Open Quizzes on Sunday, 15th April 2018
The KQA will be hosting two open quizzes on 15th April (Sunday) at the offices of Ujjivan Small Finances Bank in Koramangala:
1. The History of Ideas Quiz, a written quiz for teams of two or less.
Time: 2pm
QM: Navin Rajaram
A word of advice from the QM: ‘everything is either history or an idea’
2. The KQA Food Quiz, a quiz for teams of four or less
Time: 4 PM:
QMs: Lakshana K, Mitesh Agarwal and Santosh J Swaminathan
Location: https://goo.gl/tSp1GE
Please call +91 98449 53179 in case you have trouble finding the place
Solus Rex Semifinals on 22nd April, 2018
The semifinals of Solus Rex will be held on 22nd April for the top 25 from the gruelling 60 question prelims that happened in November.
As is traditional for Solus Rex, there will be certain specialist topics that they can be expected to be asked questions on in the semifinals.
The topics for this year are
1. Ports of the World
2. Birds and Animals of South America
3. Heads of States in the 21st Century
4. Sculptures and Statues
All semifinalists are encouraged to use the next couple of weeks to research on these topics, as they will play a rather significant role in the format of the semis. You may even find yourself earning a nickname like Songkran Maheshwar did (from the topic Festivals of Asia.) Or contribute to quizzing jargon as Solus Rex 2018 co-host Arun Hiregange did with Brodsky Face. (from the topic Winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature)
For all quizzers who aren’t part of the semifinals lineup, there is something in this for you too! The quizmasters Arun Hiregange and Thejaswi Udupa solicit guest questions on these topics, and the best questions, apart from being used with full credit in the semis, also stand to win book vouchers!
To contribute questions, please ping Thejaswi Udupa.
The qualifiers are:
1. Santosh Swaminathan – 35.75
2. Srinath Bhashyam – 28.50
3. Anustup Datta – 28.00
4. Preetham Upadhya – 27.50 (College)
5. Josyula Krishnamurthi – 26.75
6. Varun Rajiv – 24.75
7. Manu Sudhakar – 24.50
8. Debashree Mitra – 24.25
9. Arul Mani – 24.00
10. Ajay Parasuraman – 23.25
11. Ashwin Kumar – 22.75
12. Navin Rajaram – 22.50
13. Hrishikesh Varma – 22.00
14. Gautam Shenoy – 20.50
15. Keshav Athreya – 20.25
16. Suresh Ramasubramanian – 19.00
17. Venkatesh Srinivasan – 17.50
18. Rajagopal PS – 17.00
19. Balaji Subramanian – 16.75 (College)
20. Chandrakant Nair – 16.25
21. Praveen VR – 15.75
22. Kishore Rajendra – 15.50 (College)
23. Rishiraj Shanmuganandan – 14.75
24. Vivek Karthikeyan – 14.00
25. Sriram Burgula – 14.00 (College)
Results of quizzes held on March 11 and April 1
Here are the results of the two college quizzes conducted by the KQA on the 11th of March, 2018:
The XXIII Vidyasagar Rajan Memorial Inter-collegiate quiz, set by Manish Achutha, Abhishek Upadhya and Nishanth Raman:
I – Preetham, Ritvik and Bhargav, PES University
II – Sri Ram, Pratheek and Kunal, Christ University
III – Noaman, Drishaj and team, NLSIU
The KQA Collegiate Solo Championship, set by Sohan Maheshwar and Santosh Swaminathan:
I – Preetham, PES University
II – Kunal, Christ University
III – Adit, IISc
Thanks to all who turned up (and to Titash, for the informal sports quiz he conducted in the morning), and congratulations to all the winners.
Here are the results of quizzes held on the first of April.
