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.
Open Quizzes on Sunday, 4th February 2018
The KQA will be conducting two general open quizzes on Sunday, 4th February 2018 at Ujjivan in Koramangala.
At 12 PM is a general quiz conducted by ‘CIDs from Kerala’, a team that needs no introduction… well, at least Major Chandrakant Nair doesn’t.
Teams of 4 or fewer. Open to all.
At 4 pm is a general quiz conducted by two of the most exciting young quizzers in the country today – Sreshth Shah and Preetham Upadhya.
Open to all – the quiz is a ruckus, ie teams will be formed on the spot. Just bring yourself and tell your friends.
Venue: https://goo.gl/tSp1GE
Please call 88841 25047 in case you have trouble find the place.
The 28th Ganesh Nayak Memorial Open Quiz on Sunday 12 November 2017
The Ganesh Nayak Memorial Open Quiz is an annual open quizzing event for teams of four or fewer, held in memory of Ganesh Nayak, a pioneering quizzer from the city.
The 28th edition will happen on Sunday, November 12th at 2 pm at IAT on Queens Road. The quiz will be researched and conducted by a team comprising Varun Rajiv, Ashwin Kumar, Mitesh Agarwal, and Santosh Swaminathan.
There will be prizes for all finalists.
KQA Lone Cub and Lone Kid Quizzes for school students
KQA Lone Kid Quiz
Middle School Quiz (for solo participants)—Guidelines
A general quiz for students of Stds. V, VI and VII.
The Rules
Participating schools may field a maximum of four participants.
This is a solo quiz—the entrants will take the quiz on their own.
There is no entry fee.
There is no prior registration needed; participants can register on the spot
Participants must bring pens/pencils; paper will be provided.
The quiz will cover topics of general interest and requires no specific preparatory effort.
All participants must reach the venue in time for registrations by 9:00 AM
A written preliminary will be held to select 8 finalists.
Prizes & Certificates will be awarded to all 8 qualifiers—plus a prize for the best performance by a girl entrant from Std. V, VI and VII.
The winner will be declared Bangalore’s Sub-Junior Quizzing Champion for 2017.
Schedule
Registration: 0900hrs-0915hrs
Quiz Prelims: 0915hrs-1000hrs
Finals: 1000hrs-1100hrs
Prizes: 1100hrs
KQA Lone Cub Quiz
High School Quiz (for solo participants)—Guidelines
A general quiz for students of Stds. VIII, IX and X.
The Rules
Participating schools may field a maximum of four participants.
This is a solo quiz—the entrants will take the quiz on their own.
There is no entry fee.
There is no prior registration needed; participants can register on the spot.
Participants must bring pens/pencils; only paper will be provided
The quiz will cover topics of general interest and requires no specific preparatory effort.
All participants must reach the venue in time for registrations by 11:00 AM
A written preliminary will be held to select 8 finalis
Prizes & Certificates will be awarded to all 8 qualifiers—plus a prize for the best performance by a girl entrant from Std. VIII, IX and X.
The winner will be declared Bangalore’s Junior Quizzing Champion for 2017.
Schedule
Registration: 1100hrs-1115hrs
Quiz Prelims: 1115hrs-1150hrs
Finals: 1200hrs-1315hrs
Prizes: 1315hrs
For more details, please call Thejaswi Udupa on +91 98867 25754 or Santosh Swaminathan on
+91 98449 53179.
The venue is Indian Institute of Agricultural Technologists, on Queen’s Road. Entry is possible through a wicket-gate on Queen’s Road, and through another gate on Connaught Road.
Open Quizzes on Sunday, 5th November 2017
We will hold three quizzes on 5th November at Ujjivan’s offices in Grape Garden, Koramangala.
1. The Glamour Quiz at 10 am
The quiz will be researched and hosted by Lakshana Kripash and Hrishikesh Varma. It is a written quiz for teams of two.
