MegaWhats 2025 – RESULTS & RANKINGS

Here are the results of the prelims of MegaWhats 2025, the KQA’s annual inter-city written quiz. The top ten city winners are invited to participate in the MW semifinals at AsKQAnce on 27 June 2025.

Each team is allowed a maximum of two changes per team. If a city winner drops out, the next team to qualify will NOT be the second highest scoring team in that city, but the highest scoring team overall that has not qualified.

Our congratulations to the imaginatively named ‘Prasad’ from Mumbai for topping the prelims.

The other qualifiers are listed below. The semifinal line-up will be published closer to AsKQAnce.

Top ten city winners:

1. Prasad – Mumbai – 46.5
2. Peter Panchali – Bangalore – 45.5
3. Rude Mechanicals – Chennai – 42
4. Veni Vidi Went to Koshys – Pune – 41.5
5. Swami and Friends – Hyderabad – 38.5
6. Rhino Wanderers – Guwahati – 35.5
7. Vetes Vulpes – Delhi -35.5
8. Hammer and Tongs – Kolkata – 35
9. Sheikh Yerbouti – Dubai – 34.5
10. A Four Body Problem – Thiruvananthapuram – 33.5

Top 6 non-City qualifiers

1. Matunga Manram – Mumbai – 44.5
2. CIDs from Kerala – Bangalore – 41
3. Congrats All – Bangalore – 40
4. Aardvarking Quizzers – Bangalore – 39.5
5. Kya Farak Padta Hai – Mumbai -35.5
6. QA – Chennai – 35

Waitlist:

1. Titash Sreeradh Sanat Jaidev – Bangalore – 34.5
2. Zero Gravitas – Bangalore – 34.5
3. Debashree Venky Raju Navin – Bangalore – 34

#	Team	City	Score
1	Prasad	Mumbai	46.5
2	Peter Panchali	Bangalore	45.5
3	Matunga Manram	Mumbai	44.5
4	Rude Mechanicals	Chennai	42
5	Veni Vidi Went to Koshys	Pune	41.5
6	CIDs from Kerala	Bangalore	41
7	Congrats All	Bangalore	40
8	Aardvarking Quizzers	Bangalore	39.5
9	Swami and Friends	Hyderabad	38.5
10	Rhino Wanderers	Guwahati	35.5
11	Vetes Vulpes	Delhi	35.5
12	Hammer and Tongs	Kolkata	35
13	Kya Farak Padta Hai	Mumbai	35.5
14	QA	Chennai	35
15	Sheikh Yerbouti	Dubai	34.5
16	Titash Sreeradh Sanat Jaidev	Bangalore	34.5
17	Zero Gravitas	Bangalore	34.5
18	Debashree Venky Raju Navin	Bangalore	34
19	A Four Body Problem	Trivandrum	33.5
20	We Like Our Answer Better	Bangalore	33.5
21	Inmaniacs	Kolkata	33
22	SJU Quizzers	Bangalore	32.5
23	SADR	Hyderabad	32.5
24	Best Kind of KLPD	Kolkata	32
25	Joy East Bengal	Pune	32
26	Bala Piyush Sumantra Debanjan	Delhi	31.5
27	Memory Blank	Chennai	31.5
28	KC and the Sunshine Boys	Goa	30.5
29	Nine Inch Anils	Delhi	30.5
30	4 Non Blondes	Mumbai	30.5
31	Devayani Rahul Nishant Maitrey	Bangalore	29
32	String Quartet	Hyderabad	28.5
33	Cute Purple Unicorns	Chennai	28
34	Hari Roshan	Coimbatore	27
35	The Kaun Men	Goa	27.5
36	Lone Wolf No Cub	Delhi	27.5
37	Anuradha Sanveer Hasit Parth	Ahmedabad	26.5
38	Preyoshi Tanmay Ssagnik Aniruddha	Mumbai	26.5
39	Ocean Boilers	Bangalore	26.5
40	Arvind Anirvan Guna Prabhat	Chennai	26
41	Champak Magazine Memorial Collective	Mumbai	26
42	Jheng Quiz Khan	Guwahati	26
43	Thunderbolts	Bangalore	25.5
44	Pulkit Avinash Francis Aabhas	Mumbai	25.5
45	Ben Stokes	Bangalore	25
46	Groove Like Dhruv	Kolkata	24
47	Four Horsemen	Trivandrum	24
48	6 Dogs	Bangalore	23.5
49	Onion Sell One	Mumbai	23.5
50	Insert Clever Team Name Here	Chennai	22.5
51	3 Hours from Udupi	Goa	22
52	Going Through a Faiz	Delhi	22
53	Rishi Yuvraj Shashwat Chaitanya	Delhi	21.5
54	Rise of the Planet of the Babes	Goa	21
55	Again and Again	Kolkata	21
56	Shaheen Mit Abhilash Shakya	Delhi	20.5
57	Questionable Characters	Coimbatore	20.5
58	Utkarsh Debjit Anupriy	Delhi	20
59	Adarsh Atharv Parth	Delhi	20
60	Jeevesh Sharat Satya	Coimbatore	19.5
61	Waiting for Double Digits	Thrissur	19
62	Arunabh Ramish Vagish Abhishek	Delhi	19
63	RV Pesticides	Bangalore	18
64	D'Fourse	Delhi	17.5
65	Scibabas	Hyderabad	17
66	Raja Priya Rajdeep Ajay	Chennai	17
67	2 Quiz 2 Curious	Bangalore	16
68	Queen's Defeat	Bangalore	16
69	Roycket	Bangalore	15.5
70	Prajwal Kavya	Bangalore	15.5
71	Julius Cheeser	Delhi	15.5
72	Mum's the Word	Kolkata	14.5
73	Christopher Umasankari	Thrissur	13
74	Samir Anton	Pune	12.5
75	Pranavi	Chennai	12
76	Quiz Khalifa	Dubai	11.5
77	Rishika Advik	Ahmedabad	10.5
78	Okhla PC Quiz Club	Delhi	10.5
79	Mohit Karthik	Delhi	10.5
80	Wankers	Delhi	10
81	Saywhatt	Bangalore	10
82	Terrible 3	Bangalore	9.5
83	Harsh Mehta	Hyderabad	2

