Quizzes in Mysore on Sunday 17 April 2011
We will hold two Open Quizzes on Sunday 17 April 2011 at the SDM Institute of Management Development, Chamundi Hill Road, Mysore.
EVENT I
Open General Quiz in Kannada
QM: Kaustuba KV
Teams of 4
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Prelims: 1000hrs sharp
Finals: 1130-1300hrs
Prizes: Rs. 3000/-, Rs. 2000/- and Rs. 1500/-
EVENT II
The Mysore Open Quiz
Edition 3.0
QM: Arul Mani
Teams of 4
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Prelims: 1500hrs sharp
Finals: 1630-1730hrs
Prizes: Rs. 3000/-, Rs. 2000/- and Rs. 1500/-
KQA thanks SDM-IMD for generously providing the venue and other facilities for the quiz.
Quizzes on Saturday 2 April 2011
We will hold two quizzing events on Saturday 2nd April 2011 at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists.
EVENT I
The Norwegian Open Solo Quiz
Written quiz with 6 sections
240 questions in 90 minutes
Entry Fee: Rs.100/- (free for school students)
Prior registration essential
Please send a mail stating name and category to kqaquizzes@gmail.com to register.
Registrations close at 12 noon, Friday 1 April 2011.
For more details,log on to http://www.norgesquizforbund.no/
Schedule:
Registrations: 1000hrs-1015hrs
Section I: 1015-1100hrs
Break for corrections: 1100-1130hrs
Section II: 1130-1215hrs
Break for corrections:1215-1245hrs
Prizes:
Open: Rs. 1000, Rs. 750 and Rs.500
Women: Rs. 1000, Rs. 750 and Rs.500
College: Rs. 1000, Rs. 750 and Rs.500
School: Rs. 1000, Rs. 750 and Rs.500
Plus prizes of Rs. 250 each for each category winner.
The quiz is set by the Norwegian Quiz Association and will be conducted in several quizzing cities across the world.
Bangalore Proctor: Ashwan Lewis
EVENT II
The MetaQuizziks XXI Anniversary Quiz for Unseeded Open Teams
Rules
Teams of 4 members
Open to all unseeded teams
The top 8 teams in the rankings cannot participate-list follows
Entry: Rs.50/- per team
Schedule
Prelims: 1330hrs-1430hrs
Finals: 1500hrs-1700hrs
Prizes
Rs. 4000/-, Rs. 3000/-,Rs.2000/- and Rs. 1000/- for all finalists.
QMs: Santosh Swaminathan, Varun Rajiv, Mitesh Agarwal, Kiran Viayakumar and Arul Mani.
Please note that all events will start as scheduled–we have to vacate the hall at 1700hrs.
Quizzes on Saturday 19 March 2011
We will hold three open quizzes on Saturday 19th March 2011 at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
EVENT I
BIZ’KASHI
The KQA Annual Business Quiz
Open to all
Teams of 2 members
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/-
Prizes: Rs. 2000/-, Rs. 1500 and Rs. 1000/-
Prizes for all finalists
QM: Arul Mani
Prelims: 1015hrs sharp
Finals: 1130-1330hrs
EVENT II
The inaugural China and South-East Asia Quiz
in memory of Arun Veembur
Written Quiz
Teams of 2 members
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Prizes: Rs. 1500/-, Rs. 1000 and Rs. 500/-
QM: Arul Mani
Timings: 1430-1530hrs
EVENT III
Open Cricket Quiz
Open to all
Teams of 2 members
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/-
Prizes: Rs. 2000/-, Rs. 1500 and Rs. 1000/-
Prizes for all finalists
QMs: Manish Achuth and Rahul Kottalgi.
Prelims: 1600hrs
Finals: 1700-1830hrs
We will hold the MQ Anniversary Open for Unseeded Teams and the Norwegian Open Championships on Saturday 2nd April at IAT.
Quizzes on Sunday 6 March 2011
We will hold three quizzes on Sunday 6 March 2011 at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.
EVENT I
The March Open Ranking Quiz
QM: Navin Rajaram
RULES
Teams of four
Open to all
Entry: Rs. 50/- per team
Prizes for all finalists
Schedule
Prelims: 1015hrs
Finals: 1115-1315 hrs
EVENT II
The Non-Fiction Quiz
Rules
Teams of 2 members
Open to all
Regn: Rs. 50/-
Written, with 50 questions
Prizes for top three teams
1430hrs-1530hrs
QM: Arul Mani
EVENT III
Seek Under Porus
The History Quiz
Specialist Ranking
Set by Manjith K. and Praveen V.R.
