Solus Rex Semifinals on Sunday 8th November 2009 and Other News
Solus Rex Semi-finals III and IV — the details:
Semi-final 3: Rivers, Deserts and Mountains
(Exclude fictional rivers, deserts and mountains)
Rajagopal
Debashree Mitra
Venkatesh S.
Vivek Karthikeyan
Sudarshan M.A.
Semi-final 4: War Crafts
i.e. vehicles used in warfare
Praveen V.R.
Anustup Datta
Harish Rao
Tanmay Prusty
Prajwal N.
These semifinals are scheduled for Sunday 8th November 2009.
VENUE
66, First Floor, First Cross, Domlur Layout, Bangalore
(Near Domlur P.O. , Next door to Samsung Service Centre)
For directions, please call Siby Kuriakose (99001-22880).
SCHEDULE
Semi III: 1030hrs-1130hrs
Semi IV: 1145hrs-1245hrs
Prizes for all semifinalists. Plus prizes for the best questions received from other KQA members such as yourself. Send to arunhire@yahoo. com or deedas@yahoo. com.
Other News
- The next set of quizzing Sundays will come up in December. Please keep yourselves free on Sunday 13 December, and probably also on Sunday 6th December.
- If you haven’t already registered for MegaWhats, please do so now. IAT , our venue, can hold a maximum of 40 teams and places in the event are given only on a first-come, first-served basis.
Solus Rex Topics: Semifinals 3 & 4
Semi-final 3: Rivers, Deserts and Mountains (real-life ones)
Rajagopal
Debashree Mitra
Venkatesh S.
Vivek Karthikeyan
Sudarshan M.A.
Semi-final 4: War Crafts i.e. vehicles used in warfare
Praveen V.R.
Anustup Datta
Harish Rao
Tanmay Prusty
Prajwal N.
These semifinals are scheduled for Sunday 8th November 2009.
Quizzes on Sunday 11 October 2009
We will hold the following events starting at 10am on Sunday 11 October 2009 at the Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
Solus Rex: Semifinals 1 & 2
Semi-final 1: Movies based on Comic books
Arul Mani
Ochintya Sharma
Subrat
Harry
Rajesh M.
Semi-final 2: Heavyweight Boxers
Thejaswi Udupa
Rahul S. Kottalgi
Sharath
Mitesh Agarwal
Rahul Girish Kumar
The Annual KQA Ladies Open Quiz
QM: KQA panel
Teams of three members — all women:)
No institutional/age restrictions
Entry Fee; Rs. 50/- per team
12 noon: Registrations
The event will conclude by 1330hrs
Prizes: Rs.3000/-, Rs. 2250 and Rs. 1500, plus coupons for the other finalists.
Ranking Intercollegiate Team and Solo events
Team event
Open to PUC/XI & XII, UG and PG teams
Teams of three members–no mixed teams
No more than two teams per college in the finals–any number can write the prelims
Entry Fee; Rs. 50/- per team
Prizes; Rs. 3000/-, Rs. 2250/- and Rs. 1500/- plus coupons for other finalists.
QM: Arul Mani
Solo event
Open to PUC/XI & XII, UG and PG entrants
Unlimited entries –best 8 in the finals.
Entry Fee: Rs. 25/- per participant
The winner will be declared Collegiate Quizzing Champion for 2009.
Prizes: Rs. 1000/-, Rs. 750 and Rs. 500/-, plus coupons for other finalists
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
Schedule
Team Prelims: 1400hrs
Team Finals: 1500hrs-1600hrs
Solo Prelims: 1630hrs
Solo Finals: 1730-1830hrs.
Solus Rex Topics: Semifinals 1 & 2
Semi-final 1: Movies based on Comic books
Arul Mani
Ochintya Sharma
Subrat
Harry
Rajesh M.
Semi-final 2: Heavyweight Boxers
Thejaswi Udupa
Rahul S. Kottalgi
Sharath
Mitesh Agarwal
Rahul Girish Kumar
These semifinals are scheduled for Sunday 11th October 2009.
