The contest was won by Pat Gibson (UK) who scored 110 points out of a possible 200. Kevin Ashman (UK) finished second with 101 points. Mark Grant (UK) took third place on the same score.

The top scores from each of the other participating countries are as follows:

USA: Dan Melia (82)
Norway: Lars Heggland (69)
Germany: Sebastian Klussmann (43)
Malaysia: Movin Miranda (74)
Singapore: Caleb Liu (52)
Sri Lanka: Samanth Subramaniam (78). Lathike Niriella made 42.
India: Swaminathan G. (76)

And now, for the champions in each category.

The Arts: Kevin Ashman (16/20)
Literature: Mark Grant and Josh Kosman (12/20)
Cinema: Mark Grant (15/20)
Music: Josh Kosman (13/20)
Sports & Leisure: Pat Gibson (16/20)
Business: Mitesh Agarwal (15/20)
Science: Chris Quinn (14/20)
Food & Drink: Santosh Swaminathan (13/20)
Social Sciences: Sankhya Krishnan(11/20)*
Connects: Pat Gibson (10/20)

The Bangalore leg of the event was won by Arun Hiregange (67). Thejaswi Udupa (61) and Anustup Datta (57) finished second and third respectively.

A full list of the international rankings will be put up shortly.

*Corrected following receipt of Chennai scores

The first event is the Solus Rex contest in an all-new format.

QMs: Thejaswi Udupa and Dibyendu Das

Rules:
Open to all
Individual quiz
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/-

Schedule
Prelims: 1015hrs
Finals: 1115hrs-1330hrs

Prizes for all finalists

The second event on the 15th is a Ruckus Tangdi Quiz featuring unused questions from the recently held MindSweep 2012.

QMS: Kiran Vijayakumar, DD and Arul Mani

Rules
Open to team of four members.
Team compositions will be rudely altered.
Teams get ranking points only if they field all members during registration.

Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-

Schedule:
Prelims: 1500hrs
Finals: 1615-1830hrs

Prizes for all finalists

AHMEDABAD
CR 4, Heritage (Old) Campus,
IIM Ahmedabad
Directions: Enter through the main gate of the Heritage (Old) Campus. Walk towards the main building complex and take the stairs on the right to go towards the library. Pass the library (on the left) to reach classroom 4 (CR4)
Procotor: Abhiram

BENGALURU
Suchitra Cinema & Cultural Academy
No.36, 9th main ,
B V Karanth Road,
Banashankari II Stage
Proctor: Arul Mani

BHUBANESHWAR
Orissa Engineering College
(Administrative Campus),
460 Sahid Nagar,
Bhubaneshwar
Proctor: Abanis Nayak

CHENNAI
Chemistry Lecture Theater,
Humanities and Social Sciences Block
Indian Institute of Technology – Chennai
Map of IIT – Chennai
Proctor: Kiran Vijayakumar

GOA
Zuari Hall,
The International Centre Goa,
Dona Paula
Proctor: Tallulah D’Silva

HYDERABAD
IIPH Hostel – (Indian Institute for Public Health)
Kavuri Hills (Madhapur)
Hyderabad
Directions from Madhapur Police Station:

• Go approximately 0.5 km along the lane opposite the Police Station. Pass ‘PBEL’, ‘Of Course’, and the Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad (IIPHH).
• Turn right opposite Akshaya Arcade.
• Keep straight on the road till the road ends at a cream-coloured 4-storey building next to Durgam Cheruvu. This building, the IIPHH hostel, is the destination.
• Go up to the top floor to the Recreation Room: The lift will take you to the penultimate floor.

Proctor: T P Devarajan

KOLKATA
Usha Martin Academy,
5th Floor,
PS Shrijan Tech Park,
Sector 5,
Salt Lake City, Kolkata – 91
Proctor: Rudradeep Bhattacharjee

COIMBATORE
PSG Institute of Management,
Peelamedu
Avinashi Road
Proctor: Anuradha Yogesh

MUMBAI
Pinstorm, Ground Floor,
Swati House (Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road),
North Avenue, Santa Cruz (W)
Proctor: V V Krishnan

