Mahaquizzer 2012 – Venues
Mahaquizzer 2012 will take place across 15 cities on Sunday, 27th May, 2012. The quiz will begin at 10:00am sharp at all venues and will require participants to answer 150 questions in 90 minutes. Please be at the venue by 9:30am to enable the co-ordinators to seat you.
If you haven’t registered online yet, please do so at http://kqaquizzes.org/mahaquizzer
The following is the complete list of all venues:
BANGALORE
Co-ordinator: Mitesh Agarwal
Bishop Cottons Boys School
St Marks Road
Bangalore
BHUBANESWAR
Co-ordinator: Kamal Rathi
Orissa Engineering College
Administrative Office Campus
Plot No. 460, 1st Floor, Sahid Nagar
Bhubaneswar – 751007, Orissa
CHANDIGARH
Co-ordinator: Arastu Chopra
Auditorium, IISER, Mohali
CHENNAI
Co-ordinator: Gopal Kidao
IIT-Madras – DOMS Hall
COIMBATORE/KOVAI
Co-ordinator: Senthil
PSG College of Technology,
Peelamedu,
Coimbatore
GOA
Co-ordinator: Tallulah D’Silva
Goa College of Pharmacy,
Near Caculo Island,
18th June Road, Panaji.
GUWAHATI
Co-ordinator: TBA
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
14 A, Bhuban Road
Uzanbazar
Guwahati – 781001
HYDERABAD
Co-ordinator: Nitish Khadiya
Landmark Store
Next to Ohri’s Restaurant,
Road # 12,Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad – 500 034
KOLKATA
Co-ordinator: Rudradeep Bhattacharya
Jewish Girls School
63, Park Street, Kolkata-16.
Nearest Landmark: Beside Park Street Post Office.
MYSORE
Co-ordinator: Vivek Karthikeyan
SDM Institute for Management Development
No.1, Chamundi Hill Road
Siddharthanagar
Mysore 570011
MUMBAI
Co-ordinator: Rajiv Rai
Landmark Store,
Infiniti Mall, New Link Road
Oshiwara, Lokhandwala
Andheri West, Mumbai – 400 053
NEW DELHI
Co-ordinator: Dr. S Bhattacharya / Kunal Malhotra
2LT-1
IIT Delhi
PUNE
Co-ordinator: Gaurav Keskar
Seminar Hall II (Next to main Auditorium),
College of Engineering Pune (COEP),
Shivajinagar, Pune-5
THRISSUR
Co-ordinator: Dr. Vijaynath
St. Thomas College
TRIVANDRUM
Co-ordinator: Prof. Balu John
Government Engineering College, Barton Hill, Trivandrum
Wing Commander G.R. Mulky Memorial Open Quiz
Canara Union will host the seventh edition of the Wing Commander G.R. Mulky Memorial Open Quiz in partnership with KQA on Sunday 29 April 2012 at the club premises on 8th Main Road, Malleswaram,
This quiz is held in memory of Wing Commander G.R. Mulky, who founded KQA in 1983.
QMs: Dibyendu Das and Vinay Das
Schedule
Registration: 1000hrs
Prelims: 1030hrs
Finals: 1145-1345hrs
Rules
Open to all
Teams of four members
Entry free for School students (up to Std. X)
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- per team.
Prizes for all finalists
Quizzes on Sunday 13 May 2012
We will hold three open quizzes on Sunday 13 May 2012 at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
EVENT I
BIZKASHI
KQA’s Annual Business Quiz
QM: Arul Mani
Schedule
Prelims: 1115hrs-1200hrs
Finals: 1230hrs-1345hrs
Prizes: Rs. 3000/-, Rs. 2000/- and Rs. 1500/-
Teams of two members
Open to all
Entry: Rs. 100/- per team
EVENT II
The Non-Fiction Quiz
Written Quiz
50 Questions off a printed sheet
1430hrs-1530hrs
Teams of two members
Entry: Rs. 100/- per team
Prizes: Rs. 2000/-, Rs. 1500/- and Rs. 1000/-
EVENT III
The Second AJM Open House
WTF is that? Come and find out.
1600-1800hrs.
Teams of two members to start with
Entry: Rs. 100/- per team
High Tea at 6 pm, organised by Santosh Swaminathan
Other KQA events
MahaQuizzer: Sunday 27 May
ASKQANCE, KQA’s 29th Anniversary Festival of Quizzing: Friday 29 June, Saturday 30 June and Sunday 1 July 2012, at IAT.
Quizzes on Sunday 15 April 2012
We will host three Open quizzes on Sunday, 15 April 2012, at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
EVENT I
Pop Ka Kamai
The Paap Culture Quiz
QM: Sai Ganesh
Teams of two
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Open to all
Prelims: 1115-1200hrs
Finals: 1230hrs-1400hrs
Prizes for top three teams
EVENT II
The Dr. CP Venkatesh Memorial History of Ideas Quiz
Rules
Teams of two
Written Quiz, off a printed sheet
50 questions in 45 minutes
Open to all
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Prizes for top three teams
1430hrs-1515hrs
QM: Arul Mani
EVENT III
Tech That!
