RESULTS – MindSweep and MegaWhats 2026
We’re happy to announce the results of MindSweep and MegaWhats 2026.
Jayakanthan R of Chennai, the defending champion, retains his MindSweep with a score of 89. Close behind were Calvin with 88 and Sourjo Sengupta with 86.
Category toppers:
- Arts – 12 (Gokul)
- Food & Beverages – 15 (R Jayakanthan)
- Movies & TV – 14 (Govind Grewal, Raamanujan)
- Literature – 12 (Sourjo Sengupta, Hrishikesh Varma, Abhinav Dasgupta)
- Music – 13 (Calvin, Govind )
- Sciences – 13 (Calvin, Sparsh Pradeep Jain)
- Social Sciences – 13 (Jayakanthan, Hrishikesh)
- Sports & Games – 12 (Calvin, Sourjo, Thejaswi Udupa, Baibaswata Jena, Rama Subramanian)
The results of the prelims of MegaWhats 2026, the KQA’s annual inter-city written quiz, are also below. Our congratulations to Rude Mechanicals from Chennai for topping the prelims. Here are the automatic qualifiers: the top 10 city winners and the top 6 non-city winners.
City Winners:
- Rude Mechanicals (Chennai)
- Congrats All (Bengaluru)
- Bombay Ducks (New Delhi)
- Matunga Manram (Mumbai)
- Feni, Vidi, Vici (Goa)
- Swami and Friends (Hyderabad)
- Smells Like Team Spirit (Kolkata)
- Onko Mastors (Guwahati)
- Live to Eat (Coimbatore)
- Sanat, Rishika, Anant (Ahmedabad)
Top 6 non-city winners:
- Aswath, Keshava, Praveen, Hrishi (Bengaluru)
- Peter Panchali (Bengaluru)
- Vast Deference (New Delhi)
- My Way or Samanway (Mumbai)
- Relapsed Quizzaholics (Chennai)
- Nexus Gravitas (Bengaluru)
The KQA invites the winners to participate in the MW semifinals at AsKQAnce on 26 June 2026. Each team is allowed a maximum of two changes per team; please confirm your participation by replying to the email sent. The other qualifiers are listed below. The semifinal line-up will be published closer to AsKQAnce.
Once again, a big thank you to all the quiz organisations, proctors, participants, and our quiz setters. See you in 2027!
| # | Category | Name | Centre | Total | Arts | Food & Beverages | Movies & TV | Literature | Music | Sciences | Social Sciences | Sports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open | R. Jayakanthan | Chennai | 89 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 8 |
| 2 | Open | Calvin | Bangalore | 88 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 |
| 3 | Open | Sourjo Sengupta | Bangalore | 86 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Open | Hrishikesh Varma | Bangalore | 80 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 11 |
| 5 | Open | Thejaswi Udupa | Bangalore | 75 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 6 | Open | Shaswat S | Bangalore | 75 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
| 7 | Open | Wrichik Basu | Kolkata | 75 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | OPEN | GOKUL | NEW DELHI | 75 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
| 9 | OPEN | ANNIE SEN GUPTA | GOA | 74 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
| 10 | Open | Govind Grewal | Mumbai | 72 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | Open | Jaidev Karunakaran | Bangalore | 71 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
| 12 | Open | Abhinav Dasgupta | Mumbai | 71 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 11 |
| 13 | Open | Praveen VR | Bangalore | 70 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| 14 | Open | Mario Fernando | Chennai | 69 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| 15 | Ladies | Jayashree Mohanka | Kolkata | 68 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
| 16 | Open | Keshav Athreya | Bangalore | 67 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
| 17 | Open | Baibaswata Jena | Kolkata | 67 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 12 |
| 18 | Open | Raouf | Bangalore | 66 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| 19 | Open | Raamanujan | Ahmedabad | 66 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| 20 | Open | Nikhil Sonde | Mumbai | 66 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| 21 | OPEN | MANU SUDHAKAR | THRISSUR | 66 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
