The Norwegian Open Quiz
The Norwegian Open Quiz for solo contestants will be held on Saturday 11 April. The quiz comprises 270 questions to be answered in writing in three sessions.
Schedule
Registrations: 1230 hrs
Session 1
12:45–1:25
Followed by scoring
Session 2
1:45–2:25
Followed by scoring
Session 3
2:45–3:25
Followed by scoring
The entry fee is Rs. 100/- per participant. School/College students can pay a reduced entry fee of Rs. 50/-, with valid ID.
Venue:
Third Floor, Humanities Block
St. Joseph’s College.
36, Langford Road
Bangalore 560027
(Past the Hockey Stadium and Divyashree Chambers)
Prizes will be awarded to the top three finishers in Open, College and School categories.
Proctor: Nagaratna Patil
Prior registration is very helpful for photocopies and such.
Please text your name/s to Arul Mani (97312-14519) to confirm.
World Quizzing Championships – Bangalore details
Bangalore, as ever, will be one of the venues of the World Quizzing Championships.
Venue: The auditorium at Command Hospital
Date: June 7th, Saturday
Time: 3 pm. Sharp.
Registration fee: Rs. 50/- per head. Registration is mandatory.
Nagaratna Patil has graciously agreed to proctor the quiz for us.
Words to the wise–the venue is an Air Force establishment, and you will be allowed to enter only if you have a valid ID on you. We also want you to register before-hand. Please register at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GDsCsLYoVtcIaZMH3k9OLQygyo5B023feJiH_YNO5PY/viewform?usp=send_form
Also note that the entrance to Command Hospital will be from Cambridge Road and not HAL Airport Road.
For more details about the format and rules of WQC, these links can tide you through.
http://www.worldquizzingchampionships.com/wqc/wqc-format/
http://www.worldquizzingchampionships.com/wqc/rules/
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:
Quizzes on Saturday 9 November 2013
The KQA is planning two quizzes on Saturday, Nov 9 – the day preceding the Bengaluru edition of the Landmark Quiz. The quizzes are:
10:30 AM – 1:30 PM – Solus Rex, the KQA’s annual solo quiz in a new format, by Thejaswi Udupa
2:30 PM – 6:00 PM – The Ganesh Nayak Memorial Open Quiz for teams of 4 or less by Hari Parameswaran
The quizzes will happen at our usual location – IAT on Queen’s Road.
Quizzes on Sunday 20 October 2013
The KQA will hold its next series of quizzes on Sunday, October 20, 2013 at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road. The details are:
9 AM – 10:30 AM: The annual Oasis Quiz Lone Wolf Edition 2013 organized by The English Language Activities Society, the official quiz club of BITS, Pilani. This is a 90 minute, 120 question written solo quiz held simultaneously in various venues across the country as well as abroad. The quiz is open to all. However, there are two categories – College and Open, with prizes for both categories provided by the organisers.
10:30 AM – 2:00 PM: The October Open Quiz by Kaustuba Venugopal for teams of 4 or less; Prelims, followed by finals for the top 8 teams; Entry Fee – Rs 100/team
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM: Pilferages – a quiz on popular and pulp fiction by Vivek Karthikeyan and Venkatesh Srinivasan for teams of 2 – this is a 40-questions written quiz. Entry Fee – Rs 100/team
4:15 PM to 8:00 PM: Persiflage – the annual KQA Books Quiz for teams of 4 or less by Sumant Srivathsan and Thejaswi Udupa; Prelims, followed by finals for the top 8 teams; Entry Fee – Rs 100/team
Canara Union Lone Wolf – Results
The Canara Union Lonewolf Quiz was conducted on Sunday 25th August and had 43 solo contestants taking the prelims, which had 35 questions. The cutoff score was 12.75 and the top 13 were selected for the finals.
After a 50-questions finals, the standings were:
WINNER – Anustup Dutta
RUNNER-UP – Keshava Guha
2nd RUNNER-UP – Rajagopal PS
Joint 4th – Arun Hiregange, Hrishikesh Varma and Varun Rajiv
7th – Vivek Karthikeyan
Joint 8th – Abhilash, Suraj and Praveen VR
Other Finalists
Venkatesh Srinivasan
Prithwiraj Mukherjee
Sachin Deshpande
Congratulations to all the winners and participants. A special note of thanks to the Quizmaster, Navin Rajaram.
Canara Union Lone Wolf
The Canara Union will organise their annual Lone Wolf quiz on Sunday, 25 August 2013, at their premises on 8th Main Road, Malleswaram, adjacent to the 15th Cross intersection.
