MINDWORKS - The LIBA Quiz Club

So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin

There is something about Fridays and quizzing. The last 3 quizzes on Friday have seen the Resident Quizzer and his partner reach the finals. This time around the place was Bangalore and the venue was Christ College. Your’s truly and Divya reached the finals of the quiz. Though we dint place, it was a good effort for the team as we were teaming up for the first time and we managed to reach the finals from among 60+ teams. Not a bad start but I just hope that the team continues as so far this year, I have been quizzing with a new partner for every other quiz. Also the team of Kenny and Sashwanth also managed to do a good job. On the whole it was a very good experience but the prelims was interesting with questions on Paris Hilton and the Blue Billion, but the finals was one the toughest quizzes that I have been through and it took of the competitive edge off the quiz.

Fridays seems to be a lucky day for LIBA Quizzers and the team of Ravi and Riddhi managed to come 3rd in the quiz conducted by the M.O.P College. This is good news as the members of the club are consistently taking part in quizzes and this in turn should promote the quizzing culture in the college.

The LIBA Quiz team consisting of Arup, Ravi and Sundeep were the runners-up at the quiz conducted by the Ethiraj College for Women. This is the first placement for the Quiz Club for the year. There were around 35 odd teams from across Chennai and even a few teams from outside the city took part in the quiz.

I did not have any Saturday Night Fever but definitely started the saturday with a REAL fever. The day began at LIBA with an inaugural class on OPEARTIONS MANAGEMENT by Mr. S.Arvind. Those Three Hours were indeed a sleepy one if you had antibiotics. My mind was being bombarded with FIXED and VARAIBLE COSTS.......

Well, coming to the highlight of the day : MINDWORKS - Inaugural Quiz at LIBA was an entertainer. Though it began late thanks to dufus class and exam timings, the club somehow pulled all the strings to get it done. Madhav, Ravi and Crissie put in a magnanimous effort in conducting the whole thing.

The event was eventuall won by the pair Anupam Nair and Sandeep Chandel followed by Karthik Subramanium (substituted by Kevin Pinto) and Ruchir Agarwal. God knows what happened to Karthik. He just left before learning that his team had qualified. The winners walk away with 7/10^th of the gold and the runners-up with 3/10^th of the gold.

The QUIZ was great with questions ranging from the origins of ORKUT to that of THE CHAOS THEORY. Well, the tech probs were sorted damn quick and eventually all was well that ends well. But particpating in such an event gave me a feeling that was quoted in one of the questions:

" I feel like a donkey among a group of elephants " - The one question that I answered out of a lucky guess - BILL CLINTON

Well, the QUIZ phenomena has started, you have two options either plug in or just SPECTATE THE WONDERS.

By Kenny "Maurice Chavez" Roger

Are you one of those guys who never seem to get tired of asking quesions?? Or feel like your head might just go up in flames if you dint know the answer to one??


This is for you.........

Born in 1924 in Glencoe, Scotland to a Scottish father and a French mother. Expelled at Eton, completed his schooling at Fettes and later went to the University of Geneva. Married Tracy, daughter of Corsican gangster Marc-Ange Draco in 1962. Served in the RNVR during World War II and rose to the rank of Commander. Later became a manager for Universal Exports, London. Name the person


if you likeed the taste of that, then there is more to come

Mindworks, the quiz club of LIBA is presenting its first quiz. All you have to do is make a team of 2, give a wacky name, come to the auditorium and put your brains to the test. You ll have a good time, that's garanteed. You may even win some cash while you are at it - winner gets 700 & the runners up 300.

Enough is said. Be there in the auditorium, this saturday at 1 P.M

May the team with the better brains win!!

The Quiz Club decided to venture out for its first quiz outside the city and the team decided to take a shot at one of the biggest quizzes in South India the “Acumen 2006”. The field was highly competitive with traditional powerhouses such as IIMB and IITM competing against upstarts like LIBA and XIME. The LIBA boys were represented by the “Guru” Arup and “Newbie” Ravi.

The prelims had 25 questions and it had all sorts of questions ranging from:
Which Country’s airline is called the Olympic Air?
To some other interesting ones like:
Who was the designer of the Volkswagen Beetle?

Some questions were really tough and at the end of it the LIBA boys put up a brave effort and managed to miss of the cut-off by just a fraction. On the whole, this experience will be very good for the fledging Quiz Club and the team should hope to build on such experiences become a competitive team in the months to come.

The finals saw IIMB slugging it out with IITM, ICFAI-B and XIME, with the IIMB winning the title. Good quiz set mostly by Anustup Dutta. Well handled by Harsha Bhogle. Even though we were part of the audience, we had a lot of fun and Arup even managed to win an audience prize in the end. On the whole it was a brilliant experience for Quizzers from LIBA and yet another T-Shirt to the collection.

By Ravi

Mindworks will be the new name for the LIBA Quiz Club. All credit to Madhav for coming up with the Logo and the Name.

After the successful Mark-It quiz the QUIZ fever has taken over LIBA!

This time the venue was Music Academy on Independence Day for the LANDMARK QUIZ. The posters and ads were up almost for a month generating hype among quizzers of all types. Professional Quizzers, School quizzers, first timers were all as enthusiastic as one can imagine. And among all of them for the first time, not one, but THREE LIBA quiz teams participated.

When we reached the enormity of the event hit us at the first instance. With over 600 teams participating, we felt overwhelmed at that sight. The hall was packed with quiz enthusiasts of all ages and types. Some people could be seen carrying trivia magazines, GK books and the likes, discussing about everything under the sun. We were just munching on the cookies they gave us and trying not to get freaked out!

The preliminary round had the teams answering 40 questions posed to them featuring some toughies like:
What’s common to Leonardo Da Vinci, dog in the basket and pretty Indian woman with lovely hair?
To some easy ones like:
Which vegetable should be washed cut form the bottom and discarded from the top? (We lost that one because I said Ladies finger!)
And some fun ones like:
Four letter word connecting Rakhi Sawant and the song “Something Something”!

Quizmaster Derek O’ Brian made a grand entry for the answer session and things went uphill form them. With audience prizes and enthusiasm at its peak, the atmosphere was that of one huge party. Finally 8 teams made it to the finals with lots of groans from the others who missed the bus. The team names included “No Brainers”, “Namita Bachao Andolan”, “3 M’s-Mama,Macchan,Mapalai”(that was the crowd favorite!).

Even though we were a part of the audience by then, the excitement never ceased till the very end. Just being a part of an event such as this was an experience in itself!

By Anupama Hoon

A Motley Crew of Maverick Quizzers

Who are you?
Young Countrywide Quizzers

How does your club works?
Very Informal and Online quizzes everyweek

When and where do you meet?
Anytime before an event

Aim of the club?
Instill quizzing culture in LIBA

The Landmark quiz is one the most anticipated quizzes among the quizzing circle here in Chennai. It is one of the biggest open quizzes and also one the most fun filled quizzes you can find out there. Every year, it takes place during our independence day and this year it is no different. I just wish that since 15 being a holiday, the Quiz club can at least send 3 teams for this event. I have already sent the entry forms to the groups and you can also download the form here.

Selection states that selective forces can in fact act on competing groups of individuals, not just competing individuals.

*inspired by Group Selection Theory