Quizzes on December 22 (Sunday)

The KQA will be organising two quizzes on Sunday (December 22) at Ujjivan HO in Koramangala, also the last KQA event of 2024. Come ring out the chaos that was the last 12 months on a high note with two music-themed quizzes!

1030 AM: The Scene and the Unseen — an Indian indie music quiz Allow local scenester Berty (is there a musician he hasn’t met?) and international scenester Sohan (recipient of a takedown notice from Raghu Dixit) take you on a journey through the Indian indie scene: the people behind it, the stories, the venues and of course the history.

Written quiz for teams of up to 2. Open to all. On the spot registration, ₹200/team.

Registration waived for school and college teams.

230 PM: Sesame Mucho — The KQA Music Quiz is back with returning QMs Anuradha, Santosh and Thejaswi Udupa.

Still big in Japan, this lineup promises to avoid a sophomore slump with another all killer, no filler mixtape!

A prelims/finals quiz with teams of up to four. Open to all. On the spot registration, ₹300/team.

Registration free for school and college participants.

Venue: Ujjivan Head Office, Koramangala https://maps.app.goo.gl/GX4DPxF9h5vwio866

Please note that we will be starting and ending on time. Do report for the quiz 10 min before scheduled start time.

Text 9902444486 in case of any queries. DO NOT CALL.

VENUES – MahaQuizzer & AsiaSweep 2024 (FINAL)

Here is the list of venues for the two quizzes.

#CityVenueContact Phone
1AhmedabadCR7 - IIM A (New Campus)88492 09809
2BengaluruUjjivan Small Finance Bank, Grape Garden, 3rd A Cross, 18th Main Rd, 6th Block, Koramangala99024 44486
3ChennaiPS Senior Secondary School, Mylapore98800 61309
4DelhiStudents Activity Centre (SAC), IIT Delhi98681 49674‬
5DhemajiSIPRD Centre, Dhemaji9954922506
6GoaGoa Business School, Taleigao Plateau.9890141715
7HyderabadH105, Himalaya Block, IIITH(triple -I T, not IIT)

(https://maps.app.goo.gl/D1R3QzTMgJHhwF1G6)
90008 77436
8Kharagpur (only MQ)IIT Kharagpur9082685503
9KolkataThe Institute of Marine Engineers (India), Kolkata Branch,
Flat A-1/2, 1st Floor, Siddhartha Apartments,
31/3 Sahapur Colony,
Block J, New Alipore,
Kolkata 700 053.
9831082098
10Kolkata (JU)Professor Anita Banerjee Memorial Hall, Adjacent to Gate no. 4, Jadavpur University Main Campus, Kolkata- 70003262900 36256
11KozhikodePPT Academy, 3rd floor, Indus Academy, Pushpa Junction, Calicut.79076 35399
12ManipalInteract Lecture Halls, KMC Manipal, Health Sciences Campus, MAHE, Manipal.9711116181
13MumbaiRajyog Family Restaurant & Bar 99308 53913
14Pune (only MQ)Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan94212 77399
15SiliguriSonar Taree Apartment 4th Road, College Para South, Opposite Baghajatin Park, Siliguri - 73400179808 57897
16ThrissurRoom 213, Main Block, Govt. Engineering College, Thrissur9447380969
17ThiruvananthapuramReading room, Cheruvaikal94952 58436
18UdaipurIIM Udaipur7741884541

RESULTS & RANKINGS – MindSweep 2024

UPDATED 9 JUNE: Bhubaneswar scores have now been added. Our apologies. Certain individuals in our team have been struggling with the concept of MS Excel.

We’re happy to announce the results of MindSweep 2024. Apologies for the small delay: a couple of centres took their own sweet time in sending in the scores, and the person responsible for posting the results online may or may not have forgotten about it.

Now, to weightier matters: Jayakanthan R of Chennai, the reigning MahaQuizzer, tops MindSweep with 103 . JK was also part of the team that topped the MegaWhats — lending credence to the theory that he may just be good at this sort of thing — our congratulations to him.

Rajiv Rai of Mumbai finished a close second, with 101. Prithwish Datta, also of Mumbai, was next with 99.

Unfortunately, the proctor in Singapore forgot to note down the section-wise scores. The total scores are presented below.