| 22 | OPEN | AYUSH SHARMA | NEW DELHI | 64 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| 23 | College | Sparsh Pradeep Jain | IIT Kanpur | 63 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 10 |
| 24 | Open | Harish | IIIT Hyderabad | 62 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
| 25 | Open | Sandipan Goswami | Guwahati | 61 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 26 | Open | Sanat Pai Raikar | Bangalore | 60 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| 27 | OPEN | MUHAMMAD MUNAVVIR | NEW DELHI | 60 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| 28 | OPEN | BALAGOPAL | NEW DELHI | 60 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| 29 | Open | Kunal Roy | Mumbai | 58 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| 30 | Open | Krishan Shetty | Bangalore | 57 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 8 |
| 31 | Open | Abid Abdulla | Bangalore | 56 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| 32 | College | Sushant S | Bangalore | 53 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| 33 | Open | Anand Sivashankar | Chennai | 53 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| 34 | Open | Kushan Patel | Ahmedabad | 52 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| 35 | Ladies | Kavya Ramasubramanian | Bangalore | 50 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
| 36 | Open | Anirudh Chari | Kolkata | 50 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 37 | Open | Bala | Mumbai | 50 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| 38 | Open | Swaminathan | Chennai | 49 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
| 39 | Open | Abhay Vikram | Mumbai | 49 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 40 | Open | Kumar Kirti | Mumbai | 49 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| 41 | Open | Sujay Mathias | Bangalore | 48 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 42 | Open | Abhilash | Bangalore | 48 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 43 | Open | Saarthak Chabra | IIIT Hyderabad | 48 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 44 | Open | Saransh Mohapatra | Kolkata | 48 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| 45 | Open | Bryan Robert | Bangalore | 47 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| 46 | Open | Srihari | IIIT Hyderabad | 46 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 47 | OPEN | SANTONAB | NEW DELHI | 46 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 48 | Open | Aswin Cheerath Anilkumar | Bangalore | 45 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 49 | Open | Abhishek Suhil | IIIT Hyderabad | 45 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| 50 | Open | Rama Subramanian | IIIT Hyderabad | 45 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 51 | OPEN | HARIKARTIK RAMESH | NEW DELHI | 45 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| 52 | Open | Mahendra Balu | Bangalore | 43 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 53 | Open | Krishna Sumanth | Chennai | 43 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| 54 | Open | Rajat Gururaj | Bangalore | 41 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 55 | College | Gayatri Giri | Kolkata | 41 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| 56 | Ladies | Swetha P | Bangalore | 40 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| 57 | College | Tanish Sharma | Ahmedabad | 40 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 58 | College | Aryaan Basu | Kolkata | 40 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| 59 | OPEN | SOMASISH GHOSH | NEW DELHI | 40 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 60 | OPEN | ANIRUDH SURENDRANATH | THRISSUR | 40 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| 61 | OPEN | SHUJOY DUTTA | GOA | 40 