Open quizzes on Sunday, 6th May, 2018
The KQA will be hosting two open quizzes on 6th May (Sunday) at Ujjivan in Koramangala.
11 AM: The India MELA quiz by Hem Maradia – a quiz on Indian Music Art Literature and Entertainment. It is a written quiz for teams of two. Open to all.
230 PM: The KQA Lone Wolf Quiz by Navin Rajaram. A general quiz for solo participants by Navin Rajaram, who has conducted many highly enjoyable quizzes for the KQA in the past. It is a prelims/finals quiz for individuals. Open to all.
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Results of quizzes on held on 15 April, Solus Rex and 30 April
Results of quizzes held on April 30:
As Seen On, the KQA TV Quiz, by Santosh Swaminathan, Manish Achutha, and Rajat Gururaj
I – Varun Rajiv, Harman Singh – 47 points
II – Rishiraj Shanmuganandan, Santosh V Murthy – 40 points
III – Anirudh Raman, Umesh – 39 points
Chronosynclastic Infundibulum, volume 9, a quiz on science fiction, fantasy, horror, and somesuch by Thejaswi Udupa
I – Avinash Thirumalai, Hrishikesh Varma – 41.5 points
II – Varun Rajiv, Santosh Swaminathan – 40.5 points
III – Rishiraj Shanmuganandan, Santosh V Murthy – 39 points
C. The April Open Quiz, by Ramakrishnan M, Ajay Parasuraman, Suresh Ramasubramanian
I – Anirudh Raman, Venkataraman Ravindra, Mukilan Ayyapparaj, Puranjit Sanyal, Santosh Swaminathan – 260 points
II – Venkatasubramanian Chandrashekaran, Giri Prasanna M, Tejas BS, Rajat Gururaj, Thejaswi Udupa – 240 points
III – Shafeeq Syed, Santosh V Murthy, Anirudh RS, Arul Mani – 220 points
Congratulations to all the winners.
Results of Solus Rex semifinals:
After sustaining a barrage of 120 questions from Arun Hiregange and Thejaswi Udupa, here are the top 8 who make it through to the Solus Rex finals, to be held in early June.
1. Ashwin Kumar – 316
2. Debashree Mitra – 272
3. Chandrakant Nair – 226
4. Manu Sudhakar – 223
5. Varun Rajiv – 222
6. Santosh Swaminathan – 205
7. Preetham Upadhyaya – 161
8. Keshav Atreya – 150
Congratulations to all the finalists.
Congratulations also to Dinesh Krithivasan who wins the best guest question prize. Honourable mentions also to Govind Krishnamurthi and Ramesh Athreya whose questions made the cut.
Results of quizzes on April 15:
The History of Ideas Quiz, by Navin Rajaram:
I – Varun Rajiv and Santosh Swaminathan – 48.5
II – Arul Mani and Prithwiraj Mukherjee – 47
III – Praveen V.R. and Avinash T.N. – 44.5
The Food Quiz, by Lakshana Kripash, Mitesh Agarwal and Santosh Swaminathan:
I – How 2 Eat Lyk (Ashwin Kumar, Varun Rajiv, Navin Rajaram and Priyambad) – 204
II – Sreyashi, Abhishek, Arjun and Abhilash – 164
III – SJC Quizzers (Arul Mani, Avinash T.N., Prithwiraj Mukherjee) – 148
Congratulations to all the winners!
Mega-Whats 2018
Mega-Whats, the national team quizzing championships will be held on the afternoon of May 13, 2018. The quiz is being set by a team consisting of Mitesh Agarwal, Venky Srinivasan and Vivek Karthikeyan.
Date: Sunday, 13 May 2018
Time: 1530 hrs
Rules:
- General quiz, open to all. All answers in writing.
- Teams of FOUR members (or less).
- Prior registration is essential. To register, please use the form on this page.
- Please provide the names of all the people who comprise your team; also indicate whether you are taking part in the school, college or open categories
- Please note that the quizzing community in your city may charge an entry fee to meet venue and equipment hire expenses.
- The quiz will begin at 1530 hrs sharp. Please take your seats at least 15 minutes before start time.
- School teams (stds. VIII-XII) are allowed free entry.
- Contesting teams will answer in writing a quiz inclusive of audios, videos and visuals.
- Answers and scores will be announced immediately after the event.
- The prizes aren’t small – they are insignificant. Prizes will be given out for Best School Team, Best College Team, and Best Open Team in Bangalore only.
- We will rank the top 100 teams across the country. The rankings will be announced after adjudication.
- The decision of the quiz-masters will be final and binding on all participants.
- The city-winners will face off on 29th June, 2018 at AsKQAnce, KQA’s Anniversary Quiz Fest.
