Prologue
We (Mayank Mujumdar & Siddharth Sheth)were inspired to make a quizzing page for the institute after realising that the quizzing scenario in the university was not very structured and serious quizzers were on a verge of extinction. After referencing several quizzing blogs and pages on Facebook, which we used to visit often [apart from certain unmentionables on the Internet,that is!], the page came into existence on 18th September,2010.
Our motto "Nos Must Teneo, Nos Mos Teneo" (We Must Know, We Will Know) was taken from the German mathematician David Hilbert's quote "Wir müssen wissen,Wir werden wissen".
For details , refer to the previous note: "The Soapy Grey Matter Story"!
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Reception & The Numbers
The response to the page had been fantastic since the inception, and we had our first 100 fans in less than 10 days. The page grew by leaps and bounds, and we hit the mark of 500 fans on 9th January,2011. The next landmark, of reaching four figures came on the 4th July, 2011.
We now have 1200+ quizzers from across the world interacting daily through the page. So far, we have posted around500 visual questions, countless textual questions and had around 700+ questions posted by fans! Our posts have been viewed over 13 lakh times and the section "On a lighter note" remains a popular feature, with trivia aimed at providing comic relief.
The questions are meant to encourage lateral thinking and to simulate everyone to be aware of the current and past events happening in all fields . We don not encourage posting trivial/statistics-based questions, for Google is the archnemesis of such questions, and it defeats the entire purpose of the page.
The Extra Dimension
We had organised Quiz Pro Quo, an open quiz on 30 January 2011 at Detour to add an extra dimension to our online activities. The event saw amazing participation with teams, who let go of their precious Sunday morning nap for the quiz. The IIM-A team of Aniket & Sujay were the innaugural winners, followed by the mix team of Achal (IT-NU) & Parasvil (IIT-B). Plans are underway to organize a similar meet again soon.
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| Inaugural Quiz Pro Quo Session @Detour 30 January 2011 |
We have collaborated with Rotaract Club of Nirma Institutes and started a monthly quiz session for students of the University. The first session was a General Quiz session conducted by me [Mayank] and the enthusiasm of participants was really encouraging *sniff sniff*, which prompted us to take the next logical move by making it a regular event. We'll be conducting regular quizzes to fulfill our mission towards the development of quizzing as a mind-sport in the campus.
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| First Quiz Pro Quo Monthly August 2011 |
As of now, it seems that the legacy of the IT-NU campus being home to quizzers won't fade way soon.
The Men at Work (No male chauvinism intended)
The facebook page and blog is currently being managed by me and Nitin Pillai; who took charge from Achal Shah [currently at UPenn pursuing his Masters]. We post around 5-6 questions on a daily basis, with the fans contributing their questions too.
We can never thank the fans enough for their priceless contribution to the page. Afterall,"Knowledge is not a single man's domain, it's a collective effort!"
Winding off this note, I'd like to thank and congratulate each one of you for contributing in our growth and development and making this association advance in the process of the sharing of knowledge, because "an investment in knowledge pays the best interest". We hope to continue posting and making our questions further interesting catering more genres as well as providing you with the news of the latest quiz events.
Signing off,
Nos Must Teneo, Nos Mos Teneo
admin.