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 62 | OPEN | PRAVEEN JAYARAJ | Coimbatore | 39 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 63 | Open | Ananya B | IIIT Hyderabad | 39 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 64 | Open | Francis Rodrigues | Mumbai | 39 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 65 | Open | Anish Roy | Mumbai | 39 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| 66 | Open | Alok G Singh | Bangalore | 38 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| 67 | Open | Gaurav Haloi | Guwahati | 38 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 68 | Open | Shayak Chakraborty | Kolkata | 38 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 69 | Open | Anmol | Mumbai | 38 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| 70 | Open | Jyotirmoy Bhattacharjee | Bangalore | 37 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| 71 | Open | Kapinjal Kishore Sharma | Guwahati | 37 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| 72 | College | Druhan | IIIT Hyderabad | 37 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 73 | Open | Debajyoti Adhikari | Kolkata | 37 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| 74 | OPEN | NIRMALYA BISWAS | SILIGURI | 37 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | Open | D Ghosh | Kolkata | 36 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 76 | Open | Nayan Dhar | Mumbai | 36 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 77 | College | Mohixit Goswami | Guwahati | 35 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 78 | Open | Gautam Ghosh | Kolkata | 35 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| 79 | Open | Sudip Kalyan Dey | Kolkata | 35 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 80 | Open | Sarvesh Shenoy | Mumbai | 35 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 81 | College | Prabhat | Mumbai | 35 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
| 82 | COLLEGE | SHREYASH MALL | NEW DELHI | 35 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 83 | College | Anant Narayan | Ahmedabad | 34 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| 84 | Open | Siddharth | Chennai | 34 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 85 | OPEN | ROSHAN KRISHNA | Coimbatore | 34 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 86 | College | Adirtya Das Choudhury | Guwahati | 34 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 87 | College | Ashutosh Rana | IIT Kanpur | 34 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 88 | OPEN | SAGAR AGARWAL | SILIGURI | 34 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 89 | LADIES | AASTHA DUA | GOA | 34 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 90 | Open | Shubham | Bangalore | 33 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 91 | OPEN | ASHWATH SIVAKUMAR | Coimbatore | 33 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 92 | College | Md Waqar Moid | Kolkata | 33 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 93 | Open | Anubhav Bhattacharjee | Mumbai | 33 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 94 | Open | Abhijith Bhadran | Mumbai | 33 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 95 | College | Nikilesh GK | Bangalore | 32 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 96 | College | Moksh Dalal | IIT Kanpur | 32 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| 97 | Open | Pranav Chakravarthy | Bangalore | 30 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 98 | Open | Samartha | Bangalore | 30 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 99 | Open | Rahul A | Bangalore | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| 100 | Open | Akshay Sreyas | Bangalore | 30 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 101 | Ladies | Anuradha Dharwadkar | Ahmedabad | 30 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 102 | Open | Sharath Jose | Chennai | 30 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 