TV Quiz at The Courtyard on Wednesday, April 10
Join us for edition 4 of Quiz Night at The Courtyard (in association with the KQA) on April 10 (Wednesday) at 8 PM.
The theme this month is television. Set and conducted by Santosh, Manish and Rajat, the quiz will broadly cover TV shows, the history of TV, their production, associated trivia etc etc.
A quiz for teams of two. The quiz is open to all.
Venue: The Courtyard in Shantinagar.
Registration: ₹100/team.
A prior reservation is not mandatory, but it would be helpful for the folks at the Courtyard to know that you’re coming (if you’re sure that you are coming) – reserve your table by calling them at 73386 77996 Limited parking at the venue.
Open Quizzes on Sunday, April 7
The KQA will be conducting three quizzes on 7th April (Sunday) at the Ujjivan head office in Koramangala. (https://goo.gl/maps/KuhSpXYbGAo on Google Maps)
1030AM: The Bangalore and Karnataka Quiz – the quiz that got too big for one city and swallowed up the state as well: questions on and about the city, the state, the state of the city and the state… you get the idea.
It is a written quiz for teams of two or fewer. Open to all. Registration: ₹100/team.
1PM: The South Indian Cinema Quiz – if you prefer star power or Power Star, feel qualified or Kollyfied, Senthil would or Sandalwood… this is the quiz for you.
It is a written quiz for teams of two or fewer. Open to all. Registration: ₹100/team.
4PM: Solus Rex Finals – at long last, the finals to the year-long Solus Rex is here! After two rounds of elimination, come watch the last ten quizzers left standing battle it out for the win through rounds of general questions and two devious topical rounds on ‘Aviation’ and ‘Cocktails’.
KQA yearbooks 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 March 17
Irish Stew, by Anustup Datta and his Quizician crew
I – Santosh Swaminathan, Thejaswi Udupa – 293 points
II – Arul Mani, Venkat Ravindra, Nagaratna Patil, Prithwiraj Mukherjee – 268 points
III – Arun Hiregange, Hrishikesh Varma, Praveen VR, Jinson Chacko – 240 points
The KQA Music Quiz, by Berty Ashley and Arjun Mohan
I – Santosh Swaminathan, Thejaswi Udupa – 690 points
II – Sai Ganesh, Nishant Raman, Manish Achutha, Sohan Maheshwar – 515 points
III – Anuradha Santhanam, Debanjan Bose, Sachin Deshpande, Praveen VR – 510 points
Open quizzes on Wednesday, March 13, and Sunday, March 17, 2019
Quiz Night at the Courtyard on Wednesday, March 13, 2019
QMs: Anuradha Santanam and Sreyashi Dastidar
Edition 3 of Quiz Night at The Courtyard (in association with the KQA) is here! Come to the Courtyard (in Shantinagar) at 8 PM on March 13 (Wednesday) for a quiz celebrating Women’s Day with startling and fun facts and trivia about women around the world. The quiz is set and conducted by Anuradha and Sreyashi with contributions from women quizzers across the country.
A general quiz for teams of two. The quiz is open to all
Registration: ₹100/team.
A prior reservation is not mandatory, but it would be helpful for the folks at the Courtyard to know that you’re coming – reserve your table by calling them at 73386 77996. Limited parking at the venue.
KQA Quizzes on Sunday, March 17, 2019 at Ujjivan
The KQA will be conducting two quizzes on 17th March (Sunday) at the Ujjivan head office in Koramangala. (https://goo.gl/maps/KuhSpXYbGAo on Google Maps)
1030AM: Irish Stew by Quizician
Set by the venerable Team Quizician, it’s a general quiz on odds-and-ends,
It is a prelims/finals quiz for teams of four or fewer. Open to all.
4PM: The KQA Music Quiz, aka Toto Recall by Berty and Juno
The boys are back in town to host one of the most popular quizzes on the calendar. A quiz on music, enough said. Some exposure to memes may occur.
It is a prelims/finals quiz for teams of four or fewer. Open to all.
KQA yearbooks 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 March 3
Solus Rex Semifinals by Thejaswi Udupa and Arun Hiregange
Here are the top 10 who make it to the finals of Solus Rex
1. Ravi Mundoli – 275 points
2. Hrishikesh Varma – 256 points
3. Anustup Datta – 249 points
4. Sachin Deshpande – 248 points
5. Ashwin Kumar – 211 points
6. Santosh Swaminathan – 194 points
7. Rohit Suresh – 193 points
7. Pranav R – 193 points
9. Ajay Parasuraman – 191 points
10. Varun Rajiv – 190 points
KQA History Quiz by Urmila Lakshmanan and Rajat Gururaj
I – CIDs From Kerala (Ravi Mundoli, Chandrakant Nair, Praveen VR, Hrishi Varma) – 339 points
II – Remembrance of Things Past (Debashree Mitra, Manu Sudhakar, Rajagopal PS, Venky Srinivasan) – 272 points
III – KD (Rajat, Nishanth Raman, Rahul Jadhav) – 245 points
IV -SJC Quizzers (Arul, Nagaratna, Prithwiraj) – 196
V- Peter Panchali (Sachin Deshpande, Siddarth Pai, Debanjan Bose, Hari Nair) – 157 points
VI – MQ (Varun Rajiv, Mitesh Agarwal, YOTA, Santosh J Swaminathan) – 148
VII – Cabal (Kishore Rajendra, Shishira+2) – 87 points
VIII – Gang of Four (Dr Krishnan,
Pop Ki Kamai, the KQA Pop Culture Quiz by Sai Ganesh and Debasish Mishra
I – The Boney Kapoors (Anuradha, Vishnu, Sahil, Raju) – 115 points
II – MQ (Varun Rajiv, Santosh J Swaminathan, Mitesh Agarwal, YOTA) and We Put the Culture in Pop Culture (Ravi Mundoli, Priyambad Pattanayak, Venky Srinivasan, Manu Sudhakar) – 110 points
Other finalists, in no particular order:
Death & Taxes (Asawari Ghatage, Abhishek Ahluwalia, Ajay Parasuraman, Aparna Suresh)
CIDs From Kerala (Jinson Chacko, Chandrakant Nair, Praveen VR, Hrishi Varma)
SJC Quizzers (Nagaratna Patil, Prithwiraj Mukherjee, Arul Mani)
Peter Panchali (Sachin Deshpande, Siddarth Pai, Debanjan Bose, Hari Nair)
Mayank Mujumdhar, Mukunth Raghavan, Aditya Morarka, Saurabh S
Dramedy of the Commons (Arun Ramanathan, JP, Rajat Gururaj, Satish)
Sumeer, Avantika, Kunal
