Day One (19th June 2010)

Event I
By Hooke or by Crookes: Open Science Quiz

QMs:  Ochintya Sharma and Vivek Kartikeyan.

1. QED (Swami, Samanth, JK)
2. Who Rekha? (Rajagopal, Rajiv Rai, Lakshmi, Gopal Kidao)
3. Ramanan, Sankhya, Vijay, Sreeram
4. Metaquizziks (Varun Rajiv, Mitesh Agarwal, Kiran Vijayakumar, Arul Mani)
5. Neo Nexus (Jayashree Jayakar Mohanka, Kaustuba Venugopal, Venky, Ashwan Lewis)
6. We Are Like This Wonly (Arun Hiregange, Thejaswi Udupa, Anustup Datta & Gautam Ghosh)
7. Questionable Characters (Dibyendu Das, Avinash Mudaliar, Anil Raghavan, Manu Sudhakar)
8. Try Why Ya (Abhishek, Srikanth, Akhil)

Event II
Hoarse Latitudes: Open Travel Quiz

QMs:  Cheriyan Alexander, Mitesh Agarwal and Dibyendu Das.

1. Swami & Samanth – 131
2. Anustup Datta & Thejaswi Udupa – 121
3. Dharmendra & Vikram Joshi – 111
4. Jayashree Jayakar Mohanka & Dr. Bhattacharya – 107
5. Ochintya Sharma & Arun Hiregange – 106
6. Rajagopal & Alagarsamy – 88
7. Rajiv Rai & Gopal Kidao – 81
8. Arul Mani & Kiran Vijayakumar – 77

Event III
Son of Lumiere: Open Movie Quiz

QMs:  Anustup Datta and Arun Hiregange.

1. Mitesh Agarwal & Varun Rajiv – 170
2. Arul Mani & Kiran Vijayakumar – 165
3. Samanth & JK – 150
4. TK Balaji & Gopal Kidao – 145
5. Rahul S Kottalgi & Nishanth R – 135
6. Santosh Swaminathan & Kaustuba Venugopal – 105
7. Ochintya Sharma & Thejaswi Udupa – 85
8. Dharmendra & Movin Miranda – 80

Day Two (20th June 2010)

Event IV
Kibitz Simple: Open Sports and Leisure Quiz

QMs: Thejaswi Udupa and Venkatesh S.

1. Anustup Datta & Arun Hiregange – 151
2. Rajiv Rai & Sumant Srivathsan – 135
3. Swami & Samanth – 124
4. Suvajit & Yash – 114
5. Wimpy & Baada – 101
6. Anil & Alagarsamy – 80
7. Ochintya Sharma & Movin Miranda – 66
8. Rohit & Yaggy – 65

Event V
Sesame: The Open Quiz

QM: Arul Mani

1. Feni Vidi Vici Vivek (Aniruddha Sen Gupta, Rajiv D’Silva, Vivek Krishnan, Chirag Mutgi) – 170
2. QED (Jayakanthan, Gopal Kidao, Swaminathan, Samanth) – 165
3. We Are Like This Wonly (Arun Hiregange, Thejaswi Udupa, Anustup Datta & Ochintya Sharma) – 160
4. Eternal Moonshine of the Spotless Behind (Ajay, Arvind, Balaji, Roshan) – 150
5. Metaquizziks (Varun Rajiv, Mitesh Agarwal, Kiran Vijayakumar, Rajagopal PS) – 140
6. Travelling Pillsburys (Rajiv Rai, Vibhendu Tiwari, Sumant Srivathsan, Vikram Joshi) – 125
7. InManiacs (Jayashree Jayakar Mohanka, Gautam Ghosh, Sarat Rao, Anirudh Chari) & Keep Distance (Rajath, Rahul Kottalgi, Nishanth R, Harry) – both tied on 120

Event VI
KQA Founders’ Trophy Quiz: Face-off between Mega-Whats city-winners

QMs: Arul Mani and Kiran Vijayakumar.

1. QED (Chennai) – 128.5
2. WALTWo (Bangalore) – 104.5
3. Travelling Pillsburies (Mumbai) – 94
4. InManiacs (Kolkata) – 91.5
5. Telangana Is An Oily Song (New Delhi) – 77.5
6. Swami and Friends (Hyderabad) – 72
7. Feni Vidi Vici (Goa) – 61.5
8. Insert Uncool Name Here (Thrissur) – 58.5
9. Ajgar Jurrat Ke Sapole (Pune) – 20

The programme:
19th and 20th June, at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.

