KQA’S AsKQAnce 2025 on June 27-29 in Bangalore
The KQA is happy to announce the full schedule of its 3-day quizzing extravaganza in Bangalore, AsKQAnce 2025! With 8 quizzes over 3 days at the venerable IAT on Queen’s Road, there’s something for everyone!
Venue: Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road https://maps.app.goo.gl/AV995M5BmwUxZFC16
Pub quiz venue: To be announced closer to the date
All quizzes on Days 2 & 3 have a registration fee of ₹200/team, and on-the-spot registration. Registration fee waived for school and college teams.
The schedule:
Friday (27th June)
10 AM to 1 PM: Mahamahaquizzer
The national final for the top 16 qualifiers from KQA’s inter-city written quiz, Mahaquizzer. Come watch the best minds duke it out etc etc.
QMs: Santosh JS, Sreyashi Dastidar, Sujata Sharma, Venkataraman Ravindra
2 PM onwards: MegaWhats National Final
The 16 qualifiers from cities across India converge for the national final of MegaWhats, the KQA’s inter-city team written quiz (duke, best minds, etc.).
2 PM to 330 PM: Semifinal 1
345 PM to 515 PM: Semifinal 2
530 PM to 730 PM: Final
QMs: Thejaswi Udupa, Manish Achuth, Movin Miranda
8 PM: 4 Edge Pub Quiz
A pub quiz in association with Bangalore pub quizzing royalty 4 Edge Quizzing! A fun pub quiz that’s open to all.
A pub quiz for teams of up to 4. ₹200/team, open to all.
QMs: 4Edge Team
Saturday (28th June)
930 AM to 1 PM: By Hooke or by Crookes—the KQA Science and Technology Quiz
SciTech quizzes are a mainstay of festivals, and this one won’t be any different.
A prelims/finals open quiz for teams of up to four.
QMs: Jaidev Karunakaran, Krittika Adhikary, Venky Srinivasan
2 PM to 330 PM: Turned Pages — a quiz on adaptations
If you ever thought literature quizzes these days were movie quizzes in disguise, this is for you. A quiz on stories that have been adapted for stage/TV/movies from books/plays, all from the “lit” angle.
A written open quiz for teams of up to two.
QMs: Mahendra Balu, Nagaratna Patil, Vivek Karthikeyan (Kivi)
345 PM to 845 PM: Son of Lumiere – the Movie Quiz
After a brief pause, the venerable movie quiz rides again at AsKQAnce! Hollywood, not-just-Bollywood Indian movies, world cinema, independent productions… It’s all here.
A prelims/finals open quiz for teams of up to four.
QMs: Anustup, Sourjo, Varun Rajiv
Sunday (29th June)
930 AM to 1 PM: The G.S. Hiranyappa Memorial quiz
A quiz in memory of KQA stalwart, GS Hiranyappa, on topics near and dear to his quizzing heart: history, geography and the social sciences.
A prelims/finals open quiz for teams of up to four.
QMs: Debashree Mitra, Maitrey Deshpande, Agila Ulaga Uttama Nayagan Superstar Keshav Athreya
2 PM to 7 PM: Sesame — the Open General Quiz
Our flagship general quiz is back in a new avatar… that’s the same well-received avatar as last year.
Sesame will have a tiered format with a prelim, a play-in semi-final, and a nine-team final incorporating the top 6 from the prelim and top 3 from the semi-final.
A prelims/semi/finals open quiz for teams of up to four.
QMs: Abid Abdulla, Preetham Upadhya, Sachin Deshpande, Sripradha S
Prizes for all finalists of all quizzes, slightly better prizes for the top three.
VENUES – MindSweep & MegaWhats 2025
Here are the venues for Sunday’s doubleheader. Please note that Mindsweep and Megawhats have separate venues in Kolkata.
