RESULTS – MahaQuizzer and AsiaSweep 2025
The KQA is delighted to announce the results of its national-level December quizzes—MahaQuizzer and AsiaSweep. This year, 241 quizzers took part in MahaQuizzer, while 101 teams participated in AsiaSweep.
MahaQuizzer, now into its twenties, has crowned a new champion—who is also in his twenties. Bengaluru’s Preetham Upadhya is the latest bearer of the MahaQuizzer title, finishing with an outstanding score of 86. Our heartiest congratulations to him!
2023 champion Jayakanthan (Chennai) finished close behind with 83, while last year’s winner, Mumbai’s Vinoo Sanjay, completed the podium with 81.
The ever-consistent Jayashree Jaykar Mohanka topped the Ladies’ category with 62, placing 25th in the overall list. Kolkata’s Kumar Kirti topped the College category with a creditable 48, securing a place in the national Top 50.
The top 16 finishers in MahaQuizzer qualify for MahaMahaQuizzer at our anniversary fest, AsKQAnce in June 2026.
Meanwhile, the aforementioned Preetham teamed up with Calvin Christ to successfully defend their AsiaSweep title, scoring 58 out of 85. Close on their heels were Rahul Kottalgi and Prithwish Datta in second place with 57, followed by Vinoo Sanjay and Abhinav Dasgupta, also on 57, taking third. AsiaSweep consisted of two sections of 35 and 50 points.
The KQA extends its gratitude to fellow quiz organisations, proctors, participants, and our question setters for helping make these events a success. We look forward to seeing you again in May for our next round of inter-city events.
| Name | Score | * | ** | Total *s | City | Category | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preetham Upadhya | 86 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 2 | Jayakanthan | 83 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Chennai | Open |
| 3 | Vinoo Sanjay | 81 | 6 | 0 | 6 | Mumbai | Open |
| 4 | Thejaswi Udupa | 81 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 5 | Amrit Pritom Chetia | 79 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Delhi | Open |
| 6 | Subrat M | 77 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 7 | Rahul Kottalgi | 76 | 5 | 0 | 5 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 8 | Hrishikesh Varma | 76 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mumbai | Open |
| 9 | Nikhil Sonde | 73 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mumbai | Open |
| 10 | Ravi Mundoli | 72 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Chennai | Open |
| 10 | Sourjo Sengupta | 72 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Kolkata (JU) | Open |
| 12 | Manu Sudhakar | 72 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Thrissur | Open |
| 13 | Aswath Venkataraman | 72 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 13 | Abhinav Dasgupta | 72 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Mumbai | Open |
| 15 | Shaswat Salgaocar | 69 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 16 | Rajiv Rai | 68 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mumbai | Open |
| 17 | Annie Sen Gupta | 68 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Goa | Open |
| 18 | Wrichik Basu | 67 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Kolkata (JU) | Open |
| 19 | Shouvik Guha | 67 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Kolkata (JU) | Open |
| 20 | Gokul S | 67 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Thrissur | Open |
| 21 | Calvin | 66 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 22 | Anustup Dutta | 65 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 23 | Praveen V R | 64 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 24 | Aditya Gadre | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Delhi | Open |
| 25 | Jayashree Jayakar Mohanka | 62 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Kolkata (JU) | Ladies |
| 26 | Aadisht Khanna | 62 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Chennai | Open |
| 27 | Abdul Raouf | 62 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Thiruvananthapuram | Open |
| 28 | Chandrakant Nair | 62 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Thrissur | Open |
| 29 | Pravin Varma | 61 | 5 | 0 | 5 | Thrissur | Open |
| 30 | Mario Fernando | 60 | 4 | 1 | 5 | Chennai | Open |
| 31 | Sreeradh R P | 60 | 5 | 0 | 5 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 32 | Kunal Sawardekar | 60 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Pune | Open |
| 33 | Baibaswata Jena | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kolkata (JU) | Open |
| 34 | Ayush Sharma | 59 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Mumbai | Open |
