InQuizition: The Battle of October

Just came off InQuizition’s October edition last Sunday @ the EDSA Central Foodcourt. In attendance were mainstays “Mr. Quizmonster” Leo Gapol, the two Richards (the elder and the younger), Rodel, Bal, Wilfred,  and yours truly. Pierre Cantillero was there, ditto with Atty. Ramon Delas Alas who came out to serve (and observe) as an impartial (and impromptu) judge. Yes folks, here at InQuizition, lawyers instantly get promoted  to judges hehehe. Midway through the games, the brainy Baser brothers and 1st generation quizzer and perennial female contender Alice also dropped by to say hi.

Since July, InQuizition questions were patterned after the World Quiz Championship’s 8 main categories. Every round consists of 8 questions. One for each category. As always questions flew fast and furious. Some were unquestionably hard (What do you call a city that encompasses an entire planet?) others not so (In the MIG line of Russian fighter jets, what does MIG stand for?) but everyone had fun and learned a new piece of trivia or two. Several pitchers of beer, boxes of pizza and bits of tokwa and liempo later, the winners were known.

Kuya Gaps quite predictably romped away with the two titles at stake for the day: Overall Champion and King of the World Category. A battle scarred quiz veteran of the (relatively) new school, Kuya Gaps continued his winning ways which dates back to Battle of the Brains Mindmaster Edition. To those not in the know, Kuya Gaps was the one and only Mindmaster champion to have reigned an amazing thirteen weeks. Why thirteen only? Because the game’s organizers forced him to retire giving him an award and a tidy sum to boot, on top of his weekly winnings. That’s a nice way of saying “That’s enough, you’re scaring the shit out of the rest!”

If I’m not mistaken, the battle for October ended with Kuya Gaps notching 19 points, Richard Israel scoring 15 and yours truly falling just a hair’s breadth away with 14 points. Darn, I really need to practice more.

Check out these pics: (click to enlarge)

October King + World Category King

Richard: so close to victory he could smell it

My bronze pride