Piyush Kedia topped the College category with 71 points. Aninthitha Nath of Mumbai topped the Women’s category with 40 points. The category toppers are as follows:

Arts: Rajiv Rai, Mumbai, 18

Movies & TV: Prithwish Datta, Mumbai, 16

Food & Beverages: Santosh JS, Bengaluru, 15

Literature: Prithwish Datta, Mumbai, 16

Music: Jayakanthan R, Chennai, 13

The Sciences: Jayakanthan R & Dinesh Krithivasan, both from Chennai, 17

The Social Sciences: Jayakanthan R, Chennai, 18

Sports: Sachin Deshpande, Bengaluru, 14

Once again, a big thank you to all the quiz organisations, proctors, participants, and our quiz setters. See you in 2025!

#NameCentreTotalArtsMovies & TVFood & BeveragesLiteratureMusicThe SciencesThe Social SciencesSports
1Jayakanthan RChennai103141410121317185
2Rajiv RaiMumbai101181381111161410
3Prithwish DattaMumbai9915167168141112
4CalvinDelhi941710899161510
5Sachin DeshpandeBengaluru81118985121414
6Krishnamurthy ViswanathanBay Area811110710618118
7Thejaswi UdupaBengaluru80138117716108
8Dinesh KrithivasanChennai8015569517167
9Abhinav DasguptaMumbai801413610414127
10Praveen VRBengaluru791015591013116
11Santosh JSBengaluru78121015512996
13Anush IyerChennai7713108791497
14Govind GrewalMumbai771410310119119
16Jaidev KarunakaranBengaluru7616871058139
17Nikhil SondeMumbai7612996812119
18Anustup DattaBengaluru75111089316108
19Swaminathan GChennai7513499714118
20Aswath VenkataramanBengaluru73113886131410
21Somashish GhoshDelhi7111667515138
22Piyush KediaDelhi7113113679148
23Gokul SDelhi7016884510118
24Annie Sen GuptaGoa43107698998
25AadishtDelhi6397111266102
26Rohit SBengaluru591157441189
27Baibaswata JenaBhubaneswar598107736810
28Sanat Pai RaikarBengaluru5866410410117
29Alok Prasanna KumarBengaluru589755311126
30Rajiv D'silvaGoa411258574116
31SANDIPAN GOSWAMIDhemaji578114711673
32Akshat JainBay Area571083668106
33Harish AlagappaHyderabad5665147101211
34Anand SivashankarChennai5566778984
35Abhinav DharDelhi5498654796
36Adarsh Kumar MohapatraBhubaneswar54859631175
37Anannya DebMumbai5110304641311
38Vinod KrishnanMumbai5175764688
39Balagopal MenonThrissur517102101993
40Mukilan AyyapparajCoimbatore49139542565
41Subhadeep SarkarBengaluru48108463566
42Rushi AnandanMumbai4776355894
43Hussain AhmedHyderabad46654421285
44Syed Shakeel ImdadHyderabad4576685355
45Samrat SenguptaPune4559173398
46SreenathBengaluru43344556124
47Saarthak ChhabraDelhi4374555566
48AbhilashBengaluru42493243107
49Vilas PavithranGoa2684462387
50Rajat GururajBengaluru41623601482
51Siddharth MishraCoimbatore4174355674
52Dr. V. Sri NageshHyderabad4194661492
53SujayBengaluru4065862562
54Aninthitha NathMumbai4076446265
55Abhishek HariharanMumbai4063464494
56Sayan MazumdarGuwahati39853321044
57Gokul PanigrahiMumbai39722655102
58Appu SBengaluru3856352665
59DhananjayChennai3846432775
60Sriram MadhavanChennai3757442465
61Shshank TyagiGuwahati37534425104
62Pulkit MalhotraMumbai37510164524
63Debjit TripathyDelhi3754175582
64Kaushik ChatterjeeDelhi3649264173
65Abhay KulkarniBengaluru3544462564
66Ankita ShandilyaDelhi3555346552
67Samir GuptaPune3544345366
68CR NaveenCoimbatore3456534362
69Anurakshat GuptaPune3454261295
70Sumeer KumarBengaluru3333260694
71Nandana SonyDelhi3367384320
72Jitaditya NarzaryGuwahati3249231157
73Rama SubramanianHyderabad3295111645
74Francis RodriguesMumbai32324041072
75Uday Tej SinghPune3241250956
76VARUN MURTHYAhmedabad3154451075
77Sahil RamchandaniBengaluru3165072542
78ShubhamBengaluru31542413102
79Rahul JadhavBengaluru3191310296
