Lone Kid, Lone Cub, How Many ‘Woods – World Cinema, August Open, Canara Union Lone Wolf Quizzes – Results

The results of the five quizzes held on Saturday, 27 August 2011 and Sunday, 28 August 2011.

Event I
Lone Kid (Std V-VII solo)

QMs: Landmark Venky, Vivek Kartikeyan

1. Varun K (Frank Anthony Public School) – 100 (won by tie-break)
2. Hari Kartik (Bala Vidya Mandir, Chennai) – 100
3. Nakul Divekar (Frank Anthony Public School) – 95
4. Arjun Joshua (Frank Anthony Public School) – 70
5. Tennyson Galvin L. (St. John’s High School) / Amrit Sodhi (St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School European) – tied on 60
7. Kritin Udupa (Sri Kumaran Public School ICSE) – 50
8. Navya Suri (National Hill View Public School) – 30

Event II
Lone Cub (Std VIII-X solo)

QMs: Santosh Swaminathan and Thejaswi Udupa

1. Ritvik C. (Frank Anthony Public School) – 145
2. Bharat S. (Florence Public School) – 140
3. Pranav Ramamurthy (St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School) – 85
4. Amit S. Subrahmanya (National Hill View Public School) – 80
5. Sridhar V. (VVS Sardar Patel Patel High School) / Cyril Joe Baby (Christ Academy) – tied on 75
7. Akshat Tiwary (St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School) – 65
8. Prabhanjan P. Mannari (Carmel School) – 40

Event III
How Many ‘Woods – The World Cinema Quiz

QM: Arul Mani

1. Santhosh Swaminathan & Rahal S. Kottalgi – 40
2. Mitesh Agarwal & Varun Rajiv – 38
3. Anustup Datta & Arun Hiregange – 30
4. Ochintya Sharma & Thejaswi Udupa – 24
5. Hrishi Varma & KP – 18
6. Raju & Sai / Movin Miranda & Sumeer Kumar – tied on 16
8. Sandeep Mathias & Shivjeet P – 13

Event IV
August Open Quiz

QM: Movin Miranda

1. We Are Like This Wonly – 208
2. Metaquizziks – 108
3. Keep Distance – 89
4. Questionable Characters – 87
5. How Can We Slap?! – 70
6. Holy Nexus – 33
7. CIDs From Kerala – 29
8. Mathias & Co. – 15

Event V
Canara Union Lone Wolf

QM: Navin Rajaram

1. Arul Mani – 140
2. Anustup Datta – 130
3. Santosh Swaminathan & Movin Miranda – tied on 100
5. Ochintya Sharma – 95
6. Thejaswi Udupa – 80
7. Rajagopal – 70
8. Arun Hiregange – 50

Lone Wolf Quiz on Sunday 28 August 2011

We will hold the first Lone Wolf contest of the 2011 season on Sunday, 28 August 2011, at Canara Union, 8th Main, Malleswaram.

This is a solo quizzing contest is open to all.
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Written Prelims followed by Finals for 8 qualifiers
Prizes for all finalists

Schedule
Prelims: 1030hrs
Finals: 1200hrs-1400hrs

QM: Navin Rajaram

Venue:

Quizzes on Saturday 27 August 2011

We will host four quizzes on Saturday, 27 August 2011, at the Institute of Agricultural Technologists, off Queen’s Road, Bangalore.

EVENTS I & II
We will hold a Lone Kid (Std V-VII solo) and a Lone Cub (Std VIII-X solo) during the morning session. Each school may field a maximum of three participants per category.

Prelims: 1000hrs
Finals: 1100hrs-1200hrs and 1200hrs-1300hrs

QMs: Landmark Venky, Vivek Kartikeyan, Santosh Swaminathan and Thejaswi Udupa

The Afternoon session will begin at 2pm. We have two Open Quizzes lined up.

EVENT III
How Many ‘Woods
The World Cinema Quiz

Written Format
Open to all
Teams of two
Entry: Rs. 50/- per team

QM: Arul Mani

Schedule: 1400hrs-1500hrs

Prizes: Rs. 2000/-, Rs. 1500/- and Rs. 1000/-

EVENT IV
August Open Quiz

Open to all
Teams of four
Entry: Rs. 50/-

QM: Movin Miranda

Schedule:
Prelims 1530-1630hrs
Finals: 1700-1830hrs

Prizes: Rs. 1000/-, Rs. 800/- and Rs. 700/- plus prizes for all finalists.

Results of KQA’s Quiz for Families and Lone Wolf Quiz

The results of the quizzes held on Sunday 7th August 2011 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.

Open Quiz for Families
QM: Rashmi Vallabhajyosula

1. Two and a Half Lorises (Siddharth, Ulka, Mandavi) – 85
2. Mukherjees (Sutanu & team) – 73
3. Rishika & Rajeev Gowda – 63
4. Deepa & Mani – 53
5. Sharmas (Ochintya, Sujata, Tuku) – 52.5
6. Koramangala Nexus (Venky & team) – 43.5
7. Two Men and a Baby – 43
8. Sumer, Arnav, Aarushi – 42

Lone Wolf Quiz
QMs: Kiran Vijayakumar, Vineeth Surendranath, Siddhartha Sen and Ashwan Lewis

1. Arun Hiregange – 70 (1st by tie-break)
2. Thejaswi Udupa – 70 (2nd by tie-break)
3. Varun Rajiv – 70 (3rd by tie-break)
4. Arul Mani – 55
5. Santosh Swaminathan – 50
6. Sudarshan M.A. / Sumer Kumar – tied on 25
8. Rahul S. Kottalgi – 20

Quizzes on Sunday 7 August 2011

We will hold two open quizzes this Sunday (7th August 2011) at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.

Both are events which could not be completed in the last season due to problems with getting a venue and will be held in the small hall on the first floor.

EVENT I
Open Quiz for Families

Teams of three members
Regn: Rs. 100/- per team
Couples, Grandparents/Parents with Grand-Children/Children or siblings constitute a family team
DO NOT pull cousin-stunts and do not give us exciting stories about new-found couple-hood.
Prizes: Rs. 1500/-, Rs. 1000/- and Rs. 900/-, plus prizes for all finalists

SCHEDULE

Regns: 1330hrs
Prelims/Finals: 1400hrs–1530hrs

QM: Rashmi Vallabhajyosula
PowerPoint Girl: Arul Mani

EVENT II
Lone Wolf Contest

Open to all solo contestants
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- per entrant
Prizes for all finalists

SCHEDULE
Prelims: 1545hrs
Finals: 1700-1830hrs

QMS: Kiran Vijayakumar, Vineeth Surendranath, Siddhartha Sen and Ashwan Lewis.

PS
We have two quizzing sessions coming up after this–27th August (School and College solo quizzes and an Open Quiz) and 11 September (three Open quizzes , including Persiflage, our annual literary quiz).

The Canara Union Lone Wolf will happen sometime in August. Navin Rajaram will conduct.

Mega-Whats 2011 will be held, as usual, on the Second Sunday in December (11/12/2011). Please note the date.

Another event, coyly code-named BladderBurst by the setters, will be held either in the last week of October, or the first week of November. More details soon.

Some copies of the 2003 and 2004 annuals are still available. Those who would like a copy must mail kqaquizzes@gmail.com.