The Karnataka Quiz, by Kaustuba Venugopal and Lingaraj
I – Sachin Deshpande and Sharath Babu – 19
II – Sumanth Jayaramaiah and Keerthan G – 16
III – Rajat Upadhyaya and Jayannt Upadhyaya -14
Lao Me Thanda, by Aditi Surendra and Thejaswi Udupa
I – Santosh Swaminathan and Arun Hiregange – 170
II – Lakshana Kripash and Praveen VR – 115
III – Sachin Deshpande and Sharath Babu – 105
The KQA Music Quiz, by Arjun Mohan and Berty Ashley
I – Aditi Surendra, Debanjan Bose, Santosh Swaminathan, Thejaswi Udupa – 280
II – Sreyashi Dastidar, Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Sethumadhavan, Abhishek Upadhya – 160
III – Nishanth Raman, Bhargava EM, Rajagopal PS, Sanskaar – 150
Congratulations to all the winners!
Open quizzes on Sunday, 18th March 2018
Time again, for yet another KQA Sunday. We will be holding two open quizzes on Sunday, March 18th, 2018.
1. Pop Ki Kamai, the Pop Culture Quiz for teams of four or less
Time: 11am (TIME CHANGED FROM 10am to 11am)
QMs: Sai Ganesh (feat. Debasish)
2. Irish Stew, an annual General Open quiz of bits and bobs, for teams of four or less
Time: 3pm
QM: Anustup Datta
The prizes for this quiz are sponsored by Quizician.
Please note that the venue for both the quizzes will be the Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.
Location on Google maps: https://goo.gl/maps/YuutCQRzqX22
Please call 88841 25047 in case you have trouble finding the place.
College quizzes on Sunday, 11th March 2018
The KQA will be conducting two college quizzes this Sunday, 11th March at the offices of Ujjivan Financial Services in Koramangala:
1. The XXIII Vidyasagar Rajan Memorial Inter-collegiate Quiz, for teams of three or less
Time: 2pm
QMs: Manish Achuth, Abhishek and Nishanth Raman
Cross-college teams are NOT allowed.
2. The KQA Collegiate Solo Championships (yes, a solo quiz)
Time: 5pm
QMs: Santosh J Swaminathan and Sohan Maheswar
Note: The quizzes have been scheduled keeping in mind the college quiz being conducted at PESIT on the same day
Results of Open quizzes held on 4th March, 2018
Here are the results after a long and well attended KQA quizzing Sunday.
1. The Empirical Strikes Back, the KQA Science Quiz by Avinash Thirumalai, Rajagopal PS and Ashwan Lewis
I – Anustup Datta, Ochintya Sharma, Arun Hiregange, Thejaswi Udupa – 289 points
II – Hrishikesh Varma, Chandrakant Nair, Praveen VR – 218 points
III – Jyothi Mohan, Shafeeq S, Prasanth Vijay, Arun Ramanathan – 196 points
2. Hub-bubba, the Bangalore Quiz by Thejaswi Udupa
I – Manish Achutha, Nishanth Raman – 32 points
II – Rajat Upadhyaya, Jayant Upadhyaya – 23.5 points
III – Srikrishna Ramamurthy, Venkatesh S – 23 points
3. The March Open Quiz, by Sreyashi Dastidar, Preyoshi Ganguly, Debashree Mitra
I – Lakshana Kripash, Hrishikesh Varma, Chandrakant Nair, Praveen VR – 385 points
II – Navin Rajaram, Bhargava EM, Santosh Swaminathan, Venkatesh S – 323 points
III – Arun Ramanathan, Avinash Thirumalai, Rajagopal PS – 266 points
Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks for turning up in large numbers
asKQAnce 2018
asKQAnce 2018, the annual KQA jamboree, the original Woodstock of quizzing, is scheduled for June 29th, June 30th, and July 1st.
Here’s what we have lined up.
June 29th, 2018, Friday.
Morning session: Mahamahaquizzer, a showdown between the Top 16 of Mahaquizzer 2017.
QMs: Movin Miranda, Sai Ganesh, Sreyashi Dastidar, Avinash Thirumalai
Afternoon/Evening session: MegaWhats (semi-finals and finals), for the qualifiers from MegaWhats, the team written quiz that will be held countrywide on May 13th, 2018
QMs: Mitesh Agarwal, Vivek Karthikeyan, Venkatesh S
June 30th, 2018, Saturday
930 am: The KQA Arts Quiz for teams of 4
There will be a written prelim followed by a final for the top 8 teams.
