Cultural Events

From film and pop culture trivia to mind boggling quizzes, these events are all about having fun with your team while getting to the top!

Cultural

Aether Quiz
Get ready to unlock knowledge at the speed of thought as Aether brings you one of the biggest quizzes in the city. Hosted by the well-known Quiz master Mr.Sri Ram Burgula.

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⬤ Date: 9th Nov

⬤ Team size: Max 4 members

⬤ Prize pool: 10k

⬤ Duration: 4 hrs

⬤ Organisers:
Aditya Bhojani- +919819142506
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Battle Of Bands
This is an epic battle between the bands of Hyderabad. The theme is Versatility! Play minimum 2 songs and all songs should be of different genres.
Bands will be judged based on:
Quality of music (Vocal and instrumental aptitude)
Crowd interaction
Song Selection
Time

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⬤ Band size: 3-8 members

⬤ Registration Cost: Rs 500 per band

⬤ Prize Pool: 10k

⬤ Organisers:
Abhay: +919666195707
Sarath Nair: +918075850992
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Beat The Clock
Beat the clock is a fun game event that involves the players to complete a certain funky task under the given time limit given by Mr.Clock. As the player completes each task they rise through the ranks to become the Clock Master!

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⬤ Date: 9th Nov

⬤ Team size: 2 members(max)

⬤ Re-entry fee: 30/-

⬤ Prize pool: 3.5k

⬤ Organisers:
Vinuthna - +919121206667
Hitesh - +919652624404
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Brain Wars
Are puzzles and brain teasers your cup of tea? Then look no further, since this event is the right platform for you to flex your brain. Teams battle against each other, not with guns or swords, but with their brains.

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⬤ Brain wars is all about solving puzzles.
There will be 3 knockout rounds
First Round (30 mins) - 7 Questions
Second round (20 mins) - Story mode or riddles (3 stories probably)
Third round (40 mins) - Relay (3 questions). The team that finishes answering the questions first wins.

⬤ Date: 10th Nov

⬤ Team size: 3 members

⬤ Max no. of teams: 20 - 25 teams

⬤ Prize pool: 5k

⬤ Duration: 1.5hrs

⬤ Organisers:
Shuraiq - +919010790100
Jathin - +919676790089
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Character Collision
The most awaited literary event of Aether 2k19, where the creative writers battle it out with paper and ink to create the wildest and the most well thought-out story from the given prompts.

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⬤ A writing prompt about how two unlikely characters meet will be given to each person. The person with the wildest, most creative, well thought out story wins.

⬤ Date: 9th Nov

⬤ Prize pool: 6k

⬤ Duration: 2 hrs

⬤ Organisers:
Smriti - +917676055864
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Devil's Advocate
Participants must summon their wits and brainpower to convince the judges to agree with an unpopular opinion that might be so wild it may seem impossible to defend. Thechallenge lies in how well they can think and voice their arguments. In a battle of the shrewdest only the best will come out on top!

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⬤ Single participant. Participants must summon their wits and brainpower to convince the judges to agree with an unpopular opinion that might be so wild it may seem impossible to defend. The topic will be given on the spot and each participant receives 15 minutes to prepare their argument. Each speaker will get 5 minutes of speaking time. The challenge lies in how well they can think and voice their arguments.

⬤ Date: 10th Nov

⬤ Prize pool: 6k

⬤ Duration: 2 hrs

⬤ Organisers:
Sakshi - +917032352341
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Filmy Fungama
Filmy Fungama (F2) is a fun trivia game that tests your knowledge of popular films in Hyderabad's two most happening film industries (Bollywood and Tollywood). Winning this game takes more than simple craze for actors or actresses. It takes a level of obsession, borderline insanity, to cross the finish line and claim victory.

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⬤ There will be 5 rounds. Each Round will be an elimination round and after every round 3-4 Teams will be eliminated.

⬤ Date: 10th Nov

⬤ Team size: 4 - 5 members

⬤ Max no. of teams: 40 - 50 teams

⬤ Prize pool: 5k

⬤ Organisers:
Satvika - +918464989819
Himanshu - +919502780569
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Groove
Groove brings all elite dancers together to compete in epic battles of artistry, precision and athleticism. Dancers will compete against duos and crews in an unlimited range of dance, including hip-hop, popping, locking, tap, ballet, break dancing, ballroom,and more!

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⬤The duration dance performance by each team , in any of the rounds should be a minimum of 4 mins to not more than 6 mins. The stage is good ideal for 12 dancers at any point of time. The event will have 2 rounds.
Round 1 : This will be a video round where the team will send in a video submission. The crew has to portray at-least 2 distinct dance forms. This round will be an elimination round. Only the top 5 teams will be qualified to Round-2.
Round 2: This will be a theme round. The theme: Narrate us a story through your dance, need not be an original.The performance duration should be limited to 3-5 mins. The top 3 teams, receive the allotted prize money.