Rules
- General Quiz
- Open to all solo contestants
- Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
- Entry free for Canara Union members and school students ( Std X or lower)
Schedule
- Regns: 1000 hrs
- Prelims: 1030-1130 hrs
- Finals: 1130 hrs–1330 hrs
QM: Navin Rajaram
Tutti i risultati
Results of quizzes held on Sunday 12 May 2013 at the Canara Union premises on 8th Main, off 15th Cross, Malleswaram.
I. Shankar Poli, Poli Shankar & Kampni – the Karnataka Quiz
QMs: Lingaraj, Naresh Keerthi, Kaustuba Venugopal
1. Nodi Swami Naavirudu Heege! (Wimpy & Udupa) – 16
2. Siri & Sachin – 15
3. Rajat & Jayant – 11.5
4. Gurudatta & Prajwal – 10.5
5. Nishant & Vinay – 10
6. Ajay & Keshav / Alagar & Venky – tied on 8
8. Trisha & Vijay – 7.5
II. 8th edition of the Wing Commander G.R. Mulky Memorial Quiz
QM: Arul Mani
1. Mulky Way (Kiran Vijayakumar, Ravi Mundoli, Jayakanthan R, Karthik Shashidhar) – 193
2. Almost Metaquizziks (Mitesh Agarwal, Santosh Swaminathan, Debashreee Mitra, Dharmendra Dileepkumar) – 180
3. Nexus Baggage (Navin Rajaram, Alagarsamy AP, Sreekanth G and Venkatesh Srinivasan) – 150
4. We Are Like This Wonly (Anustup Dutta, Thejaswi Udupa, Arun Hiregange and Ochintya Sharma) – 128
5. Questionable Characters (Ajay, SRS, Sumer, Keshav) – 90
6. CIDs From Kerala (Hrishi, Jithin, Raouf & team) – 83
7. Three People and a Babu (Salil Bijur, Suraj, Yash, Shruti) – 80
8. Science Bluffs (Chetana, Sreepathi & team) – 55
Results of four quizzes scheduled for this Saturday (11 May 2013) at the Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
I. Lone Wolf
QM: Alagarsami A.P.
1. Jayakanthan R – 281
2. Arul Mani and Kiran Vijaykumar – 195 (tied)
4. Arun Hiregange – 194
5. Thejaswi Udupa – 165
6. Ravi Mundoli – 148
7. Hrishikesh Varma – 92
8. Sumeer – 79
II. Sense of Femur: written humour quiz
QM: Santosh Swaminathan
1. JK + KVK – 35
2. Siri + Sohan – 28.5
3. UTF etc. – 24.5
4. Bangarul Habba (Mundoli, Venkatesh Onkar) – 22
5. Dhammo & Raju / Arjun & Lakshana – tied on 21.5
7. Mit, Mitter, Mitesht – 19
8. Got MILF? – 16
III. History of Ideas
QM: Arul Mani
1. Tups & Udupa – 24.5
2. Bangarul Habba (Mundoli, Venkatesh Onkar) – 23.5
3. JK + KVK – 22
4. Dhammo & Raju – 19
5. Pranesh & Abhishek – 18.5
6. SRS & Wimpy – 18
7. Siddhartha & Ulka / Nexus Baggage (Navin & Venky) – tied on 16.5
IV. The AJM Open House Quiz
QMs: Thejaswi Udupa, Kaustuba Venugopal, Varun Shenoy and Abhishek Upadhya
1. Chewbacca Geetmala and team
2. Mallumaal Weekly and team
3. Nexus Baggage and team
Results of three quizzes held on April 27, 2013.
I. The Pop Culture Quiz
QM: Sai Ganesh
Results TBD
II. The Non Fiction Quiz
QM: Arul Mani
1. Wothas of the Vayuputras (Ajay, Keshav) – 27
2. Siddhartha & Ulka – 25.5
3. Appu & Udupa – 23.5
4. Siri & Raju – 22.5
5. Suraj & Jinson – 19
6. CIDs From Kerala (VR & Hrishi) – 18.5
7. Venkatesh & Sumeer – 17.5
8. Metaquizziks (Santosh & Mitesh) – 14.5
III. The Cricket Quiz
QMs: Manish Achuth and Sohan Maheshwar
1. Sharma & team – 105
2. Udupa, Raju, Suraj – 100
3. Sachin, Veera, Nitin, PK – 70
4. Prajwal, Sharan, Sumukh, Adithya / MQ – tied on 65
6. Gilgamesh / Nexus Baggage (Venky, Vinod, Appu, Hrishi) – tied on 50
8. Ajay, Keshav, Vinod, Sridhar – 45
Results of two open quizzes on Sunday 14 April 2013 at the Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.