The Bangalore venue, as always, is the Institution of Agricultural Technologists on Queens Road. (Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/3da7uEjZL3fGPwT49)
| City | Venue | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmedabad | Room 004, Ahmedabad University | 88492 09809 |
| Bengaluru | Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen's Road. | 80505 8897 |
| Chennai | PS Senior Secondary School, Mylapore | 82977 33676 |
| Coimbatore | Brookefields | 9843970112 |
| Delhi | IIIT Delhi, (C01, Old Academic Block) (nearest metro station: Govindpuri) (https://g.co/kgs/qZwAcn1 ) | 89105 46353 |
| Goa | Goa Business School, Taleigao Plateau. | 98901 41715 |
| Guwahati | NERIM, Jayanagar, Guwahati | 96781 29626/ 70422 2617 |
| Hyderabad | 2nd Floor, Vibrant Living, Jubilee Hills (https://maps.app.goo.gl/kAHHQg66jUSvJNyo8) | 75698 69324 |
| Kolkata (for MS) | The 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 |
| Kolkata (for MW) | Mother Teresa Hall, Church of Christ the King, 5, Syed Amir Ali Ave, Park Circus, Kolkata - 700017. | 98362 22698 |
| Mumbai | Rajyog Family Restaurant & Bar | 99308 53913 |
| Pune | Goethe Institut/Max Muller Bhavan, 14/3-B, Boat Club Rd, Sangamvadi | 94212 77399 |
| Singapore | Function Room, Sky Eleven, Thomson Lane, Singapore 297725 | +65 8208 9851 |
| Thrissur | Govt. Engineering College, Thrissur | 9447380969 |
| Thiruvananthapuram | The Reading Room, Cheruvaikal, Sreekaryam | 75108 71143 |
| Visakhapatnam | Neemyard Classes, Akkayyapalem, near Maharani Parlour, Visakhapatnam. (https://maps.app.goo.gl/R62bGC8p5UnJjL2Y9) | 90046 41925 |
KQA QUIZZES ON APRIL 27 AT UJJIVAN
The KQA will conduct two open quizzes on April 27 (Sunday) at the Ujjivan head office in Koramangala.
1030 AM: The Only Connect Quiz
QMs Karthik Shashidhar and Subrat Mohanty will present the second edition of their adaptation of the popular quiz show Only Connect, and have provided the following description:
As per ChatGPT (ed note: respect tradition, copy-paste para 1 from the wiki entry), “Only Connect” is a British quiz show where teams of three compete to find connections between seemingly unrelated clues, often requiring lateral thinking and deep knowledge. Hosted by Victoria Coren Mitchell, it features rounds like Connections, Sequences, and separating 16 clues into 4 groups of 4, making it a cerebral challenge for even the most seasoned quizzers.
Expect a strong mix of stage 2s, word plays and poor jokes. You can check out the original at https://www.youtube.com/@onlyconnectfan8964/playlists (ed note: but please attend the quiz instead of spiralling down a YouTube rabbithole)
It is a direct finals quiz for teams of up to 4, open to all.
On-the-spot registration. Rs. 300/team. Registration waived for school and college teams.
230 PM: The Purple Riband Quiz by QFI— We will be running the Purple Riband Quiz that was conducted by QFI a month or so ago.
From them:
“The Blue Riband is an award given to the fastest passenger ship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. So why not a women-themed general knowledge quiz for the Purple Ribbon on the occasion of International Women’s Day?”
A women-themed general knowledge quiz for all.
This is a prelims/finals quiz that is open to all ages for teams of two, with either both women or one man & one woman. This is not a solo quiz.
QMs: Saranya Jayakumar, Jayashree Mohanka, Nirupama Venkatasubramanian
On the spot registration, ₹200/team. Registration is 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 the scheduled start time.
Text 9902444486 in case of any queries
KQA Events in April 2025
Hello, here’s the April schedule of KQA events, mark the dates!
Individual announcements have been/will be made before each quiz with all details including venue, timings, QMs etc.
MindSweep and MegaWhats on 11 May 2025
The KQA is pleased to announce the return of its annual multi-city written open quizzing championships, Mindsweep and Megawhats.
Both quizzes will be conducted on Sunday, 11th May, 2025 in various cities.
Mindsweep, the international solo quizzing championship, is a written quiz for solo participants that will require takers to answer around 200 questions in two back-to-back sessions of 75 min each. The quiz will commence at 10.30 AM IST.
MindSweep is set by a team led by Dr Arul Mani.
Registration form and further details are here.
Megawhats, the national team quizzing championship, is a written quiz for teams of up to four that will commence at 3.30 PM IST. Do note that the top winners of Megawhats will also be invited to take part in the Megawhats National Final on June 27 at AsKQAnce 2025.
Registration form and further details are here.
