The PG Club of the Post Graduate Department of Commerce organized ‘Mighty Millets- Shri Anna Quiz’ to commemorate International Year of Millets on 26th August 2023 from 11.30 am to 1.30 am in Classroom T-301. The students of M.Com Part II put in efforts to organize the quiz for the M.Com Part I students. The objective of the quiz was to test the knowledge of the participants as well as to make the audience aware of the goodness of millets and their health benefits.
The programme commenced with a brief insight of the Quiz given by the Programme Coordinator, Ms. Twinkle Fernandes. Shruti Pai Khot and Roshni Khatun were the comperes. 8 Teams comprising of 2 students in each team from M.Com Part I participated in the millet-based quiz. The details of the teams are: Quick Wits (Zia Fernandes and Ambar Dalal), Brain storm (Soumya Shetti and Disha Gaonkar), Fact Flare (Sushmeeta Chauwan and Saloni Harjan), Quiz Mates (Anrich Rodrigues and Vanshita Naik), Infoking (Glyn Gomindes and Rowena Fernandes), Thought Snap (Siya Naik and Siddhi Haldankar), Smartspeaker (Alrich Fernandes and Aemisha Azavedo) and IQ-Squad (Lisanna Fernandes and Deepika Kholkar).
The quiz was held in four rounds. Mr. Zohaid Shaikh was the quiz master. The first two rounds were elimination rounds. The details of the rounds were as under:
1st Round: Elimination Round
Ms. Shaheen Sayad narrated the rules of Round 1. In this round, the participants’ knowledge was tested through Multiple Choice Questions. Each team was asked 5 questions where each correct answer was awarded 5 points with no negative marking. The six top scoring teams qualified for Round 2.
2nd Round: Elimination Round
Ms. Shabana Sayyed narrated the rules of Round 2. In this round, each team was asked two Multiple Choice Questions, where each correct answer was awarded 10 points with no negative marking. The scores of Round 1 and Round 2 were summed and the four top scoring teams qualified for Round 3 and 4.
3rd Round: Buzzer Round
The rules of this round were narrated by Mr. Dheeraj Goyal. The participating teams were tested through identification of millets and millet plants. The participants were required to hit the buzzer if they know the answer and the team giving the correct answer was awarded 10 points while a wrong answer resulted in a deduction of 5 points.
4th Round: Rapid Fire Round
This was the final round, where Ms. Vaishnavi Naik Gaonkar narrated the rules of this round. In this round, the teams had to answer maximum of 10 questions correctly within a time span of two minutes with no negative marking. Every correct answer was awarded 5 points.
Team Smartspeakers – Alrich Fernandes and Aemisha Azavedo won the Mighty Millets – Shri Anna Quiz. Quiz Mates – Anrich Rodrigues and Vanshitaa Naik emerged as the first runners up, while Quick Wits – Zia Fernandes and Ambar Dalal emerged as second runners up.
The audience were also engaged via spot questions. Ms. Sakshi Tari, Mr. Ayan Bepari, Ms. Siddhi Haldankar and Ms. Lisanna Fernandes won the spot prizes. The quiz ended at 1.45 p.m. with Vote of Thanks delivered by Ms. Lisanna Fernandes. Around 40 students from M.Com participated in the quiz with great enthusiasm. The Report is contributed by Ms. Ashwida Barreto, M.Com Part II
