FMIPA UI Student Team Wins First Place in the 2021 MANACITA Geoquiz Competition

Baso Ochta Erlangga (Geology 2018), Rifa Saifanah Nasution (Geology 2018), and Novia Tri Ambarwati (Geology 2018) won 1st place in the Geoquiz Competition which is one of the competition categories in the MANACITA 2021 series of events organized by the Student Section of the Indonesian Geologists Association, Padjadjaran University (SM-IAGI Unpad).

The national quiz competition consists of three stages of competition. The first stage is the qualification, where participants are asked to work on 100 questions in 60 minutes in writing with virtual supervision. Then, in the second stage or semifinal round, participants will compete to answer questions verbally quickly which will then determine the 9 best teams with the highest scores. Finally, the final round consists of 3 teams that have the highest accumulated scores from the semifinal round. The mechanism for the final round is almost similar to the semifinal round, but with more questions.

The team named Turbidite Flow said that their initial motivation in joining this competition was based on their desire to try something new and apply the knowledge they had learned in lectures, especially in the 7th semester courses they had just studied, such as Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology. Baso, the team leader, also added that he was also motivated to gain experience competing with students from other universities.

Novi as one of the team members said that good teamwork is very necessary in this competition. This is proven by the fact that even without a mentor, they were able to compete and outperform dozens of other student participants from various universities.

"For the implementation of the competition, the form of cooperation that we do is not by dividing or determining the order of answers. Instead, we have the principle of helping each other. support and trust each other. So, all team members have the opportunity to answer at any time," said Novi. 

In accordance with the Geoquiz theme given, the quiz participants will be presented with questions related to earth science related to the quiz theme presented, namely "Geoscientist Mindset in Regional Development and Disasters".

In addition, the Turbidite Flow team also talked about the challenges they faced, one of which was timeline which coincides with the UAS, so it is very necessary to adjust the time well. In addition, they also need toreview return to past lecture lessons.

"Basically at that time we really relied on the contents of our heads from what had been studied in the lectures. Then, because the day of the competition coincided with deadline UAS is one of the subjects, so we really make use of our time break competition to do the UAS," said Rifa, expressing the challenges he faced.

Even so, the three of them were very grateful because of the many benefits they gained from participating in the competition. Some of them were applying the knowledge they had gained in lectures to a real problem, expanding their knowledge and relationships, and helping to form strong characters such as a competitive spirit, sportsmanship, humility, and a desire to learn.

"The most important thing is that competitions like this remind us that our knowledge is actually... No as much as we think because there are still many people out there who are much smarter than us. The experience of participating in a competition is a truly great experience for us. humbling and eye-opening!” added Rifa, adding his friends' opinions.

Closing the discussion session with the FMIPA UI Public Relations Team, the Turbidite Flow team advised other FMIPA students to always try to develop themselves, one of which is by actively participating in competitions. Make the most of your lecture time to gain experience and do useful things. Don't let your own fears prevent you from developing because sometimes our biggest obstacle to moving forward is ourselves.

Geoquiz Competition is one of the competition branches in the MANACITA 2021 series of events organized by the Student Section of the Indonesian Geologists Association, Padjadjaran University (SM-IAGI Unpad). This year, the Geoquiz Competition carries the theme "Geoscientist Mindset in Regional Development and Disasters" which aims to accommodate undergraduate students of earth science study programs throughout Indonesia to compete in knowledge about earth science related to the theme.

As for timeline The competition is Early Registration and Registration (25 June – 14 August 2021), Technical Meeting I (18 August 2021), Preliminary Round (26 September 2021), Announcement of Finalists (30 September 2021), Final Registration (1 – 14 October 2021), Technical Meeting II (22 October 2021), Semifinal and Final Round (24 October 2021), and Awarding Night or announcement of winners via Zoom Meeting (October 31, 2021).

Public Relations Contributor of FMIPA UI: Arrizqy Nadya Khairunissa (Geography 2019)

News source: https://sci.ui.ac.id/