Hey, it is that time of the month when Qutopia holds the most awesome Quizzing event of the year. Coincidentally, it is also the time when Crapanalytics finds itself some work. This 11th of December, pack up your hard boards and march to the Campus 6 Auditorium, KIIT University because that is where Qutopia will be hosting its flagship event, Udghosh 2016 <imagine kickass drum roll in your mind>. Be sure to be there by 10 AM because that is when the registrations start. You have to make teams of two in order to register.
You can find the fb page here.
You have to register here.
Like the last two years, Vikram Joshi is going be the Quiz master this year as well (he rocks). A big Quiz like this is expected to have big prizes and Udghosh doesn't disappoint. The winning team will take away 75000 INR, the runners up 50000 INR and the second runners up 25000 INR. If this isn't reason enough for you to come to Udghosh, we'll give you 10 more:
1. Be you own Santa.
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| It is good to be one |
Christmas is coming early this year. With loads of audience
prizes and coupons (you’ll get some at the time of participation as well), you
can certainly strike off some items from your wish list for Santa. You'll be getting gift coupons right at the time of registration and we will be having dedicated audience rounds betwixt the stage rounds for finalists.Besides this, all the stage finalists will get gifts and prizes.
2. Team up with anyone.
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| Most unlikely people often form the longest lasting teams |
Come with your Mom, come with your Boss, come with your
Professor! You are free to team up with everyone and anyone. It is an open quiz after all fellas.
3. You won't have to bunk your classes.
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| Happens to the best of us |
As always, Udghosh is falling on a Sunday this year as. We apologize to those who like to bunk classes. Qutopia will
have other events throughout the calendar which don’t fall on a weekend and
might be of help to you. For office-goers and class-lovers, this will be a good
opportunity to utilize your day off.
4. Connect with interesting people.
Udghosh is a magnet that attracts the brightest, the most fun
and the best people. You are going to love the crowd here. Pick up a
conversation with anyone (not during the prelims of course) and you would be pleasantly
surprised.
5. Why should boys have all the fun?
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| We all love Alia Bhatt though |
Girls, vroom to the quiz on your scooties (even without them) and you can be a recipient of the special prize for the “Best Girls Team” that has been a feature of several Udghosh editions over the last few years.
6. This guy.
This year is going to mark a hat-trick for Vikram Joshi, being the Quiz master of Udghosh. Udghosh is loved equally by QMs and participants with all of them being a recurring feature here. VJ has been a panelist at the Triguni panel of KBC and a World Quizzing Champion. He loves quizzing and also hosting them. Participating in or watching his quiz is a real treat. He is sure to be as enthralling as the last two years.
7. You'll have so much to learn.
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| You might as well get some of your misconceptions cleared. |
With a QM like VJ, we are going to have an awesome Quiz with some awesome questions on some of the awesomest topics ever. Quizzes like these are one of the best ways to come to know of interesting facts and topics. You have every right to brag about these things you came to know of. It is always nice to be the smart one in the bunch.
8. If you are a stag, we'll find you a partner or at least a Doe.
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| Do you wanna Partner? O partner? |
OK, we assumed that no one would insist on having a Doe. Stags and Does aside, one shouldn’t be worrisome of not having a partner on the Quiz day. Udghosh being a national level open quiz, a lot of people come to be a part of it and a great many of them are alone. We have mechanisms in place to find you a good partner if you want one. You might come to the gates alone but you’ll go inside with a partner.
9. We'll find you an accommodation cheaper than OYO.
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The Boys and Girls hostels at KIIT are called
King's Palace and Queen's Castle respectively. |
Just to be clear, this blog has not been sponsored by any hotel aggregator. If you do not live in Bhubaneswar area, then you don’t have to worry about a place to stay. Udghosh is a flagship event of KIIT University and there are numerous hostels on KIIT’s sprawling campuses. We have pre-booked rooms for participants which you can avail of by depositing a nominal fee. Hey, it can be a good opportunity to roam around the beautiful capital city after you are done with the Quiz.
10. The prize money and all the other prizes will be in new currency.
LOL, the prize money will be in a form which is convenient for you. We would have paytm the money to the winners if we could, but cheque seems like a better and more appropriate option.
