Open Quizzes on 9 November 2014
We will be hosting a set of quizzes on Sunday, Nov 9 at our new venue, the office of Ujjivan Financial Services in Koramangala.
We have two events lined up:
EVENT I
Pilferages – the Popular and Pulp Fiction Written Quiz
Teams of upto two members
Regn: Rs. 100/- per team
Written Quiz with 40 questions
Quiz Timings: 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
EVENT II
The Ganesh Nayak Memorial Open Quiz
Teams of upto four members
Prelims followed by Finals for the Top 8 teams
Regn: Rs. 100/- per team
Registrations at 3:30 PM
Prelims and Finals: 3:45 PM to 7:15 PM
QMs for both events: Vivek Karthikeyan and Venkatesh Srinivasan
Here is a Google Maps link to help you navigate to the venue – http://goo.gl/maps/APU4T
ASKQANCE 2014 for Schools & Colleges on Saturday 26 July 2014
As part of our 31st Anniversary celebrations titled ASKQANCE 2014, the Karnataka Quiz Association will host a series of general quiz contests for students of various classes. All the quizzes will be held on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore. The various events are as below:
Inter-Middle School Quiz for students in classes 5, 6 and 7 in teams of 2 – a maximum of 6 teams per school
QMs: Santosh Swaminathan and Venkatesh Srinivasan
Inter-High School Quiz for students in classes 8, 9 and 10 in teams of 2 – a maximum of 6 teams per school
QMs: Hrishikesh Varma and Praveen VR
Junior College Quiz for students in classes 11 and 12 (or Junior College / PU) in teams of 3
Inter-College Quiz for students in UG and PG courses in teams of 3
The Junior College and College quizzes will have a common preliminary round and separate finals. QMs – Varun Shenoy and Sai Ganesh
We invite participation in these events – all team members have to be from the same school/college.
Please note that registration is only through the online form available at the links below. No hard copy/paper registration or printout is required. Students can wear school uniform and/or carry a school badge for identification.
To register, please fill the relevant form that is available at the following links; all the rules are available in the form itself.
https://kqaquizzes.org/middle-school-quiz
https://kqaquizzes.org/high-school-quiz
https://kqaquizzes.org/askqance-junior-college-quiz
https://kqaquizzes.org/askqance-college-quiz
ASKQANCE 2014 – Inter-college Quiz
As part of the annual quiz festival ASKQANCE the KQA is organizing an Inter College quiz contest open to under-graduate and post-graduate students on Saturday, 26th July 2014 at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.
The Rules
- Teams of THREE members each from the same institution across UG and PG courses.
- No entry fee.
- Registration at venue: team members must carry valid ID cards from their institution with them.
- Please RSVP using the form provided at the bottom of this page.
- The quiz will cover topics of general interest and requires no specific preparatory effort.
- A written preliminary will be held to select 8 teams for the oral/audio-visual finals
- Certificates will be awarded to all 8 teams that qualify for the finals.
Schedule
1400hrs: Reporting
1415-1515hrs: Prelims (common with Junior college)
1700-1830hrs: On-Stage Finals
Quizmasters: Sai Ganesh & Varun Shenoy
Venue
For more details, please call any of the numbers below:
Venkatesh S – +91 98457 19332
Santosh Swaminathan – +91 9844953179 Hrishikesh Varma – +91 8884125047
ASKQANCE 2014 – Junior College Quiz
As part of the annual quiz festival ASKQANCE the KQA is organizing an Inter Collegiate quiz contest open to Junior college/PU students on Saturday, 26th July 2014 at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.
The Rules
- Each team can comprise of a maximum of THREE members from the same institution.
- No entry fee.
- Registration at venue, but please RSVP using the form at the bottom of this page.
- The quiz will cover topics of general interest and requires no specific preparatory effort.
- A written preliminary will be held to select 8 teams for the oral/audio-visual finals
- Certificates will be awarded to all 8 teams that qualify for the finals
Schedule
1400hrs: Reporting
1415hrs-1515hrs: Common prelims for PUC and college.
1530-1645hrs: On-Stage Finals
Quizmasters: Sai Ganesh & Varun Shenoy
Venue
For more details, please call any of the numbers below:
Venkatesh S – +91 98457 19332
Santosh Swaminathan – +91 9844953179 Hrishikesh Varma – +91 8884125047
ASKQANCE 2014 – High School Quiz
As part of the annual quiz festival ASKQANCE the KQA is organizing an Inter High School quiz contest for students of Standards VIII, IX & X on Saturday, 26th July 2014 at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.
The Rules
- Participating schools may field SIX teams each.
- Each team can comprise of a maximum of TWO members from the same school.
- No entry fee.
- Participants must RSVP using the form at the bottom of this page.
- Teams must bring pens/pencils; paper will be provided.
- The quiz will cover topics of general interest and requires no specific preparatory effort.
- All participating teams must reach the venue in time for registrations by 11:15am on July 26th, 2014
- A written preliminary will be held to select 8 teams for the oral/audio-visual finals
- Prizes & Certificates will be awarded to all 8 teams that qualify for the finals
Schedule
1115-1145hrs: Registration
1145hrs-1215hrs: Prelims
1230hrs-1345hrs: On-Stage Finals
Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places and certificates for all finalists.
