Quizzes on Saturday 1 February 2014

We will be holding two quizzes on Saturday, Feb 1, 2014 at our usual location – Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road

Karan Arjun Quiz for Classes 3 and 4
Teams of 4 – all members from either Class 3 or Class 4 from the same school
Common written prelims of 25 questions
Separate finals for the Top 8 teams in each category
Reporting time: 9:00 AM
No Registration Fee; On-the-spot registration
QMs: Venkatesh Srinivasan and Alagarsamy AP

The KQA Collegiate Solo Championships
Solo quiz for Std XI/XII/PUC/UG/PG students
Written prelims followed by one common final
Reporting time: 11:30 AM
Registration Fee: Rs 50/person
QM: Sai Ganesh

Quizzes on Sunday 24 November 2013

The Karnataka Quiz Association will host its next series of quizzes on Sunday, 24 Nov 2013 at the usual venue: Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore. The details of the quizzes are:

Lone Kid Solo Quiz for Middle School Students

Prelims: 9:15 AM to 9:45 AM

Finals: 10:00 AM to 11 AM

For solo participation by school students in classes 5/6/7

QM: Hrishikesh Varma

Lone Cub Solo Quiz for High School Students

Prelims: 11:15 AM to 11:50 AM

Finals: 12 Noon to 1:15 PM

For solo participation by school students in classes 8/9/10

QM: Navin Rajaram

Brainbuster quiz by Quiz Dubai – 90 question, 60 minutes written quiz for solo participants

There will be a $100 prize for the top quizzer overall. Last year, it was held in 14 cities all over the world, and this year the organizers hope to increase the number of venues.

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM (including corrections)

November Open Quiz for teams of 4 or less

Prelims: 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM

Finals: 5:15 PM – 7:30 PM

QMs: Vivek Karthikeyan and Venkatesh Srinivasan

November 18, 2013 | Filed Under Inter School Quizzes, Lone Cub Quizzes, Lone Wolf Quizzes, News, Open Quizzes | Leave a Comment

ASKQANCE 2013 – School & College Results

The results of the KQA Anniversary School and College quizzes held on Saturday, August 24, 2013.

I. Middle School Quiz – classes 5-7
QM: Venkatesh S.

1. St. Joseph’s Boy’s High School (Hayden D’Souza, Jacob Jaison) – 95
2. PSBB LLA (Shashank Pandey, Naeem Niaz) – 90
3. Sri Kumaran’s Children’s Home CBSE (Kaustubh Bhanj, Ganesha N Sai) – 85
4. CMR NPS (Akhil P, Shashank S) – 80
5. Presidency RT Nagar (Aniket KM, Adithya PS) – 63
6. Frank Anthony Public School (Mihir Rajamane, George Panicker) – 60
7. Bishop Cotton Boy’s School (Ajay Sabareesh B, Moitreyo Ganguly) – 55
8. PSBB LLA (Ayushman Satpathy, Vallabh Chander) – 50

II. High School Quiz – classes 8-10
QMs: Hrishi Varma & Arun Hiregange

1. NPS Rajajinagar (Rutvik BP, Saurav Shenoy P) – 90
2. Presidency RT Nagar (Parv Modi, Kiran MS) – 76
3. Sri Kumarans Childrens Home (Sameer A Kolhar, Aniruddha Mysore) – 64
4. NPS Koramangala (Shreyas K, Vikram S) – 62
5. St. Josephs Boys High School (Hari Kartik Ramesh, Rishabh Kamath) – 58
6. NPS HSR Layout (Mani Mannampalli, Pradyumna Shome) – 53
7. PSBB LLA (Kunjal Parnami, Arjun Shekar) – 50
8. Presidency Nandini Layout (Trivikrama M, Nagendra KJ) – 45

III. PU Quiz – classes 11-12 / PU / Junior College
QMs: Varun Rajiv, Varun Shenoy, Sohan Maheshwar

1. Sri Kumaran’s Children’s Home (Akshay Tiwary, Tejas Joshi, Barghav) – 105 (on tie break)
2. NPS Rajajinagar (Naren Kumar, Sumedh Bharadwaj, Harshavardhan U) – 105 (on tie break)
3. NPS Koramangala (R Adithya, Gaurav Pai, Priyank Bhandia) – 105 (on tie break)
4. NPS HSR Layout (Siddharth Rajeevan, Chethan T, Ananye Pandey) / Frank Anthony Public School (Venkat N, Ritvik C, Aakash S) / Christ College (BS Supreeth, Pavan Raju M, Suhas KC) – tied on 80
7. NPS Rajajinagar (Rohith Raju, Bharath AK, Sahil Bhandary) – 35
8. NPS HSR Layout (Aditya Arun, Shashank Reddy, Krishnan S) / St. Johns High School (Mohsin, Poovanna BA, Joseph S Davis) – tied on 30

