MegaWhats 2019 – Scores & Rankings
The elimination round of MegaWhats 2019 was attempted by 92 teams in 17 centres across India and Dubai.
Remembrance of Things Fast (Debashree Mitra, Manu Sudhakar, Navin Rajaram and Kiran Vijaykumar) from Bangalore topped the prelims with a score of 70. Aardvarks (Aryapriya Ganguly, Rahul Kottalgi, Amrit Chetia and Shaswat Salgaoncar) were close behind with a score of 68. Hammer & Tongs (Jayashree Mohanka, Anil Vaswani, Partha Sarathi Ghatak, Sourjo Sengupta) from Kolkata were third with 64 points.
The top 10 city winners and the next 6 highest-scoring teams will face off in the semi-finals to be held at asKQAnce 2019 to be held in June.
The city winners are:
- Remembrance of Things Fast, Bangalore (70)
- Aardvarks, Mumbai (68)
- Hammer & Tongs, Kolkata (64)
- QED, Chennai (64)
- Zulfiker-e-Fidel, Hyderabad (61)
- Sheikh Yerboutis, Dubai (56)
- Vetes Vulpes, Delhi (52)
- Slippery Nipples, Goa (45)
- We Are Not Coolies, Thiruvanathapuram (43)
- Tirupur Tughlaqs, Coimbatore (38)
These are the other semifinalists, in order:
11. Mahavinoo Orchestra, Mumbai (60)
12. Travelling Pillsburys, Mumbai (59)
13. Forecasting Couch, Bangalore (58)
14. Answering Service, Kolkata (56)
15. Memory Blank, Chennai (56)
16. MQ, Bangalore (55)
All semifinalists are requested to email vivek.karthikeyan@gmail.com before 31-May confirming if your team will attend the semis during asKQAnce. If a team drops out, then the team with next highest score will be offered the slot.
The others in the top 20, in order are:
17. East India Company, Bangalore (54)
18. Peter Panchali, Bangalore (54)
19. Insignificant Others, Chennai (54)
20. We are Like This Wonly, Bangalore (54)
College winner: Math Quizzers (Aditya, Julian, Nishit, Basu) from Bangalore top the college category with a score of 39. The top-placed school team is Donde Esta Kachodi from Delhi (Apoorv Sinha, Shashvat Singh, Harshil Goswami and Abhishek Sehgal) with a score of 13
Our congratulations to all the participants and to the toppers. We extend our thanks to all the quiz associations, proctors and others who helped us conduct the event.
Hope to see you all at asKQAnce!
| Rank | City | Team Name | Score | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangalore | Remembrance of Things Fast | 70 | Open |
| 2 | Mumbai | Aardvarks | 68 | Open |
| 3 | Kolkata | Hammer & Tongs | 64 | Open |
| 4 | Chennai | QED | 64 | Open |
| 5 | Hyderabad | Zulfiker-e-Fidel | 61 | Open |
| 6 | Mumbai | Mahavinoo Orchestra | 60 | Open |
| 7 | Mumbai | Travelling Pillsburys | 59 | Open |
| 8 | Bangalore | Forecasting Couch | 58 | Open |
| 9 | Kolkata | Answering Service | 56 | Open |
| 10 | Dubai | Sheikh Yerboutis | 56 | Open |
| 11 | Chennai | Memory Blank | 56 | Open |
| 12 | Bangalore | MQ | 55 | Open |
| 13 | Bangalore | East India Company | 54 | Open |
| 14 | Bangalore | Peter Panchali | 54 | Open |
| 15 | Chennai | Insignificant Otthers | 54 | Open |
| 16 | Bangalore | We are Like This Wonly | 54 | Open |
| 17 | Bangalore | CIDs from Kerala | 52 | Open |
| 18 | Kolkata | StillManiacs | 51 | Open |
| 19 | Chennai | Inmaniacs | 51 | Open |
| 20 | Delhi | Vetes Vulpes | 52 | Open |
| 21 | Chennai | QMK | 49 | Open |
| 22 | Delhi | D’ Caveat Attemptor | 50 | Open |
| 23 | Bangalore | Sumo Yet So Near | 47 | Open |