RULES
Teams of four
Open to all
Entry: Rs. 50/- per team
Prizes for top three teams
SCHEDULE
Prelims: 1545-1645hrs
Finals: 1700-1830hrs
Quizzes on Sunday 20 February 2011
We will hold three quizzes on Sunday, 20 February 2011 at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore. The events will take place in the smaller hall on the first floor.
EVENT I
Lao Me Thanda
The sixth edition of KQA’s Love quiz.
Teams of two
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/-
All participants must be above the age of 18 and strong of stomach.
Schedule
Prelims: 1030hrs
Finals: 1130hrs–1230hrs
QM: Arul Mani
EVENT II
Uncle’s Fault
A written quiz on South Indian movies.
Teams of two
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Schedule
1330-1430hrs
QM: Arul Mani
EVENT III
The February Open Quiz
Teams of four
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Schedule
Prelims: 1500hrs
Finals: 1630hrs-1830hrs
Prizes for all finalists
QM: Arul Mani
We will hold another quizzing Sunday on 6th March 2011. The events scheduled include an Open Quiz by Navin Rajaram in the morning, a written Non-Fiction Quiz, and the annual Open History Quiz by Manjith and Praveen.
Solus Rex Semis, Chronosynclastic Infundibulum and Graphick Rampage – Results
The results of three quizzes on Sunday, 30 January 2011 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
Event I: Solus Rex Semifinals
QMs: Dibyendu Das & Arun Hiregange
Semi-Final 3 : Asian Festivals
1. Thejaswi Udupa – 170
2. Rajagopal P.S. – 140
3. Santosh Swaminathan – 50
4. Sohan – 30
Semi-Final 4 : History of Manned Spaceflight
1. Praveen V.R. – 135
2. Raouf / Anustup Datta – tied on 95
4. Hrishi Varma – 75
So, the Solus Rex finals lineup will be:
– Arul Mani
– Sudarshan M.A.
– Thejaswi Udupa
– Praveen V.R.
– Mitesh Agarwal (best runner-up)
Event II: Chronosynclastic Infundibulum, The Speculative Fiction Quiz
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
1. Arun & Gautam Shenoy – 26.5
2. Mitesh Agarwal & Varun Rajiv – 24.5
3. Satyajit Chetri & Ashwan Lewis – 24
4. Anustup Datta & Arun Hiregange / Goutham & Holla – tied on 18
5. Raju and His Hunchman (Rajagopal & Landmark Venky) – 16.5
6. Sandeep Mathias & Siddarth Pai – 15
7. The Silsila Squad (Hrishi & Raouf) – 14.5
8. Santosh Swaminathan & Dibyo – 14
Event III: Graphick Rampage, The Comics Quiz
QM: Satyajit Chetri
1. Santosh Swaminathan & Thejaswi Udupa – 68.5
2. Sohan & Varun Rajiv – 44.5
3. Dibyo & Ashwan Lewis – 31.5
4. Tups & Appu – 28.5
5. Hrishi & Raouf – 21
6. Arun & Shenoy – 19.5
7. Sandeep Mathias & Siddarth Pai – 16.5
8. Yogesh & team – 12.5
Quizzes on Sunday 30 January 2011
We will hold three quizzes on Sunday, 30 January 2011 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
Event I
Solus Rex Semifinals
Semi-Final 3 : Asian Festivals
Thejaswi Udupa
Santosh Swaminathan
Rajagopal P.S.
Maitrey Deshpande
Sohan
Semi-Final 4 : History of Manned Spaceflight
Anustup Datta
Rahul S. Kottalgi
Hrishi Varma
Praveen V.R.
Raouf
The Solus Rex semis will start at 1015 hrs and end by about 1pm.
Event II
Chronosynclastic Infundibulum
The Speculative Fiction Quiz
Written
Teams of two
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Prizes for the top three teams
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
Schedule: 1400-1530hrs
Event III
Graphick Rampage
The Comics Quiz
QM: Satyajit Chetri
Teams of two
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Prizes for the top three teams.