2. Left/Right/Left, the Revolutionary Quiz at 11:45 am
The quiz will be researched and hosted by Rajagopal PS (Right), Praveen VR (Left), Hrishikesh Varma (Right), and Avinash Thirumalai (Left). It is a written quiz for teams of two.
3. The KQA Family Quiz at 2:30 pm
The quiz will be researched and hosted by Hari Nair and Debanjan Bose. Teams of four or fewer are to be formed featuring members of the same family (husbands, wives, common law partners, brothers, sisters, fathers, sons, mothers, daughters — please do not discover cousins for the sake of the quiz)
asKQAnce 2017 Day 2 Results
asKQAnce 2017 Day 1 – Megawhats megafinals results
Here are the results of the Megawhats megafinals that concluded Day 1 of asKQAnce.
I – We Are Like This (W)only (Anustup Datta, Movin Miranda, Arun Hiregange, Thejaswi Udupa) – 270 points
II – QED (Jayakanthan R, Samanth Subramanian, Swaminathan G, Gopal Kidao) – 245 points (won the tiebreak for the second place)
III – BMQJ (Varun Rajiv, Santosh Swaminathan, Ashwin Kumar, Bhargava EM) – 245 points
IV – Travelling Pillsburies (Rajiv Rai, Vikram Joshi, Sumant Srivathsan, Vibhendu Tiwari) – 230 points
V – Aardvarks (Rahul Kottalgi, Sreshth Shah, Amrit P Chetia, Aryapriya Ganguly) – 223 points
VI – Remembrance of Things Fast (Kiran Vijaykumar, Manu Sudhakar, Navin Rajaram, Srinath Bhashyam) – 181 points
VII – Hammer and Tongs (Shouvik Guha, Jayashree Mohanka, Anil Vaswani, Kinshuk Biswas) – 170 points
VIII – Forecasting Couch (Suresh Ramasubramanian, Nishanth Raman, Ajay Parasuraman, Keshav Atreya) – 135 points
Congratulations to all!
AsKQAnce 2017 Schedule
The original orgy of quizzing is back this week, celebrating the 34th anniversary of KQA. Three days, seven quizzes, twenty two quizmasters.
Here’s the schedule.
Friday, June 30th
I
Mahamahaquizzer – A solo quiz where past winners of Mahaquizzers battle against the top 8 of the latest edition. There will be two semi-finals, followed by a final.
QM team: Dibyendu Das, Kiran Vijaykumar, Urmila Lakshmanan, Rajagopal PS
Time: 9:30 am
II
Megawhats – KQA’s annual quest to find the best team in India. Top 16 teams from this year’s Megawhats written quiz face off. There will be two semi-finals, followed by a final.
QM team: Mitesh Agarwal, Venkatesh Srinivasan, Vivek Karthikeyan
Time: 2 pm
Saturday, July 1st
III
Cannabis Indica – A quiz on all things Indian. For teams of four. There will be a prelims, followed by finals.
QM team: Chandrakant Nair, Hrishikesh Varma, Praveen VR
Time: 9:30 am
IV
Not Just Cricket – A written quiz on sports. For teams of two.
QM team: Manish Achutha, Sohan Maheshwar, Alagarsamy AP
Time: 2 pm
V
Son of Lumiere – A quiz on movies. For teams of four. There will be a prelims, followed by finals.
QM team: Anustup Datta, Varun Rajiv, Thejaswi Udupa
Time: 4 pm
Sunday, July 2nd
VI
The GS Hiranyappa Memorial Open Quiz – A quiz on history and geography. For teams of four. There will be a prelims, followed by finals.
QM team: Ashwin Kumar, Navin Rajaram, Lakshana Kripash
Time: 9:30 am
VII
Sesame – A general quiz. For teams of four. There will be a prelims, followed by finals.
QM team: Arul Mani, Arun Hiregange, Santosh Swaminathan
Time: 2:30 pm
