Legendariam - the Mythology Quiz

1st Jan 2017

Legendariam - the Mythology Quiz

by Anagha Wankhede

@Chaos Theory, Nagpur

Happy New Year Quizzers.

Mythology is often cited as the Achilles' heel by quizzers. Not because it's a pain, but because when you get hit by a mythology question, you're dead unless you're either God, Bear Grylls or Paddy Pillai. Mythology is where Legends are born, where legends fight it out, and where Legends are slain. For NQC, on the first day of 2017, QM Anagha had weaved a beautiful Coliseum for our gladiators with Legendarian - the Mythology Quiz.

After a long time we had great participation (probably one of the highest) with people across all ages who'd come to the beautiful venue in the heart of Nagpur, Chaos Theory. A symbol for new age entrepreneurs in the Nagpur, if you're looking for a serene co-working place I really think Sukhada Chaudhry's "Chaos Theory" will bring you the 'peace' you need. We began with 5 teams (let's call them A to E), with almost each team having at least one senior quizzer, except Team D. Team D was the only team which didn't have a senior quizzer. Let that sink in. For once we thought if we'd made it a bit one sided for we had one team which had both Paddy Pillai and Anirudh Morarka together, and on the other hand we had our Team D. 

30 questions and 1 Long connect is what QM Anagha had in her armoury. 30 arrows so beautifully diverse, so beautifully workable, so beautifully sharp and so beautifully researched that by the end of it all teams were exhausted, out of creative guesses, out of breath and knew it very well and clear that even "Divine Intervention" won't have saved them. With each question all teams knew they were dangerously close to the answer, they knew  which answer was wrong but they were often still looking for the right answer. Isn't that the most beautiful part of a quiz? Isn't that what makes you a quizzer? Anagha did that so wonderfully that knowingly or unknowingly she turned each team into a demi-god fighting for glory. I must admit it is difficult to make such a wonderful quiz. Immense respect for QM Anagha. _/\_

In case you were wondering which of the teams won this wonderful quiz, I'll state it clear. Out of the 5 teams, 4 of which had senior quizzers with one of them having Paddy Pillai and a Morarka together, there was one team which answered 21 of the 30 answers correctly. This one team which was on a roll knew almost all answers. By Half time this team was already winning, and winning is what they did. They got the Long connect, they got the supporting answers, they got that huge lead, and they got the gold medals. Fellow quizzers, the only team which led from Pole to Finish, the only team which scored above 200 points at the end of 30 questions, was not the team which had Paddy Pillai, it was not the team which had Anup Manchalwar, it wasn't the team with LS Bhati sir, nor was it the one with Chitnavis Mam or Wing Cmdr Samir. The only thing this team didn't have was a senior quizzer and they went on to beat them all with utmost ease. Fellow quizzers, one big round of applause for the winners of Legendarian the Mythology quiz - Team D.

The Scores (in case you were wondering):

1st place: 285 points -  Team D - Tanmay Chindalia, Tejas S, Vrushabh Gudade, Jatin Kalia,  Mahika Mor and Amit Dekate.

2nd place: 255 points - Team E - Anup Manchalwar, Wing Cmdr Samir Gangakhedkar, Bageshree, Anshul Nasery, Vikrant Sawalkar and Ashwin S.

3rd place: 225 points - Team A - LS Bhati, Naivedya Bhati, Varun Agrawal, Akhil Badwaik, Pakhi Mor, Ayush Vij and Aman Mishra.

4th place: 120 points - Team B - Paddy Pillai, Anirudhh Morarka, Vishnu Pillai, Yogesh Khadke, Harshal Nasery and Karman Rai.

5th place: 105 points - Team C - Vandana Chitnavis, Sukhada Chaudhry, Shivam Wankhede, Arjun Krishnan, Saee Ghule and Vibhav Pande.

- Written by Vishnu