| 35 | Prithwish Datta | 59 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 36 | Kiran | 58 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Chennai | Open |
| 37 | Govind Grewal | 58 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Mumbai | Open |
| 38 | Sujay | 57 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 39 | Rohit S | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chennai | Open |
| 40 | Abhay Vikram | 55 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Mumbai | Open |
| 41 | Vilas Pavithran | 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Goa | Open |
| 42 | Sanat Pai Raikar | 53 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 43 | Muhammed Munavvir VV | 52 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Delhi | Open |
| 44 | Anirudh Chari | 51 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Kolkata (JU) | Open |
| 45 | Sandipan Goswami | 50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Guwahati | Open |
| 46 | Srihari Raju | 49 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Hyderabad | Open |
| 47 | Karthik S | 49 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 48 | J Krishnamurthi | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Hyderabad | Open |
| 49 | Kavya Ramasubramanian | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bengaluru | Ladies |
| 50 | Mustafa | 48 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Ahmedabad | Open |
| 50 | Mohan Ravichandran | 48 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Hyderabad | Open |
| 50 | Kumar Kirti | 48 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Kolkata (JU) | College |
| 53 | Sushant Shekhar | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 53 | Kunal Roy | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mumbai | Open |
| 55 | Abhishek Hariharan | 47 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Mumbai | Open |
| 56 | Vibhendu | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mumbai | Open |
| 57 | Kushan Patel | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ahmedabad | Open |
| 57 | Anand Sivashankar | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chennai | Open |
| 59 | Rajiv D'Silva | 45 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Goa | Open |
| 60 | Bharath Krishna S | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Thiruvananthapuram | Open |
| 61 | Abhilash | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 61 | Anush Iyer | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 61 | Krishan Shetty | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mumbai | Open |
| 64 | Antara Bhattacharya | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mumbai | Ladies |
| 65 | Advik Kabra | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bengaluru | College |
| 65 | Sarvesh Shenoy | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mumbai | Open |
| 67 | Sandeep Shankar | 42 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Pune | Open |
| 68 | Santonab Chakraborty | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Delhi | Open |
| 69 | Atul Mathew | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 69 | Aniruddha Mitra | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mumbai | Open |
| 71 | Abhishek Rath | 41 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 72 | Abid Abdulla | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 72 | Subhadeep Sarkar | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 72 | Aditya Padhi | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kanpur | College |
| 75 | Nitish | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Goa | Open |
| 76 | A P Alagarsamy | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 76 | Arun Ramanathan | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Chennai | Open |
| 76 | Raja Sri Charan | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Delhi | Open |
| 76 | Kaushik Chatterji | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Delhi | Open |
| 80 | Ranjan Anilkumar | 39 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Delhi | Open |
| 80 | Sriram Padmanabhan | 39 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Pune | Open |
| 82 | Balagopal Menon | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Delhi | Open |
| 83 | R. Samyak | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Goa | Open |
| 84 | Rashmi Vallabhajosyula | 38 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Bengaluru | Ladies |
| 84 | Appu S | 38 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Thiruvananthapuram | Open |
