Rotary Indiranagar Inter-Collegiate Quiz on 14 September 2020
Rotary Club Indiranagar has collaborated with KQA over the last 15 years in conducting a keenly contested inter-collegiate quiz every September. This year, the event will be held online due to the ongoing pandemic.
The event is scheduled to be held on Monday, 14 September 2020.
RULES
- The quiz is open to college students (inclusive of PUC/XI/XII, Undergraduate and Postgraduate students) who are currently registered for the academic year 2020-21.
- Teams shall comprise three members, all from the same college. No cross-college teams are allowed.
- Teams are requested to register in advance via the Google Form provided, and to be present by 5:00 pm for instructions on the day of the event.
- All teams are required to play by fair means. Any suspicion of unfair means will result in disqualification.
- Registered teams will receive an invitation for the Preliminary Round.
Schedule
The Prelims will start at 5:30 pm
Answers will be shared at 6 pm.
The finals will start shortly afterwards.
Four teams will qualify for the finals, and compete for a purse of Rs. 50000/-
The quiz will be conducted by Arul Mani of The Karnataka Quiz Association.
To register, click here
For further information, please contact Rotarian N. Gopinath: 99450-79152
Vidyasagar Rajan Memorial Quiz – 23rd February 2020
The 26th edition of the Vidyasagar Rajan Memorial Quiz will be held on Sunday, 23rd February 2020, at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, off Queen’s Road. [map]
The quiz is held in honour of Vidyasagar Rajan, a star collegiate & open quizzer who represented St. Joseph’s College and IISc before his tragic death in a road accident in 1994.
The quiz is open to college (UG and PG), PUC and school teams, with each team having a maximum of 3 members.
QMs: Dr. Avinash Thirumalai and Dr. Arul Mani
RULES
- No-cross-college or cross-school teams
- No limit on number of teams per college: cap of 2 teams from a college in the finals
- Teams of 3 members from the same institution
- School, PUC and UG/PG teams are all welcome
- Prizes for all finalists, and also for the best all-women team
SCHEDULE
Venue: Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bengaluru [map]
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
Battle of the Brains — 23rd January 2020 in Kalaburgi
The Karnataka Quiz Association, in association with Kalaburagi Next, an initiative by Sravasti Foundation, is pleased to announce Battle of the Brains – an inter-collegiate quiz to be conducted at 9:00 am on January 23rd (Thursday) in Kalaburagi.
Venue: HKES Auditorium, PDA College of Engineering, Kalaburagi [map]
The quiz will be a general quiz, covering topics such as history & geography, science, sports, entertainment, current affairs, and many, many other topics. The quiz will be bilingual – every question will be asked in both English & Kannada.
It is open to all college students, and is a team quiz for teams of up to 3 members. All team members will have to be from the same college.
The quiz will be conducted by well known & popular quiz-master Thejaswi Udupa.
Prior registration is required. To register, please visit www.kalaburaginext.com
Prizes:
1st place: ₹20,000
2nd place: ₹15,000
3rd place: ₹10,000
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
Curieous & Curieouser – Results
The Karnataka Quiz Association conducted the 1st edition of Curieous & Curieouser, a day dedicated to quizzes on all things scientific, on Sunday, 10th November 2019. Quizzes for students of high school and PUC/10+2 were held in the morning, with the afternoon session dedicated to the undergraduate college science quiz. The quizzes were researched & hosted by first time quiz masters Dr. Vinod Nayak and Aswathy Joseph, along with Dr. Avinash Thirumalai.
Despite security fears due to the Ayodhya judgement the previous day, teams from 18 different schools turned up on for the high school science quiz. One good sign was that a significant number of teams were coming to a KQA event for the first time, or were from schools that had dropped out of the quiz circuit in recent years. Turnout from the PUC/10+2 standard cohort was badly affected though, with only 2 teams turning up.
After a hard fought & competitive written preliminary round, 9 teams representing 8 different schools made it into the finals. A couple of teams narrowly missed out on the finals – either by half a point, or because they’d answered one less starred question. A fine solo effort by Aditya Kannan (1st PUC) of PSBB Learning Leadership Academy saw him qualify to the finals along with 8 high school teams.
First time entrants John Tom & Athul PS from The Amaatra Academy topped the prelims. They continued their good performance in the finals, and despite losing about 20 points early on, went on to win the quiz handsomely. Competition for other podium places was intense, with Abhineet RK & Pranav Bhat (BGS National Public School) pipping Vidur Kaimal & Meenakshi SV (Shishu Girha Montessori & High School) into 2nd place.