IV. College Quiz – UG and PG
QMs: Varun Rajiv, Varun Shenoy, Sohan Maheshwar

1. St. Joseph’s Commerce – 82
2. BMS – 75
3. RVCE – 71
4. St. Joseph’s Arts & Science – 51
5. NPS Koramangala – 26
6. BMS – 25
7. NLS – 13
8. NPS Rajajinagar – 6

September 6, 2013 | Filed Under ASKQANCE, Inter College Quizzes, Inter School Quizzes, Junior College Quizzes, News, Results | Leave a Comment

ASKQANCE 2013 – Schools and Colleges

We will hold the KQA Anniversary School and College quizzes on Saturday, August 24, 2013.
The quizzes will be held at Institute of Agricultural Technologists (IAT), Queens Road, in the ground floor hall.
The quizzes are:

I. Middle School Quiz – classes 5-7
Middle School prelims: 9 AM to 9:40 AM
Middle School Finals: 9:50 AM to 10:50 AM

II. High School Quiz – classes 8-10
High School Prelims: 11 AM to 11:40 AM
High School Finals: 11:50 AM to 1:00 PM

Invitation letters have been sent out to schools.
There is a restriction of 3 teams per school per category.

III. PU Quiz – classes 11-12 / PU / Junior College

The prelims for the PU and College quizzes will be common, with separate finals.
PU and College Prelims: 1:45 PM to 2:45 PM
PU Finals: 3:00 – 4:30 PM

IV. College Quiz – UG and PG

PU and College Prelims: 1:45 PM to 2:45 PM

College Finals: 4:30 to 6:00 PM

August 18, 2013 | Filed Under ASKQANCE, Inter College Quizzes, Inter School Quizzes, Junior College Quizzes, News | Leave a Comment

Oikoumene 2012 Results

The School Category was won by Pranav Ramamurthy and Hayden D’Souza of St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School while II Place went to Presidency School,Bangalore South and National Hillview Public School took III Place.

The College Category was won by Rohan Menzies and Ezra Rynjah of SJC, while II place went to Akshay and Natesh of BITS-PILANI Goa. The III Place was claimed by Maitrey Deshpande from MSRIT.

The Open Category was won by Ochintya Sharma and Arun Hiregange while Rohan Menzies and Ezra Rynjah from St. Joseph’s finished in II Place. The III Place was won by Jayendra and Sheshadri.

Full scores can be accessed here

December 31, 2012 | Filed Under Inter College Quizzes, Inter School Quizzes, News, Specialist Open Quizzes, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Lone Kid, Lone Cub, How Many ‘Woods – World Cinema, August Open, Canara Union Lone Wolf Quizzes – Results

The results of the five quizzes held on Saturday, 27 August 2011 and Sunday, 28 August 2011.

Event I
Lone Kid (Std V-VII solo)

QMs: Landmark Venky, Vivek Kartikeyan

1. Varun K (Frank Anthony Public School) – 100 (won by tie-break)
2. Hari Kartik (Bala Vidya Mandir, Chennai) – 100
3. Nakul Divekar (Frank Anthony Public School) – 95
4. Arjun Joshua (Frank Anthony Public School) – 70
5. Tennyson Galvin L. (St. John’s High School) / Amrit Sodhi (St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School European) – tied on 60
7. Kritin Udupa (Sri Kumaran Public School ICSE) – 50
8. Navya Suri (National Hill View Public School) – 30

Event II
Lone Cub (Std VIII-X solo)

QMs: Santosh Swaminathan and Thejaswi Udupa

1. Ritvik C. (Frank Anthony Public School) – 145
2. Bharat S. (Florence Public School) – 140
3. Pranav Ramamurthy (St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School) – 85
4. Amit S. Subrahmanya (National Hill View Public School) – 80
5. Sridhar V. (VVS Sardar Patel Patel High School) / Cyril Joe Baby (Christ Academy) – tied on 75
7. Akshat Tiwary (St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School) – 65
8. Prabhanjan P. Mannari (Carmel School) – 40