The Inaugural Technology Quiz
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
Rules
Teams of two
Open to all
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Prelims: 1530hrs-1630hrs
Finals: 1700hrs-1830hrs
Prizes for top three teams
We hope to hold BizKashi, The Non-Fiction Quiz and the MQ Anniversary Quiz for unseeded teams in May.
IMPORTANT
MahaQuizzer 2012 will be held all over India on Sunday, 27 May. Please register in advance–this will allow us to make adequate arrangements for seating participants and for printing enough copies.
History, Yell Iruve, March Open Quizzes – Results
The results of three open quizzes held on Saturday, 24 March 2012, at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, off Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
Seek Under Porus: The Annual History Quiz
QMs: Manjith and Praveen V.R.
1. Metaquizziks (Arul Mani, Santosh Swaminathan, Mitesh Agarwal) – 335
2. Salazar’s Children (Gopal Kidao, Swami, JK, Rajiv Rai) – 295
3. Neo Nexus (Venky, Ifthikar, SRS, Navin) – 210
4. QC (Hiranyappa, Dibyendu Das, Sumeer) – 200
5. KD – 195
6. Waltwo (Thejaswi Udupa, Ochintya Sharma, Anustup Datta, Arun Hiregange) – 185
7. Insert Cool Name Here (Jeydev, Anil Raghavan & team) – 152.5
8. Goutham & Co. – 107.5
Yell Iruve: The Annual Plants, Animals and Mitesh Agarwal Quiz
QMs: Ashwan Lewis and Avinash Thirumalai
1. Upper Waltwo (Thejaswi Udupa, Anustup Datta) – 29
2. Metaquizziks – 27
3. JK & Gopal Kidao – 24.5
4. Lower Waltwo (Ochintya Sharma, Arun Hiregange) / Swami & Raju – tied on 24
6. Sumeer & DD – 18
7. Rahul & Maitrey – 17.5
8. Harish & Vidyut – 13
The March Open Quiz
QM: Arun Hiregange
1. Waltwo (Thejaswi Udupa, Ochintya Sharma, Anustup Datta, Alagarsamy) – 284
2. Salazar’s Children (Gopal Kidao, Swami, JK, Rajiv Rai) – 260
3. Metaquizziks (Arul Mani, Santosh Swaminathan, Mitesh Agarwal) – 205
4. KD – 184
5. CIDs From Kerala (Hrishi, Jithin, Raouf, Praveen) – 157
6. Holy Nexus (Venky, Kivi, Ashwan, Navin) – 152
7. Insert Cool Name Here (Jeydev, Anil Raghavan & team) – 118
8. KQA Certified QMs (Manish, Jayanth, Sai Ganesh, Shashank) – 96
Quizzes on Saturday 24 March 2012
We will host three open quizzes on Saturday, 24 March 2012, at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, off Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
The events are
Seek Under Porus
The Annual History Quiz
QMs: Manjith and Praveen V.R.
Teams of 4
Open to all
Rs. 50/- per team
Entry free for school teams
Prizes for top three teams (Rs. 2000/-, Rs. 1500/- and Rs.1000/-)
Schedule
Prelims: 1015hrs
Finals: 1130-1300hrs
Yell Iruve
The Annual Plants, Animals and Mitesh Agarwal Quiz
QMs: Ashwan Lewis and Avinash Thirumalai
Teams of 2
Open to all
Written Quiz
Prizes: Rs. 2000/-, Rs. 1500/- and Rs. 1000/-
1400-1530hrs
The March Open Quiz
QM: Arun Hiregange
Teams of 4
Open to all
Rs. 50/- per team
Entry free for school teams
Prizes for all finalists
1530-1830hrs
Karnataka, Ruckus Tangdi, Solus Rex, Cannabis Indica, Chronosynclastic Infundibulum, Lao Me Thanda, Cricket, Artifacts, Lone Wolf, Glamour-Giri, Music Quizzes – Results
The results of two open quizzes on Saturday 3 March 2012 at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
EVENT I: The Annual Open Music Quiz
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
1. Santosh Swaminathan – 155
2. Soda, Sohan – 145
3. Vipin, Praveen VR – 127.5
4. KD – 112.5
5. Ochintya Sharma, Arun Hiregange – 90
6. KP, Raouf / Srisha, Roshan – tied on 75
8. Ajay, Sumeer – 45
9. Anand – 27.5
Event II: Glamour-giri, an Open Quiz in a new written format
QM: Ochintya Sharma
1. Arul Mani, Santosh Swaminathan – 42
2. Sohan, Nishanth – 39
3. Thejaswi Udupa, Arun Hiregange – 35
4. VR, Vipin – 31
5. Ashwin Kelkar – 30
6. A. Pillai, T.C. Venkat – 22
7. Ajay Parasuraman, Sumeer – 17
8. Pradyoth, Sachin – 16
The results of three quizzes on Sunday 19 February 2012 at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.