Canara Union Lone Wolf Quiz and Solus Rex Prelims Results
Results of Canara Union Lone Wolf quiz
QMs: Thejaswi Udupa and Manjith K.
1. Arul Mani – 110 (winner by tie-break)
2. Anustup Datta – 110
3. Arun Hiregange – 80
4. Harry – 70
5. Debashree Mitra – 55
6. Movin Miranda – 45
7. Mitesh Agarwal – 30
8. Subrat – 15
Qualifiers for Solus Rex 2009
QMs: Dibyendu Das and Arun Hiregange
1. Arul Mani – 24
2. Thejaswi Udupa – 20.5
3. Rajagopal – 17
4. Praveen V.R. – 16.5
5. Anustup Datta – 15
6. Debashree Mitra – 14
7. Movin Miranda – 14
8. Rahul S. Kottalgi – 13
9. Ochintya Sharma – 12.5
10. Subrat – 12
11. Arun Raghavan – 10.5
12. Sharath – 10.5
13. Venkatesh S. – 10.5
14. Harish Rao – 10
15. Tanmay Prusty – 10
16. Vivek Karthikeyan – 10
17. Mitesh Agarwal – 9.5
18. Harry – 8.5
19. Rajesh M. – 8
20. Rahul Girish Kumar – 7.5
21. Sudarshan M.A. – 7
22. Prajwal N. – 6.5
* Those tied on the same score were ordered in alphabetical order of first name
* Semi-final line-ups were determined by ordering this list tennis style i.e. 1&8, 9&16, 17 in one group; 2&7, 10&15, 18 in one group and so on
* Arun Raghavan and Movin Miranda had to withdraw from the semi-finals because they live outside India
Semi-final 1:
Arul Mani
Ochintya Sharma
Subrat
Harry
Rajesh M.
Semi-final 2:
Thejaswi Udupa
Rahul S. Kottalgi
Sharath
Mitesh Agarwal
Rahul Girish Kumar
Semi-final 3:
Rajagopal
Debashree Mitra
Venkatesh S.
Vivek Karthikeyan
Sudarshan M.A.
Semi-final 4:
Praveen V.R.
Anustup Datta
Harish Rao
Tanmay Prusty
Prajwal N.
The first pair of semi-finals will be conducted in October and the second pair in November. Information about format and dates will be sent out in a few weeks.
Canara Union Lone Wolf Quiz and Solux Rex Prelims on Sunday 23 August 2009
The 27th edition of the Canara Union Lone Wolf Quiz will be held on
Sunday 23 August 2009.
Venue
Canara Union, 8th Main Malleswaram
Rules
Open to all
Entry Fee: Rs. 25/- (free for school-students)
QMs: Thejaswi Udupa and Manjith K.
Prizes:
Rs. 500, Rs. 400 and Rs. 300/- plus prizes for all finalists.
In addition,
The preliminaries for the sixth edition of Solus Rex, KQA’s solo quiz loosely based on the Mastermind format, will also be held at the same venue.
20 qualifiers from the preliminary round will sit for semifinals over
October and November, followed by a finals in December, featuring the
winners of the four semifinals and the runner-up with the highest score.
Rules
Open to all
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
QMs: Arun Hiregange and Dibyendu Das
Schedule
Registrations: 1000hrs onwards
Solus Rex Prelims: 1030hrs
Lone Wolf Prelims: 1100hrs
Solus Rex results and draw: 1200hrs
Lone Wolf Finals: 1200hrs-1330hrs
All events will start and end as scheduled.
For other details, please contact Arul Mani at 97312-14519 (after 1500hrs every day if you are calling).
There will be two quizzing Sundays on 6th and 20th September at the Institute of Agricultural Technologists. Events planned include Persiflage–the KQA Book Quiz, an Unseeded Open Quiz, and two ranking Open Quizzes. The scheduled school/middle school and college events are postponed to a future date owing to the swine-flu panic.
Copies of the KQA yearbooks will be available for sale at the venue.