| 86 | Edwin Muriyaden Wilson | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 86 | Kapinjal Kishore Sharma | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Guwahati | Open |
| 86 | Raamanujan | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ahmedabad | Open |
| 86 | Abhishek Sushil | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Hyderabad | Open |
| 90 | Sujit Ray | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Delhi | Open |
| 91 | Anant Narayan | 36 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Delhi | College |
| 92 | Jyotirmoy Bhattacharjee | 36 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 92 | Bedbyas Datta | 36 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Kolkata (JU) | Open |
| 94 | Mohammed Ameen | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Thrissur | College |
| 94 | Nikhil Borra | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Delhi | Open |
| 94 | Aditya Pal | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kolkata (JU) | Open |
| 94 | Saswata Acharya | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kolkata (JU) | Open |
| 98 | Gautam Ghosh | 35 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Kolkata (JU) | Open |
| 99 | D Ghosh | 35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Kolkata (JU) | Open |
| 100 | Anuradha Santhanam | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bengaluru | Ladies |
| 100 | Arnab Bhattacharya | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mumbai | Open |
| 100 | Pinakpani Kashyap | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Chennai | Open |
| 103 | Abhinav Gudur | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 103 | Sanveer Singh Puri | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ahmedabad | Open |
| 105 | Sriram Swastik | 34 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Kharagpur | College |
| 106 | Saarthak Upadhyay | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kanpur | College |
| 107 | Aabhaas Dasgupta | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mumbai | Open |
| 107 | Jitaditya Narzary | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Guwahati | Open |
| 109 | Anil Kothuri | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mumbai | Open |
| 109 | B A Pranavi | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kharagpur | College |
| 109 | Uday Tej Singh | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pune | College |
| 112 | Vishnu | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 113 | Sreekar Raghotham | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hyderabad | Open |
| 114 | Madhav R Babu | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mumbai | College |
| 115 | Arun AS | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Thrissur | Open |
| 116 | Charles | 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Pune | Open |
| 117 | Syed Shakeel Imdad | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Hyderabad | Open |
| 117 | Tathagata Chatterjee | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Delhi | Open |
| 117 | Mohammad Waqar Moid | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kolkata (JU) | College |
| 117 | Saee Joshi | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Pune | Ladies |
| 121 | Amit C J | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 121 | Uttirno Nath | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mumbai | College |
| 121 | Francis Rodrigues | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mumbai | Open |
| 121 | Tanishk Saxena | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mumbai | College |
| 121 | Johan Sam Biju | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mumbai | College |
| 121 | Samir Gupta | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pune | Open |
| 127 | Aryan Patel | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Delhi | Open |
| 128 | S A Karthik | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 128 | Sharath Jose | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chennai | Open |
| 130 | Nikhil Jha | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 130 | Raman Vatsal Misra | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kanpur | College |
| 130 | Roshan | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Coimbatore | Open |
| 130 | Aastha Dua | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Goa | Open |
| 134 | Ganesh Thambhahalli Satyen | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 134 | Rajat Gururaj | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 134 | Abhijit Bhadran | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mumbai | Open |
