miles down under, the mood inside the auditorium of the sister (??) concern of The Scindia School, Scindia Kanya… Continue reading Platinum Quiz: Scindia School, Gwalior
The Semi Final leg of Hero Megamind had its preliminary leg in Hero MotoCorp’s establishments at Gurgaon, Haridwar, Dharuhera and Basant Lok, Delhi. The Semi Final leg of the Megamind quiz was conducted in Jaypee Vasant Continental. Since Hero wanted to select 10 teams out of the 16 Semi Finalists;we decided on conducting four Semi… Continue reading Hero Megamind: Level 2 Review
Being peace loving but hate instigating quizmasters (ask our participants), switching between the days of staging I FAQ (from a Thursday to a Sunday and soon to change again) was merely to ensure no clashing with the surprise protests of the Annas and Ramdevs. But surprisingly, they aligned their thoughts with us i.e. enjoying an… Continue reading Severe Nailing at I FAQ
The Agnel Talent Spectrum Quiz 2012 was held in the huge and impressive auditorium of Father Agnel School. There were 14 schools that participated in the quiz that was organised as part of the ATS 2012. I must confess that the standard of participation exceeded my humble expectations by a mile. I think after writing… Continue reading Agnel Talent Spectrum: Review
Our third pitstop was the religious city of Haridwar, where the plant employees were intrigued with Megamind 2012 to decide the 6 qualifiers for the finals. The quiz was held in the training hall in the plant itself. Passing through the intense security check gave me a clear idea on the intellectual capital being preserved… Continue reading Hero Megamind: Level 1 Review [2/2]
After postponements of almost 2 months, Hero MotoCorp’s HR team was finally able to organize Megamind 2012 at its establishments across North India. With a series of quizzes being spread across quarters to recognize and reward talent in one complex gruelling competition, the Level 1 of Megamind 2012 started with the Dharuhera plant, located 70… Continue reading Hero Megamind: Level 1 Review [1/2]
What do you think it takes to be a great Quizmaster? a. Moves like Jagger b. Abs like SRK c. Leadership qualities like Sunny Deol d. Patriotism like Rakesh Sharma e. Confidence like Nana If you think you’ve got all or none of the above, with ‘wah wah’s and ‘oh! Teri’s’ flying in from every… Continue reading Interns Wanted: Again
Being true Indians, this time we went out purely to question. To question a clan so used to being questioned over centuries that they actually enjoyed it. And they had a hunch they would and hence, flew us halfway across the country for it!! Pune was the stop for the weekend of 19th and 20th… Continue reading Corpguru, Pune: Quiz Review
If you were present then you would know how amazing the trivia, the performance and the quiz was. As one of the audience members said later ‘It was off the hook’*. This was one of those quizzes where you have only a couple of teams vying for the top spot right from the every beginning.… Continue reading 8th AIMA NSMQ, Lucknow- A Review
Staring into the lush green peaceful surroundings outside my window I’m made aware of the peace inside my head. Perhaps, you, the participant, like me remember just how awesome yesterday’s quiz was. [Clue: It was awesome]. I will now proceed to record the events of yesterday’s bright sunny afternoon in the land of Roorkee in… Continue reading Quizzotica, IIT-Roorkee: A review