Suchitra Shankar & Shruti Kartik (Shishu Griha Montessori & High School) won the best all girls team prize.
Final rankings-
- John Tom & Athul PS (The Amaatra Academy) – 182.5
- Abhineet RK & Pranav Bhat (BGS National Public School) – 145
- Vidur Kaimal & Meenakshi SV (Shishu Griha Montessori & High School) – 135
- Nidish P & Srivatsan (St. Paul’s English School) – 115
- Priyangshu Kar & Abraham Paul (NPS, Koramangala) – 110
- Adyath Chennakeshav & Kisna Shetty (St. Joseph’s Boys High School) – 100
- Aadithya Kannan (PSBB Learning Leadership Academy) – 85
- Suchitra Shankar & Shruti Kartik (Shishu Griha Montessori & High School) – 82.5
- Jacob J Thayil & Leo Steve Saiju (Christ Academy) – 80
Ochintya Sharma and Appu Hiregange helmed the undergraduate college science quiz, with one QM even traveling direct from the airport to the venue after cyclone Bulbul-induced flight delays. Sadly, college turnout was abysmal, with teams from only 5 colleges showing up. It didn’t take away anything from the standard of quizzing though – teams were evenly matched for the most course, and came up with some very good answers. After running neck-and-neck with the other teams till about halfway of the finals, Julian & Raj of IISc ran up a huge score & won the quiz comfortably. It was a 1-2-3 podium finish by teams from IISc too – Nikhil & Aaditya narrowly beating Kaustubh & Upamanyu into 2nd place.
Final College rankings –
- Julian & Raj (IISc) – 260
- Nikhil & Aaditya (IISc) – 140
- Kaustubh & Upamanyu (IISc) – 135
- Rohith & Gaurang (IISc) – 120
- Adithya & Nabarun (IISc) – 110
- Godwin & Shashank (St. Joseph’s College) – 100
- Chinmay & Adit (IISc) – 95
- Allan & Praneet (St. Joseph’s College) – 75
- Karthik & Shreerang (St. Joseph’s College) – 40
Curieous & Curieouser – KQA’s Science Quiz Day
The Karnataka Quiz Association will hold the 1st edition of Curieous & Curieouser, an annual school & college fest dedicated to quizzing on all things scientific, on Sunday, 10th November 2019.
Venue: Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bengaluru. [map]
We will conduct three quizzes on this day – for high school (classes VIII, IX & X), junior college (PUC/10+2) and undergraduate college students respectively. The quizzes are for teams of 2 members each, and will have a broad focus on nature, science & technology.
There is no entry fee, and registration will be done on the spot.
Note: Students of high school and junior college can also participate in the undergraduate college science quiz if they want.
For more information, please call or message Avinash Thirumalai on +91-9620106064
High School and Junior College Science Quiz
- Participating institutions may field any number of teams in each category; a maximum of 2 teams per institution will qualify for the finals.
- This is a team quiz – each team will have a maximum of 2 students. Teams must have students from the same institution.
- There is no entry fee.
- No prior registration is required; participants will register on the spot.
- Participants can wear their school/college uniforms, or carry along any suitable means of identification.
- The quiz will cover feature questions on nature, science & technology, but no prior preparation is needed.
- All participants must reach the venue in time for registration (and not earlier as the hall opens only by 9:00 am).
- A common written preliminary round will be held to determine finalists. The top 8 teams from high school will qualify for the high school finals, with the top 8 teams from junior college teams taking part in a separate finals.
- Prizes & certificates will be awarded to all finalists. There is also a prize for best all-girl team.
- The winners will be declared Bengaluru’s High School & Junior College Science Quiz Champions 2019 respectively.
QMs: Dr. Aswathy Vinod, Dr. Vinod Nayak & Dr. Avinash Thirumalai
SCHEDULE
Registration: 9:00 – 9:20 am
Common written prelims: 9:30 – 10:10 am
High School Finals: 10:30 – 11:40 am
Junior College Finals: 12:00 – 1:10 pm
Prize distribution: 1:15 pm
Undergraduate College Science Quiz
- Participating institutions may any number of teams; a maximum of 2 teams per institution will qualify for the finals.
- This is a team quiz — each team will have a maximum of 2 students. Teams must have students from the same institution.
- There is no entry fee.
- No prior registration is required; participants will register on the spot.
