Quizzing Crazitiveness!
Hyd Quiz Forum, the Quiz club of Infosys Hyderabad, is a set of crazitive folks. We recently won the best club in Infosys Hyd award – an unlikely stuff to happen as we thought till recently.
T@6 Logo
Started in 2004, by a set of quizzing freaks, it initially existed virtually. When decided to move on from the online quizzing (email, forums) to Live quizzing, we wanted an unusual and attractive name. After several rounds of email discussions the founding fathers settled for the name T@6. What it originally meant, is still a mystery. Legends says that it was Thursdays at 6 (Since it was run initially at every Thursdays at 6 PM). We call it now Trivia at 6 (Now it run every Wednesdays at 5:30 PM).
For the initial few years, it ran as a cult club, where an attendance of more than 10 is considered unusual. It almost died, with the active quizzers either moving out or leaving. The revival happened somewhere in 2007 with a set of quizzers trying to bring back the strong culture back, and trying to make the club more popular. It took sometime to break the 2-digit attendance barrier. Since early 2007 T@6 happens every Wednesday without fail (with few exceptions of public holidays). We do have a regular attendance of 60-70 folks now, with sometime touching the magical 3 figure. The theme of these quizzes varies from the trivial Biz, Sports, Movies, Politics to bizzare ones, like the Anagram quiz, Food, Wine & Cigar etc.,
As the name suggests, T@6 is a more a Trivia sharing and fun event, than a core quizzing event.There are many folks, including me, for whom Wednesday is the best day of the week.
I attribute the success of T@6 to smart marketing, led by some crazitive quizzers, viz Ebenezer George (Who has written that brilliant text for the logo), Ashwin Alexander and Truly Yours.
I’m sharing a few posters we’ve designed for T@6 and other quizzes by HQF. Click on the image for a higher resolution version.
Ashwin models on this spoof of the famous Infosys recruitment ad. By George.
Another Masterpiece by George.
We have Venn Diagrams for almost anything. Here's one for the Quizzers. By George.
The Do's and Don't of Quizzing. By George.
It's all about being a little too awesome. George does some Egosurfing.
Latte or Filter Kaapi. You get everything. By George.
Things To Do in Hyd DC. Sheer Awesomeness! By George.
A Smash on the Ego of Experience! By George.
Yes, We Can! by Ashwin.
A Very Long Quiz. By Riyaz.
Break The Routine. By Riyaz.
How Did He Do It? By Ashwin.
Grey Cell Camp. A Spoof on the HRD Mailers. By Riyaz and Jayaram.
Conversation Series. Frost/Nixon. By Shailesh and Riyaz.
Conversation Series. Sex and the City. By Shailesh and Riyaz.
Conversation Series. Deewar. By Shailesh and Riyaz.
Conversation Series. The Dark Knight. By Shailesh and Riyaz.
Conversation Series. Taxi Driver. By Shailesh and Riyaz.
I Quiz Therefore I Am. Animesh, The Photographer. By Riyaz. Photo: Animesh.
I Quiz Therefore I Am. Divya, The Dancer. By Riyaz. Photo: Animesh.
I Quiz Therefore I Am. Riyaz, The Rider. By Riyaz. Photo: Animesh.
I Quiz Therefore I Am. Sandeep, The Singer. By Riyaz.
I Quiz Therefore I Am. Sumanoj, The Reader. By Riyaz. Photo: Animesh.
Sorry for the Interruption. Quiz Time!
Oh. It’s almost 5:3o now. Gotta rush for the T@6!
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Whoa… I thought Quizzing cultures existed only in educational institutions, where shady students collect in a half empty room to quiz. You’ve proved me wrong, and some of the posters put our ones to shame… Very creative considering that you are working and still finding time to quiz.