If you are interested in hosting Mega-Whats in your city, please email Hrishikesh Varma with details.
Open Quizzes on Sunday, 15th April 2018
The KQA will be hosting two open quizzes on 15th April (Sunday) at the offices of Ujjivan Small Finances Bank in Koramangala:
1. The History of Ideas Quiz, a written quiz for teams of two or less.
Time: 2pm
QM: Navin Rajaram
A word of advice from the QM: ‘everything is either history or an idea’
2. The KQA Food Quiz, a quiz for teams of four or less
Time: 4 PM:
QMs: Lakshana K, Mitesh Agarwal and Santosh J Swaminathan
Location: https://goo.gl/tSp1GE
Please call +91 98449 53179 in case you have trouble finding the place
Solus Rex Semifinals on 22nd April, 2018
The semifinals of Solus Rex will be held on 22nd April for the top 25 from the gruelling 60 question prelims that happened in November.
As is traditional for Solus Rex, there will be certain specialist topics that they can be expected to be asked questions on in the semifinals.
The topics for this year are
1. Ports of the World
2. Birds and Animals of South America
3. Heads of States in the 21st Century
4. Sculptures and Statues
All semifinalists are encouraged to use the next couple of weeks to research on these topics, as they will play a rather significant role in the format of the semis. You may even find yourself earning a nickname like Songkran Maheshwar did (from the topic Festivals of Asia.) Or contribute to quizzing jargon as Solus Rex 2018 co-host Arun Hiregange did with Brodsky Face. (from the topic Winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature)
For all quizzers who aren’t part of the semifinals lineup, there is something in this for you too! The quizmasters Arun Hiregange and Thejaswi Udupa solicit guest questions on these topics, and the best questions, apart from being used with full credit in the semis, also stand to win book vouchers!
To contribute questions, please ping Thejaswi Udupa.
The qualifiers are:
1. Santosh Swaminathan – 35.75
2. Srinath Bhashyam – 28.50
3. Anustup Datta – 28.00
4. Preetham Upadhya – 27.50 (College)
5. Josyula Krishnamurthi – 26.75
6. Varun Rajiv – 24.75
7. Manu Sudhakar – 24.50
8. Debashree Mitra – 24.25
9. Arul Mani – 24.00
10. Ajay Parasuraman – 23.25
11. Ashwin Kumar – 22.75
12. Navin Rajaram – 22.50
13. Hrishikesh Varma – 22.00
14. Gautam Shenoy – 20.50
15. Keshav Athreya – 20.25
16. Suresh Ramasubramanian – 19.00
17. Venkatesh Srinivasan – 17.50
18. Rajagopal PS – 17.00
19. Balaji Subramanian – 16.75 (College)
20. Chandrakant Nair – 16.25
21. Praveen VR – 15.75
22. Kishore Rajendra – 15.50 (College)
23. Rishiraj Shanmuganandan – 14.75
24. Vivek Karthikeyan – 14.00
25. Sriram Burgula – 14.00 (College)
Results of quizzes held on March 11 and April 1
Here are the results of the two college quizzes conducted by the KQA on the 11th of March, 2018:
The XXIII Vidyasagar Rajan Memorial Inter-collegiate quiz, set by Manish Achutha, Abhishek Upadhya and Nishanth Raman:
I – Preetham, Ritvik and Bhargav, PES University
II – Sri Ram, Pratheek and Kunal, Christ University
III – Noaman, Drishaj and team, NLSIU
The KQA Collegiate Solo Championship, set by Sohan Maheshwar and Santosh Swaminathan:
I – Preetham, PES University
II – Kunal, Christ University
III – Adit, IISc
Thanks to all who turned up (and to Titash, for the informal sports quiz he conducted in the morning), and congratulations to all the winners.
Here are the results of quizzes held on the first of April.
The Karnataka Quiz, by Kaustuba Venugopal and Lingaraj
I – Sachin Deshpande and Sharath Babu – 19
II – Sumanth Jayaramaiah and Keerthan G – 16
III – Rajat Upadhyaya and Jayannt Upadhyaya -14
Lao Me Thanda, by Aditi Surendra and Thejaswi Udupa
I – Santosh Swaminathan and Arun Hiregange – 170
II – Lakshana Kripash and Praveen VR – 115
III – Sachin Deshpande and Sharath Babu – 105
The KQA Music Quiz, by Arjun Mohan and Berty Ashley
I – Aditi Surendra, Debanjan Bose, Santosh Swaminathan, Thejaswi Udupa – 280
II – Sreyashi Dastidar, Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Sethumadhavan, Abhishek Upadhya – 160
III – Nishanth Raman, Bhargava EM, Rajagopal PS, Sanskaar – 150
Congratulations to all the winners!
