Sanskriti - Day 4

 

Sanskriti Day 4  -17/9/22

-By Tarang Mathur

Day 4 of this beautiful week-long cultural fest, that is Sanskriti’ 22, being held at the MCOPS campus had a lot of exciting and exhilarating events spanning through the length of the entire day, from 8 AM through 7 PM. The same hall/room, was assigned to host all the events happening on that day, that is New Lecture Hall 9. Most of the preliminary rounds of all the events had the same question paper format and since they were all in the form of a quiz, there was only a restricted time given to all the teams of participants to answer all the questions.

 The hall was filled to the brim with enthusiastic teams of student participants. There was so much enthusiasm among the students, to participate, that the hall fell short of seats to accommodate all those present. Most of the preliminary selections pf the events, had to have two rounds, to accommodate more participants

The first prelim to take place was that of Spot Photography, wherein the participants were required to bring their own digital cameras. The participants had to capture 3 photographs on the theme given by the organizers, on the spot, such that, there was no mixing or morphing of the photos. Software like photoshop for enhancing the images were not allowed. Submission of monochrome images was not permitted. Only multicoloured processed images were allowed. Any other additional instructions were given at the venue and the participants had to bring an empty SD Card with themselves, which was checked before the start of the competition. The judging criteria wad that of creativity, the delivered idea, relevance to the given theme, originality and the perception of the viewer.

 

The rules for the General Quiz Prelims were that teams could have 3 participants each, the question papers were handed to one from each team. The participants had 10 minutes, to discuss within their team and answer 25 questions. There was no room for cheating or rule breaking, with all the Cultural CRs keeping a constant vigilance over the rows of participants to prevent the use of phones. The hall turned silent, with the buzz of the students’ discussion amongst their teams echoing off the walls as they worked on the answers against the clock.

The next rounds of selections were for the event Potpourri. The participants in their teams of 3, had only 10 minutes to a question paper consisting of puzzle games like that of crossword, word search and riddles to challenge one’s mind. This prelim was more interesting with more lively discussions as compared to the general quiz rounds of selection, due to more puzzle-based questions and riddles as opposed to the previous general knowledge-based test.

 

Potpourri prelims were followed by that of the TV Show Quiz (Prelims), which was in the same question paper format, with 10 minutes to answer 25 questions. However, the theme of this quiz was different as the questions were based on old shows and series that used to air on television channels, as well as that of the OTT platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime. Unlike the other selection rounds of the other events so far, participants could make teams of either three or two.

The last event that had its selection or preliminary rounds was that of Antakshari and it was surprising to see the selections being held in the same quiz format, with 3 participants per team being given 15 minutes to answer questions based in and around the theme of Bollywood music and movies, with questions like identifying the song and the movie it is from etc.

After all the preliminary rounds of all the events had been conducted, by about 11:45 AM, the finals were to start post 1 PM to give enough time for students to have a break and for the hall to be setup for the finals of the events and to accommodate a large audience as well as the participants who had reached the finals as well as setting up technical equipment required for smooth functioning of the finals.

 The finals were long anticipated, by both the audience and the selected teams of participants that had advanced to the finals. As the participants took their seats and the audience slowly trickled in, the air was filled with the scent of excitement as to what the events hold. The first event final to be held was that of the General Quiz.

The General Quiz finals had teams of three participants each and 6 teams in total. It had been divided into 6 sub-rounds with some basic rules that varied for each of the rounds.

1.     The first sub round was that of “Mixed bag” which had a mixed set of questions thrown to all the teams such that all the teams get 2 questions each, and only 45 seconds to answer. Questions passed on the other teams, have a 10 second time limit to answer the questions. Each correct answer gets the teams awarded 10 points and 5 points if the question has been passed to the next team. There was no negative marking in this round. The end of this round had Team 5 leading the scoreboard with 28 points, Team 4 scored 15, Team 3 with 13, Team 6 with 10 and Teams 1 and 2 with 5 and 3 points respectively.

2.     The second round was that of Spelling Bee based on correctly spelling names and words. Teams were awarded 10 points for the correct answer. Team 6 took to leading with 35 points, Teams 3,4 and 1 had the next highest scores with 33, 28 and 25 points respectively. Round 3 was that of Logos and Audio, which is self-explanatory, the teams had to correctly identify logos and audios. Team 1 led this round, winning with 25 points followed by Teams 4 and a tie between Teams 5 and 6, who had won 23 and tied at 20 points respectively.

 Round 4 was of Guess Who? And was filled with riddles based on famous people/characters as well as identifying famous objects/things. Teams 1 and 5 were tied with winning lead of 25 points each, followed by Team 4 with 20 points and 6 with 15 points. 