EVENT I: Lone Wolf Quiz
QM: Alagar Samy
1. Arul Mani – 215
2. Arun Hiregange – 139
3. Thejaswi Udupa – 108
4. Rajagopal PS – 94.5
5. Ochintya Sharma – 51.5
6. Santosh Swaminathan – 41.5
7. Vivek Karthikeyan – 21.5
8. Hrishi Varma – 13
EVENT II: ARTIFACTS, a written quiz dedicated to the appreciation of useless/useful objects
QM: Arul Mani
1. Art For Facts Sake (Alagarswamy, Udupa) – 25
2. We Put the Holy in Nexus (Ashwan Lewis, Navin Rajaram) – 19.5
3. Metaquizziks (Santosh Swaminathan, Mitesh) – 18
4. Nexus (Venky, Kivi) – 14
5. Ochintya, Degree Raju – 13
6. DD, Sumeer / Ajay Parasuraman, Sandeep M – tied on 10.5
8. Nishanth Raman, Rahul Jadhav – 9
EVENT III: Open Cricket Quiz
QM: Manish Achuta
1. Lahar Appaiah, Rajan – 200
2. Thejaswi Udupa, Alagar ‘Cutoff’ Samy – 175
3. Degree Raju, Sohan – 155
4. Landmark Venky, Kivi – 150
5. Rajdeep, Ashwin – 135
6. Ajay Parasuram, Santosh Swaminathan – 125
7. Gaurav, Anubhav – 92.5
8. Hrishi ‘Buffalo’ Varma, Jithin Jacob – 85
9. Sachin Deshpande, Madan Gopal – 75
10. Nakul, Jose – 55
The results of three Open quizzes on Saturday, 4 February 2012 at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.
EVENT I: Lao Me Thanda, the annual quiz on Love, Sex and other associated disorders.
QM: Arul Mani
1. Santosh Swaminathan, Manish Achuta – 140
2. M & UL (Thejaswi Udupa, Arun Hiregange) – 120
3. Anand Pillai & Sumeer – 90
4. Uncool’s the New Cool (Shamanth, Lakshana) – 70
5. Power Rangers – 45
6. Range of Kinsey (Jeydev, Pranav) – 40
7. Got Milf? – 25
8. Perverts Inc. (Rohit Rao, Nitin Gopinath) – 15
9. Pocket Rockets (Abhim Shetty, Roshan) – 5
EVENT II: Chronosynclastic Infundibulum, an open written quiz on speculative fiction.
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
1. Arul Mani, Santosh Swaminathan – 27.5
2. Arjun, Goutham – 24
3. Praveen VR, Arun Hiregange – 23 (3rd by tie-break)
4. Unusual Suspects – 23
5. Shenoy – 20
6. Manish Achuta, Sandeep Mathias – 15.5
7. Anand & Sumeer – 14.5
8. Tropic Blunder – 13
EVENT III: Cannabis Indica, the Get-high-on-India-shit Quiz, as Varun Rajiv might have described it.
QMs: Navin Rajaram and Hrishi Varma
1. Questionable Characters (Anil Raghavan, Hiranyappa, Sumeer) – 195
2. CID Nexus (Praveen VR, Jithin Jacob, Vivek Karthikeyan, Landmark Venky) &
Waltwo (Anustup Datta, Ochintya Sharma, Thejaswi Udupa, Arun Hiregange) – tied on 160
4. Metaquizziks (Arul Mani, Santosh Swaminathan) – 125
5. Aditya, Nishanth, Manish – 90
6. Schroedinger’s Felines – 85
7. Ba Bu Black Sheep (Himadri, Sharath, Sachin) – 70
8. Rajat, Jayant, Hemant – 50
The results of two quizzes on Sunday 15 January 2012 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.
EVENT I: Solus Rex
QMs: Thejaswi Udupa and Dibyendu Das
1. Arul Mani
2. Debashree Mitra
3. Arun Hiregange
4. Santosh Swaminathan
other positions TBD.
EVENT II: Ruckus Tangdi Quiz
QMs: Kiran Vijayakumar, DD and Arul Mani
1. Anand Pillai, Santosh Swaminathan, Hrishi Varma, Keshav – 255
2. Rajagopal PS, Sohan, Arun, Vipin – 215
3. Lakshana, Arun Hiregange, Sandeep, Govind – 185
4. Alagarsamy, Shamanth Rao, Sandeep Mathias, Vijay – 125
5. Sai Ganesh, Farhan, Sachin, Aditya – 100
6. Nishanth, Sumeer, Suresh, Srihari – 90
7. Ajay Parasuraman, Nakul, Trisha / Venkat, Manish, Praveen, Adi – tied on 60
The results of a quiz held on 11th December 2011 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.
