The September Open Quiz
KQA Ranking Open Quiz
Venue: Daly Memorial Hall
Date: 22 September 2007
Open to teams of four members
Entry Fee; Rs. 50/-
Prelims: 1530hrs
Finals:1630hrs
Prizes: Rs. 1000/-, Rs. 800/- and Rs. 700/-. Other finalists will also get prizes.
QM: Gautam Shenoy
The teams placing 1-2-3 will respectively conduct the Finals, Semifinals and Prelims of the next KQA open (unseeded) quiz
KQA Events – September 2007
16 September 2007
We will hold two quizzes on Sunday, 16 September 2007, at the Daly Memorial Hall, Mythic Society Buildings (Opposite RBI and Yavanika), Nrupatunga Road, Bangalore.
Crossovers
A quiz in the History of Ideas. Questions drawn from the journeys made by ideas across the sciences, history, philosophy, popular culture and the arts.
Prelims: 1530hrs
Finals: 1600hrs
5 Phases, 60 questions.
Entry Fee; Rs. 50/-
Open to teams of two members
Prizes: Rs. 1500/-, Rs. 1000/- and Rs. 750/-
QMs: Cheriyan Alexander & Arul Mani
KQA Solus Rex Prelims
A new format will be used for the Solus Rex championships starting this season. 12 contestants qualify. The qualifiers will then face each other in three ‘matches’–each involving four qualifiers. The winners of the three matches and the best runner-up will then meet in a not-entirely-grand finale. The matches will be held between September and November.
Rules
Open to all
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Free entry for school students
50 questions to answer in 30 minutes.
The prelims will begin at 1430hrs and end at 1500hrs.
Prizes:
All qualifiers: Rs. 250/-
Match-winners: Rs. 500/-
Solus Rex: Rs. 1000/-
QM: Arul Mani
22 September 2007
We will hold two quizzes on this date at the Daly Memorial Hall:
Solus Rex Match I
1415hrs to 1515hrs
50 questions on an assigned topic, followed by 20 general questions.
The KQA Ranking Open Quiz for September will also be held on this date. Gautam Shenoy will conduct.
Specialist Open Quizzes on Sunday, 26 August 2007
The first Specialist Quiz of the season will be held on Sunday, 26 August 2007 at Daly Memorial Hal, Mythic Society, Nrupatunga Road, Bangalore.
Event: Technology Quiz
Rules:
Teams of two members
Open to all
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Begins at 1330hrs
50 questions to be attempted over an hour.
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
Prizes: Rs. 1000/-, Rs. 700/- and Rs. 500/-
PERSIFLAGE
KQA’s Annual Book Quiz.
The ninth edition of Persiflage, our annual Book Quiz, will also be
held on Sunday, 26 August.
As per the new ranking rules, the Book Quiz will be considered for the
Open rankings this season. Points will be awarded thus: 7.5 to the
team that wins, 6 to the runner-up, 5 to the team placing third and so on.
RULES
Teams of four
Open to all
Registration Fee: Rs. 50/-
SCHEDULE
Prelims: 1500hrs
Finals: 1545hrs
QM: Arul Mani
Prizes: Rs.2000/-, Rs. 1400/- and Rs. 1000/-
Anand Memorial Quiz
The Anand Memorial Quiz will be held on Sunday, 26 August 2007,at the Daly Memorial Hall, Mythic Society Buildings, Nrupatunga Road, Bangalore.This is the last of three contests to determine high school team rankings in Bangalore.
Rules
1. Open to students from Std. VIII-X
2. Each school is allowed to field TWO teams of TWO members each.
3. Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- (will enable the school to field TWO teams)
Schedule
Registration: 1000hrs
Prelims (Team) : 1030hrs
Finals: 1100hrs
Prizes
Teams: Rs.1500/- , Rs. 1000/- and Rs. 500/-
QMs: Santosh Swaminathan, Aditya Subramaniam and Joshua Muyiwa
KQA Unseeded Open Quiz: 5 Aug 2007
An Open Unseeded Quiz will be held immediately after the School Quizzes on Sunday, 5 August 2007 at Daly Memorial Hall, Nrupatunga Road.
As per the amended KQA rules, the teams that placed 3-2-1 at the Anniversary Quiz will conduct prelims, semis and finals respectively at this quiz.
Members from the teams QFI-Chennai, Kutub Quizzers and Questionable Characters will therefore not participate.
Schedule:
Registrations 1400hrs
Prelims: 1430hrs (conducted by Questionable Characters)
Semis: 1530hrs (set by Kutub Quizzers)
Finals: 1700hrs-1900hrs (set by QFI-Chennai)
Open Rankings as on 14 October 2007
Current Rankings
- WaltWo : 7+7.5+12=26.5
- Metaquizziks : 3+5+10=18
- Corrosion of Conformity : 15+2.5=17.5
- QFI Chennai : 15
- Questionable Characters : 10+3.5=13.5
- No Questions Asked :5+0.5+7=12.5
- Kutub Quizzers :12
- Sista : 6+3=9
- Varun Rajiv and Team : 5
- Yaake!, Barisal Guns & Sgt. Heffner’s :2
- Nisha & the Thambies :1.5
- Insert Cool Name Here and Mustafa : 1
Based on placings from the September Open Quiz, Persiflage and the KQA 24th Anniversary Quiz, details given below.
