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

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

College Championships

National Law School – Pranav, Varun R. & Aravind: 192 points
R. V. College of Engineering – Rahul Gupta & Sudarshan M.A.: 132 points
R. V. College of Engineering – Nakul P.S., Gautam N.D. & Chaitanya Hegde: 127 points (resolved via tie-breaker)
NITK, Surathkal – Samarth R, Srinivas B & Chaitanya K: 127 points
B.M.S. College of Engineering – Himadri, Sachin D & Akshath: 116 points
School of Law, Christ University – Vinay R.M, Anurag Chaudhury and B Kuttaiah: 113 points
Anna University, Chennai: Aniruddh M.V., Gautham Aditya & Rohit S.: 98 points
Frank Anthony Public School – Jeydev C.S., Pranav K & Mollika M : 97 points

ASKQANCE 2011 Results–School Quizzes

Middle School Championships

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

Cognito High School Championships

Frank Antony Public School – Ritwik & Nishant: 90 points
National Public School, Indiranagar – Abhinav & Deepak: 80 points
St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School – Akshay Tiwari & Pranav R: 75 points
Presidency School, Nandini Layout – Ramesh & Shashank: 65 points
Florence Public School – Arjun & Bharat: 65 points
Mallya Aditi International School: Vaibhav Gowda & Venkat S: 55 points
New Horizon Public School: Paul Martin & Siva Karthik: 50 points
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

Wing Commander G.R. Mulky Memorial Open Quiz on Sunday 8 May 2011

Canara Union will host the sixth edition of the Wing Commander G.R. Mulky Memorial Open Quiz on Sunday, 8 May 2011 at their premises on 8th Main/15th Cross, Malleswaram.

The details:

Rules
Teams of four members
Open to all
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- per team
No entry fee for high-school teams

Schedule
Prelims: 1000hrs
Finals: 1115hrs-1300hrs

Prizes for all finalists

QMs: Hrishikesh Varma and Jithin Jacob.

Directions: For those who don’t know Malleswaram too well, get to Sankey Tank and watch for a little exit on the left immediately after–this will bring you to Margosa Road and 18th Cross in Malleswaram. Continue for a bit down the same road till you see a telephone exchange and a school on your right, and Veena Stores on your left. This would be 15th Cross–take a right and continue up the road. At about the third intersection, you will see one of those Barista/CCD outlets (can’t remember which) on your right–turn left here, you are now on 8th Main and Canara Union is about five doors down on the right.

Alternatively, get to Malleswaram Circle, go up Sampige Road till you see the 15th Cross sign, turn left and turn left once again when you spot the coffee-shop and CV Raman’s house.

If you get lost, call 97312-14519. We’re starting at 10 sharp.

Other announcements
KQA’s last quizzing event for the 2010-11 season will be held on Sunday 22 May 2011 at IAT. The events planned include the Solus Rex Finals, the Non-Fiction Quiz and the Open Music Quiz.

Of the pending events in the calendar, we will hold the Lone Wolf and the Families Quiz in July and August while the History of Ideas quiz will be accommodated in the three-day quiz-festival to mark KQA’s 28th Anniversary, scheduled for 24th, 25th and 26th June 2011.

May 4, 2011 | Filed Under News, Open Quizzes | Leave a Comment

Quizzes in Mysore on Sunday 17 April 2011

We will hold two Open Quizzes on Sunday 17 April 2011 at the SDM Institute of Management Development, Chamundi Hill Road, Mysore.

EVENT I
Open General Quiz in Kannada

QM: Kaustuba KV

Teams of 4
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Prelims: 1000hrs sharp
Finals: 1130-1300hrs

Prizes: Rs. 3000/-, Rs. 2000/- and Rs. 1500/-

EVENT II
The Mysore Open Quiz
Edition 3.0

QM: Arul Mani

Teams of 4
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Prelims: 1500hrs sharp
Finals: 1630-1730hrs

Prizes: Rs. 3000/-, Rs. 2000/- and Rs. 1500/-

KQA thanks SDM-IMD for generously providing the venue and other facilities for the quiz.

April 17, 2011 | Filed Under News, Open Quizzes, Specialist Open Quizzes | Leave a Comment

Quizzes on Saturday 2 April 2011

We will hold two quizzing events on Saturday 2nd April 2011 at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists.

EVENT I
The Norwegian Open Solo Quiz

Written quiz with 6 sections
240 questions in 90 minutes
Entry Fee: Rs.100/- (free for school students)
Prior registration essential
Please send a mail stating name and category to kqaquizzes@gmail.com to register.
Registrations close at 12 noon, Friday 1 April 2011.
For more details,log on to http://www.norgesquizforbund.no/

Schedule:
Registrations: 1000hrs-1015hrs
Section I: 1015-1100hrs
Break for corrections: 1100-1130hrs
Section II: 1130-1215hrs
Break for corrections:1215-1245hrs

Prizes:
Open: Rs. 1000, Rs. 750 and Rs.500
Women: Rs. 1000, Rs. 750 and Rs.500
College: Rs. 1000, Rs. 750 and Rs.500
School: Rs. 1000, Rs. 750 and Rs.500
Plus prizes of Rs. 250 each for each category winner.

The quiz is set by the Norwegian Quiz Association and will be conducted in several quizzing cities across the world.

Bangalore Proctor: Ashwan Lewis

EVENT II
The MetaQuizziks XXI Anniversary Quiz for Unseeded Open Teams

Rules
Teams of 4 members
Open to all unseeded teams
The top 8 teams in the rankings cannot participate-list follows
Entry: Rs.50/- per team

Schedule
Prelims: 1330hrs-1430hrs
Finals: 1500hrs-1700hrs

Prizes
Rs. 4000/-, Rs. 3000/-,Rs.2000/- and Rs. 1000/- for all finalists.

QMs: Santosh Swaminathan, Varun Rajiv, Mitesh Agarwal, Kiran Viayakumar and Arul Mani.

Please note that all events will start as scheduled–we have to vacate the hall at 1700hrs.

March 27, 2011 | Filed Under Lone Wolf Quizzes, News, Open Quizzes | Comments Off

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