Askqance – The KQA Silver Jubilee Quiz Festival
The Karnataka Quiz Association celebrates the 25th anniversary of its founding this year. ASKQANCE 2008, our anniversary quiz festival will now feature nine quizzes to be held over two days.
This year’s ASKQANCE is supported by TVS Tyres who also celebrate their 25th anniversary.
The Dates:
- Saturday 28th June 2008
- Sunday 29th June 2008
The Venues:
Saturday 28th June
Old Hall, St. Joseph’s Boys High School
Museum Road
Bangalore
Sunday 29th June
Purandara Bhavan
(Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha)
8th Main Road
(Near Indiranagar Club)
The Quizzes
Quizzes on Saturday, 28th June
KQA Intercollegiate Championships
(featuring two separate finals for junior college and collegiate teams)
3-member teams
No entry fee
No mixed teams allowed
Registration: 09:30a.m.
Start: 10:00a.m. sharp
Junior Finals: 11:00a.m.-12:00 noon
College Finals: 1200 noon -1:00p.m.
Prizes totalling Rs. 10,000 to be won.
QMs: Ochintya Sharma, Rajeev Gowda and Thejaswi Udupa
Hubbubb-a!
The Third edition of the Bangalore Quiz
2-member teams
Open to all
Entry fee: Rs. 50/-
Start: 1:30 p.m
Prizes: Rs. 2000/-, Rs. 1500/- and Rs. 1000/-
QM: Arul Mani
Open Entertainment Quiz
Teams of 4 members
Entry Fee: Rs. 200/-
Start: 3:00p.m.
Finals: 4:00p.m. – 6:00p.m.
Prizes totalling Rs. 20,000/- to be won
QMs: Kiran Vijayakumar and Madhav Nair
Venkatesh and Vivek Karthikeyan will coordinate an Informal Sports
Quiz beginning at 1:00p.m. The best five individual entries in this written
contest will win prizes.
Quizzes on Sunday, 29th June (at Purandara Bhavan)
Cognito
High School Quiz Championships
Teams of 2 members
A maximum of 6 teams per school
No entry fee
Prelims: 10 a.m
QM: Dibyendu Das
High School Solo Championship
Start: 12:30 p.m
QM: Mitesh Agarwal
Prizes totalling Rs. 10,000/-
Sesame – The Open Quiz
Teams of 4 members
Open to all
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/-
Free entry for school teams
Prelims: 2p.m.
TVS Tyres Ride Smart Round: 3:30pm
Finals: 4:15p.m.
QMs: Arun Hiregange and Arul Mani
Prizes totalling Rs. 25,000/-
KQA Silver Jubilee Ceremonies
6:00 p.m
All prizes and certificates will be given out during the ceremonies.
A map to help those who need directions to Purandara Bhavan for the quizzes on 29th June:
Lone Cub Rankings 2007-2008
The Lone Cub contests were begun during the 1986-87 season with the intention of rewarding school quizzers of exceptional promise, especially since such prowess may not show up in a team outing.
This year’s contest attracted 45 participants from various schools in Bangalore and four entrants from Mysore. The final placings are given below:
I: Pavan S. Bharadwaj (Sri Kumaran’s CBSE) : 66 points
II: Shyam (NPS-Indiranagar) : 40 points
III: Sathwik Ashok (Sri Kumaran’s ICSE) : 37 points
IV: Akshay (Presidency School RT Nagar) : 33 points
V: Aditya (Sri Kumaran’s CBSE): 32 points
VI: Mayank (Sri Kumaran’s CBSE): 28 points
VII: Shishir (Sri Kumaran’s CBSE): 20 points
VIII: Mrinal (Carmel School) : 19 points
Pavan S. Bharadwaj will hold the title of Junior Quiz Champion for the season 2007-2008. Trophies and Certificates will be given out to to the top three contestants at the time of the KQA 25th Anniversary Celebrations in June 2008.