| 137 | Shantanu Nene | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mumbai | Open |
| 137 | Niral Charan | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mumbai | College |
| 137 | Mishal Mohammed | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kharagpur | College |
| 140 | Shreyas Mall | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Delhi | College |
| 141 | Harsh Khandeparkar | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kharagpur | College |
| 141 | Anuradha Dharwadkar | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ahmedabad | Ladies |
| 143 | Kartik Pathak | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mumbai | College |
| 143 | Neelam Goswami | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Chennai | Ladies |
| 145 | Viola Rodrigues | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Goa | Ladies |
| 145 | Shiladitya Ganguli | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kolkata (JU) | Open |
| 147 | Ishan Kakodkar | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mumbai | College |
| 147 | Chinmay Kale | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mumbai | College |
| 147 | Nikhilesh S. Rana | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Goa | College |
| 150 | Prakhar Sreeguru | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kharagpur | College |
| 150 | Ajey Patil | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Goa | Open |
| 152 | Shivaji Roy Chowdhury | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Chennai | College |
| 153 | Athul Ajay | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Thiruvananthapuram | Open |
| 154 | Rishav Dewan | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 154 | Parth Arya Bhat | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kanpur | College |
| 154 | Shamit Shah | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kharagpur | College |
| 154 | Jayanth AK | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chennai | College |
| 154 | A. Santhanan | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chennai | Open |
| 154 | Debasmita | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Delhi | Ladies |
| 160 | C H Rohith | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 161 | Sudarshan Sundarrajan | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 161 | Aryaan Basu | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mumbai | College |
| 161 | Aditya Mahaldar | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mumbai | College |
| 161 | Anirvin Srivatsan | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chennai | College |
| 165 | Shriram N | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mumbai | College |
| 165 | Atharv Lodhi | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kharagpur | College |
| 165 | Neev Pohani | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kharagpur | College |
| 165 | Sujith E | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Coimbatore | Open |
| 165 | Praveen Jayaraj A | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Coimbatore | Open |
| 165 | Aayush Gahan | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ahmedabad | College |
| 165 | Sreejan Bose | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kolkata (JU) | College |
| 172 | Madhusudan K | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 172 | Abhijit Anand | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 172 | Muhammed Akmal Hari | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kanpur | College |
| 172 | Malay Neerav Dixit | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kharagpur | College |
| 172 | Shrean Paul | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kharagpur | College |
| 172 | Ashutosh Sethi | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kharagpur | College |
| 178 | Jayakrishnan R | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mumbai | Open |
| 178 | Tanish Sharma | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ahmedabad | College |
| 178 | Vaishnav AK | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Thrissur | College |
| 178 | Priyanshu Mahar | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pune | College |
| 182 | Subramanian (Mani) | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 183 | Aditya Arvind | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chennai | College |
| 183 | Kanak Varma | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chennai | College |
| 183 | Prashant Sinha | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Delhi | Open |
| 186 | Khagendra | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Pune | Open |
