Open Quizzes on Thursday, November 1, 2018
The KQA will be conducting three quizzes on 1st November (Thursday) at the Ujjivan head office in Koramangala. (Google maps: https://goo.gl/maps/Annw3gUciix)
1030AM: Yell Iruve – the open quiz on flora and fauna by Jayadev Bhaskaran and Siddharth Pai, featuring all creatures great and small with a helping of veggies.
It is a written quiz for teams of two or fewer. Open to all.
1220 PM: Solus Rex prelims – the KQA’s love-it-or-hate-it-but-you-can’t-ignore-it solo quiz is back with its super-sized prelim to determine the sacrificial lambs to be entered into the rest of its devious machinations.
It is a solo prelim for semis and finals to be held later in the calendar Open to all.
3 PM: The Nexus Open – an open general quiz conducted by Team Nexus, QMs with a great track record and a quizzing company to prove it. The prizes are generously sponsored by them too.
It is a prelims/finals quiz for teams of four or fewer. Open to all.
KQA yearbooks – both the latest and a limited number from years past – will be available at the venue.
You can also get the latest updates on the KQA by following us at www.facebook.com/kqaquizzes or www.instagram.com/kqaquizzes
If you know of anyone who would like to be a part of the KQA Quiz Announcements WhatsApp group, please have them send a WhatsApp message to +91 9902444486
KQA Rankings and results of quizzes held on Sunday, 7 October 2018
Results of the quizzes held on Sunday, 7 October 2018.
In Medias Ques–Mass Media Quiz
By Urmila Lakshmanan
13 teams took part
I: Santosh Swaminathan & Varun Rajiv 21
II: Rajagopal PS 20
III: Venkataraman & Arul Mani 19
IV: Tanmay Prusty & Prithwiraj Mukherjee 17
Bizkashi: hosted by Tanmay Prusty
21 teams took part.
I:
B Naveen Kumar, Yogesh Pai, Jayakanthan–242
II
Anush, Arun, Sethu, Vinid–170
III
Navin Rajaram, Priyambad, Tagnyeshwaran, Venkatesh S. NEXUS BAGGAGE 167
IV
Ashwin, Varun Rajiv, Mitesh Agarwal, Santosh JS BMQJ 167
Other finalsts
Shivam, Jasim, Aditya, Satyam A TEAM HAS NO NAME 138
Kaustub, Debanjan, Pranav, Rohit QMK 107
Arun Ramanathan, Rajagopal PS 103
Niyam Joshi, Rahul Shanbagh, Sethupathi, Yogesa Metla EVERYBODY HATES KEVIN 80
Prithwiraj Mukherjee, Anirudh, Venkataraman, Arul Man SJC QUIZZERS 79
Urmila Lakshmanan, Shiv, Jayant, Ajay Parasuraman RHCQ 72
You can access KQA rankings for Written Duos below:
| TEAM MEMBERS | TEAM NAME | SCORE | POINTS EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santosh Swaminathan & Varun Rajiv | METAQUIZZIKS | 21 | 5 |
| Rajagopal PS | 20 | 4 | |
| Venkataraman & Arul Mani | SJC QUIZZERS | 19 | 3 |
| Tanmay Prusty & Prithwiraj Mukherjee | EAST INDIA CO | 17 | 2 |
| Arun Prasad & Anush Iyer | 13 | 1 | |
| Sahil Sharma and Bishanka | 10 | 1 | |
| XY | ROYAL MYSORE GULLIS | 9 | 1 |
| Bala & Vinid | 7 | 1 | |
| Rahul Shanbagh & Kevin D'Souza | SANKEY TANK NAAYIS | 6 | 1 |
| Shubendra & Amit Chandra | 6 | 1 | |
| Nischay and Manoj | SWAGGOTS | 5.5 | 1 |
| Udith & Vishnu | 2 | 1 | |
| Anirudh and Kaustub | SJC QUIZZERS A | 1 | 1 |
The rankings for Specialist Quizzes are also up.
