Mahaquizzer 2010 top 100 and international results

After re-correction of all scores above 31, these quizzers emerged as the top 100 in India. Also listed are the ardent quizzers in New York, Portland, Derby and elsewhere who took Mahaquizzer 2010 in the International category.

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All India Top 100 Scores

Rank Name Center Score * ** */** Notes
1 Shouvik Guha Kolkata 88 6 2 8 City Winner
2 Mukund Sridhar Mumbai 84 2 3 5 City Winner
3 Rajiv Rai Mumbai 83 4 3 7
4 Jayashree Jayakar Mohanka Kolkata 83 4 2 6 Ladies Winner
5 Samanth Subramanian Chennai 76 1 3 4 City Winner
6 Anustup Datta Bangalore 76 4 0 4 City Winner
7 Swaminathan G Chennai 76 2 1 3
8 Dr. Bhattacharya S Delhi 75 2 2 4 City Winner
9 Sreeram B Chennai 75 3 1 4
10 Ravi Mundoli Thrissur 73 4 1 5 City Winner
11 Sumant Srivathsan Mumbai 72 5 1 6
12 Aniruddha Sen Gupta Panaji 71 2 2 4
13 Sankhya Chennai 71 3 1 4
14 Jayakanthan R Chennai 71 1 1 2
15 Ramanand J Pune 69 1 1 2 City Winner
16 Debashree Mitra Bangalore 68 2 3 5 Ladies Winner
17 Vikram Joshi Mumbai 67 1 3 4
18 Brijesh Nair Coimbatore 66 2 3 5 City Winner
19 Kunal Sawardekar Pune 65 4 3 7
20 Vinoo Sanjay Mumbai 65 3 3 6
21 Abhijit Banerjee Kolkata 65 4 2 6
22 Anannya Deb Mumbai 65 4 1 5
23 Ramanan V V Chennai 65 2 0 2
24 Manu Sudhakar Trivandrum 64 3 2 5 City Winner
25 Gopal Kidao Chennai 64 2 0 2
26 Srinivasan Rajagopal Chennai 63 0 0 0
27 Vibhendu Tewari Mumbai 62 4 1 5
28 Suresh Ramasubramanian Chennai 62 1 1 2
29 Rajeev Gowda Bangalore 61 2 3 5
30 Kiran Vijayakumar Chennai 61 2 1 3
31 Navin Jayakumar Chennai 61 0 2 2
32 Kinshuk Biswas Kolkata 60 4 2 6
33 Gautam Ghosh Kolkata 60 4 1 5
34 Harikrishnan Menon Thrissur 60 0 2 2
35 Krittika Adhikary Delhi 59 3 1 4 College/Ladies Winner
36 Dr. Soubhadra Chakrabarty Kolkata 59 2 1 3
37 Sudip Kalyan Dey Kolkata 59 2 0 2
38 Anirudh Chari Kolkata 58 4 2 6
39 Nitish Khadiya Hyderabad 58 2 2 4 City Winner
40 Supratik Chaudhuri Kolkata 58 3 1 4
41 Balakrishnan S Mumbai 58 1 2 3
42 Harish Ramanujam Bangalore 57 2 1 3
43 Salil Bijur Pune 55 2 2 4
44 Krishnamurthi Rao R Hyderabad 55 1 2 3
45 Raghu Gopalan Bangalore 54 4 1 5
46 Rahul Girish Kumar Thrissur 54 2 1 3
47 Rohan Nogueira Bangalore 53 2 3 5
48 Suraj Menon Pune 53 1 2 3
49 Manoj Kumar T K Trivandrum 53 1 1 2
Rahul Kottalgi S Bangalore 53 1 1 2
51 Cheriyan Alexander Bangalore 52 3 2 5
52 Karthik Shashidhar Bangalore 52 1 1 2
Alagarsamy A P Bangalore 52 1 1 2
54 Vijay Sarathy Chennai 52 1 0 1
55 Abhinav Dasgupta Kolkata 50 4 1 5
56 Praveen V R Bangalore 50 1 3 4
57 Santosh J S Bangalore 50 1 1 2 College Winner
58 Prasanna Potdar Mumbai 49 2 1 3
59 Ajith Prabhakar Trivandrum 49 1 1 2
60 Prithwish Datta Kolkata 48 5 1 6 College Winner
61 Alok Prasanna Kumar Bangalore 48 2 2 4
Ajay Jaisinghani Delhi 48 2 2 4
63 Anshuman Pal Kolkata 48 1 2 3
64 Vimala Jagannath Kolkata 48 1 1 2
65 Govind Grewal Mumbai 47 4 0 4
66 Sriharsha Bhat Bangalore 47 3 0 3
Shiladitya Ganguli Kolkata 47 3 0 3
68 Rashmi Vallabhajosyula Bangalore 47 1 1 2
69 Sudarshan M A Bangalore 47 2 0 2
70 Meghashyam Shirodkar P Mumbai 47 0 1 1
71 Hrishikesh Varma Thrissur 47 1 0 1
Anil Kumar K Chennai 47 1 0 1
Aravind Vijaya Sarathy Chennai 47 1 0 1
74 Devarshi Ghosh Kolkata 46 4 1 5
75 Rajen Prabhu Mumbai 46 0 0 0
76 Lakshmi J K Hyderabad 45 1 2 3 Ladies Winner
Rajagopal P S Bangalore 45 1 2 3
78 Aditya Gadre Hyderabad 45 2 1 3 College Winner
Sharat Nambissan Delhi 45 2 1 3
80 Krishnan N V S Bangalore 45 0 2 2
81 Uday Mahajan Bangalore 45 1 1 2
Anil Kothuri Delhi 45 1 1 2
83 Rajiv D’Silva Panaji 45 1 0 1
84 Ashwin Hegde Mumbai 44 2 1 3
Shubhendu Saha Delhi 44 2 1 3
86 Ratnakar Sadasyula Bhubaneswar 44 2 1 3 City Winner
87 Satyaki Bhattacharya Delhi 44 2 0 2
88 Jayadev Bhaskaran Chennai 44 0 1 1 School Winner
Anurag Singh Bangalore 44 0 1 1
90 Mukund Krishnan Mumbai 43 2 1 3
91 Chandrakant Nair Thrissur 42 0 1 1
92 Arun Ramanathan Chennai 42 1 0 1
Aryapriya Ganguly Delhi 42 1 0 1
94 Deviprasad V Chennai 42 0 0 0
95 Anang Rawat Hyderabad 41 2 2 4
96 Abhinav Gandhi Delhi 41 1 1 2
97 Subrat Mohanty Bangalore 41 0 0 0
98 Debasish Mukherjee Kolkata 40 5 2 7
99 Debasish Misra Mumbai 40 3 2 5
100 Abhijeet Badrike Mumbai 40 3 1 4 College Winner

International Scores

Derby

Pat Gibson (England) : 89
Chris Jones (England) : 71
Anne Hegerty (Scotland) : 70
Mark Kerr (England) : 65
Nick Mills (England) : 64
Rob Hannah (Scotland) : 59
Barry Simmons (Scotland) : 57
Diane Hallagan (England) : 55
Martin Croke (England) : 54
Scott Dawson (England) : 52
Gary Grant (Scotland) : 50

Portland

Manjith K : 46, with 1*, 3**

Somewhere in the air between San Francisco and Frankfurt

Arnab Bhattacharya : 47, with 0*, 2**

New York

Vikram Rajan : 62, with 2*, 2**

Clemson, SC

Raghuvansh Ramaswamy : 70, with 2*, 3**

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