Quizzes on Sunday 6 September 2009

We will hold three quizzes on Sunday 6th September 2009 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.

The details:

EVENT I

ABBA KE ZAMANE MEIN
The 1970s, 1980s and 1990s Quiz

When we floated the idea of the quiz, somebody said “What can be more pissing off than current affairs from thirty years ago?” Ochintya Sharma and Arul Mani will respond to that challenge with one hundred questions over three hours.

Open to all; teams of TWO members; entry fee: Rs. 50/- per team.

Registrations: 1000hrs
Prelims: 1015hrs
Finals:1100hrs to 1300hrs

Prizes
I: Rs. 1500/-
II: Rs. 1000/-
III: Rs. 500/-

Lunch-break: 1300-1400hrs

EVENT II

TAP UNCOUTH
A written quiz dedicated to song, dance, performance and yes, to tappankooth.

QMs: Joshua Muyiwa and Arul Mani

Open to all; teams of TWO members; entry fee: Rs. 50/- per team.

Registrations: 1345hrs
Quiz: 1400-1500hrs

Prizes
I: Rs. 1500/-
II: Rs. 1000/-
III: Rs. 500/-

EVENT III

Unseeded Open Quiz I

The quiz once memorably described by a certain stalwart as ‘seedless, weedless and completely needless’ will now be held thrice a year–this one, another in November, and the MetaQuizziks 20th Anniversary Unseeded Open in March.

Members of the following teams cannot take part: QED, MQ, WALTWO, Mustafa, Expats, Swami & Friends, No Questions Asked, and Pranesh Plus Three. In addition, the teams that achieved top three positions in the Film Quiz at ASKQANCE 2009 are also excluded.

This quiz is open only to quizzers who are ordinarily resident in Karnataka. Teams with doubtful antecedents may be subjected to a rapid-fire GK round based on Banaswadi and its environs.

QM: Mitesh Agarwal (Inputs from Kiran Vijayakumar and Arul Mani)

Open to almost everybody; teams of FOUR members; entry fee: Rs. 50/- per team; free entry for school teams.

Registrations: 1500hrs
Prelims: 1530hrs
Finals: 1630hrs-1830hrs.

Prizes
I: Rs. 3000/-
II: Rs. 2000/-
III: Rs. 1000/-
and Rs. 600/- for the other qualifiers.

The schedule will be managed by Venky and Mitesh.

For more details, please call 97312-14519 or mail.