| 187 | Rattandeep Singh Puar | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kanpur | College |
| 187 | Sagar Chandan | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kharagpur | College |
| 187 | Roshini | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Thiruvananthapuram | College |
| 187 | Paul B. E. Gatward | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Goa | Open |
| 191 | Dhairya Garg | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kanpur | College |
| 191 | Amit Agrawal | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Pune | Open |
| 193 | Uma Venkatraman | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mumbai | Ladies |
| 193 | Rohan Kumar Sah | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kharagpur | College |
| 195 | Rishabh Jain | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Mumbai | Open |
| 196 | Deepa | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bengaluru | Ladies |
| 196 | Prabhav Shetty | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hyderabad | College |
| 198 | Aditya Ajay | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mumbai | College |
| 198 | Avtansh Gargya | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kanpur | College |
| 198 | Harshil Agarwal | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kharagpur | College |
| 198 | Mudit Raj | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kharagpur | College |
| 198 | Binaya Kumar Nain | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kharagpur | College |
| 198 | Hemant Khinchi | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Coimbatore | Open |
| 198 | Ronnie Joseph | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Thiruvananthapuram | Open |
| 205 | Ram K | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 205 | Advait Girish Karmarkar | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kanpur | College |
| 205 | Subikash Paul | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kolkata (JU) | Open |
| 208 | Saatvik Singh | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kanpur | College |
| 208 | Naitik Singhal | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kanpur | College |
| 208 | Arushi Kondaskar | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kanpur | College |
| 211 | Soham Sahasrabuddhe | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mumbai | College |
| 212 | Abhinav Chinta | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bengaluru | Open |
| 212 | Sourish Das | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kanpur | College |
| 212 | Ira Srivastava | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kanpur | College |
| 212 | Rakshit Ranka | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kharagpur | College |
| 212 | Swathi P.G. | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chennai | Open |
| 217 | Siddanth Shetty | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bengaluru | College |
| 217 | Chayan Patil | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bengaluru | College |
| 217 | Sparsh Pradeep Jain | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kanpur | College |
| 217 | Tanmay Singh Bhadauria | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Delhi | College |
| 221 | Rachit Arora | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kharagpur | College |
| 221 | Arnab Chakraborty | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kharagpur | College |
| 221 | Soumyadeep Biswas | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kolkata (JU) | Open |
| 224 | Aditya Pratap Singh Baghel | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kanpur | College |
| 224 | Abhrajit Hazra | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kolkata (JU) | Open |
| 226 | Shreyansh Singh | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Delhi | College |
| 227 | Ashma Singh | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kanpur | College |
| 227 | Kartik Mistry | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ahmedabad | Open |
| 229 | Kayalvizhi P R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bengaluru | Ladies |
| 229 | Hisana Thasni | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mumbai | Ladies |
| 231 | Nandan Subramanian | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bengaluru | School |
| 231 | Ojes Thambhahalli Satyen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bengaluru | College |
| 231 | Ashwin S | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Coimbatore | College |
| 231 | Vishwas B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chennai | Open |
