Quizzes on Sunday 9 May 2010
We will hold three quizzes on Sunday 9th May 2010 at the Arakere Hall, Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
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.
Quizzes on Sunday 25 April 2010
The Synergy Sports Quiz prelims will be held on Sunday, 25th April at the Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
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.
Quizzes on Sunday 11 April 2010
We will hold three open quizzing events on Sunday 11 April 2010 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
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 Quiz by No Enthu Da – Results
The results of the quiz held on Sunday 28 March 2010 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
Open Quiz
QMs: No Enthu Da (Karthik Shashidhar, Aadisht Khanna and team)
1. Metaquizziks (Mitesh Agarwal, Gautham Shenoy, Varun Rajiv, Santosh Swaminathan) – 135
2. Triskadekaphobia (Sumer Agarwal, Tanmay Prusti, Naveen Giles, Vinod Rajamani) – 100 (2nd by tie-break)
3. KD (Harry, Nishanth, Rahul, Sohan) – 100
4. We Are Like This Wonly (Ochintya Sharma, Anustup Datta, Thejaswi Udupa, Arun Hiregange) – 80
5. Nexus (Praveen, Venkatesh S, Vivek Karthikeyan, Gautham) / The Insignificant Basterd and team (Thomas, Prashant, Nitin, Subrat) – 2 teams tied on 70
7. Annachi Boys (Sohan, Aditya, Vinay) / Vishal, Abhinav, Avinash, Kedar / Dude, Where’s My Team? (Abhishek, Sneha, Srikanth, Varun) – 3 teams tied on 65
