ASKQANCE 2011 — Day 3 Results

Kibitz Simple, the Sports Quiz
QMs: Thejaswi Udupa & Venkatesh Srinivasan

  1. Sriram & Sankhya – 200 points
  2. Chennai Vennai – 155 points
  3. Obama Satyabama – 135 points
  4. QED – 120 points
  5. NED – 120 points
  6. Traveling Pilsburys – 85 points
  7. Middle Eastern Anger – 80 points
  8. Subcontinental Oafs – 75 points

Wing Commander G. R. Mulky Trophy for Quizzing Excellence was awarded to the All-India Mahaquizzer winner for 2011, Dr. Arul Mani.

Mr. G. S. Hiranyappa, a stalwart quizzer of the Karnataka Quiz Association was honoured and presented with a shawl by Mr. Ochintya Sharma, the KQA president. Mr. Hiranyappa who also celebrates his birthday today, graciously accepted the honour and self-deprecatingly claimed that all one needed to gain respectability was to grow older and sport gray hair.

Sesame, Open! Quiz
QM: Arul Mani

  1. Insignificant Others – 155 points
  2. We Are Like This Wonly – 150 points
  3. QED – 145 points
  4. Insert Cool Name Here – 130 points
  5. Metaquizziks – 95 points
  6. Unteam – 80 points
  7. Traveling Pilsburys – 70 points
  8. Team 2 – 40 points

Mega-Whats Face-Off
QMs: Kiran Vijayakumar & Arul Mani

The top 4 teams from each of the semi-finals held on the 25th competed in the finals. The winner was awarded the KQA Founder’s Trophy.

  1. Insignificant Others (Chennai) – 251 points
  2. We Are Like This Wonly (Bangalore) – 221 points
  3. QED (Chennai) – 191 points
  4. Keep Distance (Bangalore) – 180 points
  5. Guessworks (Thrissur) – 176 points
  6. Traveling Pilsburys (Mumbai) – 150 points
  7. Metaquizziks (Bangalore) 130 points
  8. Questionable Characters (Bangalore) – 76 points

ASKQANCE 2011 — Day 2 Results

By Hooke or by Crookes – Open Science Quiz
QMs: Vivek Karthikeyan and Rajagopal P.S.

  1. We Are Like This Wonly – 115 points
  2. Metaquizziks – 100 points
  3. QED – 97 points
  4. Questionable Characters – 86.5
  5. The Buckyball Stops Here – 74.5
  6. Never Mind the Sex Pistols – 39 points
  7. What Pray… – 31 points
  8. Insignificant Others – 29 points

Mega-Whats Semi-Finals I
QMs: Arul Mani and Kiran Vijayakumar

  1. Metaquizziks (Bangalore) – 183 points
  2. WALTWo (Bangalore) – 168 points
  3. Keep Distance (Bangalore) – 123 points
  4. Guessworks (Thrissur) – 113 points
  5. Feni Vidi Vici (Goa) – 109 points
  6. Bong Connection (Kolkata) – 72 points
  7. SUV Loving Capitalist Pricks (Mumbai) – 65 points
  8. Quizzy Leaks (Coimbatore) – 39 points

Mega-Whats Semi-Finals II

  1. Insignificant Others (Chennai) – 281 points
  2. QED (Chennai) – 270 points
  3. Traveling Pilsburies (Mumbai) – 270 points
  4. Questionable Characters (Bangalore) – 214 points
  5. Swami and Friends (Hyderabad) – 186 points
  6. Mega WTF (Pune) – 179 points
  7. Modern Mughals (New Delhi) – 150 points
  8. Mustafa (Bangalore – 134 points

Son of Lumiere – Open Film Quiz
QMs: Anustup Datta & Arun Hiregange

  1. Rahul K & Santosh J S – 160 points
  2. Rajiv Rai & Vibhendu T – 145 points
  3. Gopal K & TKB – 135 + 3 points
  4. Mitesh A & Varun R – 135 + 2 points
  5. Arul Mani & Kiran Vijayakumar – 125 points
  6. Samanth & Jayakanthan – 120 points
  7. Ramanand & Sudarshan – 85 points
  8. Rajen Prabhu & Anil K – 70 points

ASKQANCE 2011 — Day 1 Results

Dr. CP Venkatesh Memorial History of Ideas Quiz
QM: Arul Mani

Thanks to a brief downpour and the expected tardiness of the QM, we started the day a little later than scheduled. Around 44 teams participated in this quiz which was completely written and had a very close finish with only 1 point separating the top 3 teams and the 4th placed team losing out on “starred” questions.