MegaWhats is set by a team led by Thejaswi Udupa.
Venue details for each city will be notified soon. The venue in Bangalore is IAT, Queen’s Road.
If your location isn’t listed and you would like your city to conduct Mindsweep and Megawhats, or for any clarifications, please write to Hrishi Varma at kqaquizzes@gmail.com The more the merrier, and the only reason your city is not yet on the list is that the organising details have not yet been ironed out with the local quiz club so lean on them and tell them to get their act together
Prior registration is required for both quizzes, so please register at the earliest using the links mentioned above, and do spread the word.
KQA Events on 16 March (Sunday) at Ujjivan, Koramangala
The KQA will conduct two open quizzes on March 16 (Sunday) at the Ujjivan head office in Koramangala.
1030 AM: 20/20 Vision — a quiz on the 2020s by Kunal and Shreyas
How well do you know the decade we’re living through? A quiz that’s all about the 2020s – no history books required.
It is a written quiz for teams of up to two. Open to all. On the spot registration, ₹200/team. Registration waived for school and college teams.
2 PM: Pink Poui Club — the Fashion Quiz
Much like the pink poui in the city, it is time for you to dust off your finest and blossom at the KQA Fashion Quiz.
Join QMs Hetvi, Rabin and Siddharth as we span everything under this March sun from corduroy to Kendall Roy, this is a quiz in which fit check isn’t Emil Zatopek.
It is a prelims/finals quiz for teams of up to 4. Open to all. On the spot registration, ₹300/team. Registration waived for school and college teams.
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.
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KQA Events in March 2025
Here is the KQA schedule for March 2025
KQA Quizzes on 5 January (Sunday)
Happy 2025 to all, we’re diving right back into the calendar with two great quizzes to ring in the new year!
The KQA will conduct two open quizzes on January 5 (Sunday) at the Ujjivan head office in Koramangala.
1030 AM: The Artifacts Quiz by Vivek Karthikeyan and Mahendra Balu. From the QM: An investigative procedure (he means ‘quiz’) into objects of all sorts, from hairclips to Holbeins to hakka noodle makers.
It is a written quiz for teams of up to two. Open to all. On the spot registration, ₹200/team. Registration waived for school and college teams.
2 PM: The January Open Quiz— the first general quiz of 2025 set by Peter Panchali, a veteran quiz team known for their great questions!
It is a prelims/finals quiz for teams of up to 4. Open to all. On-the-spot registration, ₹300/team. Registration is waived for school and college teams.
Venue: Ujjivan Head Office, Koramangala. Click here for Google Maps.
Please note that we will start and end on time. Please report for the quiz 10 minutes before the scheduled start time.
Text (NOT call) 9902444486 in case of any queries.
RESULTS – AsiaSweep 2024
A total of 78 teams wrote AsiaSweep 2024. We have a new winner this year: Calvin Christ and Preetham Upadhya scored an outstanding 76 points out of a possible 108 in Bengaluru.
Ten points behind were the second-placed team of Prithwish Dutta and Sourjo Sengupta, who also took the quiz from Bengaluru. Behind these doughty veterans, the young and upcoming duo of Vibhendu Tewari and Abhinav Dasgupta from Mumbai, placed third overall with 63 points.
The Q&A can be found here.
A big thank-you to all quizzing communities and proctors who helped run the quiz smoothly. AsiaSweep 2024 was set by Dibyendu Das, Nagaratna ‘Partikal’ Patil, Nikhita Thomas, and Dr Arul Mani.
We’ll see you in 2025!
Note from KQA: If your results are missing, we haven’t received your scores. Contact your proctor.