Askqance – The KQA Silver Jubilee Quiz Festival
The Karnataka Quiz Association celebrates the 25th anniversary of its founding this year. ASKQANCE 2008, our anniversary quiz festival will now feature nine quizzes to be held over two days.
This year’s ASKQANCE is supported by TVS Tyres who also celebrate their 25th anniversary.
The Dates:
- Saturday 28th June 2008
- Sunday 29th June 2008
The Venues:
Saturday 28th June
Old Hall, St. Joseph’s Boys High School
Museum Road
Bangalore
Sunday 29th June
Purandara Bhavan
(Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha)
8th Main Road
(Near Indiranagar Club)
The Quizzes
Quizzes on Saturday, 28th June
KQA Intercollegiate Championships
(featuring two separate finals for junior college and collegiate teams)
3-member teams
No entry fee
No mixed teams allowed
Registration: 09:30a.m.
Start: 10:00a.m. sharp
Junior Finals: 11:00a.m.-12:00 noon
College Finals: 1200 noon -1:00p.m.
Prizes totalling Rs. 10,000 to be won.
QMs: Ochintya Sharma, Rajeev Gowda and Thejaswi Udupa
Hubbubb-a!
The Third edition of the Bangalore Quiz
2-member teams
Open to all
Entry fee: Rs. 50/-
Start: 1:30 p.m
Prizes: Rs. 2000/-, Rs. 1500/- and Rs. 1000/-
QM: Arul Mani
Open Entertainment Quiz
Teams of 4 members
Entry Fee: Rs. 200/-
Start: 3:00p.m.
Finals: 4:00p.m. – 6:00p.m.
Prizes totalling Rs. 20,000/- to be won
QMs: Kiran Vijayakumar and Madhav Nair
Venkatesh and Vivek Karthikeyan will coordinate an Informal Sports
Quiz beginning at 1:00p.m. The best five individual entries in this written
contest will win prizes.
Quizzes on Sunday, 29th June (at Purandara Bhavan)
Cognito
High School Quiz Championships
Teams of 2 members
A maximum of 6 teams per school
No entry fee
Prelims: 10 a.m
QM: Dibyendu Das
High School Solo Championship
Start: 12:30 p.m
QM: Mitesh Agarwal
Prizes totalling Rs. 10,000/-
Sesame – The Open Quiz
Teams of 4 members
Open to all
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/-
Free entry for school teams
Prelims: 2p.m.
TVS Tyres Ride Smart Round: 3:30pm
Finals: 4:15p.m.
QMs: Arun Hiregange and Arul Mani
Prizes totalling Rs. 25,000/-
KQA Silver Jubilee Ceremonies
6:00 p.m
All prizes and certificates will be given out during the ceremonies.
A map to help those who need directions to Purandara Bhavan for the quizzes on 29th June:
Canara Union Lone Wolf Quiz
Date: Sunday, 21 October 2007
Venue: Canara Union, 8th Main, Malleswaram
QM: Jayakanthan R (QFI-Chennai)
Prelims: 1030hrs
Entry Fee: Rs. 25/-
Solus Rex 2007
The contenders for Solus Rex 2007 are
Match I : 22 September 2007
Topic: The Solar System
- Jayakanthan
- Varun Rajiv
- Siddharth Shanker
- Praveen Gonabal
Winner: Siddharth Shanker
Match II: 14 Oct 2007
Topic:Africa in the 20th Century
- Arun Hiregange
- Dibyendu Das
- Thejaswi Udupa
- Sumeer Kumar
Winner: Arun Hiregange
Runner-up: Thejaswi Udupa (117 points)
Match III: 28 Oct 2007
Topic: UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- Anustup Datta
- Vijay TSR
- Satyajit R
- Santosh Swaminathan
- Hrithik Sampat
Winner: Anustup Datta (149 points)
Runner-up: Satyajit R (142 points)
The winners of each semi and the best runner-up will face off in the Final Match, to be played in December 2007.
The line-up for the Solus Rex finals:
- Siddharth Shanker
- Arun Hiregange
- Anustup Datta
- Satyajit R
The Topics
I: Film Scores and their Composers
II: Nobel Laureates in Literature