- Participants must bring pens/pencils & pads; paper will be provided.
- The quiz will cover topics from nature, science & technology, but requires no prior preparation.
- All participants must reach the venue in time for registration.
- A written preliminary round will be held to select the top 8 teams for the finals.
- Prizes and certificates will be awarded to all finalists; plus a prize for the best performance by an all-girl team.
- The winners will be declared Bengaluru’s Collegiate Science Quiz Champions 2019.
QMs: Ochintya Sharma & Arun Hiregange
SCHEDULE
Registration: 2:00 – 2:20 pm
Written prelims: 2:30 – 3:10 pm
Finals: 3:30 – 6:00 pm
Prize distribution: 6:10 pm
KQA Collegiate Grandmaster Quiz – Results
The Karnataka Quiz Association held its 16th edition of the Collegiate Grandmaster Quiz on Sunday, 20th October 2019. After a common written prelims, separate finals for 10+2/PUC students and undergraduate college students were held.
The KQA Senior School (10+2/PUC) Solo Championships had an interesting field in that several high school students (VIII-X) qualified and did well even though they were technically punching above their weight. Some version of this might have occurred in the Collegiate Grandmaster Finals as well. The schoolkids needed to get back home after a long day, and that was perhaps why the upsets were fewer.
Aaditya Kannan had run away to 120 points after Santosh Swaminathan finished his set. At the end of the second set, he was still in the lead, albeit by a somewhat reduced margin of 50 points. Abhineet, Samuel and Rohith Paul put up determined fights instead of giving up, and made a lot of ground in this section. The first two are both high school students–KQA congratulates them for this solid performance.
Anusree Ashit took home the prize for the best woman entrant.
The final placings:
- Aaditya Kannan (SENIOR SCHOOL) PSBB LLA 170
- Abhineet (HIGH SCHOOL) BGS INTL. 120
- Samuel (HIGH SCHOOL) ST. JOHN’S HS 113
- Rohith Paul (SENIOR SCHOOL) NPS KMLA 105
- Anusree Ashit (SENIOR SCHOOL) PSBB LLA 98
- Sanjana Kartik (SENIOR SCHOO)L MAIS 95
- Adithya Acharya (HIGH SCHOOL) CHRIST ACAD. 93
- Aaditya S Rao (HIGH SCHOOL) CHRIST ACAD. 65
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Julian Costa of IISc won the KQA Collegiate Grandmaster title for 2019.
He qualified for the 12-question shootout after the finals a little ahead of a close field comprising Saishyam Srikanth, Rohith Paul and Aswin Anilkumar, but then went on to build up a more substantial lead in a format that required strategising for a low-scoring round. Rohith, a Class XII student, did very well to finish third, after missing out narrowly on a podium finish in the Senior School finals.
Final placings; the top four will hold the title of KQA College Grandmaster.
- Julian Costa IISC 175
- Aswin Anilkumar CHRIST DEEMED 143
- Rohith Paul (SENIOR SCHOOL) NPS KMLA 137
- Saishyam Srikanth ST.JOSEPH’S COLLEGE 127.5
- Rohit Ravichandran ST.JOSEPH’S COLLEGE 80
- Aaditya Kadambar IISC 78
- Raj IISC 45
- Jayanth N. BMSCE 20
A full list of the Collegiate Rankings will go up on the KQA website shortly.
For those interested, the prelims of the college quiz can be viewed here.
KQA Collegiate Grandmaster Championships
The 16th edition of KQA’s Solo Championships for Plus Two/PUC and College students will be held at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists(IAT), off Queen’s Road, on Sunday, 20 October 2019.
The event will commence at 2:00 pm, shortly after the Lone Cub and Lone Kid quizzes for High School and Middle School, scheduled for earlier that day. This year, we throw open the solo championships to school students interested in participating.
Venue: Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bengaluru. [map]
The Programme
Registration: 1:40 pm
Common prelims: 2:00 pm
Plus Two/PUC Finals: 3:00 pm (for 8 qualifiers)
College Finals: 4:00 pm (for 16 qualifiers). Will take about 2 hours to conclude.
QM: Arul Mani
What’s New?
- The college finals will culminate in a shoot-out between the top 4 contestants.
- The eventual winner, and the top 7 qualifiers after, will hold the title of College Grandmaster.
- KQA will publish a College Solo Ranking featuring everybody who took part.
- A Collegiate Championship to be awarded to the college whose representatives notch up the highest scores cumulatively.
