Mega-Whats 2010: KQA’s National Open Quizzing Championship
This is to announce the second edition of Mega-Whats, our National Open Quizzing Championship.
The quiz will be held across ten cities simultaneously. Apart from Bangalore, we have venue confirmations from Chennai, Hyderabad, Goa, Thrissur, Mumbai, Pune, New Delhi, Coimbatore and Kolkata
The details:
Date: Sunday, 12 December 2010
QMs: Kiran Vijayakumar and Arul Mani
1. General quiz, open to all.
2. Teams of FOUR members (or less).
3. Prior registration is essential.
4. To register, please email Mahaquizzer@gmail.com with Mega-Whats 2010 and the city you are competing from in the subject-header.
5. Please provide the names of the four people who comprise your team in the email–also indicate whether you are taking part in the school, college or open categories
6. Email registrations will close on Tuesday 7th December 2010. Centre coordinators will allow entries after the cut-off date at their discretion.
7. Please note that the quizzing community in your city may charge an entry fee to meet venue and equipment hire expenses.
8. The school category is open only to teams comprising students from Std. VIII-X .
9. School teams ( Std. VIII-X) are allowed free entry. A school may field ONE team.
10. Please report by 1430hrs at the venue in your city. Since we need to ensure a coordinated start nationwide, the quiz will start at 1500hrs sharp. The doors will be closed five minutes before we begin.
11. Contesting teams will answer in writing a quiz of six sections and about sixty questions, inclusive of audios, videos and visuals.
12. Answers and scores will be announced immediately after the event–prizes will be given out for Best School Team, Best College Team, and Best Open Team.
13. The prizes aren’t small–they are insignificant.
14. We will rank the top 100 teams across the country–this list will go up by the 25th of December.
15. The rankings will be announced after adjudication. The decision of the quiz-masters will be final and binding on all participants.
16. The city-winners will face off in June 2011 as part of the KQA 28th Anniversary.
For more details, please call 97312-14519
VENUES
Bangalore
First Floor, Institute of Agricultural Technologists
Queen’s Road
Bangalore
Contact: Mitesh Agarwal (98452-59423)
Chennai
PS Senior Secondary school,
# 33, Alarmelmangapuram,
Mylapore,Chennai 600004
Contact: Jayakanthan (94444-43347)
Coimbatore
PSG Institute of Management,
Peelamedu Coimbatore
Contact: Arjun (09944709086)
Hyderabad
Landmark Store,
Road No 12,
Banjara Hills
Hyderabad.
Contact: Nitish Khadiya (91-98856-79460)
Kolkata
Unitedworld School of Business
Infinity Benchmark Tower
10th floor, Plot G1, Block EP&GP
Sector-V, Salt Lake City
Kolkata-700091
Contact: Rudradeep Bhattacharjee (91-98363-44694)
Mumbai
Hall, 6th floor, Management College,
IES MCRC “Vishwakarma” M.D. Lotlikar Vidya Sankul,
791, S. K. Marg,
Bandra Reclamation (Opp Lilavati hospital),
Mumbai – 400 050
Contact: Vibhendu (9820410952)
Panaji
The International Centre – Goa,
Dona Paula, Panaji.
Pune
Seminar Hall II
(Next to main Auditorium),
College of Engineering, Pune (COEP),
Shivajinagar, Pune-5
Contact: Mohit Karve (9890777964)
Thrissur
Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute,
Near Shakthan Thampuran Bus Stand,Thrissur 680005
Contact: Arun AS (09895859164)