80Kaushik SahaDelhi31510111085
81R SamyakBengaluru30433015104
82Kapinjal Kishore SharmaGuwahati3065263350
83Jyotishko GhoshBengaluru2933261464
84Srijit KumarGoa1558126052
85sanat navalAhmedabad2841723371
86Prabhat BChennai2853423614
87Praveen JayarajCoimbatore2897223212
88RoshanCoimbatore2896310036
89Priyanuj ParasharGuwahati2843022458
90Adarsh BDelhi28544120102
91Vaibhav AyerDelhi2816133329
92Nikhil JhaDelhi2818034255
93AnoushkaDelhi2885054141
94RajPune2821344842
95Venky SrinivasanBengaluru273897
96Chinmay NaikGoa2762320770
97Viola RodriguesGoa2744343342
98Ganesha DurbhaBay Area2733122475
99sanveerAhmedabad2622423247
100Varun ParthasarathyChennai2611510288
101M P Shreesh BhatGoa1915153344
102Akhil SiddharthaDelhi26111308102
103Ramish AbdaliDelhi2634421165
104Ruchira PorobGoa2553230282
105Mayur ShettGoa1416432333
106Sujit RayDelhi2565312143
107Rithwik Rao HBengaluru2332034254
108Abhijeet ShyamChennai2308021156
109Paul GatwardGoa1450421254
110Navneet SharmaDelhi2314331362
111Shubham JhaPune2331240751
112Suresh RamasubramanianChennai225476
113Aastha DuaGoa2224253042
114Akshay ShreyasDelhi2222144522
115Vembu ShankarChennai2121422145
116Shujoy DuttaDelhi215844----
117Prisha JoshiPune2112332442
118Malhar MazumdarDelhi1943300342
119Harshit AgarwalDelhi1915132124
120Kartik GuliaDelhi1942050620
121Shantanu KarthaThrissur1912421234
122Karthik DesikanBengaluru1811232144
123KrishnaChennai185274
124Amit AgarwalPune1835030025
125Divyanshu MohantyBhubaneswar1813211163
126Sankalp ChowdhuryMumbai1714320421
127Faris Abdul NassarThrissur1732231321
128Mukti Swaroop PradhanBhubaneswar1744110142
129Nitish WagleGoa16000013102
130Revanth THyderabad1642210223
131Vaibhav BajpaiPune1607110043
132HarshadBengaluru1532130222
133Raman SCoimbatore1502100255
134Abinash BharatiPune1502420241
135Krishna Aditya MohantyBhubaneswar1562010132
136Debabrata MalikBengaluru1422221032
137Bunny FurtadoGoa1120110352
138Pritam GhoshPune1402332130
139Niyati JoisBengaluru1331121122
140Neev Raj SinghBengaluru1301102162
141Siddhartha MahajanDelhi1312110125
142Bhishama PradhanPune1302322130
143Mahadev MenonPune1331110241
144Naman ChaturvediPune1302221231
145Swagat Subhakanta DasBengaluru1211110143
146Hriday ShahBengaluru1204010034
147Tejas SBengaluru1211100261
148Sharat ChandarCoimbatore1202100333
149Satish MudaliarBengaluru1120520002
150Vidyadhar GadgilGoa303530000
151Pragyajeet MohantyBhubaneswar1110201133
152Abhijvala MohantyBhubaneswar1111110025
153RazdanGuwahati1002012041
154Dr. Nishad KDelhi1012120031
155Avinash KadamPune1002210050
156Kaushik RaamBay Area1000100243
157Barnil SarmaGuwahati900011061
158Prashant SinhaDelhi900220311
159Man Agochar SinghPune901210302
160VenkateshwaranPune900200313
161ARYAKALPA BHATTACHARYADhemaji911001114
162Ripunjeet barmanGuwahati805000003
163Saswat SamalBhubaneswar802010320
164Srinidhi AVBengaluru703000301
165Kushagra BindalDelhi710020202
166Smarth NagpalPune712110110
167Abhijeet KumarPune700320110
168Rabmit DasBhubaneswar720100022
169Neerav Raj SinghBengaluru600021012
170Amol SakhalkarGoa501011021
171AshutoshPune600000240
172Dev SinghPune612100110
173JITUL KONCHDhemaji611000211
174Arya RNBengaluru521100001
175Mukilan MChennai501210001
176SrivatsanCoimbatore511100011
177Srinjoy ChoudhuryGuwahati521000011
178DEBAAKANTA BORAHDhemaji502000102
179Ambarish KulkarniMumbai401200001
180Kabilesh NatarajCoimbatore301110000
181PreritPune300001002
182Ram Mohan VHyderabad220000000
183Shubhankar Mani TripathiDelhi200000200
184Tapan Kumar BhuyanBhubaneswar100000010