  1. Jayakanthan & Sankhya – 26 points
  2. Anutstup Datta & Thejaswi Udupa – 25 points
  3. Gopal K & Rajagopal – 24 points (6 stars)
  4. Honorable mention – Amit Garde & Anand Sivasankar – 24 points (3 stars)

Hoarse Latitudes – the Travel and Leisure Quiz
QMs: Mitesh Agarwal, Dibyendu Das and Cheriyan Alexander

  1. QED – Swami & Samanth – 185 points
  2. Wanderlust – Rajiv Rai & Gopal Kidao – 177 points
  3. Chhota WALTo – Arun Hiregange & Ochintya Sharma – 142 points
  4. Bada WALTo – Thejaswi Udupa & Anustup Datta – 92 points
  5. Chhota MQ – Santosh J S & Varun Rajiv – 77 points
  6. Feni Vidi Vici – Rajiv & Ani – 72 points
  7. Swami & Friend – Alagarsamy & Jayakanthan – 55 points
  8. The Subcontinental Ops – Harish & Anirudh – 50 points
  9. Sumeer & Manish – 12 points

ASKQANCE 2011 – College Quiz Photos

ASKQANCE 2011 – Cognito High School Quiz Photos

ASKQANCE 2011 Middle School Quiz Photos

ASKQANCE 2011 – Open Quizzes

We will hold nine open quizzes as part of ASKQANCE 2011, our 28th Anniversary Quiz Festival. The quizzes will be held on 24, 25 and 26 June at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore. Events of the 24th will be held at the hall on the First Floor at IAT; the rest of the events will take place at the hall on the ground floor.


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The details:

Day 1
24 June 2011

The Dr. CP Venkatesh Memorial History of Ideas Quiz

Rules
Teams of two
Written Quiz
Open to all
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-

Schedule
1600hrs -1715hrs

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

QM: Arul Mani

Hoarse Latitudes
Open Travel and Leisure Quiz

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

Schedule
1715-1800hrs: Prelims
1815-2015hrs: Finals

Prizes:
Rs.3000/-, Rs. 2500/- and Rs. 1500/- Sponsored by Landmark

QMs: Dibyendu Das, Mitesh Agarwal and Cheriyan Alexander

DAY 2
25 June 2011

By Hooke or By Crookes
Open Science Quiz

Schedule
Prelims: 1000-1045hrs
Finals: 1100-1300hrs

Rules
Open to all
Teams of 4
Entry Free for School teams
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- per team

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

QMs: Rajagopal PS and Vivek Karthikeyan

Mega-Whats Semifinals I and II

Semifinal I
1300-1415hrs, 25th June

Metaquizziks (Bangalore), WALTWo (Bangalore), Bong Connection (Kolkata), SUV-Loving Capitalist Pricks (Mumbai), Keep Distance (Bangalore), Guessworks (Thrissur), Feni Vidi Vici Twitchy (Panaji), and Quizzy-Leaks(Coimbatore)

Semifinal II
1415-1530hrs, 25th June

QED (Chennai), Insignificant Others (Chennai), Travelling Pillsbury (Mumbai), Questionable Characters (Bangalore), Mustafa (Bangalore), Swami and Friends (Hyderabad), Daydreamers (New Delhi), MEGA WTF (Pune)

QMs: Arul Mani and Kiran Vijayakumar

Son of Lumiere
Open Film Quiz

Schedule
Prelims: 1530hrs-1630hrs
Finals: 1645hrs-2000hrs

Rules
Open to all
Teams of two
Entry: Free for school teams
Entry fee: Rs. 50/-

Prizes: Rs. 3000/-, Rs. 2500/- and Rs. 1500/- Sponsored by Landmark

QMs: Anustup Datta and Arun Hiregange

Day 3
26 June 2011

Kibitz Simple
Open Sports and Leisure Quiz

Schedule
1000hrs-1100hrs: Prelims
1115hrs-1315hrs: Finals

Rules
Open to all
Teams of two
Entry free for School teams
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-

Prizes: Rs. 2500/-, Rs. 2000/- and Rs. 1500/-
Additional prizes sponsored by TENVIC

QMs: Thejaswi Udupa and Venkatesh S.