| 24 | Mumbai | Amar Tomar Naam Vietnam Vietnam | 47 | Open |
| 25 | Bangalore | Swami and Friends | 45 | Open |
| 26 | Goa | Slippery Nipples | 45 | Open |
| 27 | Delhi | Abid & Team | 45 | Open |
| 28 | Thiruvanathapuram | We Are Not Coolies (Mostly) | 43 | Open |
| 29 | Bangalore | Nishanth & Team | 42 | Open |
| 30 | Hyderabad | Maami and Friends | 42 | Open |
| 31 | Mumbai | Chete Chete Khabo | 41 | Open |
| 32 | Delhi | Sreekanth & team | 40 | Open |
| 33 | Delhi | Akshay & team | 39 | Open |
| 34 | Bangalore | Math Quizzers | 38 | College |
| 35 | Coimbatore | Tirupur Tughlaqs | 38 | Open |
| 36 | Delhi | Bedyas & team | 38 | Open |
| 37 | Chennai | Sukruth & Team | 33 | Open |
| 38 | Hyderabad | Nikhil & Team | 33 | Open |
| 39 | Goa | Gadgil & team | 32 | Open |
| 40 | Delhi | Atul & Team | 31 | Open |
| 41 | Thrissur | Arun & Team | 30 | Open |
| 42 | Bangalore | Jose and the Pussycats | 29 | Open |
| 43 | Hyderabad | Riyaz & Team | 29 | Open |
| 44 | Delhi | PMS. I Love You | 29 | College |
| 44 | Ahmedabad | Vast Deference | 29 | Open |
| 45 | Thiruvanathapuram | Kla Kla Klu Kli Kle | 28 | Open |
| 46 | Thiruvanathapuram | Chaiwallas | 28 | Open |
| 47 | Mumbai | MIT Gaye Barbaad Ho Gaye | 27 | Open |
| 48 | Guwahati | Degeneration X | 27 | Open |
| 49 | Bangalore | Team #9 | 26 | Open |
| 50 | Bangalore | Schrodinger's Felines | 26 | Open |
| 51 | Bangalore | Error 404 | 26 | Open |
| 52 | Bangalore | Yeh POBG Wala Hai Kya | 26 | Open |
| 53 | Coimbatore | Kavin and Team | 26 | Open |
| 54 | Bangalore | Ooru | 25 | Open |
| 55 | Bangalore | NLS-A Gaslighters | 25 | College |
| 56 | Guwahati | beltola Kingdom Blues | 23 | Open |
| 57 | Bangalore | Ardhawokeshwaras | 22 | Open |
| 58 | Bangalore | Twilight Zone | 22 | Open |
| 59 | Thrissur | Anil & team | 22 | Open |
| 60 | Bangalore | Chord Road Cabal | 21 | Open |
| 61 | Thrissur | Arun & Team | 21 | Open |
| 63 | Mumbai | One By4 | 21 | Open |
| 64 | Chennai | Almost There | 20 | Open |
| 65 | Mumbai | IIT Bombay | 20 | college |
| 66 | Delhi | Ayush & team | 20 | Open |
| 67 | Siliguri | Unsocial Network | 20 | Open |
| 68 | Kolkata | Corpse Sell Out | 19.5 | Open |
| 69 | Goa | Anjali & team | 19 | Open |
| 70 | Coimbatore | Hari & Team | 18 | college |
| 71 | Delhi | Munavir & team | 18 | College |
| 72 | Goa | Aave Baba Savkaas | 17 | Open |
| 73 | Thrissur | College team with no name | 16 | College |
| 74 | Ahmedabad | DPS Bopal | 16 | college |
| 75 | Dubai | Murali and Team | 16 | Open |
| 76 | Chennai | Swami, Johm Frutman | 15 | Open |
| 77 | Bangalore | Animesh & team | 13 | Open |
| 78 | Bangalore | SJC | 13 | College |
| 79 | Coimbatore | Praghadeesh and Team | 13 | college |
| 80 | Delhi | Donde esta Kachodi | 13 | School |
| 81 | Bangalore | Varma Kurma Burma Shawarma | 12 | School |
| 82 | Bangalore | K Then | 11 | Open |
| 83 | Ahmedabad | Umbrella Academy | 11 | Open |
| 84 | Ahmedabad | Death by Pounce | 10 | college |
| 85 | Mohali | Wolves of Wall Street | 10 | Open |
| 86 | Thrissur | Illuminati | 4 | College |
| 87 | Kolkata | Quizlamic Extremists | 3 | School |
| 88 | Kolkata | School Team with no name | 3 | School |
| 89 | Bangalore | Junaid & Khushboo | 2 | Open |
| 90 | Thrissur | School team with no name | 2 | School |
| 91 | Thrissur | Shanthi & team | 1 | College |
| 92 | Hyderabad | DKS | 1 | Open |
