MegaWhats 2019 – Scores & Rankings
The elimination round of MegaWhats 2019 was attempted by 92 teams in 17 centres across India and Dubai.
Remembrance of Things Fast (Debashree Mitra, Manu Sudhakar, Navin Rajaram and Kiran Vijaykumar) from Bangalore topped the prelims with a score of 70. Aardvarks (Aryapriya Ganguly, Rahul Kottalgi, Amrit Chetia and Shaswat Salgaoncar) were close behind with a score of 68. Hammer & Tongs (Jayashree Mohanka, Anil Vaswani, Partha Sarathi Ghatak, Sourjo Sengupta) from Kolkata were third with 64 points.
The top 10 city winners and the next 6 highest-scoring teams will face off in the semi-finals to be held at asKQAnce 2019 to be held in June.
The city winners are:
- Remembrance of Things Fast, Bangalore (70)
- Aardvarks, Mumbai (68)
- Hammer & Tongs, Kolkata (64)
- QED, Chennai (64)
- Zulfiker-e-Fidel, Hyderabad (61)
- Sheikh Yerboutis, Dubai (56)
- Vetes Vulpes, Delhi (52)
- Slippery Nipples, Goa (45)
- We Are Not Coolies, Thiruvanathapuram (43)
- Tirupur Tughlaqs, Coimbatore (38)
These are the other semifinalists, in order:
11. Mahavinoo Orchestra, Mumbai (60)
12. Travelling Pillsburys, Mumbai (59)
13. Forecasting Couch, Bangalore (58)
14. Answering Service, Kolkata (56)
15. Memory Blank, Chennai (56)
16. MQ, Bangalore (55)
All semifinalists are requested to email vivek.karthikeyan@gmail.com before 31-May confirming if your team will attend the semis during asKQAnce. If a team drops out, then the team with next highest score will be offered the slot.
The others in the top 20, in order are:
17. East India Company, Bangalore (54)
18. Peter Panchali, Bangalore (54)
19. Insignificant Others, Chennai (54)
20. We are Like This Wonly, Bangalore (54)
College winner: Math Quizzers (Aditya, Julian, Nishit, Basu) from Bangalore top the college category with a score of 39. The top-placed school team is Donde Esta Kachodi from Delhi (Apoorv Sinha, Shashvat Singh, Harshil Goswami and Abhishek Sehgal) with a score of 13
Our congratulations to all the participants and to the toppers. We extend our thanks to all the quiz associations, proctors and others who helped us conduct the event.
Hope to see you all at asKQAnce!
| Rank | City | Team Name | Score | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangalore | Remembrance of Things Fast | 70 | Open |
| 2 | Mumbai | Aardvarks | 68 | Open |
| 3 | Kolkata | Hammer & Tongs | 64 | Open |
| 4 | Chennai | QED | 64 | Open |
| 5 | Hyderabad | Zulfiker-e-Fidel | 61 | Open |
| 6 | Mumbai | Mahavinoo Orchestra | 60 | Open |
| 7 | Mumbai | Travelling Pillsburys | 59 | Open |
| 8 | Bangalore | Forecasting Couch | 58 | Open |
| 9 | Kolkata | Answering Service | 56 | Open |
| 10 | Dubai | Sheikh Yerboutis | 56 | Open |
| 11 | Chennai | Memory Blank | 56 | Open |
| 12 | Bangalore | MQ | 55 | Open |
| 13 | Bangalore | East India Company | 54 | Open |
| 14 | Bangalore | Peter Panchali | 54 | Open |
| 15 | Chennai | Insignificant Otthers | 54 | Open |
| 16 | Bangalore | We are Like This Wonly | 54 | Open |
| 17 | Bangalore | CIDs from Kerala | 52 | Open |
| 18 | Kolkata | StillManiacs | 51 | Open |
| 19 | Chennai | Inmaniacs | 51 | Open |
| 20 | Delhi | Vetes Vulpes | 52 | Open |
| 21 | Chennai | QMK | 49 | Open |
| 22 | Delhi | D’ Caveat Attemptor | 50 | Open |
| 23 | Bangalore | Sumo Yet So Near | 47 | Open |
| 24 | Mumbai | Amar Tomar Naam Vietnam Vietnam | 47 | Open |
| 25 | Bangalore | Swami and Friends | 45 | Open |
