asKQAnce 2018
asKQAnce 2018, the annual KQA jamboree, the original Woodstock of quizzing, is scheduled for June 29th, June 30th, and July 1st.
Here’s what we have lined up.
June 29th, 2018, Friday.
Morning session: Mahamahaquizzer, a showdown between the Top 16 of Mahaquizzer 2017.
QMs: Movin Miranda, Sai Ganesh, Sreyashi Dastidar, Avinash Thirumalai
Afternoon/Evening session: MegaWhats (semi-finals and finals), for the qualifiers from MegaWhats, the team written quiz that will be held countrywide on May 13th, 2018
QMs: Mitesh Agarwal, Vivek Karthikeyan, Venkatesh S
June 30th, 2018, Saturday
930 am: The KQA Arts Quiz for teams of 4
There will be a written prelim followed by a final for the top 8 teams.
QMs: Lakshana Kripash, Chandrakant Nair, Praveen Kumar VR, Hrishikesh Varma
3pm: Son of Lumiere, the KQA Movies Quiz for teams of 4
There will be a (very short) written prelim followed by a (short) final for the top 8 teams.
QMs: Anustup Datta, Varun Rajiv, Thejaswi Udupa
July 1st, 2018, Sunday
930am: The GS Hiranyappa Memorial Quiz, the History & Geography Quiz for teams of 4
There will be a written prelim followed by a final for the top 8 teams.
QMs: Ashwin Kumar, Rajagopal PS, Nagaratna Patil
3pm: Sesame, asKQAnce’s flagship General Open Quiz, for teams of 4
There will be a written prelim followed by a final for the top 8 teams.
QMs: Arul Mani, Arun Hiregange, Santosh Swaminathan
Outstation teams, go ahead and book your tickets. We’d love to have you all back again this year.
Open quizzes on Sunday, 4th March 2018
The KQA will be holding three quizzes on Sunday, 4th March, 2018 at the offices of Ujjivan Financial Services in Koramangala.
1. KQA Science Quiz, for teams of four or less
Time: 9:30 am
QMs: Avinash Thirumalai, Rajagopal PS, and Ashwan Lewis.
Note on QMs: Good luck to all participants.
2. Hubbubba, KQA’s annual quiz on Bangalore, a written quiz for teams of two
Time: 2pm
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
Note on QM: A well known Koramangala sympathiser and a leader of the DPRK movement, he promises a set that is accessible to people even from Malleswaram, Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, Delhi etc.
3. The March Open Quiz, for teams of four or less.
Time: 4 pm:
QMs: The Sridevis
Note on QMs: A powerhouse trio of three of the country’s best women quizzers: Debashree Mitra, Preyoshi Ganguly, and Sreyashi Dastidar.
Venue: https://goo.gl/tSp1GE
Please call 88841 25047 in case you have trouble finding the place.
Results of Open quizzes held on February 25th, 2018
Here are the results of the three specialist quizzes held at KQA today.
1 – The Africa Quiz, by Hrishikesh Varma and Vivek Karthikeyan (the former to be fair was torn between hosting and trolling VR)
I – Ashwin Kumar, Thejaswi Udupa – 215 points
II – Praveen VR, Avinash Thirumalai – 145 points
III – Anush Iyer, Arun Prasad – 90 points
2 – Yell Iruve, by Siddharth Pai and Jayadev Bhaskaran, hosted with poise under fire by Nagaratna Patil
I – Avinash Thirumalai, Maitrey Deshpande – 86 points
II – Hrishikesh Varma, Praveen VR – 67 points
III – Ashwin Kumar, Thejaswi Udupa – 57 points
3 – Tech That, by Yagneshwaran H and Venkatesh S
I – Mitesh Agarwal, Santosh Swaminathan, Ashwin Kumar, Thejaswi Udupa – 205 points
II – Anush Iyer, Mukunth Raghavan, Arun Prasad, Rishiraj S – 157 points
III – Shafeek MK, Tanmay Prusty, Ajay Parasuraman, Saahil Sharma – 140 points
Congratulations to all the winners.
Open quizzes on Sunday, 25th February 2018
The KQA will hold three quizzes this coming Sunday (Feb 25th) at the offices of Ujjivan Financial Services in Koramangala:
1. Show me Djibouti, the written quiz on Africa, for teams of 2 or less
Time: 10am
QMs: Vivek Karthikeyan, Hrishi Varma
2. Yell Iruve, the written quiz on flora and fauna, for teams of 2 of less
Time: 12 noon
QMs: Siddharth Pai, Jayadev Bhaskaran
3. Tech That, a quiz on technology for teams of 4 or less
Time: 3pm
QMs: Venkatesh S and Yagneshwaran H
Venue: https://goo.gl/tSp1GE
Please call 88841 25047 in case you have trouble finding the place.
See you all on Sunday. The quizzes will start sharp on time.