MindSweep 2025 – RESULTS & RANKINGS

We’re happy to announce the results of MindSweep 2025.

Jayakanthan R of Chennai, the defending champion, retains his MindSweep with a mindboggling score of 121.

Following not very close behind are Rahul Kottalgi (Bengaluru) with 103, and Gokul S (Delhi) with 102. The trio of Calvin Christ, Santosh JS, and Preetham Upadhya (all from Bengaluru) also crossed the century mark.

Category toppers:

1. Arts – 14 (Rahul Kottalgi, Anustup Datta, Rajiv Rai, Praveen VR)
2. Food & Beverages – 18 (Santosh JS)
3. Movies & TV – 20 (Jayakanthan)
4. Literature – 19 (Jayakanthan)
5. Music – 15 (Jayakanthan, Santosh JS)
6. Sciences – 15 (Thejaswi Udupa)
7. Social Sciences – 19 (Jayakanthan)
8. Sports & Games – 19 (Preetham Upadhya)

Once again, a big thank you to all the quiz organisations, proctors, participants, and our quiz setters. See you in 2025!

Rank	Name	Centre	Category	Total	Arts	Food & Beverages	Movies & TV	Literature	Music	Social Sciences	Sciences	Sports & Games
1	Jayakanthan	Chennai	Open	121	12	14	20	19	15	19	12	10
2	Rahul Kottalgi	Bangalore	Open	103	14	15	13	12	9	14	11	15
3	Gokul S	Delhi	Open	102	13	10	12	13	11	15	11	17
4	Calvin	Bangalore	Open	101	12	17	7	14	12	14	12	13
4	Santosh JS	Bangalore	Open	101	8	18	14	13	15	13	10	10
5	Preetham Upadhya	Bangalore	Open	100	8	12	8	10	13	18	12	19
6	Thejaswi Udupa	Bangalore	Open	99	13	12	9	13	13	11	15	13
7	Hrishikesh Varma	Bangalore	Open	96	11	12	12	12	10	14	11	14
8	Aswath Venkataraman	Mumbai	Open	94	10	10	6	13	11	15	12	17
9	Anustup Datta	Bangalore	Open	90	14	11	9	11	7	14	11	13
10	Rajiv Rai	Mumbai	Open	89	14	12	8	10	7	14	12	12
10	Shashwat	Bangalore	Open	89	9	11	7	12	10	14	10	16
11	Mario F	Chennai	Open	88	12	9	9	9	10	13	12	14
12	Aadisht Khanna	Mumbai	Open	86	10	14	11	11	7	10	14	9
13	Shree Patwardhan	Singapore	Open	83	10	14	10	9	9	12	10	9
14	Abid Abdulla	Bangalore	Open	80	8	7	10	9	10	14	6	16
14	Jaidev Karunakaran	Bangalore	Open	80	10	9	7	11	8	17	9	9
14	Jayashree Mohanka	Kolkata	Ladies	80	10	13	5	10	8	14	10	10
14	Praveen VR	Bangalore	Open	80	14	10	8	11	8	13	9	7
14	Sourjo Sengupta	Bangalore	Open	80	10	4	14	11	6	12	13	10
15	Annie SenGupta	Goa	Open	78	11	10	8	12	10	11	8	8
15	Govind Grewal	Mumbai	Open	78	7	6	18	15	10	11	6	5
16	Sushant Shekhar	Bangalore	Open	77	11	9	8	7	11	14	9	8
17	Kavya	Bangalore	College	75	8	12	9	9	8	11	7	11
18	Abdul Raouf	Bangalore	Open	74	9	8	11	14	7	12	7	6
18	Baibaswata Jena	Kolkata	Open	74	7	10	9	7	9	11	8	13
