Wing Commander Mulky Memorial Quiz on Sunday, June 16

The KQA will be hosting the 14th edition of the Mulky Memorial Quiz on 16th June (Sunday) at the Canara Union in Malleshwaram.

Google Maps pin to the venue: https://goo.gl/maps/Y1aM4XiB4tD2

The Mulky Memorial Quiz is organised in fond memory of Wing Commander GR Mulky (or WingCo, as he was affectionately known), who founded the Karnataka Quiz Association in 1983 and single-handedly set up the school, college and open circuits associated with the city.

It is an open general quiz that will be conducted by Sujata Sharma and Urmila Lakshmanan for their 6th consecutive edition.

It is a prelims/finals quiz for teams of up to 4. Open to all.

The prelims will begin at 10 AM – and it will start at 10 AM, so please wind up your CTR/Veena Stores activities by then.

This event is organised in partnership with Canara Union, Malleswaram.

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 open quizzes held on June 2

History of Ideas, by Navin Rajaram and Hrishikesh Varma

I – Jayakanthan R, Ravi Mundoli – 53 points
II – Anustup Datta, Thejaswi Udupa – 51 points
III – Venkatesh S, Arul Mani – 47 points

The June Open Quiz, by Jayakanthan R and Priyambad Pattnaik

I – Ravi Mundoli, Arun Hiregange, Anustup Datta, Thejaswi Udupa – 328.5 points
II – Bhargava EM, Santosh Swaminathan, Mitesh Agarwal, Venkatesh S – 290 points
III – Keshav Atreya, Ajay Parasuraman, Praveen VR, Nishanth Raman – 260 points

Quiz Night at The Courtyard on Wednesday, June 12

Join us for edition 6 of Quiz Night at The Courtyard (in association with the KQA) on June 12 (Wednesday) at 8 PM.

The theme this month is World Cup Cricket. Women started the Cricket World Cup in 1973, and it took men a couple of years to realise its importance. Now a big deal for all concerned, here is a quiz to celebrate this most special of sports tournaments. Set and conducted by Manish and Sohan.

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, June 2

the end is nigh! The last Ujjivan quizzes* of the regular season: we’ll be conducting two open quizzes on June 2 (Sunday) at the Ujjivan head office in Koramangala. (Grape Garden address on Google maps)

 The rescheduled date for the Mulky Memorial Quiz – to be conducted at the Canara Union in Malleshwaram – will be announced shortly.

11AM: The History of Ideas Quiz, by Hrishi and Navin.

From the QMs: ‘Everything is either history or an idea’ – this is the excuse for setting a gen quiz when the QMs are bereft of ideas. Come by for an enjoyable spread that covers everything from the Hussars to Modi Sarkaar, Huegenots to Kedarnath, Hasidic to Vedic… you get the point.

It is a written quiz for teams of up to two. Open to all.

3PM: The June Open Quiz by JK and Priyambad

The last monthly open general will be conducted by two of the best non-Bangalore quizzers in the country: JK from Chennai and Priyambad from Electronic City. Don’t let Priyambad’s commute be in vain – attend in large numbers for what is sure to be an excellent quiz!

It is a prelims/finals quiz for teams of up to four. Open to all.

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But wait, one last hurrah (an Endgame, if you will) to see us out into the good night: Askqance 2019, the annual quiz fest of the KQA will be held from June 28-30. 3 days, 8 quizzes (6 of them open). Assemble! All details at www.facebook.com/events/421983465210687

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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

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:

1. Remembrance of Things Fast, Bangalore (70)
2. Aardvarks, Mumbai (68)
3. Hammer & Tongs, Kolkata (64)
4. QED, Chennai (64)
5. Zulfiker-e-Fidel, Hyderabad (61)
6. Sheikh Yerboutis, Dubai (56)
7. Vetes Vulpes, Delhi (52)
8. Slippery Nipples, Goa (45)
9. We Are Not Coolies, Thiruvanathapuram (43)
10. 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

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

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

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