ASKQANCE 2012 – Day 2 Results
June 30, Day 2 of ASKQANCE 2012 had a packed schedule with 2 open quizzes and the second semi-finals and the finals of Mega-Whats.
MEGA-WHATS SEMI-FINAL 2
QMs: Arul Mani and Kiran Vijaykumar
In the second semi-finals, We Are Like This Wonly secured their spot in the finals winning by a comfortable margin but there was a close fight for the other 3 spots.
- We Are Like This Wonly – 285 points.
- Travelling Pilsburies – 255 points.
- Dilli Ke Thugs – 215 points.
- Mad O’Wot – 200 points.
- Metaquizziks – 185 points.
- Mega-WTFS – 130 points.
- Cunning Stunts – 115 points.
- Two and a Half Men – 30 points.
BY HOOKE OR BY CROOKES – THE SCIENCE QUIZ
QMs: Rajagopal P.S., Vivek Karthikeyan & Siddhartha Shanker
The quizmasters kept the participants on their toes, answering questions about elements, identifying equations and even filling in blanks in poetry! The scoring was so close that two teams tied for first place and decided to split the honours instead of breaking the tie.
- Insert Cool Name Here – 104 points.
- We Are Like This Wonly – 104 points.
- Pouncing As Science (aka Metaquizziks) – 95 points.
- Nexus – 77 points.
- Questionable Characters – 64 points.
- Travelling Pillsburies – 64 points.
- Cunning Stunts – 47 points.
- Swami’s Friends – 42 points.
KIBITZ SIMPLE – THE SPORTS QUIZ
QMs: Thejaswi Udupa and Venkatesh Srinivasan
Metaquizziks going under the alias of Metal-Quizziks in a surprise result qualified for the finals of a sports quiz. They also bravely participated in the absence of Arul Mani who was busy setting questions for the Mega-Whats finals for later in the day.
- Insignificant Others – 235 points.
- Flibberti-Kibitz – 175 points.
- Swami Obamananda – 165 points.
- We Are Like This Wonly – 160 points.
- CIDs from Mumbai/Kerala – 155 points.
- Untitled – 130 points.
- MAAZ FC – 125 points.
- Metal-quizziks – 85 points.
MEGA-WHATS FACE OFF
QMs: Arul Mani & Kiran Vijaykumar
After a short break for tea and snacks, quizzers poured into the hall to witness the finals of Mega-Whats. With teams from Kolkata, Mumbai, Goa, Chennai, Bangalore & Delhi, it had a truly national flavour.
QED, a team from Chennai took an early large lead and kept it through the quiz to win by very large margin. This didn’t mean there was no excitement at all; The teams in 2nd, 3rd and 4th places though frequently exchanged places as the quiz progressed, and even before the last couple of questions, there was a chance for teams to surge ahead to get 2nd place.
An interesting round on connections where teams could also stake confidence on their answers to take higher points helped some teams get a nice leg up in the scoring.
- QED – 390 points.
- Insignificant Others – 265 points.
- Dilli Ke Thugs – 250 points.
- We Are Like This Wonly – 237.5 points.
- Feni, Vidi, Vici, Bitchy – 215 points.
- Travelling Pillsburies – 215 points.
- Hammer and Tongs – 190 points.
- Mad O’Wot – 155 points.
KQA ANNIVERSARY YEARBOOK 2011-2012
The President of the KQA, Ochintya Sharma also released the yearbook for 2011-2012 containing questions from many of the quizzes conducted by the KQA in the past year. He thanked the efforts of the many quizmasters that contributed questions to the yearbook as well as those that helped edit it. The KQA school quiz book for 2011-2012 will be released at the ASKQANCE School and College quizzes to be held in July 2012.
KQA Yearbooks including older copies can be purchased at most KQA events held in Bangalore.
ASKQANCE 2012 – Day 1 Results
It’s that time of the year again, when quizzers from across India descend upon the IAT Hall on Queen’s Road for KQA’s anniversary festival of quizzing, ASKQANCE.
MEGA-WHATS SEMI-FINAL 1
QMs: Arul Mani and Kiran Vijaykumar.
We kicked off the quizzing with the first semi-final of the Mega-Whats Face Off with 8 teams from Coimbatore, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, and Goa fighting for the 4 places in the finals. Here are the final scores:
- Insignificant Others – 290 points.
- QED – 275 points.
- Hammer and Tongs – 235 points.
- Feni Vidi Vici Bitchy – 200 points.
- Swami and Friends – 190 points.
- Questionable Characters – 135 points.
- Insert Uncool Name here – 105 points.
- Tiruppur Tughlaqs – 85 points.
HOARSE LATITUDES – The Travel Quiz
QMs: Dibyendu Das, Mitesh Agarwal & Rajath Krishna
The prelims for the travel quiz was closely fought and 9 teams qualified for the finals with the difference between the 1st team and the 9th being just 4 points.
The finals also went on to be in a similar vein, with Hammer and Tongs, the team from Kolkata winning by a narrow margin and the difference between the 2nd, 3rd and 4th teams being just a point or two.
