Mahaquizzer 2008
Update: You can now download the Question paper and the Answer key (and older Mahaquizzers) from our Quizzes page.
Mahaquizzer, KQA’s annual solo championship, will be held on Sunday, 18 May 2008. This year’s quiz is set by Ochintya Sharma, Thejaswi Udupa, Avinash Thirumalai and Arun Hiregange.
The contest will be held simultaneously in nine cities: Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, Pune and Thiruvananthapuram.
Four prizes will be given out in each city: Best Quizzer, Best Lady Quizzer, Best College Quizzer and Best School Quizzer.
The person recording the highest score across all centres will hold the title of Mahaquizzer for 2008. She/he will also be awarded the Wing Commander G.R. Mulky Trophy for Quizzing Excellence.
Mahaquizzer is a unique contest, requiring the participant to answer 150 questions, drawn from as wide a spread as possible, in 90 minutes. It is open to all and entry is free. Those interested in participating must mail Mahaquizzer@gmail.com or kqaquizzes@gmail.com, mentioning which city you would like to appear from in the subject line.
If you would like more information , or if you have problems registering, please call us at 097312-14519.
Please do try and register by Wednesday 14 May 2008. City coordinators will allow on-the-spot entries if seating is available, but in the event of a space-crunch, first preference will be given to those who had registered before the deadline.
You can have a look at previous editions of the quiz here: http://kqaquizzes.org/quizzes/
Individuals who have registered online have been sent confirmatory emails. A city-wise list is put up at http://community.livejournal.com/kqaquizzes/96395.html
No more online registrations will be accepted. People who haven’t registered by email must contact their City Coordinator. We would like to accommodate every interested quizzer, but this will depend on the seating available in each venue. City Coordinators will use this criterion to decide about accommodating late/on-the-spot entries.
All the details:
Mahaquizzer 2008
Sunday, 18 May 2008
Reporting Time: 0930hrs
Schedule: 1000hrs-1130hrs
The Venues:
Bangalore
New Block
Cathedral Composite Junior College and High School
Richmond Road
Bangalore
Coordinator: Ochintya Sharma (91-99725-92053)
Chennai
Veta Learning Center
9, Madley Road
T Nagar
Coordinator: Joshua (91-99162-64323)
Delhi
2LT-2,
IIT-Delhi
Coordinator: Ashwan Lewis (91-98185-28426)
Pune
Dewang Mehta Auditorium, “Bhageerath”,
Persistent Systems Ltd,
(Behind Dominos Pizza)
Senapati Bapat Road,
Pune – 411016
Coordinator: Vishwajeeth Narvekar (91-98201-09984)
Kolkata
International School of Business & Media (ISB&M)
EN-22, Sector-V
Salt Lake City
Kolkata-700091
(near Capgemini Campus and WEBEL Gate)
Coordinator: Dhivakar Janarthanan (91-98862-84140)
Mumbai
Landmark Bookstore
Infiniti Mall, No.619, New Link Road
Oshiwara, Lokhandwala
Andheri West
Mumbai – 400 053
Coordinator: Avinash Thirumalai (91-98860-60297)
Bhubaneshwar
TCS Learning Center, Koel Campus, Patia
Coordinator: Abhishek Kar (91-99371-90000)
Thiruvananthapuram
Govt. Engineering College
Barton Hill
Thiruvananthapuram
Coordinator: Arun Hiregange (91-98452-03004)
Hyderabad
Innobox Systems Pvt Ltd.
#G19, Ground Floor,
Swarnajayanthi Complex,
SR Nagar, Hyderabad -73
Coordinator: Satyajit Chetri (91-99591-89943)
The KQA would like to thank The Cathedral High School and Composite Junior College, Bangalore, VETA Chennai, Innobox Systems Pvt Ltd. Hyderabad, GEC Barton Hill, Thiruvananthapuram, TCS Bhubaneshwar,
Persistent Systems, Pune, IIT-Delhi, ISBM Kolkata and The Landmark Bookshop Mumbai for graciously providing Mahaquizzer venues.
We thank Superhits 93.5 SFM for their support in Bhubaneshwar.
We also place on record our gratitude to the various quizzing communities who have supported us in organising Mahaquizzer 2008:
QFI-Chennai, K-Circle Hyderabad, Hyderabad Quiz Club, Kerala Quizzers, The Bombay Quiz Club, The Boat Club Quiz Club Pune, the quizzing community in Bhubaneshwar, and Kutub Quizzers, New Delhi.