| 26 | Goa | Slippery Nipples | 45 | Open |
| 27 | Delhi | Abid & Team | 45 | Open |
| 28 | Thiruvanathapuram | We Are Not Coolies (Mostly) | 43 | Open |
| 29 | Bangalore | Nishanth & Team | 42 | Open |
| 30 | Hyderabad | Maami and Friends | 42 | Open |
| 31 | Mumbai | Chete Chete Khabo | 41 | Open |
| 32 | Delhi | Sreekanth & team | 40 | Open |
| 33 | Delhi | Akshay & team | 39 | Open |
| 34 | Bangalore | Math Quizzers | 38 | College |
| 35 | Coimbatore | Tirupur Tughlaqs | 38 | Open |
| 36 | Delhi | Bedyas & team | 38 | Open |
| 37 | Chennai | Sukruth & Team | 33 | Open |
| 38 | Hyderabad | Nikhil & Team | 33 | Open |
| 39 | Goa | Gadgil & team | 32 | Open |
| 40 | Delhi | Atul & Team | 31 | Open |
| 41 | Thrissur | Arun & Team | 30 | Open |
| 42 | Bangalore | Jose and the Pussycats | 29 | Open |
| 43 | Hyderabad | Riyaz & Team | 29 | Open |
| 44 | Delhi | PMS. I Love You | 29 | College |
| 44 | Ahmedabad | Vast Deference | 29 | Open |
| 45 | Thiruvanathapuram | Kla Kla Klu Kli Kle | 28 | Open |
| 46 | Thiruvanathapuram | Chaiwallas | 28 | Open |
| 47 | Mumbai | MIT Gaye Barbaad Ho Gaye | 27 | Open |
| 48 | Guwahati | Degeneration X | 27 | Open |
| 49 | Bangalore | Team #9 | 26 | Open |
| 50 | Bangalore | Schrodinger's Felines | 26 | Open |
| 51 | Bangalore | Error 404 | 26 | Open |
| 52 | Bangalore | Yeh POBG Wala Hai Kya | 26 | Open |
| 53 | Coimbatore | Kavin and Team | 26 | Open |
| 54 | Bangalore | Ooru | 25 | Open |
| 55 | Bangalore | NLS-A Gaslighters | 25 | College |
| 56 | Guwahati | beltola Kingdom Blues | 23 | Open |
| 57 | Bangalore | Ardhawokeshwaras | 22 | Open |
| 58 | Bangalore | Twilight Zone | 22 | Open |
| 59 | Thrissur | Anil & team | 22 | Open |
| 60 | Bangalore | Chord Road Cabal | 21 | Open |
| 61 | Thrissur | Arun & Team | 21 | Open |
| 63 | Mumbai | One By4 | 21 | Open |
| 64 | Chennai | Almost There | 20 | Open |
| 65 | Mumbai | IIT Bombay | 20 | college |
| 66 | Delhi | Ayush & team | 20 | Open |
| 67 | Siliguri | Unsocial Network | 20 | Open |
| 68 | Kolkata | Corpse Sell Out | 19.5 | Open |
| 69 | Goa | Anjali & team | 19 | Open |
| 70 | Coimbatore | Hari & Team | 18 | college |
| 71 | Delhi | Munavir & team | 18 | College |
| 72 | Goa | Aave Baba Savkaas | 17 | Open |
| 73 | Thrissur | College team with no name | 16 | College |
| 74 | Ahmedabad | DPS Bopal | 16 | college |
| 75 | Dubai | Murali and Team | 16 | Open |
| 76 | Chennai | Swami, Johm Frutman | 15 | Open |
| 77 | Bangalore | Animesh & team | 13 | Open |
| 78 | Bangalore | SJC | 13 | College |
| 79 | Coimbatore | Praghadeesh and Team | 13 | college |
| 80 | Delhi | Donde esta Kachodi | 13 | School |
| 81 | Bangalore | Varma Kurma Burma Shawarma | 12 | School |
| 82 | Bangalore | K Then | 11 | Open |
| 83 | Ahmedabad | Umbrella Academy | 11 | Open |
| 84 | Ahmedabad | Death by Pounce | 10 | college |
| 85 | Mohali | Wolves of Wall Street | 10 | Open |
| 86 | Thrissur | Illuminati | 4 | College |
| 87 | Kolkata | Quizlamic Extremists | 3 | School |
| 88 | Kolkata | School Team with no name | 3 | School |
| 89 | Bangalore | Junaid & Khushboo | 2 | Open |
| 90 | Thrissur | School team with no name | 2 | School |
| 91 | Thrissur | Shanthi & team | 1 | College |
| 92 | Hyderabad | DKS | 1 | Open |
Results of quizzes held on May 13
From the Horse’s Mouth, by Debashree Mitra and Navin Rajaram
I – Santosh Swaminathan, Anustup Datta, Mitesh Agarwal, Thejaswi Udupa – 405 points