NEW DELHI
2LT 1
IIT – Delhi
Proctor: Kaustuba Venugopal

PUNE
Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology (SCIT),
Plot 15, Rajiv Gandhi InfoTech Park, Hinjawadi, Phase 1
Nearby Landmarks: 1 km from Infosys Circle and next door to Cognizant
Tech. Solutions and I2IT
Pune – 411057
Proctor: J Ramanand

THRISSUR
St. Thomas College, Thrissur
Proctor: Dr. Vijaynath V

MindSweep International Venues

UK — Coventry

Contact: Chris@worldquizzing.com

United States
Cornelius Pass Roadhouse
4045 N.W. Cornelius Pass Rd.
Hillsboro, OR 97124
Portland, Oregon
Proctor: Saurabh Jain
Contact Manjith: 503-913-2711

San Francisco
UCSF
Contact: Mark.Ryder@ucsf.edu
Proctor: Yoshimi Fukuoka

Philadelphia
Proctor: Arun Banana Singh Raghavan (arraghav@gmail.com)

Stanford University
Conference Room, Durand Building,Stanford University
Street Address :
680 Lomita Mall
Stanford, CA 94305
Contact:
Email Arun Simha : asimha_qm@yahoo.com
Proctor: Rohit Varicatt: – 650-798-4373

Two more venues in the US
New York
Venue- ING DIRECT Cafe
New York 968 3rd Avenue, New York, NY 10022
Proctor: Pradeep (Konga)

AUSTIN
University of Texas at Austin
Contact: AustinLovesMindsweep@gmail.com
Proctor: Sunil Kowlgi

Germany
Contact:  Sebastian Klussmann
Email: skquiz@gmx.de

Norway
Proctor: Knut Heggland
email knut.heggland@gmail.com

Sri Lanka
Proctor: Ruwan Senanayake
Email: ruwan.p.sen@gmail.com
Venue:
Civil Aviation Authority Training Academy,
No. 78, Galle Road Colombo 3 (opposite Cinnamon Grand Hotel)

Malaysia
Proctor: Nigel Jones
Kuala Lumpur venue for Mindsweep
SLC Pusat Bahasa Istimewa
1262, Block A2 Leisure Commerce Square 9,
Jalan PJS 8/9 46150 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia
Contact : Nigel Jones (+6012 3721014)

Singapore
Proctor: Caleb Liu
Call: 96222242
Bayshore Park, Pearl Tower, 22-03.

EVENT I: College and PU Lone Wolf

QMs: Sohan Maheshwar, Sai Ganesh and Rajagopal P. S.

College Lone Wolf

1. Samarth – 67
2. Niranjan M (SASTRA University) – 47.5
3. Sandeep Mathias (IIITB) – 45
4. Siddarth Pai – 39.5
5. Aditya S & Suraj Prabhu – tied on 17.5
7. Arvind V (BMSCE) – 7.5
8. Vijay Ramesh (RVCE) – -2.5

PU Lone Wolf

1. Mollika (FAPS) – 46
2. Sudeshna Trilok (SKCH) – 37
3. Pranav VC – 36
4. Jeydev (FAPS) – 34
5. Athith (SKCH) – 28
6. Pranav K (FAPS) – 8

EVENT II: Sense a Femur – The Annual Humour Quiz

QMs: Santosh Swaminathan & Arul Mani

1. Thejaswi Udupa & Arun Hiregange – 22.5
2. Raju & Sohan – 21.5
3. We Put The Holy In Nexus (Ashwan Lewis & Navin Rajaram) – 15.5
4. Nishanth & Manish – 13
5. Rosselini & Posalini (Ram & Keshav) – 12
6. DD & SK – 11.5
7. Punjabi Movie Lovers (Kiran & Ananth) – 11
8. Chirag & Sid – 9

EVENT III: The Inaugural AJM Open House Quiz

Team 12 won
Team 9 placed second
Team 10 came third

It is with pleasure that we announce the inaugural edition of KQA’s International Solo Quizzing Championship, titled MindSweep.

We have centres in the United Kingdom, the United States, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Norway, and Germany.  A full list of international venues will go up by the end of the week.

Mindsweep will be held in India/Asia on the morning of  Sunday 8 January 2012 . Please check with local coordinators about start-time for international venues–in Europe/North America , the event is scheduled for the evening of 7th January 2012.

Confirmed centres in India:

Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Thrissur, Mumbai, Goa, Pune, Bhubaneshwar, Kolkata, and New Delhi, Coimbatore and Ahmedabad.

