Quizzes on Saturday 18 January 2014
We have our next set of quizzes on Saturday, January 18 at our usual location – Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
10 AM onwards – The KQA Music Quiz for teams of 4 or less – prelims followed by finals for Top 8 teams. Entry Fee – Rs 100/team. Prizes for all finalists.
QM – Thejaswi Udupa
2 PM onwards – The Artifacts and Other Useless Objects Quiz – written quiz for teams of 2 – Entry Fee Rs. 100/team. Prizes for the top 3 teams.
QMs – Navin Rajaram, Mitesh Agarwal and Arul Mani
3.30 PM onwards – the delayed December Open Quiz for teams of 4 or less – prelims followed by finals for the top eight teams. Entry Fee – Rs. 100/team – prizes for all finalists.
QM – Arun Hiregange
Please be on time, since we have a tight schedule with three quizzes. Please note that the quizzes are on Saturday, not Sunday.
Quizzes on Sunday 5 January 2014
We have a set of quizzes this Sunday, Jan 5 at our usual location – IAT, Queen’s Road.
10 AM onwards – Vidyasagar Rajan Memorial Quiz for College teams – teams of 3 from the same college – prelims followed by finals for Top 8 teams. No entry fee.
QM – Sohan Maheshwar
2 PM onwards – Hubbuba – The Bangalore Quiz – written quiz for teams of 2 – Entry Fee Rs 100/team. Prizes for the top 3 teams. QMs – Vivek Karthikeyan and Venkatesh Srinivasan
3.30 PM onwards – the January Open Quiz for teams of 4 – prelims followed by finals for the top eight teams. Entry Fee – Rs 100/team – prizes for all finalists. QM – Suresh Ramasubramanian.
Quizzes on Sunday 24 November 2013
The Karnataka Quiz Association will host its next series of quizzes on Sunday, 24 Nov 2013 at the usual venue: Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore. The details of the quizzes are:
Quizzes on Saturday 9 November 2013
The KQA is planning two quizzes on Saturday, Nov 9 – the day preceding the Bengaluru edition of the Landmark Quiz. The quizzes are:
10:30 AM – 1:30 PM – Solus Rex, the KQA’s annual solo quiz in a new format, by Thejaswi Udupa
2:30 PM – 6:00 PM – The Ganesh Nayak Memorial Open Quiz for teams of 4 or less by Hari Parameswaran
The quizzes will happen at our usual location – IAT on Queen’s Road.
Quizzes on Sunday 20 October 2013
The KQA will hold its next series of quizzes on Sunday, October 20, 2013 at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road. The details are:
9 AM – 10:30 AM: The annual Oasis Quiz Lone Wolf Edition 2013 organized by The English Language Activities Society, the official quiz club of BITS, Pilani. This is a 90 minute, 120 question written solo quiz held simultaneously in various venues across the country as well as abroad. The quiz is open to all. However, there are two categories – College and Open, with prizes for both categories provided by the organisers.
10:30 AM – 2:00 PM: The October Open Quiz by Kaustuba Venugopal for teams of 4 or less; Prelims, followed by finals for the top 8 teams; Entry Fee – Rs 100/team
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM: Pilferages – a quiz on popular and pulp fiction by Vivek Karthikeyan and Venkatesh Srinivasan for teams of 2 – this is a 40-questions written quiz. Entry Fee – Rs 100/team
4:15 PM to 8:00 PM: Persiflage – the annual KQA Books Quiz for teams of 4 or less by Sumant Srivathsan and Thejaswi Udupa; Prelims, followed by finals for the top 8 teams; Entry Fee – Rs 100/team
Canara Union Lone Wolf – Results
The Canara Union Lonewolf Quiz was conducted on Sunday 25th August and had 43 solo contestants taking the prelims, which had 35 questions. The cutoff score was 12.75 and the top 13 were selected for the finals.
After a 50-questions finals, the standings were:
WINNER – Anustup Dutta
RUNNER-UP – Keshava Guha
2nd RUNNER-UP – Rajagopal PS
Joint 4th – Arun Hiregange, Hrishikesh Varma and Varun Rajiv
7th – Vivek Karthikeyan
Joint 8th – Abhilash, Suraj and Praveen VR
Other Finalists
Venkatesh Srinivasan
Prithwiraj Mukherjee
Sachin Deshpande
Congratulations to all the winners and participants. A special note of thanks to the Quizmaster, Navin Rajaram.
ASKQANCE 2013 – School & College Results
The results of the KQA Anniversary School and College quizzes held on Saturday, August 24, 2013.
I. Middle School Quiz – classes 5-7
QM: Venkatesh S.
