Quizzes on Sunday 31 March 2013
KQA Quizzes this Sunday – March 31, 2013 at IAT, Queen’s Road, Bangalore (upstairs hall)
Bizkashi – the Business Quiz by Arul Mani for teams of 4 – prelims starts at 1:30 PM, followed by the finals for the top 8 teams
The Metaquizziks Unseeded Open by Team Metaquizziks for unseeded teams only – participation in teams of 4 – prelims starts at 4:45 PM.
Please note that the following teams cannot take part in this quiz: (this applies to regular and floating members of the teams, who have been part of the team during a Top 3 finish at any KQA 4-member Open Quiz, starting from ASKQANCE 2012)
1. QED
2. Metaquizziks
3. We Are Like This Only
4. Insignificant Others
5. Hammer and Tongs
6. Insert Cool Name Here
7. Keep Distance
8. Swami Obamananda
9. Nexus Baggage
10. Satyajit Chetri, Madhav Nair, Dhritiman & team
11. Ashwan Lewis, Dharmendra D, Debashree Mitra & team
12. CIDs from Kerala
13. Gopal Kidao, Rajagopal PS, Deviprasad and Balaji TK
14. Cunning Stunts (Avinash Mudaliar and team)
15. Travelling Pillsburies
16. Questionable Characters (Sumeer, Hiranyappa, Ajay Parasuraman and team)
Please do pass the word on and come by!
The next set of KQA quizzes is scheduled for April 14, 2013. KQA will also be hosting the Norwegian Open 2013 on April 6. More details later.
Lao Me Thanda, Yell Iruve!, College Solo, Chronosynclastic Infundibulum, Seek Under Porus – Results
The results of the quizzes held on Sunday 17 Feb 2013 and Sunday 24 Feb 2013, at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
Lao Me Thanda: KQA’s Annual Open Quiz on Love and other disorders
QM: Arul Mani
1. Udupa & Santosh – 245
2. Mathias & Sumeer – 75
3. Ochintya & Arun – 60 (ahead on tie-break)
4. Pai & team – 60
5. Lakshana & Dhammo – 50
6. Akshat & Himadri – 25
7. Rashmi & Soumitrie – 20
8. Wetshire – 10
Yell Iruve: The annual quiz on insects and other such life forms
QMs: Ashwan Lewis and Avinash Thirumalai
1. Prani Healing (Santosh & Udupa) – 23.5
2. Siddarth Pai & Rohit Suresh – 19.5
3. Surfeit of Lampreys (Ochintya & Arun) – 18.5
4. Maitrey & Jadhav – 18
5. Jai & D – 16
6. Sandeep & Sumeer – 9.5
7. Vinay & Sumanth – 6.5
8. Wetshire – 4
The KQA Collegiate Solo Championships
QMs: Santosh Swaminathan and Varun Rajiv
PU results:
1) Sridhar, Sardar Patel College – 96
2) Ritwik, FAPS – 69
3) Prajwal, Sardar Patel College – 46
4) Tejas K., Sardar Patel College – 26
5) Anikethan, Sardar Patel College – 21
6) Varun S., Sardar Patel College – 6
College Results:
1) Manaswi M. Gundi, HEW Hamburg – 104
2) Rohit Suresh, IIMB – 98
3) Siddharth Pai, SJCC – 95
4) Arvind, BMSCE – 48
5) Akshath, BMSCE – 36
6) M. Farhan, East West College – 33
7) Ritwik, FAPS – 31
8) Allen, SJC PG – -4
Chronosynclastic Infundibulum: SciFi Quiz
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
1. Santosh & Anustup – 22
2. Ashwan & Raju – 20
3. Doc & Shenoy – 16
4. Debashree & Dhammo – 15
5. Ijaz & Gobind – 13.5
6. CIDs From Kerala – 12.5
7. Sandeep Mathias & Ajay Parasuraman – 11
8. Rashmi & Sowmitrie – 10.5
Seek Under Porus: The KQA History Quiz
QMs: Praveen VR and Manjith
1. Ashwan, Dhammo, Debashree & team – 205
2. Questionable Characters – 195
3. We Are Like This Wonly – 130
4. Doc Krishnan, Vinod, Suresh, Manu – 115
5. Gobind, Ijaz, Soumitrie, Rashmi – 75
6. CIDegrees From Kerala – 70
7. Quale & Company – 55
8. Mathias, Vinay, Sheshu, Aditya – 50
Quizzes on Sunday 10 March 2013
We will hold 3 open quizzes on Sunday, 10 March 2013 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists(IAT), Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
Cannabis Indica – The India quiz
QMs: Navin Rajaram and Hrishi Varma
Teams of 4
Registration: Rs 100/- per team (school entry free)
Schedule:
10:00am-11:15am – Prelims
11:30am-2:00pm – Finals
Glamour Giri
QM: Ochintya Sharma
Teams of 2, written quiz
Registration: Rs 50/- per team (school entry free)
Schedule: 2:30pm-4:00pm
The March Open Quiz
QM: Movin Miranda
Teams of 4
Registration: Rs 100/- per team (school entry free)
Schedule:
4:15pm-5:30pm – Prelims
5:30pm-8:00pm – Finals
Quizzes on Sunday 24 Feb 2013
We will hold two quizzing events on Sunday, 24 Feb 2013, at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
The quizzes will be held in the upstairs hall.
