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/-

Solus Rex Finals on Indian Scientists & Mathematicians + Fictional Detectives

QMs: Dibyendu Das and Arun Hiregange

1. Anustup Datta – 370
2. Ochintya Sharma – 267.5
3. Harish R. – 220
4. Rahul S. Kottalgi – 195

Yell Iruve! – A quiz featuring plants, animals, insects and other life forms

QM: Arul Mani

1. Anustup Datta & Thejaswi Udupa – 28
2. Vivek Karthikeyan & Megha Shenoy – 23
3. Ochintya Sharma & Arun Hiregange – 21
4. Sumeer & Dr. Krishnan – 18
5. Aditya & Hussein – 17
6. Harry & Santosh – 16
7. Mitesh Agarwal & Venkatesh S. / Ajay & Ashwan – both on 14

KQA Lone Wolf

QMs: An all-women team led by Urmila Lakshmanan

1. Arul Mani – 89
2. Anustup Datta – 79
3. Thejaswi Udupa – 69
4. Arun Hiregange – 58
5. Rajagopal – 39
6. Aravind – 25
7. Mitesh Agarwal – 24
8. Gautam Shenoy – 14

Open Sports Quiz

QMs: Varun Rajiv & Ishaan Ghosh

1. Motley Crew – 156
2. Ramkey, Sairam, Vijay TSR, Debashish – 137
3. Nishanth, Jose, Hussain, Adi – 130
4. We Are Like This Wonly (Anustup Datta, Thejaswi Udupa, Venkatesh S, Arun Hiregange) – 122
5. KD (Rahul, Harry & team) – 117
6. Geek & Team – 107
7. The Royal Reds (Gautam ND, Sudarshan MA, Varun, Vineet Raj) – 82
8. Metaquizziks (Mitesh Agarwal, Dibyendu Das, Vinay Das & team) – 60

The Non-Fiction Quiz

QM: Arul Mani

1. Medium Mussolinis (Jayakanthan & Alagar Swamy) – 30
2. Venkatesh & Ravi Mundoli – 28
3. Anustup Datta & Arun Hiregange – 22
4. Thejaswi Udupa & Mitesh Agarwal – 20
5. Eashaan & Santosh – 19
6. Nishanth & Rahul – 18
7. Aaman Lamba & Sai Ganesh / Sidarth & Ashwan – both on 17

BIZKASHI, The Annual Business Quiz

QM: Arul Mani

1. Varun Rajiv, Abhishek Krishnan – 95
2. Santosh J.S., Harry – 90
3. Thejaswi Udupa, Mitesh Agarwal – 80
4. Ajay Kasargod, Jayakanthan – 75
5. Venkatesh S., Tanmay Prusty – 70
6. Alagar Swamy, Prasad Shetty – 65
7. Ashwan Lewis, Sidharth Kuruvila – 55
8. Fat and Happy (Abhinav, Anirudh S.) – 15

The Dr. C.P. Venkatesh Memorial Quiz in The History of Ideas.

QMs: Cheriyan Alexander and Arul Mani.

1. Dr. Krishnan & Vardhan W. – 55
2. AppDupa (Thejaswi Udupa, Arun Hiregange) – 45
3. Triskaidekaphobia (Tanmay Prusty, Sumer Agarwal) – 35
4. Ashwan, Yogish – 30
5. Harry, King of the Philistines – 15
6. Santosh J.S. / No Idea (Rahul & team) – tied on 10
8. Nexus (Vivek Karthikeyan, Megha Shenoy) – 5

The Metaquizziks XXth Anniversary Unseeded Open Quiz.

QMs: Varun Rajiv and Arul Mani.

1. Subrat, Ashwan, Vijay – 80
2. Sai, Aditi, Sneha, Varun – 65 (2nd by tie-break)
3. Rajasekhar, Rahul Girish Kumar – 65 (3rd by tie-break)
4. Seedless Groundnuts (Kaustuba, Navin Rajaram, Abhishek, Akhil) / Ajay, Urmila, Shiv, Nilaw – tied on 65
6. Who’s Soda’s Daddy (Siri, Sreenivas Ravi, Sudarshan M.A., Vineet Raj) – 45
7. Schrodinger’s Felines (Cheriyan, Vivek, Venkat) – 30
8. Goat Boyz (Chaitanya, Nakul, Abhishek, Umang) – -10

EVENT I
Solus Rex Finals

Topics

1. Fictional Detectives
i.e. created in books. Those which started off in movies or comics not included.

2. Indian Scientists and Mathematicians
i.e. those of Indian origin. Foreign scientists who worked here or were born here are not included. Indians who were born abroad or worked abroad are included.

The Finalists

Rahul Kottalgi, Harish R., Debashree Mitra, Anustup Datta, and Ochintya Sharma

The Quizmasters

Dibyendu Das and Arun Hiregange

Prizes

Rs. 1000/- for the winner and Rs. 500/- for the other finalists

Best Questions

Members, with the exception of the finalists,  are welcome to send in questions on these topics. While these will not be used in the finals, the quiz-masters will pick the five best questions from the entries received. Book-coupons of Rs. 500/- each will be awarded to the winners chosen thus.Please send questions to arunhire@yahoo. com

1000hrs -1230hrs

LUNCH-BREAK 1200hrs-1330hrs

EVENT II
Yell Iruve!
A quiz featuring plants, animals, insects and other life forms–dedicated  to Mitesh Agarwal.

100 questions
1330-1500hrs
Teams of 2 members
Open to all
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-

Prizes: Rs. 1500/-, Rs. 1000/- and Rs. 750/-

QM: Arul Mani

EVENT III
KQA Lone Wolf

Open to all individual contestants
Entry Fee: Rs. 25/-

Prelims: 1530hrs
Finals: 1630-1800hrs

The quiz will be anchored by an all-women team led by Urmila Lakshmanan.