Event III
How Many ‘Woods – The World Cinema Quiz

QM: Arul Mani

1. Santhosh Swaminathan & Rahal S. Kottalgi – 40
2. Mitesh Agarwal & Varun Rajiv – 38
3. Anustup Datta & Arun Hiregange – 30
4. Ochintya Sharma & Thejaswi Udupa – 24
5. Hrishi Varma & KP – 18
6. Raju & Sai / Movin Miranda & Sumeer Kumar – tied on 16
8. Sandeep Mathias & Shivjeet P – 13

Event IV
August Open Quiz

QM: Movin Miranda

1. We Are Like This Wonly – 208
2. Metaquizziks – 108
3. Keep Distance – 89
4. Questionable Characters – 87
5. How Can We Slap?! – 70
6. Holy Nexus – 33
7. CIDs From Kerala – 29
8. Mathias & Co. – 15

Event V
Canara Union Lone Wolf

QM: Navin Rajaram

1. Arul Mani – 140
2. Anustup Datta – 130
3. Santosh Swaminathan & Movin Miranda – tied on 100
5. Ochintya Sharma – 95
6. Thejaswi Udupa – 80
7. Rajagopal – 70
8. Arun Hiregange – 50

August 31, 2011 | Filed Under Inter School Quizzes, Lone Cub Quizzes, News, Open Quizzes, Specialist Open Quizzes | Leave a Comment

ASKQANCE 2011 – Cognito High School Quiz Photos

: Quiz Master Arul Mani conducts the preliminary round

: 1st Place – Ritwik & Nishant from Frank Anthony Public School

: 2nd Place – Abhinav & Deepak from National Public School, Indiranagar

: 3rd Place – Akshay Tiwari & Pranav from St. Joseph’s Boys’ High Schoo

: 4th – Ramesh & Shashank from Presidency School

: 5th – Arjun & Bharat from Florence Public School

: 6th – Vaibhav Gowda & Venkat S from Mallya Aditi International School

: 7th – Paul Martin & Siva Karthik from New Horizon Public School

June 24, 2011 | Filed Under Inter School Quizzes, Photos | Leave a Comment

ASKQANCE 2011 Middle School Quiz Photos

: At the Gate

: Quizmaster Dibyendu Das

: The enthusiastic audience

: DD poses a question to National Public School

: Amrit Sodhi of St Joseph’s Boys High School qualified for the finals solo

: Hari Karthik of BVM Chennai also qualified for the finals solo

: Vishak L.V. & Sushruth S.R. of Sri Kumaran’s Children’s Home

: Ruchir Joshi & Aditya Menon of NPS

: Varun K. & Arjun J. of Frank Anthony Public School

: Shahabuddin Munshi & Ashwin K.M. of ITI Central School

: Preshith Naidu & Hayden D’Souza of St. Joseph’s Boys High School

: Ameya R.B. and Sri Sreya S. of New Horizon Public School

: Bharat V. and Nagendra K. of Presidency School, Nandini Layout

: 1st Place – FAPS (with KQA President Ochintya Sharma on the right)

: 2nd Place – SJBHS ‘B’

: 3rd Place – New Horizon Public School

June 24, 2011 | Filed Under Inter School Quizzes, Photos | Leave a Comment

ASKQANCE 2011 Results–School Quizzes

Middle School Championships

Frank Anthony Public School – Varun K. & Arjun J. : 73 points (resolved by tie-breaker)
St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School – Preshith Naidu & Hayden D’Souza : 72 points
New Horizon Public School – Ameya R.B. and Sri Sreya S. : 55 points
Presidency School, Nandini Layout – Bharat V. and Nagendra K. : 50 points
National Public School, HSR – Ruchir Joshi, Aditya Menon : 40 points
Sri Kumaran’s – Vishak L.V. & Sushruth S.R. :30 points
BVM, Chennai – Hari Karthik : 30 points
St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School – Amrit Sodhi : 25 points
ITI Central School – Shahabuddin Munshi & Ashwin K.M. : 25 points