| 235 | Sai Aarav G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bengaluru | School |
| 235 | Rajadurai S | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chennai | Open |
| 237 | K. Palani | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chennai | Open |
| 238 | Abheri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bengaluru | School |
| 238 | Saurabh Kumar Singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Thiruvananthapuram | Open |
| 238 | Ben Francis Abi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Delhi | College |
| 238 | Abhik Hazra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kolkata (JU) | School |
| # | CITY | Team Member 1 | Team Member 2 | Category | Part 1 | Part 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bengaluru | Calvin | Preetham | Open | 24 | 34 | 58 |
| 2 | Bengaluru | Rahul Kottalgi | Prithwish | Open | 26 | 31 | 57 |
| 2 | Mumbai | Vinoo Sanjay | Abhinav Dasgupta | Open | 23 | 34 | 57 |
| 3 | Mumbai | Rajiv Rai | Vibhendu Tewari | Open | 22 | 33 | 55 |
| 4 | Bengaluru | Aswath | Karthik Shashidhar | Open | 22 | 31 | 53 |
| 5 | Ahmedabad | Kushan Patel | Sanat Naval | Open | 25 | 26 | 51 |
| 6 | Bengaluru | Abid | Sachin Deshpande | Open | 21 | 28 | 49 |
| 6 | Bengaluru | Subrat Mohanty | Jaidev Karunakaran | Open | 17 | 32 | 49 |
| 7 | Mumbai | Anannya Deb | Venkatraghavan S | Open | 22 | 25 | 47 |
| 8 | Bengaluru | Anustup Datta | Thejaswi Udupa | Open | 20 | 26 | 46 |
| 9 | Delhi | Shashank T | Prateek V | Open | 22 | 23 | 45 |
| 9 | Kolkata (JU) | Gautam Ghosh | Anirudh Chari | Open | 20 | 25 | 45 |
| 10 | Bengaluru | Anush Iyer | Sreeradh Rp | Open | 20 | 23 | 43 |
| 10 | Guwahati | Deepanjan Deb | Sandipan Goswami | Open | 20 | 23 | 43 |
| 10 | Mumbai | Mayank Mujumdar | Shrey Shylesh | Open | 15 | 28 | 43 |
| 10 | Delhi | Balagopal Menon | Santonab | Open | 18 | 25 | 43 |
| 11 | Chennai | Ravi Mundoli | Samanth Subramanian | Open | 17 | 24 | 41 |
| 11 | Chennai | Shivaji Roy Chowdhury | Sreeram Madhavan | College | 21 | 20 | 41 |
| 11 | Delhi | Munavvir | Ranjan | Open | 15 | 26 | 41 |
| 11 | Kolkata (JU) | Shouvik Guha | Jayashree Mohanka | Open | 17 | 24 | 41 |
| 12 | Mumbai | Kunal Roy | Ayush Sharma | Open | 24 | 14 | 38 |
| 12 | Kolkata (JU) | Wrichik Basu | Aranya Mitra | Open | 18 | 20 | 38 |
| 12 | Goa | Vilas Pavithran | Srijit Kumar | Open | 19 | 19 | 38 |
| 13 | Chennai | Mario | Rohit | Open | 13 | 24 | 37 |
| 13 | Mumbai | Francis Rodrigues | Krishan Shetty | Open | 17 | 20 | 37 |
| 13 | Thrissur | Anil Raghavan | Manu Sudhakar | Open | 13 | 24 | 37 |
| 14 | Mumbai | Preyoshi Ganguly | Tanmay Prusty | Open | 15 | 21 | 36 |
| 15 | Bengaluru | Maako | Sanat | Open | 16 | 19 | 35 |
| 15 | Kanpur | Aditya Padhi | Parth Arya Bhat | College | 18 | 17 | 35 |
| 16 | Delhi | Anant | Ben | College | 10 | 24 | 34 |
| 16 | Goa | Kaivalya Karkare | Samyak Rajanala | Open | 14 | 20 | 34 |
| 17 | Hyderabad | Revanth | Srihari Raju | Open | 16 | 17 | 33 |
| 18 | Goa | Chandrashekhar Rao | Nitish Wagle | Open | 10 | 22 | 32 |
| 18 | Kharagpur | Sriyam Swastik | Sagar Chandan | College | 17 | 15 | 32 |
| 18 | Thrissur | Sahitha | Roshith | Open | 12 | 20 | 32 |
| 19 | Mumbai | Jayakrishnan R | Sarvesh Shenoy | Open | 15 | 16 | 31 |
| 19 | Mumbai | Chinmay Kale | Ojaswi Jain | College | 11 | 20 | 31 |
| 20 | Hyderabad | Mohan Ravichandran | Prabhav Shetty | Open | 14 | 16 | 30 |
| 20 | Ahmedabad | Sanveer | Anuradha | Open | 14 | 16 | 30 |
| 20 | Kharagpur | Neev Pohani | Rakshit Ranka | College | 18 | 12 | 30 |
| 20 | Kanpur | Sourish Das | Muhammed Akmal Harif | College | 16 | 14 | 30 |
| 21 | Delhi | Shreyash | Rishi Roy | Open | 10 | 19 | 29 |
| 21 | Delhi | Adarsh B | Kaushik | Open | 14 | 15 | 29 |
| 21 | Kharagpur | Prakhar Sreeguru | Pranavi Ba | College | 12 | 17 | 29 |
| 22 | Goa | Aastha Dua | Paras | Open | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| 22 | Kanpur | Raman Vatsal Misra | Saarthak Upadhyay | College | 8 | 20 | 28 |
| 23 | Pune | Samir Gupta | Sandeep Shankar | Open | 10 | 17 | 27 |
| 23 | Mumbai | Soham Sahasrabuddhe | Kartik | College | 15 | 12 | 27 |
| 23 | Mumbai | Aditya Mahaldar | Aditya Ajey | College | 21 | 6 | 27 |
| 23 | Goa | Aniruddha Sen Gupta | Rajiv D'Silva | Open | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| 24 | Mumbai | Ishan Kakodkar | Aryaan Basu | College | 15 | 11 | 26 |
| 24 | Kharagpur | Shrean Paul | Atharv Lodhi | College | 14 | 12 | 26 |
| 25 | Bengaluru | Ranjini | Diwaker | Open | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| 25 | Delhi | Raja Sri Charan | Prashant Sinha | Open | 11 | 14 | 25 |