| # | Team Member 1 | Team Member 2 | City | S1 | S2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calvin | Preetham | Bengaluru | 44 | 32 | 76 |
| 2 | Prithwish | Sourjo | Bengaluru | 43 | 23 | 66 |
| 3 | Vibhendu Tewari | Abhinav Dasgupta | Mumbai | 38 | 25 | 63 |
| 4 | Shouvik Guha | Jayashree Mohanka | Kolkata | 40 | 22 | 62 |
| 5 | Abid Abdulla | Praveen VR | Bengaluru | 34 | 25 | 59 |
| 6 | Santosh Swaminathan | Sachin Deshpande | Bengaluru | 37 | 22 | 59 |
| 7 | Abhijit Banerjee | Anirudh Sridhar Chari | Kolkata | 32 | 26 | 58 |
| 8 | Sreeradh | Jaidev K | Bengaluru | 34 | 24 | 58 |
| 9 | Anustup Datta | Thejaswi Udupa | Bengaluru | 33 | 25 | 58 |
| 10 | Nishanth | Keshav Atreya | Bengaluru | 35 | 23 | 58 |
| 11 | Anannya Deb | Venkatraghavan S | Mumbai | 38 | 18 | 56 |
| 12 | Mohan Ravichandran | Karthik Shashidhar | Bengaluru | 40 | 16 | 56 |
| 13 | Avinash Mudaliar | Rahul Kottalgi | Mumbai | 32 | 23 | 55 |
| 14 | Subrat Mohanty | Venky Srinivasan | Bengaluru | 33 | 20 | 53 |
| 15 | Rajiv | Annie | Goa | 33 | 19 | 52 |
| 16 | Avinas Misra | Souasis Bose | Bengaluru | 31 | 19 | 50 |
| 17 | Alagar | Venkat | Bengaluru | 26 | 23 | 49 |
| 18 | Shakeel | Sri Nagesh | Hyderabad | 26 | 22 | 48 |
| 19 | Sanat | Supratim | Bengaluru | 19 | 19 | 48 |
| 20 | Bhargav Saikia | Somasish Ghosh | Udaipur | 28 | 20 | 48 |
| 21 | Kushan Patel | Aniruddha Mitra | Ahmedabad | 29 | 18 | 47 |
| 22 | Shashwat Salgaocar | Chandrashekhar Rao | Goa | 34 | 11 | 45 |
| 23 | Anil Raghavan | Manu Sudhakar | Thrissur | 24 | 21 | 45 |
| 24 | Abhishek Hariharan | Aninthitha Nath | Mumbai | 27 | 17 | 44 |
| 25 | Arunoday Chaudhary | Saswat Acharya | Kolkata | 28 | 16 | 44 |
| 26 | Shrijit Kumar | Vilas Pavithran | Goa | 27 | 13 | 40 |
| 27 | Udayan Mishra | Samartha Rao | Bengaluru | 26 | 13 | 39 |
| 28 | Preyoshi Ganguly | Tanmay Prusty | Mumbai | 20 | 18 | 38 |
| 29 | R Samyak | Chinmay Naik | Goa | 20 | 18 | 38 |
| 30 | Sanjay kr | Pavan Madhukar Bhat | Manipal | 25 | 12 | 37 |
| 31 | Anagha | Akshaya | Bengaluru | 22 | 15 | 37 |
| 32 | Rakesh TP | Sarath VR | Thiruvananthapuram | 16 | 21 | 37 |
| 33 | Debjit Dasgupta | Sri Hari | Hyderabad | 22 | 14 | 36 |
| 34 | Sahil | Balu | Bengaluru | 23 | 13 | 36 |
| 35 | Vishnu Vijay | Sreehari | Thiruvananthapuram | 16 | 20 | 36 |
| 36 | Uttirno Nath | Shiladitya Ganguly | Kolkata | 20 | 15 | 35 |
| 37 | Advik Kabra | Abhineet | Bengaluru | 21 | 13 | 34 |
| 38 | Francis Rodrigues | Ameya Samant | Mumbai | 20 | 13 | 33 |
| 39 | Krishan Shetty | Ahmedabad | 16 | 17 | 33 | |
| 40 | Tony Nixon Mavely | Jyothishko Ghosh | Thiruvananthapuram | 22 | 11 | 33 |
| 41 | Akshay Sreyas | Sreeram M | Thiruvananthapuram | 15 | 16 | 33 |
| 42 | Nilabh | Pradhi Goel | Udaipur | 23 | 10 | 33 |
| 43 | Gokul Panigrahi | Sarvesh Shenoy | Mumbai | 19 | 12 | 31 |
| 44 | Shujoy | Devika | Goa | 18 | 13 | 31 |
| 45 | Sidharth Uday | Thiruvananthapuram | 18 | 13 | 31 | |
| 46 | Bharat Jayan | Saranya Bhattacharjee | Mumbai | 22 | 8 | 30 |
| 47 | N. Viswanathan | -- | Udaipur | 18 | 9 | 27 |
| 48 | Arun AS | NIL | Thrissur | 20 | 6 | 26 |
| 49 | Sumeer | Tej Vohra | Bengaluru | 16 | 9 | 25 |
| 50 | Rohit Kaulgud | Soumya Khanna | Ahmedabad | 13 | 10 | 23 |
| 51 | Anuradha Dharwadkar | Sanveer Singh Puri | Ahmedabad | 17 | 5 | 22 |
| 52 | Viola Rodrigues | Paul Gatward | Goa | 17 | 5 | 22 |
| 53 | Manoj R | Dr Arun J Sankar | Kozhikode | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| 54 | Ishaan Nejeeb | Rama Pandya | Bengaluru | 14 | 8 | 22 |
| 55 | Monish | Anvithraj | Hyderabad | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| 56 | Ananya Mitra | Suchana Ghosh | Kolkata | 17 | 4 | 21 |