The placings for the Science Quiz, the History/Culture quiz, the Movie Quiz and Dibyo’s Open Quiz have not yet been added.
KQA 24th Anniversary Open Quiz
- QFI Chennai: 15
- Kutub Quizzers:12
- Questionable Characters: 10
- WaltWo:7
- No Questions Asked:5
- Metaquizziks:3
- Barisal Guns:2
- Insert Cool Name Here: 1
- Mustafa:1
From Book Quiz
I: WaltWO: 7.5
II: Sista: 6
III: Metaquizziks:5
IV: Questionable Characters: 3.5
V: Corrosion of Conformity:2.5
VI: Nisha & the Thambies:1.5
VII: Yaake:1
VIII: No Questions Asked: 0.5
September Open Quiz (Gautam Shenoy)
I: Corrosion of Conformity:15
II: WaltWo: 12
III: MQ: 10
IV: No Questions Asked: 7
V: Varun Rajiv and team: 5
VI: Sista: 3
VII: Sgt. Heffner’s: 2
VIII: Yaake! :1
KQA School Quiz: 5 August 2007
Date: Sunday, 5 August 2007
Venue: Daly Memorial Hall, Nrupatunga Road
Event: High School Quizzes (General)
This is the second of three contests to determine high school team rankings in Bangalore. The team event will be followed by a Lone Wolf contest, open to individuals from the participating high schools.
Rules
- Open to students from Std. VIII-X
- Each school is allowed to field TWO teams of TWO members each
- Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- (will enable the school to field TWO teams and 4 participants in the Lone Wolf)
Schedule
Registration: 1000hrs
Prelims (Team) : 1015hrs
Prelims (Lone Wolf) : 1045hrs
Finals: 1130hrs
Prizes
Teams: Rs.1500/- , Rs. 1000/- and Rs. 500/-
Lone Cub: Rs.500/-, Rs. 300/- and Rs. 250/-
QM: Arul Mani
Current School Rankings (2007-08 Season)
I: NPS-Indiranagar ( Sowmya Emani and Dipika Suresh)
II: Sri Kumaran’s Public School (Sathwik Ashok & Diwakar)
III:Presidency R.T. Nagar (Akshay Surendra & Ganesh B.)
IV: Carmel School (Kate Roshan & Suraj Prabhu)
V: Sri Kumaran’s CBSE (Pavan Bharadwaj & Mayank Kowshik)
VI: Aurobindo Public School (Rohith K. & Anurup A.K.)
VII: Presidency Nandini Layout (Pranav & Rohit)
VIII: DPS North (Vishwajit Kolathur & Aniruddh Wodeyar)
The KQA will organise a workshop in Quizzing and Information Culture in the fourth week of July. The finalists from Cognito, at ASKQANCE, will participate in this workshop.
KQA XXIV ANNIVERSARY
We organise a quiz-festival titled ASKQANCE in June every year as part of our anniversary celebrations. This year’s edition was held on Sunday, 24 June, at Guru Nanak Bhavan. Three quizzes were conducted in the School and Open categories.
Dibyendu Das conducted Cognito, a general quiz for high school students. 171 teams took part. The quiz was eventually won by an all-girl team from NPS-Indiranagar (Sowmya Emani and Dipika Suresh). Sri Kumaran’s Public School and Presidency School RT Nagar took second and third spots.
Mitesh Agarwal and Thejaswi Udupa hosted Splitscreen, a Sport & Entertainment Quiz. The QFI-Chennai contingent managed a 1-2 finish after a long but closely-fought contest. 95 teams wrote the prelims.
The third quiz held as part of ASKQANCE was Sesame, an open quiz for teams of 4 members. QFI- Chennai (Gopal Kidao, Swaminathan, Samanth and Sumo) led from the start but had to hold off a spirited last-round challenge from Kutub Quizzers-New Delhi (Udatta Duarah, Dr. Bhattacharya, Kunal Malhotra and Bala) to take first place. Questionable Characters (Dibyendu Das, Vinay, Hiranyappa G.S., and Avinash) finished third.
The award ceremony for Mahaquizzer 2007 was held during ASKQANCE 2007. Prof. Cheriyan Alexander put together a short docu on Wing Commander Mulky’s life for the ceremony. Mrs. Mulky then handed the Wg. Cdr. Mulky Award for Quizzing Excellence to Samanth Subramanian, this year’s Mahaquizzer winner.
Detailed results are put up separately.
Texas Instruments’ Jack Kilby Science & Technology Quiz
KQA has partnered with the Texas Instruments Foundation since 2003 in conducting the Jack Kilby Science & Technology quiz for students of Std. VIII,IX and X. The fifth edition of the quiz will be held in Bangalore, Chennai and New Delhi. Ochintya Sharma will ask the questions.
The dates:
Chennai: 26 October 2007
New Delhi: first week of November (exact date will be announced shortly)
Bangalore: 11 November 2007
The Chennai and Delhi winners will battle it out with the Bangalore winners on 11 November 2007.
The other details will be put up here shortly
