Quizzes on Sunday 7 August 2011

We will hold two open quizzes this Sunday (7th August 2011) at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.

Both are events which could not be completed in the last season due to problems with getting a venue and will be held in the small hall on the first floor.

EVENT I
Open Quiz for Families

Teams of three members
Regn: Rs. 100/- per team
Couples, Grandparents/Parents with Grand-Children/Children or siblings constitute a family team
DO NOT pull cousin-stunts and do not give us exciting stories about new-found couple-hood.
Prizes: Rs. 1500/-, Rs. 1000/- and Rs. 900/-, plus prizes for all finalists

SCHEDULE

Regns: 1330hrs
Prelims/Finals: 1400hrs–1530hrs

QM: Rashmi Vallabhajyosula
PowerPoint Girl: Arul Mani

EVENT II
Lone Wolf Contest

Open to all solo contestants
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- per entrant
Prizes for all finalists

SCHEDULE
Prelims: 1545hrs
Finals: 1700-1830hrs

QMS: Kiran Vijayakumar, Vineeth Surendranath, Siddhartha Sen and Ashwan Lewis.

PS
We have two quizzing sessions coming up after this–27th August (School and College solo quizzes and an Open Quiz) and 11 September (three Open quizzes , including Persiflage, our annual literary quiz).

The Canara Union Lone Wolf will happen sometime in August. Navin Rajaram will conduct.

Mega-Whats 2011 will be held, as usual, on the Second Sunday in December (11/12/2011). Please note the date.

Another event, coyly code-named BladderBurst by the setters, will be held either in the last week of October, or the first week of November. More details soon.

Some copies of the 2003 and 2004 annuals are still available. Those who would like a copy must mail kqaquizzes@gmail.com.

August 4, 2011 | Filed Under News, Open Quizzes, Specialist Open Quizzes | Comments Off on Quizzes on Sunday 7 August 2011 

ASKQANCE 2011 — Day 3 Results

Kibitz Simple, the Sports Quiz
QMs: Thejaswi Udupa & Venkatesh Srinivasan

  1. Sriram & Sankhya – 200 points
  2. Chennai Vennai – 155 points
  3. Obama Satyabama – 135 points
  4. QED – 120 points
  5. NED – 120 points
  6. Traveling Pilsburys – 85 points
  7. Middle Eastern Anger – 80 points
  8. Subcontinental Oafs – 75 points

Wing Commander G. R. Mulky Trophy for Quizzing Excellence was awarded to the All-India Mahaquizzer winner for 2011, Dr. Arul Mani.

Mr. G. S. Hiranyappa, a stalwart quizzer of the Karnataka Quiz Association was honoured and presented with a shawl by Mr. Ochintya Sharma, the KQA president. Mr. Hiranyappa who also celebrates his birthday today, graciously accepted the honour and self-deprecatingly claimed that all one needed to gain respectability was to grow older and sport gray hair.

Sesame, Open! Quiz
QM: Arul Mani

  1. Insignificant Others – 155 points
  2. We Are Like This Wonly – 150 points
  3. QED – 145 points
  4. Insert Cool Name Here – 130 points
  5. Metaquizziks – 95 points
  6. Unteam – 80 points
  7. Traveling Pilsburys – 70 points
  8. Team 2 – 40 points

Mega-Whats Face-Off
QMs: Kiran Vijayakumar & Arul Mani

The top 4 teams from each of the semi-finals held on the 25th competed in the finals. The winner was awarded the KQA Founder’s Trophy.

  1. Insignificant Others (Chennai) – 251 points
  2. We Are Like This Wonly (Bangalore) – 221 points
  3. QED (Chennai) – 191 points
  4. Keep Distance (Bangalore) – 180 points
  5. Guessworks (Thrissur) – 176 points
  6. Traveling Pilsburys (Mumbai) – 150 points
  7. Metaquizziks (Bangalore) 130 points
  8. Questionable Characters (Bangalore) – 76 points
June 26, 2011 | Filed Under Mega-Whats, News, Open Quizzes | Leave a Comment 

ASKQANCE 2011 — Day 1 Results

Dr. CP Venkatesh Memorial History of Ideas Quiz
QM: Arul Mani

Thanks to a brief downpour and the expected tardiness of the QM, we started the day a little later than scheduled. Around 44 teams participated in this quiz which was completely written and had a very close finish with only 1 point separating the top 3 teams and the 4th placed team losing out on “starred” questions.

  1. Jayakanthan & Sankhya – 26 points
  2. Anutstup Datta & Thejaswi Udupa – 25 points
  3. Gopal K & Rajagopal – 24 points (6 stars)
  4. Honorable mention – Amit Garde & Anand Sivasankar – 24 points (3 stars)

Hoarse Latitudes – the Travel and Leisure Quiz
QMs: Mitesh Agarwal, Dibyendu Das and Cheriyan Alexander

  1. QED – Swami & Samanth – 185 points
  2. Wanderlust – Rajiv Rai & Gopal Kidao – 177 points
  3. Chhota WALTo – Arun Hiregange & Ochintya Sharma – 142 points
  4. Bada WALTo – Thejaswi Udupa & Anustup Datta – 92 points
  5. Chhota MQ – Santosh J S & Varun Rajiv – 77 points
  6. Feni Vidi Vici – Rajiv & Ani – 72 points
  7. Swami & Friend – Alagarsamy & Jayakanthan – 55 points
  8. The Subcontinental Ops – Harish & Anirudh – 50 points
  9. Sumeer & Manish – 12 points
June 24, 2011 | Filed Under News, Open Quizzes | Leave a Comment 

ASKQANCE 2011 – Open Quizzes

We will hold nine open quizzes as part of ASKQANCE 2011, our 28th Anniversary Quiz Festival. The quizzes will be held on 24, 25 and 26 June at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore. Events of the 24th will be held at the hall on the First Floor at IAT; the rest of the events will take place at the hall on the ground floor.


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The details:

Day 1
24 June 2011

The Dr. CP Venkatesh Memorial History of Ideas Quiz

Rules
Teams of two
Written Quiz
Open to all
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-

Schedule
1600hrs -1715hrs

Prizes: Rs. 1500/-, Rs. 1000/- Rs. 750/-

QM: Arul Mani

Hoarse Latitudes
Open Travel and Leisure Quiz

Rules
Teams of two members,
Entry free for school teams
Other teams pay Rs. 50/-

Schedule
1715-1800hrs: Prelims
1815-2015hrs: Finals

Prizes:
Rs.3000/-, Rs. 2500/- and Rs. 1500/- Sponsored by Landmark

QMs: Dibyendu Das, Mitesh Agarwal and Cheriyan Alexander

DAY 2
25 June 2011

By Hooke or By Crookes
Open Science Quiz

Schedule
Prelims: 1000-1045hrs
Finals: 1100-1300hrs

Rules
Open to all
Teams of 4
Entry Free for School teams
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- per team

Prizes: Rs. 5000/-, Rs. 4000/- and Rs. 3000/-

QMs: Rajagopal PS and Vivek Karthikeyan

Mega-Whats Semifinals I and II

Semifinal I
1300-1415hrs, 25th June

Metaquizziks (Bangalore), WALTWo (Bangalore), Bong Connection (Kolkata), SUV-Loving Capitalist Pricks (Mumbai), Keep Distance (Bangalore), Guessworks (Thrissur), Feni Vidi Vici Twitchy (Panaji), and Quizzy-Leaks(Coimbatore)

Semifinal II
1415-1530hrs, 25th June

QED (Chennai), Insignificant Others (Chennai), Travelling Pillsbury (Mumbai), Questionable Characters (Bangalore), Mustafa (Bangalore), Swami and Friends (Hyderabad), Daydreamers (New Delhi), MEGA WTF (Pune)

QMs: Arul Mani and Kiran Vijayakumar

Son of Lumiere
Open Film Quiz

Schedule
Prelims: 1530hrs-1630hrs
Finals: 1645hrs-2000hrs

Rules
Open to all
Teams of two
Entry: Free for school teams
Entry fee: Rs. 50/-

Prizes: Rs. 3000/-, Rs. 2500/- and Rs. 1500/- Sponsored by Landmark

QMs: Anustup Datta and Arun Hiregange

Day 3
26 June 2011

Kibitz Simple
Open Sports and Leisure Quiz

Schedule
1000hrs-1100hrs: Prelims
1115hrs-1315hrs: Finals

Rules
Open to all
Teams of two
Entry free for School teams
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-

Prizes: Rs. 2500/-, Rs. 2000/- and Rs. 1500/-
Additional prizes sponsored by TENVIC

QMs: Thejaswi Udupa and Venkatesh S.

Anniversary Ceremonies: 1400hrs-1415hrs

Sesame
The Open! Quiz

Schedule
Prelims: 1415-1500hrs
Finals: 1515-1700hrs

Rules
Open to all
Teams of four
Entry Free for School teams
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-

Prizes: Rs. 5000/-, Rs. 4000/- and Rs. 3000/-

QM: Arul Mani

Mega-Whats Face-Off
Finalists: top 4 teams from each semi-final

Schedule
1715-1915hrs

Prizes: Rs. 8000/-, Rs. 6000/- and Rs. 4000/-

Prof Rajeev Gowda, one of the original founding members of the KQA, will hand the KQA Founders’ Trophy to the winner of the Face-Off.

QMs: Arul Mani and Kiran Vijayakumar.

Please note:
In addition to announced prizes, all finalists will get prizes.

June 20, 2011 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment 

ASKQANCE 2011 Results–College Quizzes

Junior College Championships

  1. Frank Anthony Public School – Jeydev C.S., Pranav K & Mollika M : 170 points
  2. St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School – Darren Lobo & Nihal Harish: 150 points
  3. National Public School, Rajajinagar – Lokahith A, Malhar Jere & Balaji S: 135 points
  4. FIIT-JEE, Hyderabad – Krishna Akhil & Rohan Naidu: 120 points
  5. National Public School, Rajajinagar – Arjun G, Daivik Swarup & Vadiraja K: 90 points
  6. Christ Junior College – Prajwal Pratap, Suprotim Majumdar & Ameya M: 90 points
  7. Delhi Public School – Deepthi, Trisha & Spadika: 70 points
  8. Sri Kumaran’s Children’s Home – Pranav V.C., Raghavendra R.G. & Abhishek V.S. : 65 points

College Championships

  1. National Law School – Pranav, Varun R. & Aravind: 192 points
  2. R. V. College of Engineering – Rahul Gupta & Sudarshan M.A.: 132 points
  3. R. V. College of Engineering – Nakul P.S., Gautam N.D. & Chaitanya Hegde: 127 points (resolved via tie-breaker)
  4. NITK, Surathkal – Samarth R, Srinivas B & Chaitanya K: 127 points
  5. B.M.S. College of Engineering – Himadri, Sachin D & Akshath: 116 points
  6. School of Law, Christ University – Vinay R.M, Anurag Chaudhury and B Kuttaiah: 113 points
  7. Anna University, Chennai: Aniruddh M.V., Gautham Aditya & Rohit S.: 98 points
  8. Frank Anthony Public School – Jeydev C.S., Pranav K & Mollika M : 97 points
June 19, 2011 | Filed Under Inter College Quizzes, Junior College Quizzes, News | Leave a Comment 

ASKQANCE 2011 Results–School Quizzes

Middle School Championships

  1. Frank Anthony Public School – Varun K. & Arjun J. : 73 points (resolved by tie-breaker)
  2. St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School – Preshith Naidu & Hayden D’Souza : 72 points
  3. New Horizon Public School – Ameya R.B. and Sri Sreya S. : 55 points
  4. Presidency School, Nandini Layout – Bharat V. and Nagendra K. : 50 points
  5. National Public School, HSR – Ruchir Joshi, Aditya Menon : 40 points
  6. Sri Kumaran’s – Vishak L.V. & Sushruth S.R. :30 points
  7. BVM, Chennai – Hari Karthik : 30 points
  8. St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School – Amrit Sodhi : 25 points
  9. ITI Central School – Shahabuddin Munshi & Ashwin K.M. : 25 points

Cognito High School Championships

  1. Frank Antony Public School – Ritwik & Nishant: 90 points
  2. National Public School, Indiranagar – Abhinav & Deepak: 80 points
  3. St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School – Akshay Tiwari & Pranav R: 75 points
  4. Presidency School, Nandini Layout – Ramesh & Shashank: 65 points
  5. Florence Public School – Arjun & Bharat: 65 points
  6. Mallya Aditi International School: Vaibhav Gowda & Venkat S: 55 points
  7. New Horizon Public School: Paul Martin & Siva Karthik: 50 points
  8. Nagarjuna’s BVB Vidyaniketan: Viswhas & Edwin Dominic: 35 points
June 19, 2011 | Filed Under Inter School Quizzes, News | Leave a Comment 

ASKQANCE 2011 – School & College Quizzes on Sunday 19 June 2011

We will host four quizzes for School and College students to mark our 28th Anniversary on Sunday 19 June 2011 at St. John’s Auditorium, Koramangala.

This is the first phase of ASKQANCE 2011, to be followed by six Open Quizzes and the Mega-Whats Face-Off on 24th, 25th and 26th June 2011.

The events:

KQA Middle School Championship
QMs: Dibyendu Das, Arun Hiregange and Movin Miranda

Open to students of Standard V, VI and VII
Participating schools may field TWO teams each
Each team can comprise of a maximum of TWO members from the same school.
No entry fee.
All participating teams must reach the venue in time for registrations by 0845hrs
A written preliminary will be held to select 8 teams for the oral/audio-visual finals
Prizes & Certificates will be awarded to all 8 teams that qualify for the finals

Schedule
Registration: 0830-0900hrs
Quiz Prelims: 0900hrs-0930hrs
On-Stage Finals: 1000hrs-1045hrs
Prizes: 1045hrs

Prizes
I: Rs.3000/-
II: Rs.2000/-
III: Rs.1000/-
Plus consolation prizes and certificates for all other finalists

COGNITO: KQA High School Championship
Open to students of Std. VIII, IX and X.

QM: Arul Mani

Participating schools may field TWO teams each.
Each team can comprise of a maximum of TWO members from the same school.
No entry fee.
All participating teams must reach the venue in time for registrations by 10:30am on June 19th, 2011
A written preliminary will be held to select 8 teams for the oral/audio-visual finals
Prizes & Certificates will be awarded to all 8 teams that qualify for the finals

Schedule
1030hrs: Registration
1115hrs-1200hrs: Prelims
1230hrs-1315hrs: On-Stage Finals
1315hrs: Prizes

Prizes
I: Rs.3000/-
II: Rs.2000/-
III: Rs.1000/-
Plus consolation prizes and certificates for all other finalists

KQA Junior College Championship
Open to students of Std. XI & XII and PUC

QMs: Mitesh Agarwal and Thejaswi Udupa

The Rules

Participating institutions may field a maximum of SIX teams each.
Each team can comprise of a maximum of THREE members from the same institution.
No entry fee.
Registration at venue: teams must bring the completed entry form (attested by the Head of the institution) with them.
A written preliminary will be held to select 8 teams for the oral/audio-visual finals
Prizes & Certificates will be awarded to all 8 teams that qualify for the finals

Schedule
1330hrs: Registration
1400hrs-1445hrs: Common Prelims for Junior College and College teams
1515hrs: On-Stage Finals
1630hrs: Prizes

Prizes
I: Rs.6000/-
II: Rs.4500/-
III: Rs.3000/-
Plus consolation prizes and certificates for all other finalists

KQA Collegiate Quizzing Championship
Open to Junior college, Undergraduate and Post-graduate students

QMs: Ochintya Sharma and Navin Rajaram

Teams of THREE members each from the same institution across UG and PG courses. No mixed teams allowed.
Each institution is allowed to field a maximum of SIX teams.
No entry fee.
Prizes & Certificates will be awarded to all 8 teams that qualify for the finals

Schedule
1330hrs: Registration
1400hrs-1445hrs: Prelims
1645hrs: On-Stage Finals
1800hrs: Prizes

Prizes
I: Rs.6000/-
II: Rs.4500/-
III: Rs.3000/-
Plus consolation prizes and certificates for all other finalists

All are welcome!
Even if you aren’t a student, please drop by for a Sunday packed with quizzing entertainment.

June 16, 2011 | Filed Under Inter College Quizzes, Inter School Quizzes, Junior College Quizzes, News | Leave a Comment 

World Quizzing Championships 2011 – Bangalore results

Here are the results of the WQC2011 in Bangalore

1st Place – Arul Mani – 141
2nd Place – Rahul Kottalgi – 121
3rd Place – Tejaswi Udupa – 113 (Arun Hiregange also scored 113 but the tie was broken because Tejaswi Udupa had the highest score in two categories.)

Ladies winner – Ulka Kelkar – 63

College winner – Samarth – 84
School winner – Pranav R – 31

Category winners
Science – Tejaswi Udupa – 21
Entertainment – Rahul Kottalgi – 16
Culture – Arul Mani – 26
Lifestyle – Santosh Swaminathan – 20
History – Arul Mani – 22
Media – Arul Mani and Arun Hiregange – 23
Sports – Manish – 16
World – Arul Mani, Rahul Kottalgi and Tejaswi Udupa – 18

UPDATE: The world top 30 scores have been put up on the WQC2011 site.

June 4, 2011 | Filed Under Lone Wolf Quizzes, News | Leave a Comment 

ASKQANCE 2011

We will hold ASKQANCE 2011, KQA’s 28th Anniversary Quizzing Festival in two parts during June 2011.

Askqance School and College Quizzes
Date: Sunday 19 June 2011
Venue: St. John’s Auditorium, Koramangala, Bangalore.

The events planned include a Middle-School Championship (Std.V-VII), a High School Championship (Std VIII-X), a Junior College Championship (PUC/XI and XII) and a College Championship (PUC to PG)

Askqance Open Quizzes
Date: Friday 24 June 2011, Saturday 25 June 2011 and Sunday 26 June 2011.
Venue: Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.

Some Chennai wit called our 2010 anniversary ‘the Woodstock of Quizzing’. On the same theme, another Chennai wag sent us the suggestion that we should call this year’s anniversary ‘a KQArian Exposition of Peace, Love and Quizzing’.

We blenched a little bit and complained a lot about the consequences of exposure to the Cooum. Having recovered, we now undertake to provide the quizzing; those who turn up will have to organise their own peace and love.

The events planned:
June 24th: 1600hrs onwards
History of Ideas Quiz, followed by the Travel Quiz.
Both are for teams of two members.

June 25th: 0930hrs onwards
Open Science Quiz (teams of 4)
Mega-Whats Face-off Semi-Final I
Mega-Whats Face-off Semi-Final II
Open Film Quiz (teams of 2)

June 26th: 0930hrs onwards
Sports and Leisure Quiz (teams of 2)
Sesame–The General Open Quiz (Teams of 4)
Mega-Whats Face-off Final

All of the sixteen teams that qualified for the Mega-Whats Face-off have confirmed that they will be present. Thus, two teams from Chennai, five teams from Bangalore, two teams from Mumbai,and one team each from Hyderabad, New Delhi, Kolkata, Panaji, Pune, Thrissur and Coimbatore will contest for the title of National Open Quizzing champions.

Do come!

May 20, 2011 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment 

Quizzes on Sunday 22 May 2011

We will hold three quizzes on Sunday 22 May 2011 at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists (IAT) off Queen’s Road, Bangalore.

The scheduled events are:

Event I: Solus Rex Finals
QMs: Arun Hiregange and Dibyendu Das

While the topics have already been announced, people who want to send in questions can still do so–mail arunhire@yahoo.com or deedas@yahoo.com. The quiz-masters will pick the best questions received and three prizes will be awarded.

Schedule: 1015hrs–1230hrs

Event II: Non-Fiction Quiz
QM: Arul Mani

Prelims: 1315-1400
Finals: 1415-1515hrs

Open to all
Teams of two members
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Prizes for the top three teams

Event III: Open Music Quiz
QM: Thejaswi Udupa

Prelims: 1530hrs-1630hrs
Finals: 1700hr-1900hrs

Specialist Ranking quiz, open to all
Teams of four members
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Prizes for the top three teams

We will publish the rankings for 2010-11 after this quiz. And, hopefully, the results for Go Ogle 2011.

May 20, 2011 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment 

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