| 57 | Sumanth | Rahul | Bengaluru | 16 | 4 | 20 |
| 58 | Mohsin Mustafa | Anshita Jain | Bengaluru | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 59 | Nikhil Jha | Bengaluru | 12 | 8 | 20 | |
| 60 | Prayag Mohanty | Khitish Panda | Mumbai | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 61 | Aniruddh Bhaskaran | Nishtha K | Mumbai | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 62 | Prabhat | Prajwal | Bengaluru | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 63 | Rohan | Yashas | Hyderabad | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 64 | Harish Alagappa | Hyderabad | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| 65 | Tanmay | Rajeev | Bengaluru | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 66 | Anujith | Jithin | Thiruvananthapuram | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 67 | Soumyadeep Das | Sourodip Bose | Udaipur | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 68 | Kalilur Rahman | Hyderabad | 4 | 10 | 14 | |
| 69 | Vineet Ranjan Maitrey | Lucy JAK | Ahmedabad | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 70 | Akshit | Gargi | Hyderabad | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 71 | Rohan Umesh | Prajwal | Mumbai | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 72 | Soumyadeep Biswas | Kolkata | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 73 | Raza Faiz | Uzayr Faiz | Kozhikode | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 74 | Quiz Khalifa | Thrissur | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 75 | Aneesha Roy | Kolkata | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 76 | Mathew R Varghese | Vidhu Pradeep | Thrissur | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 77 | Satvik Parihar | Dhruvish Patel | Ahmedabad | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 78 | John Philip George | Hiba Fathima | Thrissur | 2 | 1 | 3 |
KQA Sports Day on 9th February 2025
The KQA is happy to announce Sports Day 2024 a full 48 days before the event (take that, CWC 2023)!
Come to the IAT on Queen’s Road on February 9 (Sunday) for a day of sports quizzing on shores made of jerseys, where you’re allowed concussion substitutes, the quizzers say it’s team of up to Fore! and the furniture is made of cardboard.
930AM to 1 PM: Well Off Course, KQA’s cricket quiz, by returning champions Carthic Crishna, Keshav Athreya and Venky! Please note that qs about Pakistan cricket will be asked at the UAE Embassy Attestation Centre in Shivajinagar.
It’s a prelims/finals quiz for teams of up to four.
Report at 915 AM for registration as the quiz will start at 930 AM sharp.
2PM to 345PM: The Cigar Quiz (written) is a written quiz by Hrishi Varma and Major Chandrakant Nair, about second-place finishers and other near misses who finally get their flowers.
It’s a written quiz for teams of up to two.
4 PM to 730PM: Sport to Tarboard – The KQA Sports Quiz by Preetham Upadhya, Prithwish Datta and Sanat Pai Raikar. Will contain sports. May contain cricket or Olympics. May even contain WWE.
It’s a prelims/finals quiz for teams of up to four.
Venue: The Institute of Agricultural Technologists (IAT) on Queen’s Road https://goo.gl/maps/YndqYDAGH1giNi3U6
Every quiz is open to all! The quizzes will start and finish on time.
Registration for the written quiz is Rs. 200/team and each prelims/finals quiz is Rs. 300/team (waived for school and college teams) — only on-the-spot registrations, so just turn up on the day!
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And now we have the Team Finder WhatsApp Group that will surely be of use for this weekend: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GQBki9fzMAk7GUwb010qdF