The quiz will require participants to answer 200 questions–in two sessions of 60 minutes each with a 30 minute break between sessions for corrections.

The quiz is split into 10 sections of 20 questions each and is set by Dibyendu Das, Kiran Vijayakumar and Arul Mani.

1. The Arts: Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Design, Architecture, Installation Art, Dance, Theatre
2. Science and Tech: Concepts in the Sciences, History and Philosophy of Science, History of Technology, The Environment, Astronomy, Medicine, Inter-disciplinary work, Popular Science Writing
3. Literature: Poetry, Literary Fiction, Non-Fiction, Drama, Genre Fiction, Graphic Novels, Critics, Literary History, Translation
4. Social Sciences: History, Anthropology, Cultural Studies/Social History, History of Ideas, Economics,The Philosophers
5. Business: Brands, Fashion, Business History, Advertising
6. Sports and Leisure: Sporting History, Games, Television, Gaming, Sports-Writing, Sports-Coverage, Hobbies–Collecting, Gardening, Fan-communities, The Internet
7. Cinema: Hollywood, National Cinemas, World Cinema, Film Genres, Film-Technology, Film-language, Cinema & Society. Film-writing
8. Music: Instruments, Performers, Genre Music, World Music, Tech Innovations, Music-magazines, Music industry, Music-journalism
9. Food & Drink: From all over the world.
10. Connections

More details soon.

1 Arul Mani 93 7
2 Thejaswi Udupa 82.5 8
3 Anustup Datta 82.5 6
4 Arun Hiregange 78 5
5 Rahul S. Kottalgi 73 7
6 Movin Miranda 69.5 6
7 Santosh V Swaminathan 67 5
8 Sumeer Kumar 62 5
9 Alagarsamy 54 5
10 Ochintya Sharma 54 3
11 Navin Rajaram 47 5
12 Raghu Gopalan 46 3
13 Sudarshan M A 45 5
14 Hrishikesh Varma 41 3
15 Venkatesh Srinivasan 38 3
16 Rashmi Vallabhajosyula 31.5 2
17 Ulka Kelkar 31.5 0
18 Ajay Parasuraman 27.5 4
19 Nishanth R C 23 1
20 Mayur Srinivasan 18 0
21 Harold D’Souza 13.5 0
22 Vibhav 13 0
23 V Chandrashekar 12 0
24 Prakash Bagri 6.5 0
25 Amrit Sodhi 2 0
26 Miteshkumar Jain 1 0

COLLEGE

1 Samarth Rangavittal 37 2
2 Sandeep Mathias 34 4
3 Pranav S Ramamurthy 17.5 1
4 Jeydev C S 16 0
5 Pranav Kuttaiah 15.5 0
6 Vijay Ramesh 12 0
7 Akshay Tiwari 11.5 0
8 Nanjundeshwara N 2 0
9 Hayden D’Souza 1 0
10 S Srivastav 1 0

This is a solo quizzing contest is open to all.
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Written Prelims followed by Finals for 8 qualifiers
Prizes for all finalists

Schedule
Prelims: 1030hrs
Finals: 1200hrs-1400hrs

QM: Navin Rajaram

Venue:

Open Quiz for Families
QM: Rashmi Vallabhajyosula

1. Two and a Half Lorises (Siddharth, Ulka, Mandavi) – 85
2. Mukherjees (Sutanu & team) – 73
3. Rishika & Rajeev Gowda – 63
4. Deepa & Mani – 53
5. Sharmas (Ochintya, Sujata, Tuku) – 52.5
6. Koramangala Nexus (Venky & team) – 43.5
7. Two Men and a Baby – 43
8. Sumer, Arnav, Aarushi – 42

Lone Wolf Quiz
QMs: Kiran Vijayakumar, Vineeth Surendranath, Siddhartha Sen and Ashwan Lewis

1. Arun Hiregange – 70 (1st by tie-break)
2. Thejaswi Udupa – 70 (2nd by tie-break)
3. Varun Rajiv – 70 (3rd by tie-break)
4. Arul Mani – 55
5. Santosh Swaminathan – 50
6. Sudarshan M.A. / Sumer Kumar – tied on 25
8. Rahul S. Kottalgi – 20

All India top 100 scores

International scores