⬤ Date: 9th Nov

⬤ Prize pool: 20k

⬤ Organisers:
Saisree: +919652602200
Pratulya: +919892246323
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Guesstimate
If you love games like taboo, then this is right up your alley! This event has three fun filled rounds that basically deal with guessing and hunting. Make it through all 3 games with your team, and the reward is yours!

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⬤ This event has three fun filled rounds that basically deal with guessing and hunting.
TABOO : In this round, one participant of each team has to use actions or words to get their team members to guess the word, but they are not allowed to use some ‘taboo’ words.
FINDING WORDS : Two participants from two teams have to find a word based on the theme from the given jumbled table.
SHOT IN THE DARK: A famous/funny newspaper article/meme is shown and part of the main heading in it is covered. The whole team must try to guess the main heading.

⬤ Date: 10th Nov

⬤ Team size: 3 - 4 members

⬤ Max no. of teams: 25 teams

⬤ Prize pool: 5k

⬤ Duration: 2.5hrs

⬤ Organisers:
Mythri - +917093121617
Guru Teja - +917032073344
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MasterShot
Master shot is a 48 hour long filmmaking contest revolving around a theme, that involves students to utilise their creative skills in making a short film from scratch. The competition drives the participants to think on their feet, work as a team and exhibit their critical thinking skills since they’re on a race against time.

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⬤ MasterShot is a 48-hour film-making contest that compels participants to utilise their creative and critical thinking skills to make a short film from scratch. Each team will have 48 hours to script, shoot and edit their short films based on the theme given. The films can be shot anywhere with minimum restrictions on the camera equipment used. The durations of the short films along with other necessary details will be provided upon registration. At the end of the 48 hours, teams are required to submit their films through a drive link that will be provided to them. Films that are not shot in the 48 hours and films not relevant to the theme will be disqualified.
Finally, all the films will be assessed and ranked by a panel of expert judges, out of which the top few films will be screened in the Amphitheatre of Mahindra Ecole Centrale, during Aether. The top three films will receive a prize pool of 20k and the top 25 teams will receive goodies.

⬤ Date: 9th Nov

⬤ Team Size : 5 members (max) not including the actors

⬤ Prize pool: 20k

⬤ Duration: 48 hrs

⬤ Organisers:
Amulya- - +918374844500
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Newkonomy
A market simulation involving customers, investors, suppliers, companies and a lot of money flowing across. Customers compete against other customers, suppliers against suppliers and companies against companies. The entity with the most profits at the end ofthe game from each sector wins. Beware though, markets are wavy and crashes are rampant.

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⬤ Team Size: 6 for companies
1 customer
1 investor
1 supplier
A market simulation involving customers, investors, suppliers, companies and a lot of money flowing across. Customers compete against other customers, suppliers against suppliers and companies against companies. The entity with the most profits at the end of the game from each sector wins. Beware though, markets are wavy and crashes are rampant.

⬤ Duration: 3 hrs

⬤ Prize money: 5k

⬤ Organisers:
Om Goyal - +918019234091
Abdul Khaliq - +919182135957
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Slam Poetry
Let the words find you! Boldness and confidence are key in this battle of the best poets.

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⬤ The ‘poets’ will have about 15-20 mins to compose their poems on a specified topic.
Recitation begins and the maximum time limit of each poem is 3 mins. The most expressive and well-composed poems will be the prize-winners.
Bonus points if the poem is spoken spontaneously without any written material at hand.

⬤ Date: 9th Nov

⬤ Prize pool: 5k

⬤ Duration: 3 hrs

⬤ Organisers:
Smriti - +917676055864
Qurram - +917730088491
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Unclue
It is basically a murder mystery treasure hunt. Cooperate with your teammates to investigate the murder and uncover key clues. By the end of the game, you and your team will try to guess who did it, how they did it, and why they did it.

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⬤ The participants will be provided with a back story of the characters in the game. They will also be provided with a map of the campus indicating different scenes of the story.
At each location, they will be given a clue to the next place along with a clue indicated towards the killer.
After acquiring all the clues, they should identify the killer.

⬤ Date: 9th Nov

⬤ Team size: 4 members

⬤ Max no. of teams: 20 - 25 teams

⬤ Duration: 2hrs

⬤ Prize pool: 5k

⬤ Organisers:
Aaliya - +917060793123
Pratulya - +919892246323
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What's Poppin
Here’s an opportunity for you to take a break from the intense quizzes and bamboozling brainteasers by enjoying an amusing quiz that tests you on your knowledge of movies and pop culture!

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⬤ Savage Brains - Each team would be given one paper and they need to answer the questions displayed on the projector.
Hear Out - We will be playing some audio clips from various sources and the teams have to guess which part occurs from which movie or band songs.
Act it or answer it - We will be having a bowl of chits where each team is supposed to come forward and pick a chit and act it out where the other teams are given an opportunity to guess it within the stipulated time.

⬤ Date: 10th Nov

⬤ Team size: 3 - 4 members

⬤ Max no. of teams: 20 - 25 teams

⬤ Duration: 2 hrs

⬤ Prize pool:5k

⬤ Organisers:
Shriya - +919445456584
Mounica - +919121289995