MegaWhats 2024 – RESULTS & RANKINGS

Here are the results of prelims of MegaWhats 2024, the KQA’s annual inter-city written quiz. The top ten city winners are invited to participate in the MW semifinals on 28 June 2024. The MW face-off will be part of AsKQAnce, KQA’s annual quiz fest.

Qualifiers will be contacted by the KQA to confirm participation at AsKQAnce. Each team is allowed a maximum of one change per team. In case of a city winner dropping out, the next team to qualify will NOT be the second highest scoring team in that city, but the highest scoring team overall that has not qualified.

Our congratulations to QED from Chennai for topping the prelims. The other qualifiers are listed below.

Top ten city winners:

1. QED (Chennai, 53.5 with 10*)
2. Aardvarks (Delhi, 53 with 10*)
3. United Separatists (Mumbai, 50.5 with 9*)
4. CIDs From Kerala (Bangalore, 48.5 with 7*)
5. Feni Vidi Vici (Goa, 46.5 with 6*)
6. Hammer & Tongs (Kolkata, 44.5 with 9*)
7. Zulfiqar-e-Fidel (Pune, 44 with 5*)
8. Triple S with a B (Hyderabad, 42 with 6*)
9. Baibaswata Ritwik Toyada Adarsh (Bhubaneshwar, 38.5 with 7*)
10. KSI (Coimbatore, 37.5 with 6*)

Other qualifiers

1. Dada Kondke & His Lamp (Mumbai, 50 with 8*)
2, Zero Gravitas (Bangalore, 48 with 9*)
3. So Far So Good So Megawhats (Bangalore, 47.5 with 9*)
4. Quizzaholics Anonymous (Chennai, 47.5 with 9*)
5. Insignificant Others (Chennai, 46.5 with 9*)
6. Sainted & Dented (Mumbai, 46 with 9*)

*UPDATED 27 MAY: Coimbatore is the 10th qualifier among city winners, beating out Ahmedabad by a point. Apologies for any confusion.

