World Quizzing Championships on Saturday 4 June 2016

The 2016 edition of the World Quizzing Championships will be held in Bangalore on Saturday, 4 June 2016. The venue is the Command Hospital Auditorium, Bangalore. As this is part of an Air Force campus, it is advised that you carry some form of ID with you. Also note that the entrance to Command Hospital will be from Cambridge Road and not HAL Airport Road.

The event will commence at 3 pm, and requires the taker to attempt two packs of questions. Each pack contains four topics, and the taker is allowed an hour in which to attempt the questions–thus two hours for writing, and an extra hour for corrections and so on. The quiz is open to solo contestants, of all ages.

KQA will provide prizes for the top 5 finishers in the Open category, and top 2 finishers in College, School (up to Std XII) and Ladies categories. In addition, each of the eight topic winners will get a book coupon. An entry fee will be collected at the venue to recover photocopying costs.

Please register ASAP using the form provided below:

May 30, 2016 | Filed Under Lone Wolf Quizzes, News | Comments Off

Norwegian Open 2016

The Norwegian Open Quiz will be held on Saturday 2 April 2016.
Time: 11am start.
Venue: H-302, Third Floor, Humanities Block, St. Joseph’s College, Langford Road, Bangalore.

The Norwegian Open Quiz is an annual solo quiz in written form, set by the venerable Tore Dahl, and is great fun, especially when you scratch your head for the most Polish-sounding name you can think of, come up with Zbigniew Cybulski, and find out 30 minutes later that this, indeed, is the answer.

The quiz will consist of 250 questions – all counting – divided into 10 categories, 5 categories in each half of the quiz.

This year’s edition will be proctored by Nagaratna Patil whose nickname Partikal should alert you the fact that she is always on time.

Start 11 am. Should be done by 1:30 pm, inclusive of corrections.

KQA will give out prizes, as usual, for top five scores, and prizes for best school, college and lady entrants.

There will be an entry fee of Rs. 100 per person to cover costs. Please register beforehand, as this allows us to make just the right number of photocopies. And to organise seating. Register at:

April 1, 2016 | Filed Under Lone Wolf Quizzes, News | Comments Off

Open Quizzes on Sunday, 10 May 2015

We will be holding three quizzes on Sunday, May 10, 2015 at the office of Ujjivan Financial Services, Koramangala.

Sense a Femur
The Annual KQA Humour Quiz

QMs: Santosh Swaminathan & Arul Mani

Written for Teams of two
Regn. Fee Rs 100/team
Starts at 9:45 AM (please be on time, since we have a tight schedule!)

May Open Quiz

QMs: Siddarth Pai, Rohit Rao and Jayadev Bhaskaran

Teams of four or less
Prelims followed by finals
Regn. Fee Rs 100/team
Prelims starts at 1130 AM

Soliloquiz
What? A solo quiz. Questions appear on screen, you write the answers down on a piece of paper.
QMs: Thejaswi Udupa, Kiran Vijayakumar, Priyambad Pattanayak, Navin Rajaram, G. Krishnamurthi, J. Krishnamurthi, Jayashree Mohanka, Balakrishnan Satyam and Annie Sengupta.

60 questions, 120 minutes. Expect short/not-so-long questions with quite a few visuals.
Starts at 3 PM sharp; the Bengaluru leg will be proctored by Thejaswi Udupa and Navin Rajaram. Please note that it’s a coordinated start time across the country.

May 8, 2015 | Filed Under Lone Wolf Quizzes, Open Quizzes | Comments Off

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.

April 10, 2015 | Filed Under Lone Wolf Quizzes, Open Quizzes | Comments Off

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/

June 4, 2014 | Filed Under Lone Wolf Quizzes, News | Comments Off

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 | Comments Off

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.

October 24, 2013 | Filed Under Lone Wolf Quizzes, News, Open Quizzes | Comments Off

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

October 19, 2013 | Filed Under Lone Wolf Quizzes, News, Open Quizzes, Specialist Open Quizzes | Comments Off

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.

September 6, 2013 | Filed Under Lone Wolf Quizzes, News, Results | Comments Off

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