TATA CRUCIBLE - The Campus Quiz 2010

TATA CRUCIBLE
The Campus Quiz 2010

Venue: H.K College
Timings: 12/3/2010, 1:30pm onwards

Reached the venue at 1:30
Went as 4 teams but found 3 more teams there.
So total 7 teams, 14 participants (including 1 lady luck and 1 non LDite) from L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad.
The quizzing included prelim rounds, 2 wild card rounds and Final round.
Prelim rounds inlcuded 20 questions.
Amazingly non of the 7 teams qualified for the final round. Not even for the wild card round.(Lols...)

The Final Round: The battle was mainly between team from Nirma Institute of Management and the Defending Champions of Campus Crucible 2009-Ahmebabad, team from MICA.
The 20-20 format by the quizmaster PickBraing was amazing. The powerplay and the passed question gave a boost to MICA. But moving slowly was the NIM. And the battle went on to the final round, to the final question. And at the end NIM winning the intellectual battle.
2 of the most amazing moments:
1. The MICA girl kissing the MICA boy on the stage!!! No, no she was not kissing but just whispering into his ears. From the audience angle it seemed that she was just kissing him.
2. PickBrain asking about a product whose manufacturing was being done wrongly till recession times in India. And the whole audience burst into laughter when a guy from IIM-A explained how Condom fit into the answer. Finally PickBrain ending it as "For more details about the contraceptives contact that guy." Of course answer was correct. We too had a LDite with the answer. He was jumping on his seat but was not given chance. Guess who?

Baki ka comments pe disscussion hoga...;-)

P.S. Forgot to mention the chief guest of the day. Mr Jacob from TATA Chemical Ltd. Mithapur(and not Mitha - pur as prononced by PickBrain)

2 States: The Story of My Marriage

The 4th one by Chetan Bhagat.
Had been waiting for this book for a long time, but it got released suddenly.
So went to Crossword and got a copy.
It took nearly 14 hours to complete this book.
Its a story about Krish and Ananya who are from to opposite poles!(Delhi and Chennai!!)
They fall in love with each other while studying together at IIM-A and after their PG they decided to convince their families for marriage. But life takes a different turn and the families repel...!!!
The story then continues with Ananya and Krish both trying win over each other's families.

The book draws attention to the cultural differences existing in India.
And I suggest everyone to read this once...
Rating 4/5