II – Arul Mani, Nagaratna Patil, Prithwiraj Mukherjee – 330 points
III – Siddharth Pai, Debanjan Bose, Roshan Kate, Rohit Rao – 239 points
The Unseeded Open
I – Venkataraman Ravindra, Rijul Ballal, Gaurav Radha Krishna, Bhargav BS – 235 points
II (Tie) – Yogesh Pai, Aditi Pai, Sumeer Kumar, Ranvijay Sharma – 215 points
II (Tie) – Girish, Pranshuman, Siddharth, Utkarsh – 215 points
ASKQANCE 2019 – THE SCHEDULE
Once more ’round the sun – AsKQAnce 2019 continues to put the ‘annual’ in ‘KQA’s annual quiz fest’ by returning for another go – and has gone above and beyond the call of duty by continuing to be a quiz fest!
Here’s the schedule:
Friday, June 28th
10 AM: MahaMahaquizzer – a showdown between the top 16 quizzers in India, as determined by Mahaquizzer 2018.
230 PM: MegaWhats – a showndown between the top 16 quizzers quiz teams in India, as determined by MegaWhats 2019.
Audience is always welcome for MahaMahaquizzer and MegaWhats.
9 PM: The Sai-Tanic Verses (Quiz Night at the Courtyard)
Yes, AsKQAnce now has a nightlife! Come to the Courtyard in Shantinagar for a fun quiz at a great venue to wine and dine – it’s like dinner theatre, only a quiz. (https://goo.gl/maps/yAa52nLVm6oigQcx8)
An open quiz for teams of up to 4.
Saturday, June 29th
10 AM: Persiflage – the books quiz
High brow, low brow, middle brow… books and the people behind them. A few alternative titles: Rifle Pages, Book Lagi Hai, Tome Deaf, Readheads, Sheet Happens, Shelf Aware… sigh, #LitAF (millennials, please attend). Rest assured, the QMs are hard at work with the questions rather than the title.
An open quiz for teams of up to 4.
330 PM: Son of Lumiere – the movies quiz
The 11th edition of a movie quiz that just keeps getting better, like your favourite Indiana Jones Carry On the 11th movie in the MCU the reputation of Harvey We… FINE WINE. It keeps getting better like fine wine. The biggest and best movie quiz in the biz. Ask anyone.
An open quiz for teams of up to 4.
Sunday, June 30th
10AM: By Hooke or by Crookes – the Sci/Tech quiz
Science, as in the science of everyday things. Technology, as in how the USB is inserted the wrong way up. Anti-vaxxers, climate change deniers, anti-evolution crusaders and makers of mythological nukes are all welcome. No PhD required.
An open quiz for teams of up to 4.
230 PM: Gridlock – the Crossword Quiz
A take-to-lunch quiz that requires solving a printed grid containing approximately 30 clues. Most clues will have a predominant quizzing component and/or a cryptic clue. Winners determined on the number of correct answers. Ties, if any, will be broken by time taken.
An open quiz for teams of 2… well, the prizes are for two people, at any rate.
330PM: Sesame – the General Quiz
A general quiz. The general quiz of the calendar, even. After all, specialisation is for insects.
An open quiz for teams of 4.
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Follow along for the latest updates at www.instagram.com/kqaquizzes or the AsKQAnce 2019 Facebook event page at www.facebook.com/events/421983465210687
Venue and other details to follow soon, but mark your calendars and make your plans – Bangalore, June 28-30th. Don’t miss it!
Open Quizzes on Sunday, May 12
The KQA will be conducting two open quizzes on May 12 (Sunday) at the Ujjivan head office in Koramangala. (Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/KuhSpXYbGAo)
11AM: From The Horse’s Mouth, by Debashree and Navin.
