Mahaquizzer 2008

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.
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i want to join it from bangalore
i want to join mahaquizzer from bangalore
i want to register for the quiz
Sir I would like to sit from Delhi.
Thank You
I would like to sit from Mumbai
Thanks
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.
will u tell the where it will be conducted in bangalore
i’ve registered
tell me the procedure of registration and how i come to know that my name is regd iam very much interested in participation
Please register with a mail addressed to Mahaquizzer@gmail.com or kqaquizzes@gmail.com. You will definitely hear from us by Tuesday 13 May 2008.
If you don’t get a mail from us by then, please call 097312-14519.
On the 14th of May, we will also put up a list of entries received in each city here.
I trust this answers all questions:)
sir,
please let me know if school diaries and school uniform is required as proof for school students. also please inform the time of the starting of mahaquizzer 2008. I hope to get all this answers.
thanks in advance
Some proof will be required if you win the schools category. One of the two should do:)
The schedule is given above.
Sir,as per the instructions given over here,i sent the mail but havent recieved any confirmation..when can i expect a reply?
We haven’t sent out mailers in cities where we are awaiting venue confirmations. You should receive your mail by Tuesday latest. Apologies for the delay, but some venues take time to materialise:)
Are you sure Mumbai has only one Landmark outlet? What’s the precise location anyway - Infinity Mall in Andheri?
Yep, there is only one Landmark store in Mumbai (as far as I know, Chennai is the only city which has more than one Landmark store.)
The store in Mumbai is located in the Infiniti Mall, Andheri (W). It’s the mall located a couple of buildings away from Fame Adlabs.
i have mailed to mahaquizzer@gmail.com but i have not got any answer please help me in registration im very much interested in participating in this competition.i hope i will get answers to all of this. thank you
I want to take part in Quizzes and Contests. Please send me offers regularly
I’d like to knw if the timings are fixed or are they gonna be changed after getting all venue’s? If i remember last year the quiz was from 11 am or 12 noon. Please if u can make it to 11 am some people who reach the venue’s from nearby districts can also make it without much trouble. Even a 30 min change will be very much appreciated.
The timings are fixed. Mahaquizzer has always been held at the time given above.
We are constrained by hall-hire arrangements and other such problems and therefore cannot make any changes to the schedule.
sir,
I was perhaps among the first ones to register for mahaquizzer 2008 but still I didnot receive any confirmation mail from your side. so please have a look on this.
thanks.
The Kolkata emails went out yesterday. Your name is on our list:
http://community.livejournal.com/kqaquizzes/96395.html#cutid1
thanks for informing. but my full name is bot given there( so small a fault to be noticed)
is a school study certificate dated 2-5-2008 enough as a proof for a school student
@Raktim:
Please write your name in full when you get the Mahaquizzer paper in hand. You should perhaps begin planning your journey to the venue now.
@Atith
Depends on what the school study certificate says as well.
it tells the full name , birth date and the standard in which i study. is it alright.
Should be fine.
“The Maharajah of India Quizzing”?
Come, come. Surely the KQA is less politically incorrect than that?
What should we say? The Mahaperson? The Maharanee?
If a woman wins, like Razia, she will be Sultan:)
Now go away before we get any more insultan.
sir,
thank u so much. I have been disturbing u for the last 2 weeks. hope u forgive me. last but not he least, please answer my mailed question at mahaquizzer@gmail.com . hope u won’t mind answering me. beleive me, it is the best quiz to be in.
take care.
sir please register my in your respected competetion
my name:B.V.Gautham
class:10th completed
school:Vijaya High School
Please send us a mail at the i.d given above.
respected sir i am interested in participating in the mahaquizzer from bangalore city. Can i register on the spot please.
> The Maharanee?
Oh, that would be perfect! Imagine the possibilities:
“Samanth Subramaniam, Maharanee of Indian quizzing”
“Arul Mani, Maharanee of Indian quizzing”
and so on.
OK, OK, peace. No need for sultans (in, or otherwise).
[exeunt ludwig, pursued by popper]