| TEAM MEMBERS | TEAM NAME | SCORE | FINALS | POINTS EARNED | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Naveen Kumar, Yogesh Pai, Jayakanthan | 242 | 5 | |||||
| Anush, Arun, Sethu, Vinid | 170 | 4 | |||||
| Navin Rajaram, Priyambad, Tagnyeshwaran, Venkatesh S. | NEXUS BAGGAGE | 167 | 3 | ||||
| Ashwin, Varun Rajiv, Mitesh Agarwal, Santosh JS | BMQJ | 167 | 3 | ||||
| Shivam, Jasim, Aditya, Satyam | A TEAM HAS NO NAME | 138 | 2 | ||||
| Kaustub, Debanjan, Pranav, Rohit | QMK | 107 | 2 | ||||
| Arun Ramanathan, Rajagopal PS | 103 | 2 | |||||
| Niyam Joshi, Rahul Shanbagh, Sethupathi, Yogesa Metla | EVERYBODY HATES KEVIN | 80 | 2 | ||||
| Prithwiraj Mukherjee, Anirudh, Venkataraman, Arul Man | SJC QUIZZERS | 79 | 2 | ||||
| Urmila Lakshmanan, Shiv, Jayant, Ajay Parasuraman | RHCQ | 72 | 2 | ||||
| Dilip, Naman, Savyasachi, Shraddha | RESURRECTION | 11.5 | 1 | ||||
| Sahil, Nav. Vignesh, Balaji | 11 | 1 | |||||
| Sriram, Akshaya, Ajay | 11 | 1 | |||||
| Akshath, Chaitanya | 10 | 2 | |||||
| Venkat, Puneet, Bala, Nambirajan | SSCRODINGER'S INVESTORS | 9.5 | 1 | ||||
| Anuj, Arnab, Govind | 9 | 1 | |||||
| Mrutyunjaya, Archita, Sriram, Dhruba | 8.5 | 1 | |||||
| Vishnu, Udith, Dhruvan | 5 | 1 | |||||
| Sreshta, Kevin, Rohan | 5 | 1 | |||||
| Vinay, Rishabh, Hrishikesh, Shrivathsa | 5 | 1 | |||||
| Aftab | 5 | 1 | |||||
| RRRRRRRR |
The points system works thus: 5-4-3-3 for top 4 spots, followed by 2 points for other qualifiers. All teams that wrote but did bot qualify make 1 point apiece.
Open quizzes on Sunday, October 14, 2018
The KQA will be conducting two quizzes on 14th October (Sunday) at the Ujjivan head office in Koramangala. (Grape Garden address on Google maps)
11AM: Eastern Promises – an ‘Everything East’ General Quiz – an by Priyambad and Tanmay – a general quiz with Oriental, North-Eastern and Eastern India flavours. Some Odiya chauvinism may be on display.
It is a written quiz for teams of two. Open to all.
2 PM: *The XXVIII Ganesh Nayak Memorial Open Quiz – a general quiz by Sreshth Shah and Preetham Upadhya.
It is a prelims/finals quiz for teams of four or fewer. Open to all.
KQA yearbooks – both the latest and a limited number from years past – will be available at the venue.
You can also get the latest updates on the KQA by following us at www.facebook.com/kqaquizzes or www.instagram.com/kqaquizzes
If you know of anyone who would like to be a part of the KQA Quiz Announcements WhatsApp group, please have them send a WhatsApp message to +91 9902444486
Results of quizzes held on September 16
The Family Quiz
I – Malini Sethuraman, Navin Rajaram
II – Krittika Adhikary, Arjun Bharadwaj
III – Keerthi, Adhway, Ashwin Kumar
The September Open Quiz
I – Mitesh Agarwal, Santosh Swaminathan, Varun Rajiv, Thejaswi Udupa – 225 points
II – Rohit Suresh, Anirudh Sudarshan, Pranav, Ramesh Natarajan – 122.5 points
III – Srinath Bhashyam, Arun Ramanathan, Riju Gupta, Aditya Rajan – 117.5 points
Congratulations to all the winners