Anniversary Ceremonies: 1400hrs-1415hrs

Sesame
The Open! Quiz

Schedule
Prelims: 1415-1500hrs
Finals: 1515-1700hrs

Rules
Open to all
Teams of four
Entry Free for School teams
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-

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

QM: Arul Mani

Mega-Whats Face-Off
Finalists: top 4 teams from each semi-final

Schedule
1715-1915hrs

Prizes: Rs. 8000/-, Rs. 6000/- and Rs. 4000/-

Prof Rajeev Gowda, one of the original founding members of the KQA, will hand the KQA Founders’ Trophy to the winner of the Face-Off.

QMs: Arul Mani and Kiran Vijayakumar.

Please note:
In addition to announced prizes, all finalists will get prizes.

ASKQANCE 2011 Results–College Quizzes

Junior College Championships

  1. Frank Anthony Public School – Jeydev C.S., Pranav K & Mollika M : 170 points
  2. St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School – Darren Lobo & Nihal Harish: 150 points
  3. National Public School, Rajajinagar – Lokahith A, Malhar Jere & Balaji S: 135 points
  4. FIIT-JEE, Hyderabad – Krishna Akhil & Rohan Naidu: 120 points
  5. National Public School, Rajajinagar – Arjun G, Daivik Swarup & Vadiraja K: 90 points
  6. Christ Junior College – Prajwal Pratap, Suprotim Majumdar & Ameya M: 90 points
  7. Delhi Public School – Deepthi, Trisha & Spadika: 70 points
  8. Sri Kumaran’s Children’s Home – Pranav V.C., Raghavendra R.G. & Abhishek V.S. : 65 points

College Championships

  1. National Law School – Pranav, Varun R. & Aravind: 192 points
  2. R. V. College of Engineering – Rahul Gupta & Sudarshan M.A.: 132 points
  3. R. V. College of Engineering – Nakul P.S., Gautam N.D. & Chaitanya Hegde: 127 points (resolved via tie-breaker)
  4. NITK, Surathkal – Samarth R, Srinivas B & Chaitanya K: 127 points
  5. B.M.S. College of Engineering – Himadri, Sachin D & Akshath: 116 points
  6. School of Law, Christ University – Vinay R.M, Anurag Chaudhury and B Kuttaiah: 113 points
  7. Anna University, Chennai: Aniruddh M.V., Gautham Aditya & Rohit S.: 98 points
  8. Frank Anthony Public School – Jeydev C.S., Pranav K & Mollika M : 97 points

ASKQANCE 2011 Results–School Quizzes

Middle School Championships

  1. Frank Anthony Public School – Varun K. & Arjun J. : 73 points (resolved by tie-breaker)
  2. St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School – Preshith Naidu & Hayden D’Souza : 72 points
  3. New Horizon Public School – Ameya R.B. and Sri Sreya S. : 55 points
  4. Presidency School, Nandini Layout – Bharat V. and Nagendra K. : 50 points
  5. National Public School, HSR – Ruchir Joshi, Aditya Menon : 40 points
  6. Sri Kumaran’s – Vishak L.V. & Sushruth S.R. :30 points
  7. BVM, Chennai – Hari Karthik : 30 points
  8. St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School – Amrit Sodhi : 25 points
  9. ITI Central School – Shahabuddin Munshi & Ashwin K.M. : 25 points