103 | Open | Sneha Ann Reji | IIIT Hyderabad | 30 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 104 | College | Prabhav | IIIT Hyderabad | 30 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 105 | Open | Vinod Jacob Matthew | Bangalore | 29 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 106 | Open | Nikhil Jha | Bangalore | 29 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 107 | Open | Shivish Shukla | Mumbai | 29 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 108 | Open | A. Santhanam | Chennai | 28 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 109 | Open | Shravan | Chennai | 28 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 110 | OPEN | NIKHIL BORRA | NEW DELHI | 28 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 111 | LADIES | VIOLA R | GOA | 28 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 112 | Open | Ashwin Kumar KS | IIIT Hyderabad | 27 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| 113 | Open | Ujjwal Nath | India/Mysuru | 27 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 114 | Open | Sudarshan Sundarrajan | Bangalore | 26 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 115 | Open | Berty Ashley | India/Mysuru | 26 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 116 | OPEN | ARAVIND SN | Coimbatore | 25 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 117 | College | Abraham Paul | IIIT Hyderabad | 25 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 118 | OPEN | ABIR SEN | SILIGURI | 25 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 119 | Open | Vani S | India/Mysuru | 24 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 120 | COLLEGE | ARNAV GARG | NEW DELHI | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 121 | OPEN | ADITYA RAGHURAM | NEW DELHI | 23 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 122 | OPEN | ACHINTYA RANJAN | NEW DELHI | 23 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 123 | Ladies | Divya Kumar | Bangalore | 22 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 124 | College | Haaris | IIIT Hyderabad | 22 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 125 | Open | Shiladitya Ganguli | Kolkata | 22 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 126 | OPEN | PAUL GATWARD | GOA | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 127 | Open | Shiva Prabhakaran | Bangalore | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 128 | Open | Sanveer Singh Puri | Ahmedabad | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 129 | College | Akhilan Ramesh | Bangalore | 20 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 130 | Open | Sankar Roy | Kolkata | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 131 | OPEN | PRASHANT SINHA | NEW DELHI | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 132 | Open | Mahadevan | Bangalore | 19 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 133 | College | Varun S | Chennai | 19 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 134 | Open | Swathi PG | Chennai | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 135 | OPEN | ARYAN RAJ | NEW DELHI | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 136 | College | Rishika Raj | Ahmedabad | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 137 | OPEN | HEMANT KHIMCHI | Coimbatore | 18 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 138 | Open | Omkar B | Mumbai | 17 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 139 | Open | Rohan Umesh | Bangalore | 16 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 140 | Open | Pavan Madhukar Bhat | Bangalore | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 141 | Open | Madhusudan K | Bangalore | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 142 | Open | Ronnie Joseph | Chennai | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 143 | Open | Shreyas Sridhar | Mumbai | 14 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 144 | Open | Pranav Bontadkar | Mumbai | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 145 | Open | Rishabh Jain | Mumbai | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 146 | Open | Rudrapriya Chakraborty | Guwahati | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 147 | OPEN | SARTHAK BATRA | NEW DELHI | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 148 | LADIES | SWATI P | GOA | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 149 | College | Bittu Pandey | IIT Kanpur | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 150 | OPEN | GOKUL H | THRISSUR | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 151 | OPEN | MANASHIKA | Coimbatore | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 152 | College | Aakash Pal | IIT Kanpur | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 153 | Open | Ankit Patil | Mumbai | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 154 | Open | K Kartikeya | IIIT Hyderabad | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 155 | WOMEN | SREEJA DUTTA | NEW DELHI | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 156 | Open | K. Palani | Chennai | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 157 | OPEN | v ANTO | Coimbatore | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 158 | STUDENT | KOYEL SAHA | SILIGURI | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 159 | SCHOOL | PARIKSHIT | Coimbatore | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| # | CITY | TEAM | SCORE | COMMENTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHENNAI | Rude Mechanicals | 50 | National Winner |
| 2 | BANGALORE | Congrats All | 46.5 | City Winner |
| 3 | NEW DELHI | Bombay Ducks | 45 | City Winner |
| 4 | BANGALORE | Keshava Aswath VR Hrishi | 44 | Q1 |
| 5 | BANGALORE | Peter Panchali | 43.5 | Q2 |
| 6 | NEW DELHI | Vast Deference | 42 | Q3 |
| 7 | MUMBAI | Matunga Manram | 42 | City Winner |
| 8 | GOA | Feni, Vidi, Vici | 41.5 | City Winner |
| 9 | MUMBAI | My Way or Samanway | 40.5 | Q4 |
| 10 | HYDERABAD | Swami and Friends | 39.5 | City Winner |
| 11 | CHENNAI | Relapsed Quizzaholics | 39.5 | Q5 |
| 12 | BANGALORE | Nexus Gravitas | 39 | Q6 |
| 13 | NEW DELHI | Aardvarks | 38.5 | WL1 |
| 14 | KOLKATA | Smells Like Team Spirit | 38.5 | City Winner |
| 15 | NEW DELHI | Dos Zeros Y Ciatres | 38.5 | WL2 |
| 16 | CHENNAI | Quizzers Anonymous | 38 | WL3 |
| 17 | KOLKATA | Banshees of Answerin | 38 | WL4 |
| 18 | CHENNAI | Siva, Vijay, Krishna, Raju | 37 | WL5 |
| 19 | KOLKATA | Hammer and Tongs | 36.5 | |
| 20 | GUWAHATI | Onko Mastors | 35.5 | City Winner |
| 21 | COIMBATORE | Live to Eat | 35 | City Winner |
| 22 | NEW DELHI | Amlan, Munaveer, Vallari, Prateek | 35 | |
| 23 | MUMBAI | Totaled Recall | 34.5 | |
| 24 | BANGALORE | KQAnon | 34 | |
| 25 | BANGALORE | SJU Quizzers | 33 | |
| 26 | BANGALORE | Great Steel Heavy Lifters | 33.5 | |
| 27 | KOLKATA | Joy East Bengal | 32.5 | |
| 28 | BANGALORE | Mohemmadan Blockbusters | 31.5 | |
| 29 | BANGALORE | Tri Vandrumates | 31 | |
| 30 | GUWAHATI | Sankardev Swimming Academy | 31 | |
| 31 | BANGALORE | Pranjal, Kavya, JP, Rahath | 30.5 | |
| 32 | NEW DELHI | Anything Goes | 30.5 | |
| 33 | NEW DELHI | Al Fayeda | 30 | |
| 34 | HYDERABAD | Angan Teda | 29 | |
| 35 | AHMEDABAD | Sanat, Rishika, Anant | 28.5 | City Winner |
| 36 | CHENNAI | Arjun, Akshay, Keshav, Magiyhan | 28 | |
| 37 | KOLKATA | Inmaniacs | 28 | |
| 38 | MUMBAI | Vada Pavar Rangers | 28 | |
| 39 | NEW DELHI | Me, Myself and I | 28 | |
| 40 | BANGALORE | Megawhatifs | 27.5 | |
| 41 | BANGALORE | Nikilesh, Jishnu, Tisha, Akhilan | 27 | |
| 42 | BANGALORE | Manspread Mansplain Manipulate | 27 | |
| 43 | NEW DELHI | Scream Queens | 27 | |
| 44 | COIMBATORE | Questionable Characters | 26 | |
| 45 | GOA | Deewane Mastane Parwane | 26 | |
| 46 | HYDERABAD | Andhadhun | 25.5 | |
| 47 | NEW DELHI | Rishi, Ankit, Shreyash, Avanie | 25.5 | |
| 48 | CHENNAI | Shivaji the Boss | 25 | |
| 49 | KANPUR | Moksh, Sparsh | 24.5 | City Winner |
| 50 | MUMBAI | Nerdsnipe Buddhas | 24.5 | |