| 25 | Kolkata (JU) | Shiladitya Ganguli | Abhrajit Hazra | Open | 16 | 9 | 25 |
| 25 | Goa | Viola Rodrigues | Amita Kanekar | Open | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| 25 | Thiruvananthapuram | Roshini | Bharath Krishna S | College | 11 | 14 | 25 |
| 26 | Delhi | Shoaib | Swapnil | Open | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| 27 | Mumbai | Nirad Inamdar | Sudhir Pai | Open | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| 27 | Kharagpur | Shamit Shah | Harshil Agarwal | College | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| 28 | Guwahati | Nayan Jyoti Medhi | Jitaditya Narzary | Open | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| 28 | Chennai | Aadived | Aditya | College | 13 | 9 | 22 |
| 28 | Mumbai | Niral Charan | Shriram N | College | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| 28 | Mumbai | Madhav Babu | -- | College | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| 28 | Thrissur | Vaishnav Ak | Ramkumar M | College | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| 29 | Chennai | Abijeet | Ajay | Open | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| 29 | Mumbai | Aaghaz Mahajan | Shantanu Nene | Open | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| 29 | Hyderabad | Debjit Dasgupta | Abhishek Sushil | Open | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| 29 | Thiruvananthapuram | Jyotishko Josh | -- | College | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| 30 | Guwahati | Kapinjal Kishore Sharma | -- | Open | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| 31 | Chennai | Gunin | Vrishab | Open | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| 31 | Chennai | Anirvin | Varshini | College | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| 31 | Mumbai | Johan | Tanishk | College | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 31 | Hyderabad | Rajdeep Dasgupta | Rikesh Bhattacharya | Open | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| 32 | Bengaluru | Ganesh | Ojas | Open | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| 32 | Kolkata (JU) (JU) | Sreejan Bose | Ayush Mondal | College | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| 33 | Ahmedabad | Ayush Gahan | Tanish Sharma | Open | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 33 | Kharagpur | Binay Kumar Naik | Malay Neerav Dixit | College | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 34 | Bengaluru | Mahadevan | Siddharth | Open | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 34 | Bengaluru | Abhishek Rath | -- | Open | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 35 | Bengaluru | Amit CJ | -- | Open | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 35 | Bengaluru | Prahlada | Keerthi | College | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 35 | Chennai | Kanak Varma | Akshay Anand | College | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 35 | Kharagpur | Rachit Arora | Rohan Kumar | College | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 35 | Kanpur | Rattandeep Singh Puar | Aditya Pratap Singh Baghel | College | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 36 | Delhi | Nikhil | Sushmita | Open | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 36 | Ahmedabad | Sumedha Poonia | Aryan Singh | Open | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 37 | Kharagpur | Mishal Mohammed | Ashutosh Sethi | College | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 38 | Pune | Sneha Sheoran | -- | College | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 38 | Hyderabad | Vattem Siddhartha | -- | Open | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 38 | Thiruvananthapuram | Pragun Nepal | -- | College | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 39 | Kolkata (JU) | Sauhardya Mandal | Shamim J. Chowdhury | College | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 39 | Kharagpur | Mudit Raj | Arnab Chakraborty | College | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 40 | Kanpur | Avtansh Singh Gargya | Sparsh Jain | College | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 40 | Kanpur | Ira Srivastava | Arushi Kondaskar | College | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 41 | Kanpur | Ashma Singh | Saatvik Singh | College | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 42 | Delhi | Shreyansh | Tanmay | College | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 42 | Kharagpur | Ashwani Kumar Sharma | -- | College | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 43 | Pune | Afmc Team Of Two | -- | College | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 43 | Chennai | Rajadurai S | -- | Open | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 44 | Chennai | Karpaga Vinayagam B | Sridhar S | Open | 1 | 3 | 4 |
VENUES & PROCTORS: MahaQuizzer & AsiaSweep 2025
Here is the full list of venues. Some venues are yet to confirm, please check with your local proctor. Please note that there is only venue in Kolkata, and it is not the usual one. There is no venue in Manipal/Udaipur.
NOTE: The KQA does not charge for participation. However, local organising bodies might have a registration fee to cover venue/printing costs.
| # | City | Venue | MQ proctor | Phone | AS proctor | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahmedabad | IIM Ahmedabad | Vyom Vyas | 8320110336 | Nikhil Khatter | 8905058379 |
| 2 | Bengaluru | Ujjivan Small Finance Bank, Grape Garden, 3rd A Cross, 18th Main Rd, 6th Block, Koramangala | Sachin Deshpande | 84548 23552 | Arul Mani | 97312 14519 |
| 3 | Chennai | PS Senior Secondary School, Mylapore | Kalyan V | 97910 41483 | Sharath Jose | 82977 33676 |
| 4 | Coimbatore | Brookefields Mall | Roshan Krishna | 86670 18040 | Roshan Krishna | 86670 18040 |
| 5 | Goa | Goa Business School, Taleigao Plateau. | Swati Parab | 8806559634 | Devika Shetty | 9850884349 |
| 6 | Guwahati | Nerim Group of Institutions, Guwahati. | Debasish Deka | 8811071321 | Debasish Deka | 8811071321 |
| 7 | Hyderabad | Hall SH1, IIIT Hyderabad, Gachibowli | Revanth | 6900400773 | Shakeel Imdad | 97062 25868 |
| 8 | Kanpur | IIT Kanpur | Moksh Dalal | 7840039508 | Moksh Dalal | 7840039508 |
| 9 | Kharagpur | IIT Kharagpur | Samyak Sheersh | 8825018606 | Samyak Sheersh | 8825018606 |
| 10 | Kolkata | Prof. Anita Banerjee Memorial Hall (adjacent to Gate 4), Jadavpur University | Sarbajit Mitra | 94328 16040 | Souptik Chaudhury | 97493 22247 |
| 11 | Mumbai | Rajyog Family Restaurant & Bar | Suvajit Chakraborty | 99308 53913 | Suvajit Chakraborty | 99308 53913 |
| 12 | New Delhi | L2, Block 2, IIT Delhi | Shubham Jha | 70117 85110 | Sujit | 88401 40051 |
| 13 | Pune | NLH Sushruta, AFMC (Entry from gate no 4) | Mahadev | 99427 44829 | Mahadev | 99427 44829 |
| 14 | Siliguri (only MQ) | Sonar Tori Apartment, College, Para, Siliguri 734003 | Udit Sen Gupta | 7980857897 | - | - |
| 15 | Thiruvananthapuram | IISER | Manish R | 75981 10699 | Harini Sridhar | 78128 87556 |
| 16 | Thrissur | Govt. Engineering College | Dr Vijaynath V | 94473 80969 | Dr Vijaynath V | 94473 80969 |
MahaQuizzer and AsiaSweep 2025
The Karnataka Quiz Association will be conducting MahaQuizzer, the National Solo Quizzing Championship, and AsiaSweep, the Arun Veembur Memorial Quiz on all things Asian, on December 14, 2025 (Sunday).
NOTE: The cities listed on the registration page are provisional.
MahaQuizzer, now in its twentieth year, will consist of 150 questions to be attempted over 90 minutes, off a printed paper.It will be set by a team of Jaidev Karunakaran, Keshava Guha, Sachin Deshpande, Santosh Swaminathan, and Sujata Sharma.
MQ will be held in all cities from 10:30 am to 12 noon. Reporting time for participants will be 10:00 AM.
Register here for MahaQuizzer 2025.
AsiaSweep will consist of around 50 questions, to be read off a ppt and is open to teams of a maximum of two people. Solo participants are also welcome.
AsiaSweep is open to teams of two members, irrespective of age or other affiliations. Solo participants are also welcome to try their luck. A projector will be required to conduct AsiaSweep.
AsiaSweep will start at 3pm.
Register here for AsiaSweep 2025.
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:
- Prasad – Mumbai – 46.5
- Peter Panchali – Bangalore – 45.5
- Rude Mechanicals – Chennai – 42
- Veni Vidi Went to Koshys – Pune – 41.5
- Swami and Friends – Hyderabad – 38.5
- Rhino Wanderers – Guwahati – 35.5
- Vetes Vulpes – Delhi -35.5
- Hammer and Tongs – Kolkata – 35
- Sheikh Yerbouti – Dubai – 34.5
- A Four Body Problem – Thiruvananthapuram – 33.5
Top 6 non-City qualifiers
- Matunga Manram – Mumbai – 44.5
- CIDs from Kerala – Bangalore – 41
- Congrats All – Bangalore – 40
- Aardvarking Quizzers – Bangalore – 39.5
- Kya Farak Padta Hai – Mumbai -35.5
- QA – Chennai – 35
Waitlist:
- Titash Sreeradh Sanat Jaidev – Bangalore – 34.5
- Zero Gravitas – Bangalore – 34.5
- 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:
- Arts – 14 (Rahul Kottalgi, Anustup Datta, Rajiv Rai, Praveen VR)
- Food & Beverages – 18 (Santosh JS)
- Movies & TV – 20 (Jayakanthan)
- Literature – 19 (Jayakanthan)
- Music – 15 (Jayakanthan, Santosh JS)
- Sciences – 15 (Thejaswi Udupa)
- Social Sciences – 19 (Jayakanthan)
- 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.
