ASKQANCE 2010 – Results
The KQA celebrated the 27th Anniversary of its founding with ASKQANCE 2010 – a two-day festival of Open Quizzing. Here are the results:
Day One (19th June 2010)
Event I
By Hooke or by Crookes: Open Science Quiz
QMs: Ochintya Sharma and Vivek Kartikeyan.
1. QED (Swami, Samanth, JK)
2. Who Rekha? (Rajagopal, Rajiv Rai, Lakshmi, Gopal Kidao)
3. Ramanan, Sankhya, Vijay, Sreeram
4. Metaquizziks (Varun Rajiv, Mitesh Agarwal, Kiran Vijayakumar, Arul Mani)
5. Neo Nexus (Jayashree Jayakar Mohanka, Kaustuba Venugopal, Venky, Ashwan Lewis)
6. We Are Like This Wonly (Arun Hiregange, Thejaswi Udupa, Anustup Datta & Gautam Ghosh)
7. Questionable Characters (Dibyendu Das, Avinash Mudaliar, Anil Raghavan, Manu Sudhakar)
8. Try Why Ya (Abhishek, Srikanth, Akhil)
Event II
Hoarse Latitudes: Open Travel Quiz
QMs: Cheriyan Alexander, Mitesh Agarwal and Dibyendu Das.
1. Swami & Samanth – 131
2. Anustup Datta & Thejaswi Udupa – 121
3. Dharmendra & Vikram Joshi – 111
4. Jayashree Jayakar Mohanka & Dr. Bhattacharya – 107
5. Ochintya Sharma & Arun Hiregange – 106
6. Rajagopal & Alagarsamy – 88
7. Rajiv Rai & Gopal Kidao – 81
8. Arul Mani & Kiran Vijayakumar – 77
Event III
Son of Lumiere: Open Movie Quiz
QMs: Anustup Datta and Arun Hiregange.
1. Mitesh Agarwal & Varun Rajiv – 170
2. Arul Mani & Kiran Vijayakumar – 165
3. Samanth & JK – 150
4. TK Balaji & Gopal Kidao – 145
5. Rahul S Kottalgi & Nishanth R – 135
6. Santosh Swaminathan & Kaustuba Venugopal – 105
7. Ochintya Sharma & Thejaswi Udupa – 85
8. Dharmendra & Movin Miranda – 80
Day Two (20th June 2010)
Event IV
Kibitz Simple: Open Sports and Leisure Quiz
QMs: Thejaswi Udupa and Venkatesh S.
1. Anustup Datta & Arun Hiregange – 151
2. Rajiv Rai & Sumant Srivathsan – 135
3. Swami & Samanth – 124
4. Suvajit & Yash – 114
5. Wimpy & Baada – 101
6. Anil & Alagarsamy – 80
7. Ochintya Sharma & Movin Miranda – 66
8. Rohit & Yaggy – 65
Event V
Sesame: The Open Quiz
QM: Arul Mani
1. Feni Vidi Vici Vivek (Aniruddha Sen Gupta, Rajiv D’Silva, Vivek Krishnan, Chirag Mutgi) – 170
2. QED (Jayakanthan, Gopal Kidao, Swaminathan, Samanth) – 165
3. We Are Like This Wonly (Arun Hiregange, Thejaswi Udupa, Anustup Datta & Ochintya Sharma) – 160
4. Eternal Moonshine of the Spotless Behind (Ajay, Arvind, Balaji, Roshan) – 150
5. Metaquizziks (Varun Rajiv, Mitesh Agarwal, Kiran Vijayakumar, Rajagopal PS) – 140
6. Travelling Pillsburys (Rajiv Rai, Vibhendu Tiwari, Sumant Srivathsan, Vikram Joshi) – 125
7. InManiacs (Jayashree Jayakar Mohanka, Gautam Ghosh, Sarat Rao, Anirudh Chari) & Keep Distance (Rajath, Rahul Kottalgi, Nishanth R, Harry) – both tied on 120
Event VI
KQA Founders’ Trophy Quiz: Face-off between Mega-Whats city-winners
QMs: Arul Mani and Kiran Vijayakumar.
1. QED (Chennai) – 128.5
2. WALTWo (Bangalore) – 104.5
3. Travelling Pillsburies (Mumbai) – 94
4. InManiacs (Kolkata) – 91.5
5. Telangana Is An Oily Song (New Delhi) – 77.5
6. Swami and Friends (Hyderabad) – 72
7. Feni Vidi Vici (Goa) – 61.5
8. Insert Uncool Name Here (Thrissur) – 58.5
9. Ajgar Jurrat Ke Sapole (Pune) – 20