In the words of one of the QMs (with due apologies to BoJack Horseman): “A General Quiz leaning towards Etymology, Words & Languages. Forgot the Oxford comma after Words, so add that as well.”
It is a prelims/finals quiz for teams of up to four. Open to all.
330PM: The Unseeded Open by Rajagopal & Co.
A general quiz open to all… except those serious-minded quizzers who mug every day and have finished in the top 3 of any of the monthly opens held over this KQA cycle (excluding ruckus opens).
It is a prelims/finals quiz for teams of up to four. Open to (almost) all.
You can also get the latest updates on the KQA by following us at www.facebook.com/kqaquizzes or www.instagram.com/kqaquizzes
If you know of anyone who would like to be a part of the KQA Quiz Announcements WhatsApp group, please have them send a WhatsApp message to +91 9902444486
Quiz Night at The Courtyard on Wednesday, May 8
Join us for edition 5 of Quiz Night at The Courtyard (in association with the KQA) on May 8 (Wednesday) at 8 PM.
The theme this month is elections. Set and conducted by a coalition of political symbols that was the quiz team formerly known as Peter Panchali, the quiz – dubbed ‘Polliogare’ – will be a general-tinged quiz that covers a fare of elections, polls, surveys, choices and the like on all things political and non-political. Don’t worry, you don’t need to know who stood for what municipal bypoll in the year 1949.5.
A quiz for teams of two. The quiz is open to all
Venue: The Courtyard in Shantinagar.
Registration: ₹100/team.
A prior reservation is not mandatory, but it would be helpful for the folks at the Courtyard to know that you’re coming (if you’re sure that you are coming) – reserve your table by calling them at 73386 77996 Limited parking at the venue.
Results of quizzes held on April 7 & 21
Results of quizzes held on April 7:
After fielding 250 questions, and almost as many bad jokes by the quizmasters Arun Hiregange and Thejaswi Udupa, here are the top 8 of Solus Rex 2018/19.
I – Anustup Datta – 335 points
II – Santosh Swaminathan – 310 points
III – Varun Rajiv – 280 points
IV – Hrishikesh Varma – 205 points
V – Ashwin Kumar – 195 points
VI – Rohit Suresh – 175 points
VII – Pranav R – 140 points
VIII – Sachin Deshpande – 100 points
Congratulations to Anustup Datta on being crowned Solus Rex, and to the rest of the finalists for making it a good fight.
The Karnataka/Bangalore Quiz, by Meghavi Gowda, Kaustuba KV, Lingaraj GV
I – Karthik Shashidhar, Thejaswi Udupa – 24 points
II – Gururaj Deshpande, Sachin Deshpande – 23.5 points
III – Sohan Maheshwar, Naveen N – 23 points
The South Indian Movie Quiz, by Kaustuba KV, Kishore Rajendra, Shishira Maiya
I – Alagarsamy P, Thejaswi Udupa – 49.5 points
II – Nishant Raman, Manish Achuth – 43.5 points
III – Prashanth Vijay, Arun Ramanathan – 38 points
Results of quizzes held on April 21:
The Artefacts Quiz, by Lokesh Kaza and Vivek Karthikeyan
I – Hrishikesh Varma, Praveen VR – 46.5 points
II – Navin Rajaram, Arun Hiregange – 42.5 points
III – Anustup Datta, Thejaswi Udupa – 35 points
The April Open Quiz, by Anuradha Santhanam and Berty Ashley
I – Shilpa, Satish Roy, Satyakant, Jayanth Mahadevan, Thejaswi Udupa – 169 points
II – Navin Rajaram, Prithwiraj Mukherjee, Pranav Iyer, Nikhil Dhaigude – 155 points
III – Sohan Maheshwar, Nishant Raman, Samir Agrawal, Tryambak M – 140 points
Congratulations to everyone!
TV Quiz at The Courtyard on Wednesday, April 10
Join us for edition 4 of Quiz Night at The Courtyard (in association with the KQA) on April 10 (Wednesday) at 8 PM.
The theme this month is television. Set and conducted by Santosh, Manish and Rajat, the quiz will broadly cover TV shows, the history of TV, their production, associated trivia etc etc.