Cognito High School Championships

  1. Frank Antony Public School – Ritwik & Nishant: 90 points
  2. National Public School, Indiranagar – Abhinav & Deepak: 80 points
  3. St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School – Akshay Tiwari & Pranav R: 75 points
  4. Presidency School, Nandini Layout – Ramesh & Shashank: 65 points
  5. Florence Public School – Arjun & Bharat: 65 points
  6. Mallya Aditi International School: Vaibhav Gowda & Venkat S: 55 points
  7. New Horizon Public School: Paul Martin & Siva Karthik: 50 points
  8. Nagarjuna’s BVB Vidyaniketan: Viswhas & Edwin Dominic: 35 points

ASKQANCE 2011 – School & College Quizzes on Sunday 19 June 2011

We will host four quizzes for School and College students to mark our 28th Anniversary on Sunday 19 June 2011 at St. John’s Auditorium, Koramangala.

This is the first phase of ASKQANCE 2011, to be followed by six Open Quizzes and the Mega-Whats Face-Off on 24th, 25th and 26th June 2011.

The events:

KQA Middle School Championship
QMs: Dibyendu Das, Arun Hiregange and Movin Miranda

Open to students of Standard V, VI and VII
Participating schools may field TWO teams each
Each team can comprise of a maximum of TWO members from the same school.
No entry fee.
All participating teams must reach the venue in time for registrations by 0845hrs
A written preliminary will be held to select 8 teams for the oral/audio-visual finals
Prizes & Certificates will be awarded to all 8 teams that qualify for the finals

Schedule
Registration: 0830-0900hrs
Quiz Prelims: 0900hrs-0930hrs
On-Stage Finals: 1000hrs-1045hrs
Prizes: 1045hrs

Prizes
I: Rs.3000/-
II: Rs.2000/-
III: Rs.1000/-
Plus consolation prizes and certificates for all other finalists

COGNITO: KQA High School Championship
Open to students of Std. VIII, IX and X.

QM: Arul Mani

Participating schools may field TWO teams each.
Each team can comprise of a maximum of TWO members from the same school.
No entry fee.
All participating teams must reach the venue in time for registrations by 10:30am on June 19th, 2011
A written preliminary will be held to select 8 teams for the oral/audio-visual finals
Prizes & Certificates will be awarded to all 8 teams that qualify for the finals

Schedule
1030hrs: Registration
1115hrs-1200hrs: Prelims
1230hrs-1315hrs: On-Stage Finals
1315hrs: Prizes

Prizes
I: Rs.3000/-
II: Rs.2000/-
III: Rs.1000/-
Plus consolation prizes and certificates for all other finalists

KQA Junior College Championship
Open to students of Std. XI & XII and PUC

QMs: Mitesh Agarwal and Thejaswi Udupa

The Rules

Participating institutions may field a maximum of SIX teams each.
Each team can comprise of a maximum of THREE members from the same institution.
No entry fee.
Registration at venue: teams must bring the completed entry form (attested by the Head of the institution) with them.
A written preliminary will be held to select 8 teams for the oral/audio-visual finals
Prizes & Certificates will be awarded to all 8 teams that qualify for the finals

Schedule
1330hrs: Registration
1400hrs-1445hrs: Common Prelims for Junior College and College teams
1515hrs: On-Stage Finals
1630hrs: Prizes

Prizes
I: Rs.6000/-
II: Rs.4500/-
III: Rs.3000/-
Plus consolation prizes and certificates for all other finalists

KQA Collegiate Quizzing Championship
Open to Junior college, Undergraduate and Post-graduate students

QMs: Ochintya Sharma and Navin Rajaram

Teams of THREE members each from the same institution across UG and PG courses. No mixed teams allowed.
Each institution is allowed to field a maximum of SIX teams.
No entry fee.
Prizes & Certificates will be awarded to all 8 teams that qualify for the finals

Schedule
1330hrs: Registration
1400hrs-1445hrs: Prelims
1645hrs: On-Stage Finals
1800hrs: Prizes

Prizes
I: Rs.6000/-
II: Rs.4500/-
III: Rs.3000/-
Plus consolation prizes and certificates for all other finalists

All are welcome!
Even if you aren’t a student, please drop by for a Sunday packed with quizzing entertainment.

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