1. St. Joseph’s Boy’s High School (Hayden D’Souza, Jacob Jaison) – 95
2. PSBB LLA (Shashank Pandey, Naeem Niaz) – 90
3. Sri Kumaran’s Children’s Home CBSE (Kaustubh Bhanj, Ganesha N Sai) – 85
4. CMR NPS (Akhil P, Shashank S) – 80
5. Presidency RT Nagar (Aniket KM, Adithya PS) – 63
6. Frank Anthony Public School (Mihir Rajamane, George Panicker) – 60
7. Bishop Cotton Boy’s School (Ajay Sabareesh B, Moitreyo Ganguly) – 55
8. PSBB LLA (Ayushman Satpathy, Vallabh Chander) – 50
II. High School Quiz – classes 8-10
QMs: Hrishi Varma & Arun Hiregange
1. NPS Rajajinagar (Rutvik BP, Saurav Shenoy P) – 90
2. Presidency RT Nagar (Parv Modi, Kiran MS) – 76
3. Sri Kumarans Childrens Home (Sameer A Kolhar, Aniruddha Mysore) – 64
4. NPS Koramangala (Shreyas K, Vikram S) – 62
5. St. Josephs Boys High School (Hari Kartik Ramesh, Rishabh Kamath) – 58
6. NPS HSR Layout (Mani Mannampalli, Pradyumna Shome) – 53
7. PSBB LLA (Kunjal Parnami, Arjun Shekar) – 50
8. Presidency Nandini Layout (Trivikrama M, Nagendra KJ) – 45
III. PU Quiz – classes 11-12 / PU / Junior College
QMs: Varun Rajiv, Varun Shenoy, Sohan Maheshwar
1. Sri Kumaran’s Children’s Home (Akshay Tiwary, Tejas Joshi, Barghav) – 105 (on tie break)
2. NPS Rajajinagar (Naren Kumar, Sumedh Bharadwaj, Harshavardhan U) – 105 (on tie break)
3. NPS Koramangala (R Adithya, Gaurav Pai, Priyank Bhandia) – 105 (on tie break)
4. NPS HSR Layout (Siddharth Rajeevan, Chethan T, Ananye Pandey) / Frank Anthony Public School (Venkat N, Ritvik C, Aakash S) / Christ College (BS Supreeth, Pavan Raju M, Suhas KC) – tied on 80
7. NPS Rajajinagar (Rohith Raju, Bharath AK, Sahil Bhandary) – 35
8. NPS HSR Layout (Aditya Arun, Shashank Reddy, Krishnan S) / St. Johns High School (Mohsin, Poovanna BA, Joseph S Davis) – tied on 30
IV. College Quiz – UG and PG
QMs: Varun Rajiv, Varun Shenoy, Sohan Maheshwar
1. St. Joseph’s Commerce – 82
2. BMS – 75
3. RVCE – 71
4. St. Joseph’s Arts & Science – 51
5. NPS Koramangala – 26
6. BMS – 25
7. NLS – 13
8. NPS Rajajinagar – 6
Quizzes on Sunday 8 September 2013
The KQA will hold three quizzes this Sunday, 8 September 2013. The venue is the hall on the first floor at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
EVENT I
Open Quiz for Families
Teams of upto three members
Regn: Rs. 100/- per team
Couples, Grandparents/Parents with Grand-Children/Children or Siblings constitute a family team
DO NOT pull cousin-stunts; Solo participation is NOT allowed
11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
QM: Thejaswi Udupa, with questions also contributed by Rajagopal PS
Event II
Origin of Species
A Quiz on the origins of everything under the sun
Written quiz for teams of two members
Open to all
Entry: Rs. 100/- per team, free for school teams (up to Std. XII)
Prizes for the top three teams
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
QM: Debashish Bhattacharya
Event III
The September Open Quiz
A General Quiz for teams of 4 members or lesser
Open to All
Prelims followed by finals for the top 8 teams
Entry: Rs. 100/- per team, free for school teams (up to Std. XII)
Prizes for all finalists
Prelims: 3:45 PM to 5:00 PM
Finals: 5:15 PM to 7:30 PM
QM: Varun Rajiv
Canara Union Lone Wolf
The Canara Union will organise their annual Lone Wolf quiz on Sunday, 25 August 2013, at their premises on 8th Main Road, Malleswaram, adjacent to the 15th Cross intersection.
Rules
- General Quiz
- Open to all solo contestants
- Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
- Entry free for Canara Union members and school students ( Std X or lower)
Schedule
- Regns: 1000 hrs
- Prelims: 1030-1130 hrs
- Finals: 1130 hrs–1330 hrs
QM: Navin Rajaram
ASKQANCE 2013 – Schools and Colleges
We will hold the KQA Anniversary School and College quizzes on Saturday, August 24, 2013.
The quizzes will be held at Institute of Agricultural Technologists (IAT), Queens Road, in the ground floor hall.
The quizzes are:
I. Middle School Quiz – classes 5-7
Middle School prelims: 9 AM to 9:40 AM
Middle School Finals: 9:50 AM to 10:50 AM
II. High School Quiz – classes 8-10
High School Prelims: 11 AM to 11:40 AM
High School Finals: 11:50 AM to 1:00 PM
Invitation letters have been sent out to schools.
There is a restriction of 3 teams per school per category.
III. PU Quiz – classes 11-12 / PU / Junior College
The prelims for the PU and College quizzes will be common, with separate finals.
PU and College Prelims: 1:45 PM to 2:45 PM
PU Finals: 3:00 – 4:30 PM
IV. College Quiz – UG and PG
PU and College Prelims: 1:45 PM to 2:45 PM
College Finals: 4:30 to 6:00 PM