18	Sania Narulkar	Mumbai	Ladies	74	12	11	8	12	8	9	5	9
19	Muhammed Munavvir V V	Delhi	Open	72	13	5	13	5	11	10	6	9
20	Bryan Robert	Bangalore	Open	71	10	13	5	3	5	12	10	13
21	Ajit Nayak	Singapore	Open	70	7	8	8	11	6	15	5	10
21	Wrichik Basu	Kolkata	Open	70	8	8	8	7	5	14	12	8
22	Shafeek M. K.	Dubai	Open	68	8	5	10	9	5	15	6	10
23	Arnold D'Souza	Pune	Open	66	6	7	6	6	7	13	7	14
24	Aniruddha Mitra	Mumbai	Open	64	6	3	13	9	8	9	6	10
24	Sujay	Bangalore	Open	64	4	12	8	6	4	9	14	7
25	Alok Mohan	Dubai	Open	63	9	8	7	10	6	9	8	6
25	Swapnil Sinha	Bangalore	Open	63	5	11	10	4	7	12	4	10
26	Abhilash	Bangalore	Open	62	7	10	10	3	8	11	6	7
26	Anirudh Chari	Kolkata	Open	62	11	11	4	15	7	7	4	3
26	Arunoday Chaudhuri	Kolkata	Open	62	11	11	4	9	2	11	8	6
26	Piyush Kedia	Delhi	Open	62	8	5	9	6	7	10	8	9
27	Anand Sivashankar	Chennai	Open	61	5	8	6	10	6	10	5	11
27	Sreeradh RP	Bangalore	Open	61	8	8	10	2	8	10	7	8
27	Venky Srinivasan	Bangalore	Open	61	7	6	9	7	4	12	4	12
28	Komban Subhas Christopher	Thrissur	College	60	9	13	4	2	7	9	6	10
28	Nikhil Sonde	Mumbai	Open	60	5	11	10	6	5	9	11	3
28	Sanat Pai Raikar	Bangalore	Open	60	7	7	6	9	4	12	5	10
29	Ashish Saksena	Singapore	Open	58	5	7	9	5	7	12	7	6
29	Santonab Chakraborty	Mumbai	Open	58	11	5	9	3	7	9	7	7
29	Shrey Shylesh	Mumbai	Open	58	5	2	14	8	4	9	7	9
30	Saransh Mohapatra	Kolkata	Open	54	12	8	6	0	9	7	6	6
31	Mukilan Ayyapparaj	Coimbatore	Open	53	9	4	7	4	8	11	3	7
32	BA Pranavi	Chennai	College	52	7	5	10	5	5	5	6	9
33	Madan	Bangalore	Open	51	0	3	6	5	9	11	6	11
33	Pranav Venkat	Singapore	Open	51	4	10	5	3	4	8	3	14
33	Rahul Jadhav	Bangalore	Open	51	5	8	7	5	3	5	8	10
34	Deepanjan Deb	Guwahati	Open	50	3	3	3	3	4	10	6	18
34	Murali Krishnamurthy	Dubai	Open	50	6	6	1	6	7	10	9	5
35	Alok G Singh	Singapore	Open	49	3	11	6	4	6	7	6	6
35	Charles Matthew	Pune	Open	49	8	6	5	4	3	9	8	6
36	Chinmay Kale	Pune	Open	46	5	6	6	2	5	9	6	7
36	Sanjay K R	Goa	Open	46	4	8	3	3	5	8	6	9
37	Sushant	Delhi	Open	45	8	5	4	6	4	8	5	5
38	Amlan Sanyal	Kolkata	Open	44	0	2	8	4	8	7	3	12
38	Kaushik Chatterji	Delhi	Open	44	3	4	8	8	5	10	3	3
39	Debanjan Mahapatra	Delhi	College	43	6	4	4	10	2	7	7	3
39	Rajat Gururaj	Bangalore	Open	43	6	6	3	4	6	8	6	4
39	Sarath V R	Thiruvananthapuram	Open	43	6	2	1	5	6	6	12	5
39	Sudip Kalyan Dey	Kolkata	Open	43	6	10	5	3	2	7	7	3
39	Vinay Upadhyay	Guwahati	Open	43	3	4	7	9	6	6	4	4
40	Shantanu Sharma	Mumbai	Open	42	4	4	5	2	2	8	6	11
41	Akshay Sreyas	Thiruvananthapuram	Open	41	5	1	8	4	7	3	8	5
41	Mohammed Ameen K.M	Thrissur	College	41	7	4	6	3	5	6	4	6