2:30 – 4:00 PM – Chronosynclastic Infundibulum – Scifi written quiz for teams of 2 – by Thejaswi Udupa
4:15 PM to 5:30 PM – Seek Under Porus – The KQA History Quiz for teams of 4 – Prelims – by Praveen VR and Manjit
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM – History Quiz Finals
Quizzes on Sunday, 20 January 2013
We will hold three Open quizzes on Sunday, 20 January 2013.
UPDATE: The venue for this Sunday’s quiz has been changed to The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) at Domlur.
The address is:
4th Main, 2nd Cross,
Domlur II Stage
Bangalore- 560071
Here is the Google Maps link – http://goo.gl/maps/vVaOp
The venue is a really short walk from the Domlur Bus Stand. If you are coming from the city, take a left at the traffic signal at Domlur Bus Stand, and take the first right (2nd Cross) and walk roughly 100 metres. You will find TERI at the junction of this road with 4th Main, Domlur.
Once again, the venue is NOT IAT, and NOT Rotary House on Lavelle Road.
The events scheduled are:
KQA’s Annual Open Music Quiz by Thejaswi Udupa.
A Written Quiz on Artifacts and Useless Objects by Arul Mani
The January Open Quiz by Navin Rajaram.
The Open Music Quiz
Schedule:
Prelims: 1000hrs
Finals: 1100hrs-1300hrs
Rules
Open to all
Teams of four members
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- per team
Free entry for school teams
The Artifacts Quiz
Schedule: 1345hrs-1500hrs
Rules
Open to all
Teams of two members
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- per team
Free entry for school teams
The January Open Quiz
Schedule:
Prelims: 1530hrs-1630hrs
Finals: 1700hrs-1900hrs
Rules
Open to all
Teams of four members
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- per team
Free entry for school teams
We have two quizzing Sundays coming up in February–quizzes planned include Lao Me Thanda, Yell Iruve, the Food Quiz by Santosh Swaminathan, a Lone Wolf Quiz, Chronosynclastic Infiundibulum by Udupa, and the annual History Quiz–Seek Under Porus– by Manjith and Praveen V.R.
Oikoumene 2012 Results
The School Category was won by Pranav Ramamurthy and Hayden D’Souza of St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School while II Place went to Presidency School,Bangalore South and National Hillview Public School took III Place.
The College Category was won by Rohan Menzies and Ezra Rynjah of SJC, while II place went to Akshay and Natesh of BITS-PILANI Goa. The III Place was claimed by Maitrey Deshpande from MSRIT.
The Open Category was won by Ochintya Sharma and Arun Hiregange while Rohan Menzies and Ezra Rynjah from St. Joseph’s finished in II Place. The III Place was won by Jayendra and Sheshadri.
Full scores can be accessed here
Mega-Whats Venues
BANGALORE
Rotary House Of Friendship,
Lavelle Road,
Bangalore – 560001
Proctor: Arun Hiregange
BHUBANESWAR
Odisha Engineering College,
460 Sahid Nagar,
Bhubaneswar.
Proctor: Abanis Nayak
CHANDIGARH
IISER Mohali,
Knowledge City,
Sector 81, SAS Nagar,
Manauli PO 140306
Near ISB, Mohali
Proctor: Srijit Mukherjee
CHENNAI
Room no. 101
Department of Management Studies (DoMS)
IIT-Madras
Proctor: Kiran Vijaykumar
COIMBATORE
PSG Institute of Management,
Peelamedu
Proctor: Anuradha Yogesh
GOA
Zuari Hall,
The International Centre Goa,
Dona Paula
Proctor: Ira Almeida (09822127995)
GUWAHATI
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
14 A, Bhuban Road
Uzanbazar
Guwahati – 781001
Proctor: Arunav Chowdhury (9508461715)
HYDERABAD
Lamakaan
off Road No. 1, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad.
Next to the M-Modal building,
Opposite GVK One Mall.
Proctor: Vivek N D
KOLKATA
Surya Sen Bhavan,
Jodhpur Park.
432 Prince Anwar Shah Road,
Kolkata 700068.
Opposite Aurobindo Seva Kendra/EEDF Hospital.
Bus stop: Taltolla between South City and Jadavpur Thana(PS).
Procotor: Shankar Ramalingam
MUMBAI
Pinstorm office,
Ground Floor, Swati House,
Next to Kotak Bank on Linking Road
North Avenue
Santa Cruz(W)
For directions or help, call Atul Mathew (9930754026)
Proctor: Kumar Abhishek
NEW DELHI
2LT-2
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Proctor: Lingaraj (9873762010)
PUNE
COEP, Pune
Proctor: Amit Patil (09970144577)
THRISSUR
Devamatha CMI Public School,
Patturaickal, Thrissur
Proctor: Dr Vijaynath V (9447380969)
TRIVANDRUM
Govt. Engineering College, Barton Hill.