#Team NameScoreStarsCity
1QED53.510Chennai
2Aardvarks5310Delhi
3United Separatists50.59Mumbai
4Dada Kondke and His Lamp508Mumbai
5CIDs From Kerala48.57Bengaluru
6Zero Gravitas489Bengaluru
7So far, So good, So Megawhats?47.59Bengaluru
8Quizaholics Anonymous47.59Chennai
9Insignificant Others46.59Chennai
10Feni Vidi Vici46.56Goa
11Sainted and Dented469Mumbai
12Hammer and Tongs44.59Kolkata
13Laapataa Ladies44.58Delhi
14Sreeradh Supratim SGD Jaidev448Bengaluru
15Zulfiqar-e-Fidel445Pune
16Congrats All43.58Bengaluru
17Peter Panchali427Bengaluru
18Forecasting Couch Potatoes426Chennai
19Triple S with a B426Hyderabad
20Rags to Riches4110Mumbai
21SJU Quizzers417Bengaluru
22Three Men and a Baby414Bengaluru
23Swami and Friends39.55Bengaluru
24F & F38.57Kolkata
25Baibaswata Ritwik Toyada Adarsh38.57Bhubaneswar
26Carefully Put Together38.55Bengaluru
27SNM and SHCS387Kolkata
28Nishant Rahul Maitrey Abhay384Bengaluru
29Four Everybody Problem37.56Mumbai
30KSI37.56Coimbatore
31We Like Our Answers Better375Bengaluru
32Vijay Char Rosters36.56Ahmedabad
33Veritas Vin Cit367Delhi
34Prasanna Goes for DRS366Hyderabad
35Cute Purple Unicorns365Chennai
36Thrissur Round-up35.56Thrissur
37Mimirer Ghoraguli357Kolkata
38Sreeram Rajat Balu Kishire34.54Bengaluru
393 Cool People and 1 Last Minute Addition33.54Bengaluru
40True Men Show336Hyderabad
41Hiptullah Limbfitters336Delhi
42All Quiet on the Eastern Front335Guwahati
43Ankita Ayush Kavin Laxya335Delhi
44Joy East Bengal325Kolkata
45RCB>>> SRH 31.56Hyderabad
46The Kaun Men31.55Goa
47Ee Sala Answer Namde31.53Bengaluru
48Goanese Gang30.55Bengaluru
49Navneet Akshay Nikhil30.54Delhi
50Anushilan Samiti306Guwahati
51Noobs304Pune
52Team Fubar29.54Bengaluru
53Paisa Vasool295Delhi
54Zoha293Pune
55Ben Stokes274Bengaluru
56Teamesh Kumar26.56Chennai
57Say Our Names26.54Bengaluru
58
Waiting for 2 More Teammates263Mumbai
59Sandipan & Debakanta24.56Dhemaji
60Kartikeya Panwar (solo)24.54Bengaluru
61Team With No Name24.54Delhi
62Khiladis of Kerala24.53Thrissur
63The Big Bang Theory24.53Trivandrum
64Megawhys243Goa
65Sunandita Appu Debabrata Swagat23.54Bengaluru
66Quizzilaterals23.53Bhubaneswar
67Strawberry Soda234Delhi
68-273.15233Coimbatore
69Shankar Balaji Ramya Kasturi22.52Chennai
70Vande Bharat Express223Delhi
71Aalshi Goenkar21.54Goa
72Soups214Delhi
73Sigma Enigmas20.54Delhi
74Saswati Aditya Mukti20.53Bhubaneswar
75Four Horses in Search of Three Roads203Chennai
76
SAKK184Delhi
77SAAR182Trivandrum
78Killjoys16.53Pune
79Selatkcud16.52Bengaluru
80Dhruv Shubhankar Aadi15.53Delhi
81Chai Biscuit15.51Hyderabad
82Instant Raman153Bengaluru
83Four Men Problem152Guwahati
84The Usual Suspects14.52Bengaluru
85Himawari142Pune
84Buggers133Pune
86Abhijwala Pragnajeet Tapan121Bhubaneswar
87Mahadev & Amit11.52Pune
88Sanyog Satyanshu Ananya100Bhubaneswar
89Shinchan92Pune
90Aravind Biji Thanseela60Trivandrum

No MindSweep in Kolkata

There will be no edition of MindSweep in Kolkata. The centre will host MegaWhats as scheduled.

MindSweep, MegaWhats 2024 – VENUES

Here is the list of venues for MindSweep and MegaWhats 2024. Please note that the Kolkata venue is hosting only MegaWhats. Please check with your local organiser for any further details.

The KQA does not collect registration fees for these events, but local organisers may collect fees to cover costs.

#CityVenueContact
1AhmedabadAhmedabad University 88492 09809
2BhubaneswarConference Hall of Bhawani Enclave
Sahid Nagar, Bhubaneswar
9437042444
3ChennaiP.S. Senior Secondary School, Mylapore98800 61309
4CoimbatoreKumaraguru City Centre,
Race course,
Coimbatore.
9363130594
5DelhiIIT Delhi 8910546353
6DhemajiDPRC Dhemaji99549 22506
7GoaGoa Business School, Taleigao Plateau, Panjim.98901 41715
8GuwahatiNerim Group of Institutions, Padma Nath sarmah Bhawan, Tripura Rd, Jaya Nagar, Khanapara, Guwahati, Assam7042226178
9HyderabadColumbus hospital, Begumpet90008 77436
10KolkataThe Institute of Marine Engineers (India), Kolkata Branch, Flat A-1/2, 1st Floor, Siddhartha Apartments, 31/3 Sahapur Colony, Block J, New Alipore, Kolkata9830186475
11MumbaiRajyog Family Restaurant & Bar98195 79559
12PuneGoethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Pune94212 77399
13ThrissurGovernment Medical College, Mulakunnathukavu, Thrissur - Academic block9061015719
14ThiruvananthapuramIISER Thiruvananthapuram83559 78223