Day One (19th June 2010)

Event I
By Hooke or by Crookes
Open  Science Quiz

Rules
1.  Teams of four members
2. Entry free for school teams
3. Other teams pay Rs. 100/-

QMs:  Ochintya Sharma and Vivek Kartikeyan.

Schedule:  0930hrs to 1230hrs
Teams that arrive late for the prelims will be allowed to take part in the next quiz.

Prizes: Rs.5000/-, Rs.4000/- and Rs.3000/-

Event II
Hoarse Latitudes
Open Travel Quiz

Rules
Teams of two members,
Entry free for school teams
Other teams pay Rs. 50/-

QMs:  Cheriyan Alexander, Mitesh Agarwal and Dibyendu Das.

Schedule : 1300-1545 hrs

Prizes: Rs. 3000/-, Rs. 2000/- and Rs. 1500/-

Event III
Son of Lumiere
Open Movie Quiz

Rules
Teams of two members,
Entry free for school teams
Other teams pay Rs. 50/-

QMs:  Anustup Datta and Arun Hiregange.

Schedule: 1615hrs-2000hrs.

Prizes: Rs. 3000/-, Rs. 2000/- and Rs. 1500/-

Day Two (20th June 2010)

Event IV
Kibitz Simple
Open Sports and Leisure Quiz

Rules
Teams of two members,
Entry free for school teams
Other teams pay Rs. 50/-
Teams arriving late can take part in the next quiz.

QMs: Thejaswi Udupa and Venkatesh S.

Schedule: 1000hrs to 1300hrs

Prizes: Rs. 3000/-, Rs. 2000/- and Rs. 1500/-

Event V
Sesame
The Open Quiz

Rules
General Open Quiz
Teams of four members
Entry free for school teams
Other teams pay Rs.100/-

QM: Arul Mani

Schedule:1400— 1630hrs

Prizes: Rs.5000/-, Rs.4000/- and Rs.3000/-

Event VI
KQA Founders’  Trophy Quiz
Face-off between Mega-Whats city-winners

The contenders:

QED Chennai,
WALTWo Bangalore,
Travelling Pillsburies Mumbai,
Telangana Is An Oily Song New Delhi,
InManiacs Kolkata,
Insert Uncool Name Here Thrissur,
Swami and Friends Hyderabad,
Feni Vidi Vici Goa,
Ajgar Jurrat Ke Sapole Pune

QMs: Arul Mani and Kiran Vijayakumar.

Schedule: 1700hrs-1900hrs
Prizes:  Rs. 6000/-, Rs. 5000/-, Rs. 4000/-

37 teams took the quiz from Bangalore (including three school teams). The Bangalore round was won by We Are Like This (W)only with a score of 62 points.

The provisional All-India winner, subject to adjudication, is QED (Chennai) with a score of 69.

The top scores in Bangalore are as follows:

1. We Are Like This (W)only: Ochintya Sharma, Anustup Datta, Arun Hiregange and Thejaswi Udupa (62)
2. Mustafa: Debashree Mitra, Dr. NVS Krishnan, Lahar Appaiah and Vijay TSR (54)
3. Something Something: Siddhartha Sen, Santosh Swaminathan, Abhishek Krishnan, Varun Rajiv (46)
4. No Enthu Da: Aadisht, Aswath, Karthik (45)
5. Keep Distance: Rajath, Rahul, Nishanth, Harry (43)
6. Questionable Characters: GS Hiranyappa, Dibyendu Das, Rajeev Gowda and Vikram Sreeram (42)
7. Schrodinger’ s Felines: Cheriyan Alexander, Vivek Cheriyan, Gautam Shenoy and Venkat (38)
8. No Idea, Still: Ashwin, Bhaskar, Ramesh, Sunil (38)
9. Tail Bone Enders: Sumer Agarwal, Tanmay Prusty, Naveen Giles and Vinod Rajamani (37)
10. What Maga: Praveen VR, Ravi Ananthan, Kaustuba and Vivek Kartikeyan (35)
11. Lazarus Effect: Dr. Murali Mohan, Dr. S. Chandrashekar, Raghu Nambiar (34)

The Best School Team prize went to Quizzigans (Atith Kuduvalli, Subham, Aditya Menon) of Sri Kumaran Children’s Home: 17 points

We hope to put up a list of the top 100 teams in India in about ten days time.

and the answers: