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.
Mega-Whats Registrations
ABBA Ke Zamane Mein & Ganesh Nayak Memorial Open – Results
The results of two Open Quizzes held on Sunday 21 October at the first floor hall, Institution of Agricultural Technologists, off Queen’s Road.
EVENT I: Abba Ke Zamane Mein
QMs: Ochintya Sharma and Arul Mani
1. CIDs From Kerala (Hrishi & VR) – 155
2. Baldies (Borun & Appu) – 130
3. Sumer & Anil Raghavan – 120
4. Konga & Khadia – 100
5. Mitesh & Santosh – 95
6. Raju & Vinod – 85
7. Navin & Kivi – 75
8. Venky & Ashwan – 50
9. Sohan & Santha – 45
EVENT II: The XXIII Ganesh Nayak Memorial Open Quiz
QMs: Landmark Venky & Kivi
1. Nexus (Alagarsamy, Konga, Ashwan, Navin) – 191.5
2. MQ (Mitesh, Santosh, Borun & team) – 185
3. Waltwo (Ochintya, Appu, Sandeep Mathias, Rohit) – 184
4. Raju, Nishanth, Nitish, Sohan – 151.5
5. Questionable Characters (DD, Hiranyappa & team) – 134
6. CIDs From Kerala (Hrishi, Raouf, VR, Jithin) – 119
7. Insert Cool Name Here (Yogesh, Anil, Dr. Krishnan, Jaidev) – 106
8. IQL (Sana, Patrick, Vinod, Vijay) – 64
Quizzes on Sunday 21 October 2012
We will hold two Open Quizzes on Sunday 21 October at the first floor hall, Institution of Agricultural Technologists, off Queen’s Road.
EVENT I
Abba Ke Zamane Mein
A quiz on the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
QMs: Ochintya Sharma and Arul Mani
Rules
Open to all
Teams of two members
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- per team
Free entry for school and college teams
Schedule
Prelims: 1130hrs
Finals: 1230hrs-1400hrs
Prizes for the top three teams.
EVENT II
The XXIII Ganesh Nayak Memorial Open Quiz
conducted by Team Nexus, led by Landmark Venky.
Rules
Open to all
Teams of 4 members
Entry fee: Rs. 100/- team
Free entry for school and college teams–this concession does not extend to mixed teams
Schedule
Prelims: 1500-1600hrs
Finals: 1630hrs-1830hrs
Prizes for all finalists
XIX Vidyasagar Rajan Memorial College Quiz and Solus Rex – Results
The XIX Vidyasagar Rajan Memorial quiz for colleges was held on 14 October 2012. 14 teams took part in the prelims, which was set by Dr. Arul Mani, from which 8 teams qualified to the finals. The prelims had 30 questions to be answered in 20 minutes from a printed sheet. The cut-off was 10.5.
At the end of a closely fought final, this is how the teams finished:
1. BMS College of Engineering – 139.5
2. MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology – 117
3. National Law School – 102.5
4. St. Joseph’s College – 87
5. PES Institute of Technology – 67
6. St. Joseph’s College (Viswesh and team) – 65
7. BMS College of Engineering – 20
8. East-West Institute of Technology – 17
The finals was researched and co-hosted by Venkatesh S and Varun Rajiv.
All finalists received prizes.
The 2012 edition of KQA’s Solus Rex quiz was conducted yesterday by Thejaswi Udupa in an all-new format! 37 participants took a 30-questions preliminary round, from which the top 15 qualified into three semis (cutoff was 10.5 and the highest 18) grouped in the boustrophedon format.
Each semis had 5 participants attempting a written round, a list-it and 20 questions. These 20 questions were also open to the other semi-finalists to “pounce” on.
At the end of the three semis, the top 6 finalists (top 2 from each semi-final) were identified and a short finals followed.
Standings at the end:
1. Arul Mani
2. Anustup Dutta
3. Varun Rajiv
4. Santosh Swaminathan
5. Rajagopal PS
6. Sandeep Mathias
The other nine semi-finalists in order of their scores were:
7. Praveen VR
8. Abhijit Bhattacharya
9. Venkatesh Srinivasan
10. Pradeep Ramarathnam
11. Rashmi Vallabhjosyula
12. Raouf
13. Navin Rajaram
14. Hrishikesh Varma
15. Sumer Kumar
Quizzes on Sunday 14 October 2012
Here are the details for the two quizzes planned for Sunday 14 October at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, off Queen’s Road, Bangalore. The quizzes will be held in their first floor hall.
Event I
The XIX Vidyasagar Rajan Memorial Inter-collegiate Quizzing Championships
QMs: Varun Rajiv, Landmark Venky and Arul Mani
Rules
Teams of three members
Unlimited teams per institution in the prelims
Maximum two teams from a college in the finals
Open to XI/XII, PUC, undergraduate and PG institutions
No cross-college teams
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- per team
Schedule
Prelims: 1200hrs
Finals: 1245-1400hrs
Event II
Solus Rex
KQA’s unique solo quizzing marathon with prelims, semis, final and no quarter.
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
Rules:
Open to all
Individual quiz
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/-
Entry free for school students
Schedule
Prelims: 1430hrs
Finals: 1530s-1830hrs
Prizes for all finalists
Our next set of events, Abba Ke Zamane Mein and The Ganesh Nayak Memorial Open Quiz are scheduled for Sunday, 21 October at the same venue.
Snatch Clean Jerk, Pilferages, Persiflage – Results
The results of the KQA open quizzes held on Sunday, 30 September 2012 at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
Event I: Snatch, Clean, Jerk, a Quiz on the Olympics
1. Appudu (Arun Hiregange & Thejaswi Udupa) – 31
2. ICNH (Manu Sudhakar & Anil Raghavan) – 27
3. Radians (Raju & Wimpy) – 24.1 (by tie-break)
4. CIDs From Kerala (Hrishi & team) – 24
5. Swami – 23.5
6. Cunning Stunts (Justin & Arjo) – 22
8. Sin & Tonic (SriKrishna & Sandeep) – 12.5
7. Sandeep Kumar – 12.5
QMs: Manish Achuth and Rajan TR
Event II: Pilferages, a written Lit Quiz
QM: Arul Mani
1. MQ (Mitesh Agarwal, Varun Rajiv, Santosh Swaminathan, Cheriyan Alexander) – 34.5
2. WALTWo (Swaminathan, Anustup Datta, Thejaswi Udupa, Arun Hiregange) – 28.5
3. ICNH (Dr. Krishnan, Anul Raghavan, Manu Sudhakar, Jaidev) – 28
4. Debashree & Co – 27
5. Cunning Stunts (Avinash Mudaliar & team) – 21
6. Nexus Zero (Navin Rajaram, Suresh Ramasubramanian, Vishweshwer, Ashwan Lewis) – 19
7. Questionable Characters (Dibyendu Das, Hiranyappa, Alagarsamy) & Motley Crew – tied on 18.5
Event III: Persiflage, the Annual Book Quiz sponsored by Blossom Book House
QM: Arul Mani
1. MQ (Mitesh Agarwal, Varun Rajiv, Santosh Swaminathan, Cheriyan Alexander) – 320
2. WALTWo (Swaminathan, Anustup Datta, Thejaswi Udupa, Arun Hiregange) – 290
3. Cunning Stunts (Avinash Mudaliar & team) – 265
4. ICNH (Dr. Krishnan, Anul Raghavan, Manu Sudhakar, Jaidev) – 240
5. Motley Crew (Rajagopal & team) – 227.5
6. Debashree, Dhammo & Co – 190
7. Nexus Zero (Navin Rajaram, Suresh Ramasubramanian, Vishweshwer, Ashwan Lewis) – 172.5
8. RHC (Urmila & team) – 155
Canara Union Lone Wolf 2012 – Results
The results of the first Lone Wolf contest of the 2012 season held on Sunday, 23 September 2012, at Canara Union, 8th Main, Malleswaram. The quizmaster was Navin Rajaram.
The Canara Union Lonewolf Quiz saw 47 participants take part. After a 33-question preliminary round, where the highest was 18.5 points, the top 8 scorers went directly into the finals round. An innovation was added to the format this year, with the next 8 highest scorers from the preliminary round taking part in a 33-question semi-final, from which two more people joined the top 8. These 10 contestants battled it out in a 50+ questions final and the final standings were as follows:
1. Arul Mani – 205 points (winner)
2. Thejaswi Udupa – 155 points (runner-up via tiebreak)
3. Santosh Swaminathan – 155 points
4. Anustup Dutta – 150 points
5. Debashree Mitra & Arun Hiregange – tied on 135
7. Dinesh Krithivasan – 135
8. Keshav Athreya – 130
9. Varun Rajiv – 85
10. Rohan Nogueira – 77.5
The other semi-finalists were:
Praveen VR
Raouf
Sohan Maheshwar
Anand P
Dibyendu Das
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