ASKQANCE 2019 – QMs, SCHEDULES, PRIZES
Askqance, the KQA’s annual quiz fest, is just a week away! Three days of quizzing goodness – here are all the details.
The venue for all quizzes (except Sai-tanic verses) is the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road. (Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/pLoJ3Eo4k6weBoZLA)
Friday, June 28th
10 AM: MahaMahaquizzer – a showdown between the top 16 quizzers in India, as determined by Mahaquizzer 2018.
QMs: Movin Miranda, Nagaratna Patil, Navin Rajaram and Praveen VR.
230 PM: MegaWhats – a showndown between the top 16 quizzers quiz teams in India, as determined by MegaWhats 2019.
QMs: Preetham Upadhya, Prithwiraj Mukherjee, Rajagopal PS and Vivek Karthikeyan.
Audience is always welcome for MahaMahaquizzer and MegaWhats.
9 PM: The Sai-Tanic Verses (Quiz Night at the Courtyard)
Yes, AsKQAnce now has a nightlife! Come to the Courtyard in Shantinagar for a fun quiz at a great venue to wine and dine – it’s like dinner theatre, only a quiz.
An open quiz for teams of up to 4.
Venue: The Courtyard in Shantinagar. (Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/XQ7eanLRTMLkyWu6A )
QM: Sai Ganesh + team.
Note on parking: Very limited parking available at the venue, so ideal to park either near St. Joseph’s college or at the Shantinagar Bus Stand parking lot and walk up.
Saturday, June 29th
10 AM: Persiflage – the books quiz
High brow, low brow, middle brow… books and the people behind them. A few alternative titles: Rifle Pages, Book Lagi Hai, Tome Deaf, Readheads, Sheet Happens, Shelf Aware… sigh, #LitAF (millennials, please attend). Rest assured, the QMs are hard at work with the questions rather than the title.
An open quiz for teams of up to 4.
QMs: Ashwin Kumar, Krittika Adhikary, Thejaswi Udupa.
Prizes: 6K, 4K, 3K + coupons for all finalists.
330 PM: Son of Lumiere – the movies quiz
The 11th edition of a movie quiz that just keeps getting better, like your favourite Indiana Jones Carry On the 11th movie in the MCU the reputation of Harvey We… FINE WINE. It keeps getting better like fine wine. The biggest and best movie quiz in the biz. Ask anyone.
An open quiz for teams of up to 4.
QMs: Anustup Datta, Sujata Sharma, Varun Rajiv.
Prizes: 6K, 4K, 3K + coupons for all finalists.
Sunday, June 30th
10AM: By Hooke or by Crookes – the Sci/Tech quiz
Science, as in the science of everyday things. Technology, as in how the USB is inserted the wrong way up. Anti-vaxxers, climate change deniers, anti-evolution crusaders and makers of mythological nukes are all welcome. No PhD required.
An open quiz for teams of up to 4.
QMs: CIDs from Kerala.
Prizes: 6K, 4K, 3K + coupons for all finalists.
230 PM: Gridlock – the Crossword Quiz
A take-to-lunch quiz that requires solving a printed grid containing approximately 30 clues. Most clues will have a predominant quizzing component and/or a cryptic clue. Winners determined on the number of correct answers. Ties, if any, will be broken by time taken.
An open quiz for teams of 2… well, the prizes are for two people, at any rate.
QMs: Venkatesh S, Venkataraman R
Prizes: 2K, 1.5K, 1K
330PM: Sesame – the General Quiz
A general quiz. The general quiz of the calendar, even. After all, specialisation is for insects.
An open quiz for teams of 4.
QMs: Arul Mani, Mollika, Santosh Swaminathan.
Prizes: 8K, 6K, 4K + coupons for all finalists.
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