Schedule: 1530hrs-1830hrs
Vidyasagar Rajan Memorial Quiz, Yell Iruve! and Ganesh Nayak Memorial Open Quiz – Results
The results of three quizzes on Sunday 16 January 2011 at the Institute of Agricultural Technologists, off Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
EVENT I: The 17th Vidyasagar Rajan Memorial Intercollegiate Quiz
QMs: Kaustuba Venugopal and Gautam Shenoy
1. MSRIT (Abhishek, Srikant, Maitrey) – 85
2. RVCE (Chaitanya, Nakul, Gautam) – 80
3. RNSIT (Ashish, Amit, Shankar) – 75
4. RVCE (Sudarshan M.A., Vineet Raj, Rahul Gupta) – 55
5. NLS (Kartikeya, Rohan) – 35
6. NLS – 20
7. FAPS (Pranav, Jaydev) / IIITB (Sandeep Mathias) – tied on 5
EVENT II: Yell Iruve!, the quiz dedicated to Mitesh Agarwal’s growing appreciation of Kingdom Animalia
QM: Arul Mani
1. Anustup Datta / Kaustuba & Ashwan – tied on 17
3. Ochintya & Appu – 16
4. Sandeep Mathias & Maitrey – 14
5. Megha & Kiwi – 13
6. Amit R. & Ashish R.S. – 11
7. Sumeer & Dr. Krishnan – 10
8. Sudarshan M.A. & Vijay Ramesh – 9
Note: In the quiz dedicated to him, Mitesh Agarwal justified his billing by scoring 1 point along with his teammate Landmark Venky
EVENT III: The 21st Ganesh Nayak Memorial Open Quiz
QMs: Landmark Venky and Vivek Kartikeyan
1. Metaquizziks (Arul Mani, Mitesh Agarwal, Santosh Swaminathan) – 201
2. We Are Like This Wonly (Thejaswi Udupa, Ochintya Sharma, Anustup Datta, Arun Hiregange) – 178
3. Questionable Characters (Dibyendu Das, Praveen V.R., Hiranyappa, Sumeer) – 153
4. KD – 152
5. Rashmi, Aditi, Abid, Varuna – 109
6. Why So Curious?+eureQa! (Navin Rajaram, Ashwan, Kaustuba, G. Sreekanth) / Anti CIDs (Yogish Kamath, Thomas Jacob, Naveen Giles, Chandan) – tied on 99
8. Serendipity (Sinchana, Harsha, Raouf, Abhishek) – 66
Quizzes on Sunday 16 January 2011
We will hold three quizzes on Sunday 16 January 2011 at the Institute of Agricultural Technologists, off Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
The events:
EVENT I
The 17th Vidyasagar Rajan Memorial Intercollegiate Quiz
RULES
Open to XI/XII, Undergraduate and PG teams
Teams of three members
Mixed teams not allowed
Unlimited entries per institution in the prelims
Maximum of two teams from the same college in the finals
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- per team
Prizes: Rs. 3000/-, Rs. 2250/-, Rs. 1500/- plus prizes for all finalists.
From this year onwards, we will allow interested school teams to sit for college events.
Schedule:
Prelims: 1015hrs
Finals: 1115hrs-1230hrs
QMs: Kaustuba Venugopal and Gautam Shenoy
EVENT II
Yell Iruve!
The quiz dedicated to Mitesh Agarwal’s growing appreciation of Kingdom Animalia
Written quiz
Teams of two members
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- per team
Schedule: 1400hrs-1530hrs
Prizes: Rs. 1500/-, Rs. 1000/- and Rs. 750/-
EVENT III
The 21st Ganesh Nayak Memorial Open Quiz
Teams of 4 members
Open to all
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- per team
Prizes:
Rs. 1200/-, Rs. 1000/- and Rs. 800, plus prizes for all finalists.
Schedule:
Prelims: 1530hrs
Finals: 1700hrs to 1830hrs
QMs: Landmark Venky and Vivek Kartikeyan
We have another quizzing Sunday in January: three events on the 30th including Solus Rex Semi-Finals, Udupa’s long-name Speculative Fiction quiz, and one Specialist Open Quiz.
Solus Rex Topics for Semifinals 3 & 4
The topics for the Solus Rex semi-finals 3 & 4, tentatively scheduled for 30th January 2011, are given below.
Semi-Final 3 : Asian Festivals
Thejaswi Udupa
Santosh Swaminathan
Rajagopal P.S.
Maitrey Deshpande
Sohan
Semi-Final 4 : History of Manned Spaceflight
Anustup Datta
Rahul S. Kottalgi
Hrishi Varma
Praveen V.R.
Raouf