Quizmaster: Hrishikesh Varma & Praveen VR
Venue
For more details, please call any of the numbers below:
Venkatesh S – +91 98457 19332
Santosh Swaminathan – +91 9844953179 Hrishikesh Varma – +91 8884125047
ASKQANCE 2014 – Middle School Quiz
The KQA will host a general quiz contest for students of Middle school (Std. V, VI & VII) on Saturday 26th July 2014 as part of ASKQANCE 2014 — our 31st Anniversary Celebrations at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.
The Rules
- Participating schools may field SIX teams each.
- Each team can comprise of a maximum of TWO members from the same school.
- No entry fee.
- Participants must RSVP using the form at the bottom of this page.
- Teams must bring pens/pencils; paper will be provided.
- The quiz will cover topics of general interest and requires no specific preparatory effort.
- All participating teams must reach the venue in time for registrations by 0900hrs
- A written preliminary will be held to select 8 teams for the oral/audio-visual finals
- Prizes & Certificates will be awarded to all 8 teams that qualify for the finals
Schedule
Registration: 0900-0930hrs
Quiz Prelims: 0930hrs-1000hrs
On-Stage Finals: 1015hrs-1130hrs
Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places and certificates for all finalists
Quizmasters: Santosh Swaminathan & Venkatesh Srinivasan
Venue
The venue is the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.
For more details, please call any of the numbers below:
Venkatesh S – +91 98457 19332
Santosh Swaminathan – +91 9844953179 Hrishikesh Varma – +91 8884125047
Wing Commander G.R. Mulky Memorial Open Quiz on Sunday 6 July
The 9th edition of the Wing Commander G.R. Mulky Memorial Quiz will be held on Sunday 6 July 2014 at the Canara Union premises on 8th Main, off 15th Cross, Malleswaram.
The quiz is open to all
Four members per team
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- (Free for school teams)
Prizes for all finalists
QM: Urmila Lakshmanan and Sujata Sharma
Schedule
1000 hrs: Registrations
1030 hrs: Quiz prelims
1130-1330 hrs: Finals
World Quizzing Championships – Bangalore details
Bangalore, as ever, will be one of the venues of the World Quizzing Championships.
Venue: The auditorium at Command Hospital
Date: June 7th, Saturday
Time: 3 pm. Sharp.
Registration fee: Rs. 50/- per head. Registration is mandatory.
Nagaratna Patil has graciously agreed to proctor the quiz for us.
Words to the wise–the venue is an Air Force establishment, and you will be allowed to enter only if you have a valid ID on you. We also want you to register before-hand. Please register at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GDsCsLYoVtcIaZMH3k9OLQygyo5B023feJiH_YNO5PY/viewform?usp=send_form
Also note that the entrance to Command Hospital will be from Cambridge Road and not HAL Airport Road.
For more details about the format and rules of WQC, these links can tide you through.
http://www.worldquizzingchampionships.com/wqc/wqc-format/
http://www.worldquizzingchampionships.com/wqc/rules/
Curiosity – Science Quiz for schoolchildren
The Karnataka Quiz Association is organizing an individual written science quiz for school children (Classes 5-10), as part of an Innovation, Science and Technology Fair in Bangalore from June 13-15, 2014.
Please check out this link http://www.escapevelocityfair.com/curiosity-science-quiz/ and do come by!
ASKQANCE 2014
The Karnataka Quiz Association will be celebrating its 31st anniversary this year. We will be hosting a series of quizzes as part of ASKQANCE 2014 – a 2.5 day festival of open quizzes.
All quizzes will be held at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
The schedule is as follows:
Friday, June 27, 2014
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM – Megawhats Semi Finals 1 by Arun Hiregange and Kiran Vijayakumar – line-up to be announced in a couple of weeks
3:15 to 4:45 PM – Megawhats Semi Finals 2 – line-up to be announced in a couple of weeks
5:00 PM to 8:30 PM – Capital Punishment – the Social Sciences Quiz by Alagarsamy AP and Rajagopal PS – prelims followed by finals for the Top 8 teams – Teams of 4 or less
Saturday, June 28, 2014
9:15 AM to 12:45 PM – Flying Dutchmen – the Sports and Travel Quiz by Sohan Maheshwar and Venkatesh Srinivasan – prelims followed by finals for the Top 8 teams – Teams of 4 or less
1:45 PM to 4:00 PM – Megawhats National Finals
4:15 PM to 9:30 PM – Son of Lumiere – the Films Quiz by Anustup Datta and Santosh Swaminathan – prelims followed by finals for the Top 8 teams – Teams of 4 or less
Sunday, June 29, 2014
9:15 AM to 12:45 PM – Collected Works – the Arts Quiz by Vivek Karthikeyan and Hrishikesh Varma – prelims followed by finals for the Top 8 teams – Teams of 4 or less
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM – Newton’s Cradle – the Science and Technology Quiz by Navin Rajaram – Written Quiz for teams of 2 or less – Prizes for the Top 3 teams
3:15 PM to 7:30 PM – Sesame – the Open General Quiz by Thejaswi Udupa and Mitesh Agarwal – prelims followed by finals for the Top 8 teams – Teams of 4 or less.
We will also be giving out the trophies for the winner of the 30th Anniversary Mahaquizzer edition held in Dec 2013 and the National Champion of Megawhats 2014 between the prelims and the finals of Sesame. There will also be a KQA-hosted high-tea for all participating teams.
All quizzes will carry an entry fee of Rs 100/team, except for school teams. Prizes for all finalists in all the quizzes. Look forward to seeing all of you in June!