I. The KQA Food Quiz
QMs: Santosh Swaminathan and Arul Mani
1. We Are Like This Wonly (Anustup, Arun, Thejaswi, Ochintya) – 275
2. QED (Gopal Kidao, KVK, Jayakanthan, Samanth) – 250
3. Guesswork (Vinay, Neha, Karthik, Shishir) – 187
4. Beeriyani (SRS, Rahul, Chandrakanth, Alvi) – 177
5. Aye Bulbul Maathadkilva (Logik, Asawari, Lakshana, Suraj) – 170
6. Varun + team – 158
7. Sumeer + team – 127
8. Nexus Baggage (Ajay, Navin, Venkatesh, Vivek) – 110
9. Doc + team – 92
II. The April Open Quiz
QM: Major Chandrakant Nair (Retd.)
1. We Are Like This Wonly – 270
2. QED – 235
3. MQ – 200
4. CIDs From Kerala – 185
5. Aye Bulbul Maathadkilva (Logik, Asawari, Lakshana, Suraj) – 175
6. Raju & Co (Raju, Debashree, Dhammo, Sreekanth) – 135
7. Nexus Baggage – 100
8. Lets Quale – 80
Results of KQA Quizzes held on Sunday 31 March 31, 2013 at IAT, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
I. Bizkashi: the Business Quiz
QM: Arul Mani
1. Mani is Out Business (Arul of Law) – Santosh S, Varun Rajiv, Aditya S and Sohan M – 235
2. Mitesh Agarwal, Jayakanthan R, Sreekanth G, Yagneswaran – 215
3. We Are Like This Wonly (Anustup, Arun, Thejaswi, Ochintya) – 175
4. Nexus Baggage (Ajay, Navin, Vinod, Venkatesh) – 165
5. Siddarth, Vinay, Vinay, Harish – 120
6. Dhammo & team – 110
7. Bangkoks – 70
8. Abhishek, Aditi & team – 50
II. The Metaquizziks Unseeded Open
QMs: Team Metaquizziks
Detailed results not available
Karnataka Quiz and Mulky Memorial Quiz on Sunday 12 May 2013
The 8th edition of the Wing Commander G.R. Mulky Memorial Quiz will be held on Sunday 12 May 2013 at the Canara Union premises on 8th Main, off 15th Cross, Malleswaram.
The quiz is open to all
Four members per team
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- (Free for school teams)
Prizes for all finalists
QM: Arul Mani
We will hold a written Karnataka Quiz immediately before the prelims of the Open Quiz. Entry Fee; Rs. 100/- for teams of two.
QMs: Lingaraj and Naresh Keerthi.
Schedule
1000 hrs – 1100 hrs: Karnataka Quiz
1100 hrs – 1200 hrs: Mulky Memorial Quiz prelims
1230 hrs – 1400 hrs: Mulky Memorial Quiz finals
XIX Vidyasagar Rajan Memorial College Quiz and Solus Rex – Results
The XIX Vidyasagar Rajan Memorial quiz for colleges was held on 14 October 2012. 14 teams took part in the prelims, which was set by Dr. Arul Mani, from which 8 teams qualified to the finals. The prelims had 30 questions to be answered in 20 minutes from a printed sheet. The cut-off was 10.5.
At the end of a closely fought final, this is how the teams finished:
1. BMS College of Engineering – 139.5
2. MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology – 117
3. National Law School – 102.5
4. St. Joseph’s College – 87
5. PES Institute of Technology – 67
6. St. Joseph’s College (Viswesh and team) – 65
7. BMS College of Engineering – 20
8. East-West Institute of Technology – 17
The finals was researched and co-hosted by Venkatesh S and Varun Rajiv.
All finalists received prizes.
The 2012 edition of KQA’s Solus Rex quiz was conducted yesterday by Thejaswi Udupa in an all-new format! 37 participants took a 30-questions preliminary round, from which the top 15 qualified into three semis (cutoff was 10.5 and the highest 18) grouped in the boustrophedon format.
Each semis had 5 participants attempting a written round, a list-it and 20 questions. These 20 questions were also open to the other semi-finalists to “pounce” on.
At the end of the three semis, the top 6 finalists (top 2 from each semi-final) were identified and a short finals followed.
Standings at the end:
1. Arul Mani
2. Anustup Dutta
3. Varun Rajiv
4. Santosh Swaminathan
5. Rajagopal PS
6. Sandeep Mathias
The other nine semi-finalists in order of their scores were:
7. Praveen VR
8. Abhijit Bhattacharya
9. Venkatesh Srinivasan
10. Pradeep Ramarathnam
11. Rashmi Vallabhjosyula
12. Raouf
13. Navin Rajaram
14. Hrishikesh Varma
15. Sumer Kumar