- Hammer and Tongs – 269 points.
- Excess Baggage (the travel quiz avatar of MetaQuizziks) – 255.5 points.
- We Are Like This Wonly – 254 points.
- QED – 251 points.
- Delhi Sucks – 175 points.
- Feni, Vidi, Vici, Bitchy – 172 points.
- Tough Luck – 132 points.
- Insert Cool Name Here – 113 points.
- Pass the Ketchup – 71 points.
ASKQANCE 2012
KQA celebrates the anniversary of its founding in June every year with a festival of quizzing titled ASKQANCE.
It has been called ‘The Woodstock of Quizzing’, and various other names, but we’d much rather let the quizzes and the quality of the participation they attract speak for themselves.
WHEN
We have three days of quizzing lined up–Friday 29th June, Saturday 30th June and Sunday 1 July 2012.
WHERE
The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, off Queen’s Road, Bangalore
Narahari Hall (I Floor) on 29th June
Arakere Hall (Ground Floor) on 30 June and 1 July.
THE QUIZZES
DAY I
29 June 2012
Event I
Mega-Whats Face-Off Semi-Final I
1615hrs-1745hrs
Event II
HOARSE LATITUDES
The Travel Quiz
Presented by
Rajath Krishna, Mitesh Agarwal and Dibyendu Das
RULES
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- per
Open to all
Teams of 4 members
Prelims
1745hrs-1845hrs
Finals
1900hrs-2030hrs
Prizes
for teams finishing I, II and III
plus consolation prizes for all finalists
and Audience Prizes.
DAY II
30 June 2012
Event I
Mega-Whats Face-Off Semi-Final II
0915hrs-1045hrs
Event II
BY HOOKE OR BY CROOKES
The Science Quiz
Presented by
Rajagopal PS, Vivek Kartikeyan and Ochintya Sharma
RULES
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- per
Open to all
Teams of 4 members
Prelims
1100hrs-1200hrs
Finals
1215hrs-1345hrs
Prizes
for teams finishing I, II and III
plus consolation prizes for all finalists
and Audience Prizes.
EVENT III
KIBITZ SIMPLE
The Sports & Leisure Quiz
Presented by
Thejaswi Udupa and Venkatesh Srinivasan aka ‘Landmark Venky’.
RULES
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- per
Open to all
Teams of 4 members
Prelims
1415hrs-1515hrs
Finals
1530hrs-1700hrs
Prizes
for teams finishing I, II and III
plus consolation prizes for all finalists
and Audience Prizes.
TEA
1645-1730hrs
EVENT IV
Mega-Whats Face-Off Finals
Presented by
Kiran Vijayakumar and Arul Mani.
The winners will take home the KQA Founders’ Trophy and the right to call themselves the National Champions of Indian Quizzing.
Time
1730hrs-1930hrs
DAY III
1 July 2012
SON OF LUMIERE
The Annual Film Quiz
Presented by
Anustup Datta and Arun Hiregange
RULES
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- per
Open to all
Teams of 4 members
Prelims
1000hrs-1100hrs
Finals
1115hrs-1315hrs
Prizes
for teams finishing I, II and III
plus consolation prizes for all finalists
and Audience Prizes.
SESAME
The Open Quiz
Presented by Arul Mani
RULES
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- per
Open to all
Teams of 4 members
Prelims
1415hrs-1515hrs
The MahaQuizzer Award Ceremony
1515hrs-1530hrs
The Wing Commander G.R. Mulky Memorial Trophy for Quizzing Excellence will be presented by Mrs. Vidya Mulky and Mr. Anand Mulky
to
Ms. Jayashree Jayakar Mohanka (Kolkata)
the winner of MahaQuizzer 2012.
Finals
1530hrs-1700hrs
Prizes
for teams finishing I, II and III
plus consolation prizes for all finalists
and Audience Prizes.
Please put everything aside during that weekend to join us in celebrating quizzing, Bangalore-style.
Bizkashi, Non-Fiction, AJM Quizzes – Results
The results of three open quizzes held on Sunday 13 May 2012 at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
EVENT I: BIZKASHI, KQA’s Annual Business Quiz
QM: Arul Mani
1. Tups & Udupa / Sreekanth & Jayakanthan – tied on 160
3. Santosh & Adi – 140
4. Ashwan & Kivi – 115
5. Keshav Athreya & Govind Paliath – 95
6. Alagarsamy & Vinod – 85
7. Yaggy & Mitesh – 70
8. Karthik & Dhammo / Venky & Raju – tied on 40
EVENT II: The Non-Fiction Quiz
QM: Arul Mani
1. Alagarsamy & Jayakanthan – 27
2. Anustup Datta & Thejaswi Udupa – 23
3. Raju & Manish – 22
4. Manu Sudhakar & Anil Raghavan – 21
5. Doc Krishnan & Sandip – 16
6. Karthik & Dhammo – 14
7. CIDs From Kerala – 14
8. DD & Sumeer – 13.5
EVENT III: The Second AJM Open House
QM: Abhishek Upadhya
Team 13 won
Team 10 placed second
