Brands and the nation were done with, it was time for the Literature-oriented giants to showcase their talents. The Literary Quiz - the Third installment in MQC 2011 was conducted yesterday with unprecedented participation levels for a round that is often considered 'for the bookish'. We had around 60 participants in the preliminary round and the top 6 progressed to the on-stage round. There were some familiar faces on stage in the form of Divyanshu & Sania who have made 3 finals in a row now, Abhishek & Dileep and Divya & Anupam who have 2 appearances so far.
The LitQuiz finals was played out to a rapturous crowd; the air thick with guesses and whacky associations, fundae and numerous "How could I NOT answer that" yells of anguish. There were very few audience questions that went unanswered which established that the knowledge gap in level between the teams on stage and those in the audience was miniscule if any. Questions that were as long as a page from a book and connect pictures that appeared outlandish at first sight but were so easy when Srishti (the joint quiz master of the night) gave the answer.
As has been the trend with the 2 previous rounds of MQC 2011, the scores were delicately poised at the beginning of the RapidFire round. Divyangana who co-hosted the quiz reeled out the questions and the answers flew faster than she could complete the questions! Divya and Anupam put in a strong show in the round to clinch 2nd place from the duo or Parvati and Hunaranjan. Zoya and Shirish though were on a separate plane, always enjoying a comfortable 10 point head-start over the competition, to clinch a First place!
2 Days to go for the Sports and Entertainment quiz - stay tuned and brace yourselves for a surprise announcement in the next couple of days!
Stay smart, stay MICAn!
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