The fifth round was titled Pick Your Poison and was unique in the sense that there was no passing of questions allowed in this round and this round also had negative marking, that is, points were deducted if the wrong answer was given. Different levels to choose for each team, with different negative marking if answered wrong and there was no repetition of levels. Team 5 took the lead in this round with 35 points followed by Team 6 with -5 points as well as a tie between Teams 1, 3 and 4 at a score of -15.

Round 6 was of Rapid Fire where the first team, that is the fastest team to answer gets the most points and the top score was that of Team 1 who won 30 points due to their quick and correct responses, followed by that of Teams 4 and 5 who got 28 and 115 points respectively.

Before the big reveal of the teams that placed in the top 3 positions, I’d like to mention that some questions from each round were also thrown open to the audience so as to keep them lively and engaged in the quiz as well.

The first prize for the event of General Quiz was bagged by Anand and Dylan, the second to Akhil, Aishwarya and Sohaib and the third to Somnath, Shivmani and Yashodan.

 As time progressed, the events and their rounds got more exciting as well as challenging which made them more fun to watch as well as be a part of.  The TV Show Quiz was the next event lined up, with loads of fun questions. This event had 4 rounds.

·       Round 1: Identify the show – Teams had to identify the show by the image presented on screen which was of the protagonist, or of a scene taken from or based on the show.

·       Round 2: Who said to Whom? – In this round the teams were shown certain dialogues from shows/series and they had to identify which character said it to whom. The name of the show was mentioned.

·       Round 3: Act It Out - This was an interesting round to behold, as it turned into a very serious yet enjoyable game of charades, where one participant from each team was to act the name of the show they picked, and the other two team members had to guess what show it was.  

·       Round 4 - Guess the Show by Theme Song

After 4 exciting rounds and some discussion by the judges, the results were as follows:

The first prize for the event of TV Show Quiz was bagged by Sidharth, Saad and Sanal while second place was bagged by Keerthana, Daksha and Roopa and third place by Alisha, Sibyl and Maria.

The end of the exciting and engaging TV Show Quiz finals, marked the beginning of the game show events, that of Potpourri and Antakshari.

Potpourri Finals:

This event had 4 rounds as well

Round 1 was of Pictionary, where 6 teams, of 3 participants per team, had 1 minute to draw the answers, none of the questions were passed on and 10 points were given for the correct answer.

Round 2 was of Taboo where 2 points were given for each correct guess. The time limit was of 1 minute, one participant had been given 6 cards that contained one word each and they had to act out the word without the use of speech or sound, while the other two teammates had to guess the word withing the given time limit. 2 points given for correct guess and the words were given in English.

Round 3- Minute To Win It, which was about stacking paper cups in the for of a pyramid structure as well dismantling said structure, with only a minute to spare. Tensions and emotions ran abound in this round and the teams’ teamwork, coordination and cooperation were put to the mettle.

Round 4 - Three's A Charm. In this final sub round, each participant from each team was given a place, a book and a personality that they had to enact to each other within their team, with the total of 2 minutes to enact all 3.

The first prize for the event of Potpourri was bagged by Anushka, John and Nishant while second place was bagged by Daksha, Keerthana and Saad and third place by Abhijay, Akhil and Sohaib.

Antakshari was the last event to be held on Day 4. It had a total of 3 rounds –

·       Round 1 was where the teams had one minute, to sing the first two lines of as many songs as possible, with the starting akshar given, such that each song sung was to start with that of the ending "akshar" of the previous song. This round too had 6 teams consisting of 3 participants each and had only one minute to do so before it was the next team’s turn. Each teams’ attempts were met by applause and cheering from an enthusiastic and supportive audience.

·       Round 2 was of Charades, in which the aim was to enact a Bollywood movie, and for the name of the movie to be guessed. There were no passed questions in this round. 2 minutes were given as well the bonus of 3 points, to be awarded for guessing the characters names in the movies, within 10 seconds after guessing the movie name.

·       The last round, Round 3 was based on translating the lyrics of the song from English to Hindi and to correctly identify it by giving the name. 10 points were awarded for correct identification, but also if the wrong or incorrect answer was given, it was fair play for any other team to pounce, to take up the question themselves, which did come at a cost, of -5 points for the wrong answer or +5 points if correct answer was given.

T    The first prize for the event of Antakshari was bagged by Biyas, Madhuja and Anuj while second place was bagged by team Rahul ke Do Tansen and third place by Amulya, Varsha and Girija.

 By the end of the day everyone was exhausted but extremely satisfied. The quizzing fervor and the enthusiasm of the participants as well the audience ensured that this was one of the most enjoyable days for both the participants and the audience!  

 - Pictures by: Shreyas Prasad