AguPips place 2nd in Ilang-Ilang quiz show

March 5, 2008 – While the rest of the AguPips served as panelists in the Formal Interview of batch Agyuan 2007B at Palma Hall, six members knowledgeable in General Information and Entertainment braved Ilang-Ilang Residence Hall for the dormitory’s university-wide “Tagisan ng Talino”. It was held in line with their annual dorm week celebration. Rex Dizon (Salagpi 2001A), Buduy Mallari (Lakatan 2006A) and Mike Gulapa (Lakatan 2006A) formed a team named “Sikrams” while Marco Lansangan (Kaputul 2004A), Yek Santos (Kaputul 2004A) and Fergie Panganiban (Kadaya 2005A) formed a second team named “Bitrams”. The registration fee was P60 per team. They joined the contest in a bid to win some much-needed money for the organization.

Elimination Round
A total of 21 teams participated in the quiz show. There were 3 rounds of competition with 5 questions each: Easy, Average and Difficult. After this round, both Bitrams and Sikrams qualified for the semifinals with Bitrams placing 2^nd and Sikrams placing 9^th. The top 10 teams qualified for the semifinals.

Semifinals
All scores were reset to zero before the start of the semifinals. There were a total of 9 questions in 3 specific categories (3 questions each): Teleserye, Foreign Reality TV and OPM Bands. The twist in this round was that the teams must assign the 3 categories to each of the 3 members of the team. Only the team member assigned to the category can answer the questions in that category.

Member-Category designations for Bitrams & Sikrams:
Marco & Buduy – OPM Bands
Fergie & Michael – Foreign Reality TV
Yek & Rex – Teleserye

After the 9 questions, Sikrams qualified for one of the 5 spots in the Finals, answering 3 questions correctly. Bitrams, who answered only 1 question correctly, was tied with 4 other teams for the last 2 spots. Unfortunately, Bitrams failed to make it. Nonetheless, they stayed to cheer for Sikrams in the Finals.

Finals
There were actually 6 teams in the Finals because during the tie-breaker in the semifinals, the tie between 2 teams wasn’t broken after a long series of tiebreaker questions. The cash prizes at stake for the Top 3 winning teams are: 1^st Prize – P3000, 2^nd Prize – P2000 and 3^rd Prize – P1000.

The mechanics for the Finals is as follows:
*All finalist teams must first complete a “challenge”
*The teams who completes the “challenge” first will be given priority in choosing their category
*After a given thinking time, the team will enumerate 10 correct items in their chosen category.

The challenge turned out to be a Sudoku puzzle. Thanks to Buduy and Mike's puzzle solving prowess, Sikrams was the first team to successfully finish the Sudoku puzzle. Another team finished first, but their accomplished Sudoku sheet had errors.

Sikrams chose the “First Ang TV Teens”, a category with 29 possible answers. Other categories include Power Rangers season titles, current Sexbomb dancers and highest grossing films in Philippine History.

Sikrams, with Rex as the representative, gave 8 correct answers: Luigi Alvarez, Gio Alvarez, Jolina Magdangal, Claudine Barretto, Lindsay Custodio, Roselle Nava, Rica Peralejo and the aww-inducing answer -- Sarji Ruiz. The audience was clearly amused by the unique but accurate answer. The eventual winner from Yakal (their topic was current Sexbomb dancers) was able to enumerate 10 correct names. Therefore, team Sikrams placed second and took home P2000.

Sikrams’ team members agreed to donate P1500 of their prize to the UP Aguman. They used the rest of the prize in reimbursing the registration fee of team Bitrams and in treating them with ice cream at the Shopping Center.

Sikrams and Bitrams are no strangers to campus quiz shows. This is the second time the AguPips played under the said team names. Sikrams composed of Rex, Buduy and Kevin Peñalba (Langgotsi 2006B) and Bitrams composed of Yek, Fergie and Justin (Lakatan 2006A) competed in the pop culture quiz show of UP Lakan in early February. Sikrams placed 5^th while Bitrams entered the semifinals. Some of their opponents in the Lakan quiz show also participated in the Ilang-Ilang contest.



UPPER LEFT: Team Sikrams receives their cash prize.
UPPER RIGHT: The quiz show was held at the Ilang-Ilang dormitory lobby.
LOWER LEFT: The final scores.
LOWER RIGHT: Team Bitrams, Fergie, Marco and Yek.
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Some questions in the said contest:
*Who is the other teen actress in the ABS-CBN show "K2BU" that starred in Bora and ABS-CBN teleseryes? (Thanks to Fergie, only Bitrams got the correct answer of all the 21 teams, haha!)
*What is the name of Mister Bogus' world?
*What is the first ever single of the Spice Girls?
*What is the name of the winner of The Search for the Next Pussycat Doll?
*What is the title of Rivermaya's new album?
*Which Philippine actress has made the most number of soap operas?
*What is the name of Urbandub's lead singer?
*Who represented the Philippines in the 1994 Miss Universe pagaent?
*What is the name of Uchiha Sasuke's brother?
*In which TV station was Eat Bulaga first aired?
*Which 3-storey building in UP Diliman has a name which means "house of peace"?
Sige pin, sanu kareni ing asagut yu? (^^,)



Former ABS-CBN Talent Center artists Sarji Ruiz and Pia Romero.
Sarji was last seen on the teleserye Darating Ang Umaga while Pia was last seen on the sitcom Bora.