VENUES – MQ and AS 2023

The list of venues for the 2023 editions of Mahaquizzer and AsiaSweep are listed below.

If there is any error or you would like to add your city to the list of venues, please contact kqaquizzes@gmail.com.

We have no venues in Jamshedpur,Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram.

CityVenueHostingContactContact
Ahmedabad
IIM, Ahmedabad (New Campus)MQ, ASKushan Patel88492 09809
BengaluruUjjivan Small Finance Bank Head Office in Koramangala (Grape Garden address on Google maps)MQ, ASMaitrey Deshpande97428 33686
ChennaiPS Senior Secondary School,
Mylapore,
Chennai 600 004
MQ, ASRajagopal PS98800 61309
CoimbatoreLH-01, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Saravanampatti, Coimbatore-641049MQ, ASSanthiya Krishnamoorthy8870829385
DelhiLH313.3, Lecture Hall Complex, IIT DelhiMQ, ASShubhankar Bahl9910038334
GoaGoa Business School, Taleigao Plateau.MQ, ASRajiv D'Silva98901 41715
GuwahatiAurus Mall Food CourtMQ, ASAkshay Seal8860774325
HyderabadColumbus hospital, Begumpet -- top floor conference room.MQ, ASPrasanna Karmakar90008 77436
KolkataThe Institute of Marine Engineers (India), Kolkata Branch, Flat A-1/2, 1st Floor, Siddhartha Apartments, 31/3 Sahapur Colony, Block J, New AliporeMQ, ASAbijit Banerjee9830487023
Kolkata (JIMS)JIMS Hospital and Medical College, KP Mondal Road, Buita, Budge Budge, KolkataONLY MAHAQUIZZERUjan Sen90510 22364
KozhikodeGovt Arts and Science CollegeMQ, ASPraveen85476 68852
ManipalKMC ManipalMQ, ASSanjay9880197605
MumbaiRajyog Family Restaurant & BarMQ, ASAbhinav Dasgupta98195 79559
PuneGoethe Institut, Max Mueller Bhavan, Pune.ONLY MAHAQUIZZERPranav Pawar94212 77399
RaiganjHall room of Banijya Bhawan, Mohonbati, RaiganjMQ, ASDebabrata Das9832422988
SilcharSilchar Medical College and HospitalMQ, ASShubhamoy Chanda7002139471
SiliguriSiliguri Girls High School, SiliguriONLY MAHAQUIZZERPratyush Kundu75860 93596
ThrissurAcademic Block, Room #24, St.Thomas CollegeMQ, ASDr Vijaynath94473 80969
UdaipurIIM UdaipurMQ, ASRuzul9049101133

AsKQAnce – Winter of this Content 2023

With less than a month remaining for KQA’s special 40th anniversary “all the nice topics” quizzing extravaganza The Winter of This Content, here’s the schedule in full detail!

Saturday (16th December)

915 AM: Registration starts

930 AM: Y Tu MoMA Tambien — the Arts Quiz

As the name suggests, art does not stop at paintings or with the Renaissance. A quiz about all walks of art, from still life with fruit to bananas taped to walls!

QMs: Anush Iyer, Mahendra Balu, Nikhita Thomas

A prelims/finals open quiz for teams of up to four.

145 PM: The Extremely Online offline quiz

Whether you know the phrase “extremely online” or are thinking “huh this is some gen Z yooth play”, this is a quiz for you — for every MostlySane posting content, there is a pre-millennial struggling with caps lock on Twitter/X. From T-Series subscription numbers to T-4826 (and counting; IYKYK), if it’s online, it’s fair game.

QMs: Abid Abdulla, Nagaratna Patil

A written open quiz for teams of up to two.

