Quizzes on Saturday 4 February 2012

We will hold 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

RULES:
Teams of two members
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/-
Open to all, but we’d like the participants to each be above 18.

Schedule:
Prelims: 1030hrs onwards
Finals: 1130-1300hrs

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

EVENT II
Chronosynclastic Infundibulum
Open written quiz on speculative fiction.

QM: Thejaswi Udupa

RULES:
Teams of two members
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Open to all.

Schedule:
1400-1530hrs

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

EVENT III
Cannabis Indica
The Get-high-on-India-shit Quiz, as Varun Rajiv might have described it.

QMs: Navin Rajaram and Hrishi Varma

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

Schedule:
Prelims: 1600-1700hrs
Finals: 1730-1900hrs

Prizes for the first three places.

Oikoumene – A Quiz on Wildlife and the Environment

St. Joseph’s College will hold Oikoumene, a quiz on Wildlife and the Environment, on Saturday 15 December 2012, in partnership with KQA.

The quiz is being held to commemorate the life and work of Fr. Cecil Saldanha SJ, eminent botanist and author of an in-depth study of the Western Ghats that continues to be central to India’s biodiversity claims.

The quiz has three levels of competition: High School, College and Open.

The venue is Xavier Hall, PG Block, St. Joseph’s College, Langford Road, Bangalore 560027. (Opp. the main buildings on Langford Road, between Divyashree Chambers and Double Road)

RULES

SCHEDULE
High School Quiz
Registration: 0900hrs
Quiz Prelims: 0930hrs-1000hrs
On-Stage Finals: 1030hrs-1130hrs
Prizes: 1145hrs

College Quiz
Registration: 1230hrs
Quiz Prelims: 1300hrs-1330hrs
On-Stage Finals: 1400hrs-1500hrs
Prizes: 1515hrs

Open Quiz
Registration: 1500hrs
Quiz Prelims: 1530hrs-1615hrs
On-Stage Finals: 1645-1745hrs
Prizes: 1800hrs

QM: Arul Mani, with assists from the Quiz Club, St. Joseph’s College.

VENUE
Xavier Hall, Post-Graduate Block,
St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Langford Road, Bangalore 560027
(Opp. St. Joseph’s College Undergraduate Block on Langford Road).

For more details, please call any one of the following numbers:
St. Joseph’s College Quiz Club Coordinator: 97312-14519

Quizzes on Sunday 15 January 2012

We will hold two quizzes on Sunday 15 January 2012 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.

The first event is the Solus Rex contest in an all-new format.

QMs: Thejaswi Udupa and Dibyendu Das

Rules:
Open to all
Individual quiz
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/-

Schedule
Prelims: 1015hrs
Finals: 1115hrs-1330hrs

Prizes for all finalists

The second event on the 15th is a Ruckus Tangdi Quiz featuring unused questions from the recently held MindSweep 2012.

QMS: Kiran Vijayakumar, DD and Arul Mani

Rules
Open to team of four members.
Team compositions will be rudely altered.
Teams get ranking points only if they field all members during registration.

Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-

Schedule:
Prelims: 1500hrs
Finals: 1615-1830hrs

Prizes for all finalists