A quiz for teams of two. The quiz is open to all.
Venue: The Courtyard in Shantinagar.
Registration: ₹100/team.
A prior reservation is not mandatory, but it would be helpful for the folks at the Courtyard to know that you’re coming (if you’re sure that you are coming) – reserve your table by calling them at 73386 77996 Limited parking at the venue.
Open Quizzes on Sunday, April 7
The KQA will be conducting three quizzes on 7th April (Sunday) at the Ujjivan head office in Koramangala. (https://goo.gl/maps/KuhSpXYbGAo on Google Maps)
1030AM: The Bangalore and Karnataka Quiz – the quiz that got too big for one city and swallowed up the state as well: questions on and about the city, the state, the state of the city and the state… you get the idea.
It is a written quiz for teams of two or fewer. Open to all. Registration: ₹100/team.
1PM: The South Indian Cinema Quiz – if you prefer star power or Power Star, feel qualified or Kollyfied, Senthil would or Sandalwood… this is the quiz for you.
It is a written quiz for teams of two or fewer. Open to all. Registration: ₹100/team.
4PM: Solus Rex Finals – at long last, the finals to the year-long Solus Rex is here! After two rounds of elimination, come watch the last ten quizzers left standing battle it out for the win through rounds of general questions and two devious topical rounds on ‘Aviation’ and ‘Cocktails’.
KQA yearbooks will be available at the venue.
You can also get the latest updates on the KQA by following us at www.facebook.com/kqaquizzes or www.instagram.com/kqaquizzes
If you know of anyone who would like to be a part of the KQA Quiz Announcements WhatsApp group, please have them send a WhatsApp message to +91 9902444486
Results of Quizzes held on March 17
Irish Stew, by Anustup Datta and his Quizician crew
I – Santosh Swaminathan, Thejaswi Udupa – 293 points
II – Arul Mani, Venkat Ravindra, Nagaratna Patil, Prithwiraj Mukherjee – 268 points
III – Arun Hiregange, Hrishikesh Varma, Praveen VR, Jinson Chacko – 240 points
The KQA Music Quiz, by Berty Ashley and Arjun Mohan
I – Santosh Swaminathan, Thejaswi Udupa – 690 points
II – Sai Ganesh, Nishant Raman, Manish Achutha, Sohan Maheshwar – 515 points
III – Anuradha Santhanam, Debanjan Bose, Sachin Deshpande, Praveen VR – 510 points
Open quizzes on Wednesday, March 13, and Sunday, March 17, 2019
Quiz Night at the Courtyard on Wednesday, March 13, 2019
QMs: Anuradha Santanam and Sreyashi Dastidar
Edition 3 of Quiz Night at The Courtyard (in association with the KQA) is here! Come to the Courtyard (in Shantinagar) at 8 PM on March 13 (Wednesday) for a quiz celebrating Women’s Day with startling and fun facts and trivia about women around the world. The quiz is set and conducted by Anuradha and Sreyashi with contributions from women quizzers across the country.
A general quiz for teams of two. The quiz is open to all
Registration: ₹100/team.
A prior reservation is not mandatory, but it would be helpful for the folks at the Courtyard to know that you’re coming – reserve your table by calling them at 73386 77996. Limited parking at the venue.
KQA Quizzes on Sunday, March 17, 2019 at Ujjivan
The KQA will be conducting two quizzes on 17th March (Sunday) at the Ujjivan head office in Koramangala. (https://goo.gl/maps/KuhSpXYbGAo on Google Maps)
1030AM: Irish Stew by Quizician
Set by the venerable Team Quizician, it’s a general quiz on odds-and-ends,
It is a prelims/finals quiz for teams of four or fewer. Open to all.
4PM: The KQA Music Quiz, aka Toto Recall by Berty and Juno
The boys are back in town to host one of the most popular quizzes on the calendar. A quiz on music, enough said. Some exposure to memes may occur.
It is a prelims/finals quiz for teams of four or fewer. Open to all.
KQA yearbooks will be available at the venue.
You can also get the latest updates on the KQA by following us at www.facebook.com/kqaquizzes or www.instagram.com/kqaquizzes
If you know of anyone who would like to be a part of the KQA Quiz Announcements WhatsApp group, please have them send a WhatsApp message to +91 9902444486