- The best performances by school, PUC and women entrants will each earn a prize.
- Open Quizzers who wish to try their luck can write the prelims and earn a ranking.
What Hasn’t Changed
Prizes for all Finalists
Prizes
Plus Two: Rs. 2000, Rs. 1500 and Rs. 1000, with Rs. 250 to all qualifiers
College: Rs. 3000, Rs. 2000, Rs. 1500, and Rs. 1000, for the top 4; Rs. 500 for the others in the top 8, and Rs. 250 for other qualifiers.
Best Entrant Prizes: Rs.1000/- in each category.
Rules
All those taking part must carry valid College ID
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-, but free for school quizzers up to Std. X.
Rs. 100 for Open Quizzers who’d like to try the quiz.
Register at the venue.
Junior AsKQAnce – Results (July 29th)
Results of the school quizzes at Junior asKQAnce:
Middle School
I – Aditya Sharath, Kushagra Agrawal – Presidency School Nandini Layout
II – Deepak Nayak, Vedant Shinde – Presidency School RT Nagar
III – Jayanth Nenmeli, Sarvarth Ghosh – NPS Koramangala
High School
I – Dhyan Vyas, Keshav Kapoor – NPS Indiranagar
II – Aniruddha Mondal, Sahit Bangre – PSBB LLA
III – Aditya KV, Ankit RB – Sri Kumaran’s Children’s Academy
The results of the college quizzes held at Junior asKQAnce today.
Junior section
I – Aditya Kannan, Aniruddha Mondal, Sahit Bangre – PSBB LLA
II – Ananya Upadhya, Prajwal Gowtham, Achyut Rotti – Sri Kumaran’s Children’s Home
III – Ankit Sharma, Shrey, Pranav – NPS Indiranagar.
Senior section (open to Juniors too)
I – Shreyas Srinath, Nagendra Jamadagni, Dileep Reddy – RVCE
II – Nishit Pandya, Julian D’Costa – IISc
III – Ankit Sharma, Shrey, Pranav – NPS Indiranagar
Congratulations to all the winners!
Results of quizzes held on March 11 and April 1
Here are the results of the two college quizzes conducted by the KQA on the 11th of March, 2018:
The XXIII Vidyasagar Rajan Memorial Inter-collegiate quiz, set by Manish Achutha, Abhishek Upadhya and Nishanth Raman:
I – Preetham, Ritvik and Bhargav, PES University
II – Sri Ram, Pratheek and Kunal, Christ University
III – Noaman, Drishaj and team, NLSIU
The KQA Collegiate Solo Championship, set by Sohan Maheshwar and Santosh Swaminathan:
I – Preetham, PES University
II – Kunal, Christ University
III – Adit, IISc
Thanks to all who turned up (and to Titash, for the informal sports quiz he conducted in the morning), and congratulations to all the winners.
Here are the results of quizzes held on the first of April.
The Karnataka Quiz, by Kaustuba Venugopal and Lingaraj
I – Sachin Deshpande and Sharath Babu – 19
II – Sumanth Jayaramaiah and Keerthan G – 16
III – Rajat Upadhyaya and Jayannt Upadhyaya -14
Lao Me Thanda, by Aditi Surendra and Thejaswi Udupa
I – Santosh Swaminathan and Arun Hiregange – 170
II – Lakshana Kripash and Praveen VR – 115
III – Sachin Deshpande and Sharath Babu – 105
The KQA Music Quiz, by Arjun Mohan and Berty Ashley
I – Aditi Surendra, Debanjan Bose, Santosh Swaminathan, Thejaswi Udupa – 280
II – Sreyashi Dastidar, Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Sethumadhavan, Abhishek Upadhya – 160
III – Nishanth Raman, Bhargava EM, Rajagopal PS, Sanskaar – 150
Congratulations to all the winners!
College quizzes on Sunday, 11th March 2018
The KQA will be conducting two college quizzes this Sunday, 11th March at the offices of Ujjivan Financial Services in Koramangala:
1. The XXIII Vidyasagar Rajan Memorial Inter-collegiate Quiz, for teams of three or less
Time: 2pm
QMs: Manish Achuth, Abhishek and Nishanth Raman
Cross-college teams are NOT allowed.
2. The KQA Collegiate Solo Championships (yes, a solo quiz)
Time: 5pm
QMs: Santosh J Swaminathan and Sohan Maheswar
Note: The quizzes have been scheduled keeping in mind the college quiz being conducted at PESIT on the same day