Prizes: Rs. 500/-. Rs. 350/-, Rs. 250/- and prizes for all finalists.

Please note that this event will be held not at the Arakere Hall on the ground floor, but at the smaller hall on the first floor.

The quiz is for individuals and prior registration is essential. If you have had any problems registering , please contact Mitesh Agarwal (mitesh.agarwal@ gmail.com) .

The schedule:
1130-1200hrs.

Participants must report at the venue by 1045hrs with valid ID and entry ticket.

Three KQA quizzes will also be held at the same venue during the day.

EVENT I
Open Sports Quiz

QM; Varun Rajiv

Rules
Teams of 4 members
Open to all
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-

Prizes: Rs. 1000/-, Rs. 800/- and Rs. 700/-

Schedule
Prelims 1000hrs sharp
Finals: 1200 to 1330hrs

LUNCH-BREAK: 1330-1430hrs

EVENT II
The Non-Fiction Quiz

Rules
Teams of 2 members
Open to all
Regn: Rs. 50/-
Written , with 50 questions

1430hrs-1530hrs

QM: Arul Mani
Prizes: Rs.1500, Rs. 1000 and Rs. 750/-

EVENT III
BIZKASHI
The Annual Business Quiz

Rules
Teams of 2 members
Open to all
Regn: Rs. 50/-

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

Prelims: 1530-1615hrs
Finals: 1645-1830hrs

QM: Arul Mani

IMPORTANT
Please note that the above events will be held not at the Arakere Hall on the ground floor, but at the smaller hall on the first floor.

EVENT I
The Dr. C.P. Venkatesh Memorial Quiz in The History of Ideas.

RULES
Open to all
Teams of two members
Entry: Rs. 50/- per team
Prizes for top three teams

QMs: Cheriyan Alexander and Arul Mani.

SCHEDULE
Prelims: 10 am sharp
Finals for 8 teams: 11-1230hrs

LUNCHBREAK: 1230-1330hrs

EVENT II
The Non-Fiction Quiz

Roughly Popular Science Writing, Popular History, Travel-Writing, Narrative Journalism and Biography.

50 questions in writing
Teams of two members
Prizes for top three teams
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- per team

QM: Arul Mani

Schedule: 1330-1500hrs

EVENT III
The Metaquizziks XXth Anniversary Unseeded Open Quiz.

Open to teams of four
These teams cannot participate: MQ, WALTWO, KD, QED, Mustafa, ICNH, Nexus, Triska (Sumeer, Prusty et al)
Entry: Rs. 50/- per team.

QMs: Mitesh Agarwal, Varun Rajiv, Kiran Vijayakumar and Arul Mani.

Schedule: 1500-1830hrs

Open Music Quiz

QM: Thejaswi Udupa, with inputs from Dibyojyoti Haldar

1. KD (Harry, Nishanth, Rahul, Sohan) – 147
2. Metaquizziks (Mitesh Agarwal, Gopal Kidao, Gautham Shenoy, Fing) – 105
3. We Are Like This Wonly (Ochintya Sharma, Santosh Swaminathan, Rajesh Mehar, Hrishkesh Varma) – 91
4. Raju’s Nexus (Rajagopal, Venkatesh S, Vivek Karthikeyan & team) – 80
5. Corrosion (Nitish, Leslie, Sumer & team) – 76
6. Comfortably Dumb / NMH (Karthik Shashidhar, Shamanth Rao, Lakshana, Praveen VR) – tied on 70
8. How The Godman Got Kissed, Got Caught and Ran For Life (Vivek, Pavan, Ashim, Aditya) – 66
9. Neha & Kartik – 29

The Food Quiz

QM: Santosh Swaminathan

1. Kirthana & Lakshana – 25.5
2. Anustup Datta & Arun Hiregange – 21
3. Triskaidekaphobia (Sumer Agarwal & Tanmay Prusty) – 17.5 (3rd on * questions)
4. Srini & Raju – 17.5
5. Somberi Sappadramans (Gopal Kidao & Renu) – 16.5
6. Vipin & Sidharth – 16
7. Udupa & Mitesh / Corrosion (Abhishek & Nitish) – tied on 13

The Families Quiz

QMs: Mitesh Agarwal & Arul Mani

1. Family Plot (Gopal Kidao, Renu, Vivek Raghavan) – 138
2. Ochintya, Anindya, Sujata – 130
3. Rahul S. Kottalgi & mother – 88
4. Rajeev Gowda & children – 85
5. Umang & sister – 65
6. Pavitra & Venky – 60
7. Nexus (Megha Shenoy and her father, Kivi) – 55
8. Vijay & Ramesh / Plumber Mechanic Oddjob (Hussein Poonawalla, Hassan Poonawalla, Mr. Poonawalla) – tied on 40

Topics

1. Fictional Detectives
i.e. created in books. Those which started off in movies or comics not included.

2. Indian Scientists and Mathematicians
i.e. those of Indian origin. Foreign scientists who worked here or were born here are not included. Indians who were born abroad or worked abroad are included.

The Finalists

Rahul Kottalgi, Harish R., Debashree Mitra, Anustup Datta, and Ochintya Sharma

The Quizmasters

Dibyendu Das and Arun Hiregange

Prizes

Rs. 1000/- for the winner and Rs. 500/- for the other finalists

Best Questions

Members, with the exception of the finalists,  are welcome to send in questions on these topics. While these will not be used in the finals, the quiz-masters will pick the five best questions from the entries received. Book-coupons of Rs. 500/- each will be awarded to the winners chosen thus.