Poli Shankar, Shankar Poli and Others: KQA’s Karnataka Quiz
QMs: Lingaraj and Naresh Keerthi
1. Kaveri Nammadu, Kolaveri Nimmadu (Wimpy, Udupa) – 27
2. Arul Mani, Mitesh Agarwal – 24
3. Rajat, Jayant – 15
4. Harsha, Nikhil / KD – tied on 13
6. Landmark Venky, Manish – 12
7. Rosellini Gowda, Posalini Gowda / Raju, Manish – tied on 10
Quizzes on Saturday 3 March 2012
We will hold two open quizzes on Saturday 3 March 2012 at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
EVENT I
The Annual Open Music Quiz
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
Teams of 4 members
Open to all
Entry: Rs. 50/-
Prizes for top 3 teams
Schedule: Prelims: 1030hrs
Finals: 1130-1400hrs
Event II
Glamour-giri
Open Quiz in a new written format
QM: Ochintya Sharma
Teams of two members
Entry; Rs. 50/-
Prizes for top 3 teams
1500-1700hrs.
Our next quizzing Sunday will feature the annual History Quiz, Yell Iruve and an Open Quiz by Arun Hiregange–all on 24 March 2012.
Quizzes on Sunday 19 February 2012
We will hold three quizzes on Sunday 19 February 2012 at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.
EVENT I
Lone Wolf Quiz
QM: Alagar Samy
Solo quiz
Open to all
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Prelims: 1030hrs
Finals: 1130hrs-1300hrs
EVENT II
ARTIFACTS
A written quiz dedicated to the appreciation of useless/useful objects
QM; Arul Mani
Teams of two
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
1400hrs-1500hrs
EVENT III
Open Cricket Quiz
QM: Manish Achuta
Teams of two
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Open to all
Prelims: 1515hrs
Finals: 1615hrs-1745hrs
Oikoumene – Registered Teams
COLLEGE
| Institution | Team |
|---|---|
| National Public School, Rajajinagar | Rama Subramanian B & Lokahith Narendra Agasthya |
| National Public School, Rajajinagar | Rajashekar V & Balaji S |
| National Public School, Rajajinagar | Nikshep Trinetra B S & Ameya P Koushik |
| National Public School, Rajajinagar | Krishna A Kinnal & Malhar Jere |
| The Frank Anthony Public School | Jeydev CS & Pranav K |
| RV College Of Engineering | Arun Panchapakesan & Vijay Ramesh |
| MSRIT | Maitrey |
| RNSIT | Amit and Ashish |
| BISHOP COTTON BOYS’ SCHOOL | SUBHASHISH K & SUMIT AGARWAL |
| BISHOP COTTON BOYS’ SCHOOL | SHAH NAWAZ & ARIHANT KOCHAR |
| BISHOP COTTON BOYS’ SCHOOL | VASUDEV CHATTERJI & JUSTIN SHAWN |
| BISHOP COTTON BOYS’ SCHOOL | RONAK JAIN & ANKAN DUTTA |
| St Joseph’s College of Commerce | Ariya Das and Siddharth Pai |
SCHOOL
| Institution | Team |
|---|---|
| BISHOP COTTON GIRLS’ SCHOOL | Rabia Suzanne Angiras |
| BISHOP COTTON BOYS’ SCHOOL | Abishek Shetty & Anirup Doshi |
| BISHOP COTTON BOYS’ SCHOOL | Aditya Mohan & Siddharth Gupta |
| BISHOP COTTON BOYS’ SCHOOL | Jayadithya & Sagar Gupta |
| CHRIST SCHOOL | SHIRISHA B REDDY & SINCHITHA . S |
| CHRIST SCHOOL | SUHAS K C & AKASH PATIL |
| CHRIST SCHOOL | SHASHANK C & SUMANTH C |
| CHRIST SCHOOL | CHAVAN D & ALDEN D’SOUZA |
| CHRIST SCHOOL | VISHAL S & PAVAN P |
| Innisfree House School | Anusha Kamath M & Aishwarya Vishwanath |
| Innisfree House School | Pavan B Garadi & Vishnu Madhusudhan |
| National Hill View Public School | Rohan S K and Pratyush Pradhan |
| National Hill View Public School | Bhargavi N A and Shivani Kundur |
OPEN
- Praveen & Santosh
- Chandrashkar V & Gautham Raju
- D. Dharmendra
- Nexus
- The Wild Ones
- Team Betta
- WALTW(o)
- The Two Bs of Quizzing: Bald (B)eagles