Proctor: Prof P Vijayakumar
Quiz Dubai’s Open Solo Quiz – Registration
List of registered participants for the Quiz Dubai Open Solo Quiz being held in Bangalore on 2 December 2012 at 2pm.
Venue: The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, off Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
Online registrations are now closed, you may register at the venue given enough space and extra question papers.
| No. | Name | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Arul Mani | Open |
| 2. | Santosh Swaminathan | Open |
| 3. | Sohan | Open |
| 4. | Rohit | College |
| 5. | Thejaswi Udupa | Open |
| 6. | Rikki Watts | Open |
| 7. | Sumeer Kumar | Open |
| 8. | Rohit Rao | College |
| 9. | Arun Hiregange | Open |
| 10. | Animesh Kashinath | Open |
| 11. | Rahul Girish Kumar | Open |
| 12. | Anand M S | Open |
| 13. | Vinay Nair Karath | Open |
| 14. | Ramesh | Open |
| 15. | Maitrey Deshpande | College |
| 16. | Vijay | Open |
| 17. | Venkatesh Srinivasan | Open |
| 18. | Rahul Jadhav | Open |
| 19. | Alagarsamy | Open |
| 20. | Siddarth Krishnakumar | Open |
| 21. | Hari Shenoy | Open |
| 22. | Jyotirmoy Bhattacharjee | Open |
| 23. | Vinod Rajamani | Open |
| 24. | Aditya | Open |
| 25. | Siddarth Pai | College |
| 26. | Anand Bharadwaj | College |
| 27. | Siddharth Ravi | Open |
| 28. | Swetha Sampath | Ladies |
| 29. | Ezra Rynjah | College |
| 30. | V.chandrashekar | Open |
| 31. | Nihal Harish | College |
| 32. | Mahesh | Open |
| 33. | Mike Amato | Open |
| 34. | Venkatesh Joshi | Open |
| 35. | Anustup Datta | Open |
| 36. | Anubhav Sarathy | Open |
| 37. | Hrishikesh Varma | Open |
| 38. | Varun Rajiv | Open |
| 39. | Jithin Jacob | Open |
| 40. | Derek Ahern | Open |
| 41. | Dave G. | Open |
| 42. | Azentek | Open |
| 43. | Prasanth John Abraham | College |
| 44. | Alvi John | Open |
| 45. | Jeydev C S | College |
| 46. | Krishnan N.v.s | Open |
| 47. | Karthik | Open |
| 48. | Navin Rajaram | Open |
| 49. | Mayank Mehra | Open |
| 50. | Deepak Thomas | College |
| 51. | Sandeep Albert Mathias | Open |
Quizzes in December
We will hold two sets of quizzes on Sunday 2 December 2012 and Sunday 9 December 2012.
We have five quizzes slated for Sunday 2 December 2012 at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, off Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
We begin with the Annual Lone Cub and Lone Kid championships for Std VIII-X and Std V-VII respectively, followed by three open quizzes.
Event I
Middle and High School Solo Championships
Lone Kid
Open to solo contestants from Stds. V, VI and VII.
Schools can send up to 4 participants
Schedule
Prelims: 0930hrs-1000hrs
Finals: 1015hrs-1100hrs
Prizes for all finalists
QMs: Hrishikesh Varma and Praveen V.R.
Lone Cub
Open to solo contestants from Std. VIII, IX and X.
Schools can send up to 4 participants
Schedule
Prelims: 0930hrs-1000hrs
Finals: 1100hrs-1200hrs
Prizes for all finalists
QMs: Santosh Swaminathan and Sohan Maheshwar
Event III
Hubbub-a
The Bangalore Quiz
Written quiz
Teams of two members
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- per team
Prizes: Book Coupons for Rs. 2000/-, Rs. 1500/- and Rs. 1000/-
1230hrs-1400hrs
QMs: Landmark Venky and Mitesh BizGawd Agarwal
Event IV
We are also hosting, on request, the Quiz Dubai Open Solo Quiz, set by Dr. Chandrashekar Rao.
Timings: 1400-1500hrs
Open to all
90 questions in 60 minutes
Solo, written quiz
Entry fee Rs. 50/-
Event V
December Open Quiz
Hosted by Thejaswi Udupa
Open to all
Teams of four members
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/-
Free entry for school teams
Prizes for all finalists
Prelims
1530hrs-1630hrs
Finals
1700hrs-1900hrs
We are also glad to report that we have a venue for MindSweep and Mega-Whats to be held in Bangalore on Sunday 9 December 2012. The venue is The Rotary House of Friendship on Lavelle Road. We thank the Rotary Club, Lavelle Road for supporting this KQA effort.