330 PM – 830 PM: SoL — the Movie Quiz

Son. Of. Lumiere. Is. Back. The venerable movie quiz rides again! Hollywood, not-just-Bollywood Indian movies, world cinema, independent productions… it’s all here.

QMs: Anustup, Sripradha, Varun

A prelims/finals open quiz for teams of up to four.

Sunday (17th December)

915 AM: Registration starts

930 AM: Persiflage — the Books Quiz

Another long-standing favourite, the books quiz is back and off the chain with low/high brow and everything in between, from Murdoch to BookTok and beyond!

QMs: Mollika, Sreyashi, Urmila

A prelims/finals open quiz for teams of up to four.

2 PM – 7 PM: Sesame Mucho — the Music Quiz

Another banger is back and promises to be an all-killer, no-filler music quiz!

QMs: Anuradha, Santosh, Udupa

A prelims/finals open quiz for teams of up to four.

Venue: The Institute of Agricultural Technologists (IAT) on Queen’s Road (https://goo.gl/maps/YndqYDAGH1giNi3U6)

There will be prizes for all the finalists and slightly better prizes for 1-2-3. Book coupons galore, so keep your suitcase empty if you fancy your chances.

Every quiz is open to all!

Registration for the written quiz is Rs. 200/team and each prelim/finals quiz is Rs. 300/team (waived for school and college teams) — only on-the-spot registrations, so just turn up on the day!

Hope to see you (yes, you) there, and please spread the word on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Discord, Hood (is anyone on Hood?)… even send this along with a “GM 🙏🏼” to your quiz and non-quiz WhatsApp groups.

MahaQuizzer & AsiaSweep 2023

The Karnataka Quiz Association will be conducting MahaQuizzer, the National Solo Quizzing Championship, and AsiaSweep, the Arun Veembur Memorial Quiz on all things Asian, on 10 December 2023 (Sunday).

MahaQuizzer will consist of 150 questions to be attempted over 90 minutes, off a printed paper. Mahaquizzer will be set by a team comprised of Debashree Mitra, Sachin Deshpande, Sreyashi Dastidar, Sujata Sharma, and Venkataraman R.

MahaQuizzer is open to individual entrants, irrespective of age or other affiliations. The person recording the highest score across all centres will hold the title of Mahaquizzer for 2023. She/he will also be awarded the Wing Commander G.R. Mulky Trophy for Quizzing Excellence. This trophy will be presented during ASKQANCE, the KQA Anniversary Open Quiz Festival scheduled for June 2024.

AsiaSweep will consist of around 75 questions, to be read off a ppt. A projector will be required to hold the quiz. The quiz is being set by Dibyendu Das, Urmila Lakshmanan, Dr Arul Mani, and Nagaratna Patil.

AsiaSweep is open to teams of two members, irrespective of age or other affiliations. Solo participants are also welcome to try their luck.

We look forward to your cooperation in conducting another successful edition of these quizzes. We will require a proctor at each centre to conduct the quizzes. Please nominate one/two person(s) for this responsibility. We will send the question paper to the proctor(s) a few days before the quiz. The proctor will need to take copies of the question paper as per the number of participants in each centre. Kindly announce news of the quiz in your respective quiz groups as soon as possible.

Mahaquizzer will be held in all cities from 10:30 am to 12 noon. Reporting time for participants will be 10:00 AM. AsiaSweep will start at 3 pm.

Prior registration is essential. Go here to register for Mahaquizzer, and here for AsiaSweep. If you would like to host either event in your city, please email kqaquizzes@gmail.com.

Call for QMs for 2023-’24 Season

The KQA calendar is back, and we need QMs!

Running from September till June, it will have written + prelims/finals quizzes on Sundays, and midweek pub quizzes on Wednesdays.

If interested in signing up, email kqaquizzes@gmail.com by Sunday (July 16) for further instructions.

(1) We encourage first-time QMs to apply

(2) It’s not first come/first served

(3) Once emails are in, we’ll send the entire pool the available slots and what setting entails, and subsequently finalise the roster.

So, even if you’re 50-50 about it, email now and decide later.

(4) Please email kqaquizzes@gmail.com only. No DMs on Twitter or replies on WhatsApp or whatever else. It’s easier to coordinate.

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