School Quizzes on Sunday, October 20th 2019
The Karnataka Quiz Association will host two general solo quiz contests — Lone Kid (for students of Std. V, VI & VII) and Lone Cub (for students of Std. VIII, IX & X) on Sunday, October 20th, 2019.
Venue: Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bengaluru. [map]
The Rules:
- Participating schools may field a maximum of 4 participants per category. A maximum of 2 participants per school will qualify for the finals.
- This is a solo quiz — the entrants will take the quiz on their own.
- There is no entry fee.
- No prior registration is required; participants carrying any form of suitable identification can register on the spot.
- Participants must bring pens/pencils & pads; paper will be provided.
- All participants must reach the venue in time for registration (and not earlier, as the hall will open only by 9:00 am.)
- The quiz will cover topics of general interest, requiring no specific preparation. A common written preliminary round will be held to select 8 finalists in each category.
- Prizes and certificates will be awarded to all 8 finalists; plus a prize for the best performance by a girl quizzer.
- The winners will be declared Bangalore’s Sub-junior and Junior Quizzing Champions for 2019.
Students are requested to be at the venue in time for registration.
Schedule:
Registration: 9:00 – 9:20 am
Common Written prelims: 9:30 – 10:10 am
Lone Kid finals: 10:30 – 11:30 am
Lone Cub finals: 12:00 – 1:00 pm.
For more information, please call or message Avinash TN on +91-9620106064 or Gautham Shenoy on +91-9845176773.
Quiz Night at The Courtyard on Wednesday, October 9
Join us for edition 10 of Quiz Night at The Courtyard (in association with the KQA) on October 9 (Wednesday) at 8 PM.
Set and conducted by Sai, the theme this month is the 90s – whether you liked Alisha or Aaliyah, Mysterious Girl or the Spice Girls, Yelstin or Clinton or just the Undertaker or Tendulkar, this quiz is for you!
Turn up for this trip down memory lane, where all the questions will be on the politics, sports, science & technology, pop culture, and so on of the 90s!
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.
Note on parking: Very limited parking available at the venue, so ideal to park either near St. Joseph’s college or at the Shantinagar Bus Stand parking lot and walk up.
Quiz Night at the Courtyard on Wednesday, September 11
Join us for edition 9 of Quiz Night at The Courtyard (in association with the KQA) on September 11 (Wednesday) at 8 PM.
Set and conducted by Titash, the theme this month is Travel – Monday must be Madurai, Tuesday is for Belgium, but Wednesday? It must be Shantinagar. Pack your bags for a journey around the world in one quiz – some turbulence may be experienced, but it’s smooth sailing all the way!
A quiz for teams of two. The quiz is open to all
Venue: The Courtyard in Shantinagar. (Maps: https://g.page/thecourtyardcommunity?share)
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.
Note on parking: Very limited parking available at the venue, so ideal to park either near St. Joseph’s college or at the Shantinagar Bus Stand parking lot and walk up.
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
Junior Askqance on July 28
As part of AsKQAnce – KQA’s 36th anniversary quiz fest – three general quizzes for school/college students will be held on Sunday, July 28, 2019 at the Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
The events are as below:
Inter-Middle School Quiz for students in classes 5, 6 and 7 – reporting time 0900 Hours – quiz starts at 0930 Hours. QMs: Hrishikesh, Urmila and Venkat. Teams of 2.
Cognito, the Inter-High School Quiz for students in classes 8, 9 and 10 – reporting time 1115 Hours – quiz starts at 1145 Hours. QMs: Gautam and Nagaratna. Teams of 2.
PUC/College Quiz for students in classes 11 and 12 (or Junior College / PU) or in college – reporting time 1400 Hours – quiz starts at 1430 Hours. There will be a common prelim but separate finals for teams from classes 11 and 12 (or junior college/PU) and for teams from college. QMs: Ajay, Manish, Meghavi. Teams of 3.
All members of a team need to be from the same school/college. A maximum of two teams from one school will qualify for the Middle School and High School quizzes, and a maximum of three teams from one PU/college will qualify for their respective finals.
Students can also attempt the prelims of quizzes in an age category higher than their own – for example, middle school students can also attempt the high school and PUC/college prelims, and high school students can also attempt the PUC/college prelims.
The newly released 2018-19 KQA Yearbook 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
ASKQANCE 2019 – QMs, SCHEDULES, PRIZES
Askqance, the KQA’s annual quiz fest, is just a week away! Three days of quizzing goodness – here are all the details.
The venue for all quizzes (except Sai-tanic verses) is the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road. (Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/pLoJ3Eo4k6weBoZLA)
Friday, June 28th
10 AM: MahaMahaquizzer – a showdown between the top 16 quizzers in India, as determined by Mahaquizzer 2018.
QMs: Movin Miranda, Nagaratna Patil, Navin Rajaram and Praveen VR.
230 PM: MegaWhats – a showndown between the top 16 quizzers quiz teams in India, as determined by MegaWhats 2019.
QMs: Preetham Upadhya, Prithwiraj Mukherjee, Rajagopal PS and Vivek Karthikeyan.
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.
An open quiz for teams of up to 4.
Venue: The Courtyard in Shantinagar. (Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/XQ7eanLRTMLkyWu6A )
QM: Sai Ganesh + team.
Note on parking: Very limited parking available at the venue, so ideal to park either near St. Joseph’s college or at the Shantinagar Bus Stand parking lot and walk up.
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.
QMs: Ashwin Kumar, Krittika Adhikary, Thejaswi Udupa.
Prizes: 6K, 4K, 3K + coupons for all finalists.
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.
QMs: Anustup Datta, Sujata Sharma, Varun Rajiv.
Prizes: 6K, 4K, 3K + coupons for all finalists.
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.
QMs: CIDs from Kerala.
Prizes: 6K, 4K, 3K + coupons for all finalists.
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.
QMs: Venkatesh S, Venkataraman R
Prizes: 2K, 1.5K, 1K
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.
QMs: Arul Mani, Mollika, Santosh Swaminathan.
Prizes: 8K, 6K, 4K + coupons for all finalists.
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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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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 |