QMs: Lakshana Kripash, Chandrakant Nair, Praveen Kumar VR, Hrishikesh Varma
3pm: Son of Lumiere, the KQA Movies Quiz for teams of 4
There will be a (very short) written prelim followed by a (short) final for the top 8 teams.
QMs: Anustup Datta, Varun Rajiv, Thejaswi Udupa
July 1st, 2018, Sunday
930am: The GS Hiranyappa Memorial Quiz, the History & Geography Quiz for teams of 4
There will be a written prelim followed by a final for the top 8 teams.
QMs: Ashwin Kumar, Rajagopal PS, Nagaratna Patil
3pm: Sesame, asKQAnce’s flagship General Open Quiz, for teams of 4
There will be a written prelim followed by a final for the top 8 teams.
QMs: Arul Mani, Arun Hiregange, Santosh Swaminathan
Outstation teams, go ahead and book your tickets. We’d love to have you all back again this year.
Open quizzes on Sunday, 4th March 2018
The KQA will be holding three quizzes on Sunday, 4th March, 2018 at the offices of Ujjivan Financial Services in Koramangala.
1. KQA Science Quiz, for teams of four or less
Time: 9:30 am
QMs: Avinash Thirumalai, Rajagopal PS, and Ashwan Lewis.
Note on QMs: Good luck to all participants.
2. Hubbubba, KQA’s annual quiz on Bangalore, a written quiz for teams of two
Time: 2pm
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
Note on QM: A well known Koramangala sympathiser and a leader of the DPRK movement, he promises a set that is accessible to people even from Malleswaram, Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, Delhi etc.
3. The March Open Quiz, for teams of four or less.
Time: 4 pm:
QMs: The Sridevis
Note on QMs: A powerhouse trio of three of the country’s best women quizzers: Debashree Mitra, Preyoshi Ganguly, and Sreyashi Dastidar.
Venue: https://goo.gl/tSp1GE
Please call 88841 25047 in case you have trouble finding the place.
Results of Open quizzes held on February 25th, 2018
Here are the results of the three specialist quizzes held at KQA today.
1 – The Africa Quiz, by Hrishikesh Varma and Vivek Karthikeyan (the former to be fair was torn between hosting and trolling VR)
I – Ashwin Kumar, Thejaswi Udupa – 215 points
II – Praveen VR, Avinash Thirumalai – 145 points
III – Anush Iyer, Arun Prasad – 90 points
2 – Yell Iruve, by Siddharth Pai and Jayadev Bhaskaran, hosted with poise under fire by Nagaratna Patil
I – Avinash Thirumalai, Maitrey Deshpande – 86 points
II – Hrishikesh Varma, Praveen VR – 67 points
III – Ashwin Kumar, Thejaswi Udupa – 57 points
3 – Tech That, by Yagneshwaran H and Venkatesh S
I – Mitesh Agarwal, Santosh Swaminathan, Ashwin Kumar, Thejaswi Udupa – 205 points
II – Anush Iyer, Mukunth Raghavan, Arun Prasad, Rishiraj S – 157 points
III – Shafeek MK, Tanmay Prusty, Ajay Parasuraman, Saahil Sharma – 140 points
Congratulations to all the winners.
Open quizzes on Sunday, 25th February 2018
The KQA will hold three quizzes this coming Sunday (Feb 25th) at the offices of Ujjivan Financial Services in Koramangala:
1. Show me Djibouti, the written quiz on Africa, for teams of 2 or less
Time: 10am
QMs: Vivek Karthikeyan, Hrishi Varma
2. Yell Iruve, the written quiz on flora and fauna, for teams of 2 of less
Time: 12 noon
QMs: Siddharth Pai, Jayadev Bhaskaran
3. Tech That, a quiz on technology for teams of 4 or less
Time: 3pm
QMs: Venkatesh S and Yagneshwaran H
Venue: https://goo.gl/tSp1GE
Please call 88841 25047 in case you have trouble finding the place.
See you all on Sunday. The quizzes will start sharp on time.