41	Nikhil Jha	Bangalore	Open	41	4	4	5	3	4	7	4	10
41	Sathya Narayanan	Coimbatore	Open	41	3	2	9	2	5	9	3	8
41	Vishnu	Bangalore	Open	41	4	4	8	4	3	8	6	4
42	Appu S	Thiruvananthapuram	Open	40	3	4	6	1	6	6	5	9
42	Ravi Ananthan	Dubai	Open	40	6	0	8	8	4	5	6	3
42	Roshan Krishna	Coimbatore	Open	40	4	2	7	0	5	7	4	11
43	Praveen Jayaraj	Coimbatore	Open	39	6	2	6	5	5	4	4	7
43	Siddarth K	Bangalore	Open	39	2	8	4	5	3	6	5	6
44	Prajwal	Bangalore	College	38	5	6	2	2	2	7	5	9
44	Samir Gupta	Pune	Open	38	3	5	1	5	3	10	7	4
44	Sanveer Singh Puri	Ahmedabad	Open	38	4	5	1	4	2	5	7	10
44	Sarvesh Shenoy	Mumbai	Open	38	6	6	4	3	0	7	7	5
44	Syed Shakeel Imdad	Hyderabad	Open	38	6	3	4	3	5	6	6	5
45	CR Naveen	Coimbatore	Open	37	6	6	4	1	4	6	6	4
45	Viola Rodriguez	Goa	Open	37	6	5	5	2	4	4	9	2
46	Anuradha Dharwadkar	Ahmedabad	Ladies	36	5	11	2	3	2	4	6	3
46	Ganesh TS	Bangalore	Open	36	5	6	5	3	2	7	4	4
47	Rama Subramanian	Hyderabad	Open	34	4	0	2	1	3	9	5	10
47	Rishi Roy	Delhi	College	34	7	2	3	3	6	5	4	4
48	kapinjal Kishore Sharma	Guwahati	Open	33	3	2	6	6	4	6	3	3
48	Pinakpani Kashyap	Chennai	Open	33	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	2
49	Gautam Ghosh	Kolkata	Open	30	6	3	0	3	3	9	4	2
49	Santhanam	Coimbatore	Open	30	0	1	3	2	5	6	7	6
50	Karthik Ganesan	Delhi	Open	29	4	4	2	0	2	5	9	3
50	Shiladitya Ganguli	Kolkata	Open	29	2	5	0	3	3	6	8	2
50	Uma Shankari Kalayath Promoth	Thrissur	College	29	4	5	4	1	3	5	3	4
51	Sankar Roy	Kolkata	Open	28	6	2	0	4	2	3	8	3
51	Waqar Moid	Kolkata	College	28	3	0	2	3	4	7	3	6
52	Parth Arya Bhat	Delhi	College	27	3	6	1	3	1	6	5	2
52	Rikesh Bhattacharyya	Kolkata	Open	27	3	5	7	0	4	2	3	3
53	Osho	Thiruvananthapuram	Open	26	0	4	3	3	4	5	3	4
53	Praneet	Coimbatore	Open	26	1	3	7	0	2	7	2	4
54	Kim Mascarenhas	Dubai	Ladies	25	4	7	1	2	0	5	3	3
54	Paul Gatward	Goa	Open	25	5	4	1	1	4	6	2	2
55	Parth Panchal	Ahmedabad	Open	24	1	5	2	0	4	3	5	4
55	Sharat Chandar	Coimbatore	Open	24	1	6	4	1	3	2	4	3
56	Bhaskar Chakraborty	Delhi	Open	23	0	2	6	2	2	4	5	2
57	Neelam Goswami	Chennai	Ladies	22	3	5	1	0	4	4	4	1
58	Amlan Chakraborty	Delhi	Open	21	5	4	2	2	2	2	1	3
58	Nirupama V	Chennai	Ladies	21	5	6	5	5	0	0	0	0
59	Shashank M	Chennai	School	20	3	3	3	2	2	3	1	3
60	Atharv Lodhi	Delhi	College	18	3	1	1	0	1	5	4	3
60	Soumya	Kolkata	Ladies	18	2	1	1	2	3	3	5	1
60	Tejas	Bangalore	Open	18	2	1	0	3	0	7	4	1
61	Hrishikesh Kashyap	Guwahati	Open	17	7	6	4	0	0	0	0	0
61	Niyati Jois	Kolkata	School	17	3	3	1	2	1	2	3	2
62	Rudra Deka	Guwahati	Open	16	1	3	2	6	0	3	0	1
63	Saurav ambastha	Guwahati	Open	15	2	0	2	0	1	2	4	4
63	Ujjaini Ghosh	Singapore	Open	15	3	2	3	1	0	2	2	2
64	Utkarsh Ruhela	Delhi	Open	14	3	1	1	0	0	5	1	3
65	Sreeja Dutta	Delhi	Ladies	13	1	0	0	3	1	2	4	2
66	Harsh Mehta	Hyderabad	Open	12	2	2	0	1	0	1	3	3
67	Ansif Azeez	Thiruvananthapuram	Open	11	1	0	1	1	3	2	3	0
67	Rohit Taneja	Delhi	Open	11	3	2	4	1	0	0	1	0
68	Deepa Rao	Goa	Open	10	0	1	1	0	1	2	4	1
68	Guru Shankar	Chennai	Open	10	2	1	0	1	1	3	0	2
68	Hasit Trivedi	Ahmedabad	Open	10	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	5
68	Hemanshu VM	Bangalore	School	10	1	1	0	0	1	3	2	2
68	Razdan	Guwahati	Open	10	1	0	2	1	0	2	3	1
69	K Palani	Chennai	Open	9	2	0	1	0	2	2	2	0
70	Arunava Roy	Kolkata	College	7	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	1
71	Rakesh Chaturvedi	Delhi	Open	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
71	Sagnik Ghosh	Mumbai	Open	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
72	Sudipta Basak	Kolkata	Open	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
73	Anjima Kakati	Guwahati	College	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	Roshni Binsa KB	Thrissur	School	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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’s AsKQAnce quiz fest on 27-29 June, 2025

The KQA is happy to announce the return of its 3-day quizzing extravaganza in Bangalore, Askqance 2025! With 8 quizzes over 3 days, there’s really something for everyone!

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.

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

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.

Saturday (28th June)

930 AM to 1 PM: 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.

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.

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.

Sunday (29th June)

930 AM to 1 PM: The G.S. Hiranyappa Memorial quiz

A quiz 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.

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.

QM, registration, venue and prize details to be announced soon!

For further details, updates or any queries on AsKQAnce and other quizzes, follow us on Twitter and IG at @kqaquizzes or join our Quiz Announcement WhatsApp group using the link https://chat.whatsapp.com/EEsx1FuBmWCLqqwR408CWc

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

 

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