Cognito High School Championships

Frank Antony Public School – Ritwik & Nishant: 90 points
National Public School, Indiranagar – Abhinav & Deepak: 80 points
St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School – Akshay Tiwari & Pranav R: 75 points
Presidency School, Nandini Layout – Ramesh & Shashank: 65 points
Florence Public School – Arjun & Bharat: 65 points
Mallya Aditi International School: Vaibhav Gowda & Venkat S: 55 points
New Horizon Public School: Paul Martin & Siva Karthik: 50 points
Nagarjuna’s BVB Vidyaniketan: Viswhas & Edwin Dominic: 35 points

June 19, 2011 | Filed Under Inter School Quizzes, News | Leave a Comment

ASKQANCE 2011 – School & College Quizzes on Sunday 19 June 2011

We will host four quizzes for School and College students to mark our 28th Anniversary on Sunday 19 June 2011 at St. John’s Auditorium, Koramangala.

This is the first phase of ASKQANCE 2011, to be followed by six Open Quizzes and the Mega-Whats Face-Off on 24th, 25th and 26th June 2011.

The events:

KQA Middle School Championship
QMs: Dibyendu Das, Arun Hiregange and Movin Miranda

Open to students of Standard V, VI and VII
Participating schools may field TWO teams each
Each team can comprise of a maximum of TWO members from the same school.
No entry fee.
All participating teams must reach the venue in time for registrations by 0845hrs
A written preliminary will be held to select 8 teams for the oral/audio-visual finals
Prizes & Certificates will be awarded to all 8 teams that qualify for the finals

Schedule
Registration: 0830-0900hrs
Quiz Prelims: 0900hrs-0930hrs
On-Stage Finals: 1000hrs-1045hrs
Prizes: 1045hrs

Prizes
I: Rs.3000/-
II: Rs.2000/-
III: Rs.1000/-
Plus consolation prizes and certificates for all other finalists

COGNITO: KQA High School Championship
Open to students of Std. VIII, IX and X.

QM: Arul Mani

Participating schools may field TWO teams each.
Each team can comprise of a maximum of TWO members from the same school.
No entry fee.
All participating teams must reach the venue in time for registrations by 10:30am on June 19th, 2011
A written preliminary will be held to select 8 teams for the oral/audio-visual finals
Prizes & Certificates will be awarded to all 8 teams that qualify for the finals

Schedule
1030hrs: Registration
1115hrs-1200hrs: Prelims
1230hrs-1315hrs: On-Stage Finals
1315hrs: Prizes

Prizes
I: Rs.3000/-
II: Rs.2000/-
III: Rs.1000/-
Plus consolation prizes and certificates for all other finalists

KQA Junior College Championship
Open to students of Std. XI & XII and PUC

QMs: Mitesh Agarwal and Thejaswi Udupa

The Rules

Participating institutions may field a maximum of SIX teams each.
Each team can comprise of a maximum of THREE members from the same institution.
No entry fee.
Registration at venue: teams must bring the completed entry form (attested by the Head of the institution) with them.
A written preliminary will be held to select 8 teams for the oral/audio-visual finals
Prizes & Certificates will be awarded to all 8 teams that qualify for the finals

Schedule
1330hrs: Registration
1400hrs-1445hrs: Common Prelims for Junior College and College teams
1515hrs: On-Stage Finals
1630hrs: Prizes

Prizes
I: Rs.6000/-
II: Rs.4500/-
III: Rs.3000/-
Plus consolation prizes and certificates for all other finalists

KQA Collegiate Quizzing Championship
Open to Junior college, Undergraduate and Post-graduate students

QMs: Ochintya Sharma and Navin Rajaram

Teams of THREE members each from the same institution across UG and PG courses. No mixed teams allowed.
Each institution is allowed to field a maximum of SIX teams.
No entry fee.
Prizes & Certificates will be awarded to all 8 teams that qualify for the finals

Schedule
1330hrs: Registration
1400hrs-1445hrs: Prelims
1645hrs: On-Stage Finals
1800hrs: Prizes

Prizes
I: Rs.6000/-
II: Rs.4500/-
III: Rs.3000/-
Plus consolation prizes and certificates for all other finalists

All are welcome!
Even if you aren’t a student, please drop by for a Sunday packed with quizzing entertainment.

June 16, 2011 | Filed Under Inter College Quizzes, Inter School Quizzes, Junior College Quizzes, News | Leave a Comment

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