| 51 | MUMBAI | Traspassers will Be Teamed up With | 24.5 | |
| 52 | NEW DELHI | Reserve Fixtures | 24 | |
| 53 | MYSORE | 3 & a half Idiots | 23.5 | City Winner |
| 54 | AHMEDABAD | Mimir Tonight | 22.5 | |
| 55 | MUMBAI | Bali ke Bakre | 22.5 | |
| 56 | NEW DELHI | Adda | 22 | |
| 57 | BANGALORE | Four-eign Particles | 21.5 | |
| 58 | BANGALORE | Harsimran, Nikhil | 21 | |
| 59 | HYDERABAD | Fourmidables | 21 | |
| 60 | MUMBAI | Laawaris | 20.5 | |
| 61 | BANGALORE | Just miss | 19.5 | |
| 62 | HYDERABAD | Blur | 19.5 | |
| 63 | BANGALORE | Last Minute | 18.5 | |
| 64 | BANGALORE | Requiem For A Team | 18.5 | |
| 65 | GOA | RSVP | 18.5 | |
| 66 | KOLKATA | A Fistful of Baller | 18.5 | |
| 67 | CHENNAI | Naanga Naalu Per | 18 | |
| 68 | CHENNAI | Swami and friends | 18 | |
| 69 | COIMBATORE | Conquiztadors | 18 | |
| 70 | MYSORE | Mind Numb-ers | 17.5 | |
| 71 | CHENNAI | Floored the test | 17 | |
| 72 | MUMBAI | Anish Aaghaz & Madhur | 17 | |
| 73 | BANGALORE | Dishonourable Mention | 16.5 | |
| 74 | MYSORE | Pradeep Matthew & Co | 15.5 | |
| 75 | GUWAHATI | CI | 15 | |
| 76 | KOLKATA | We Don't Know Nothing | 14 | |
| 77 | BANGALORE | Harry, Yer A Megawizard | 13.5 | |
| 78 | GUWAHATI | NJPD | 13 | |
| 79 | NEW DELHI | Mahanutbandhan | 13 | |
| 80 | CHENNAI | Smudge Fans | 12 | |
| 81 | CHENNAI | ZJZ | 12 | |
| 82 | NEW DELHI | Sarthak, Ayush, Prashant | 10.5 | |
| 83 | GOA | Gang of Four! | 10 | |
| 84 | CHENNAI | Clueless | 9.5 | |
| 85 | CHENNAI | Trisha Vetri Kazhagam | 9.5 | |
| 86 | BANGALORE | The Backbenchers | 9 | |
| 87 | GUWAHATI | Dhurandhar | 9 | |
| 88 | BANGALORE | Team 67 | 6.5 | |
| 89 | GOA | Devki & Tapasya | 5.5 | |
| 90 | COIMBATORE | Kovaipudur Quiz Club | 5 |
MindSweep & MegaWhats 2026 – Proctors
Here is the list of venues and proctors for the quizzes on 17 May
For Bengaluru, contact Hrishi Varma 88841 25047
| # | City | MS proctor | Contact | MW proctor | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahmedabad | Ms Mauli | 9924469269 | Aishwarya | 9861338726 |
| 2 | Bengaluru | Venkataraman | 80505 88973 | Debanjan Bose | 97635 60495 |
| 3 | Chennai | Ravi Mundoli | 95000 08907 | Aparna Sriram | 9962009839 |
| 4 | Coimbatore | CR Naveen | 9489347890 | Kabilesh Nataraj | 9345718568 |
| 5 | Goa | Kanchan Gatward | Devika Shetty | 9850884349 | |
| 6 | Guwahati | Bhrigu Talukdar | 70422 2617 | Bhrigu Talukdar | 70422 2617 |
| 7 | Hyderabad | Gregory Paul | 82819 28478 | Gregory Paul | 82819 28478 |
| 8 | Kanpur | Raman Vatsal Misra | 8400074371 | Raman Vatsal Misra | 8400074371 |
| 9 | Kolkata (New Alipore) | Bedbyas Datta | 9830186475 | Bedbyas Datta | 9830186475 |
| Kolkata (Park Circus) (MW only) | NA | NA | Barry Philip Antunis | 9836222698 | |
| 10 | Mumbai | Suvajit Chakraborty | 99308 53913 | Suvajit Chakraborty | 99308 53913 |
| 11 | Mysuru | Anurag G | 94803 83163 | Hemanth | 89042 91479 |
| 12 | New Delhi | Aarohan Dutta | 6371 435 728 | Tarun Mishra | 85740 77727 |
| 13 | Siliguri | Udit Sengupta | 79808 57897 | ||
| 14 | Thrissur (MS Only) | Dr Vijaynath V | 94473 80969 |
Venues – MindSweep and MegaWhats 2026
Here are the venues for MindSweep and MegaWhats 2026.
Please note that Chennai and Mysuru have different venues in the morning and afternoon. Kolkata has two venues, but the one in Park Circus is hosting only MegaWhats. Thrissur will host only MindSweep.
Proctor details will be published separately.
| # | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad University, Room 004, SAS |
| 2 | Bengaluru | Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queens Road (https://share.google/YDIaISvTwyHkgHpq2) |
| 3 | Chennai MINDSWEEP | Higginbothams, Anna Salai (https://maps.app.goo.gl/tnTbg3HJjf7iZ1mj8) |
| Chennai MEGAWHATS | KIS Cafe, Adyar (https://maps.app.goo.gl/py2PKKkHgg4Dxo778?g_st=ac) | |
| 4 | Coimbatore | KPR IAS Academy, Gandhi Park. |
| 5 | Goa | Goa Business School, Taleigao Plateau |
| 6 | Guwahati | The Buddha Grove, Bora Service, Guwahati |
| 7 | Hyderabad | Hall D-101, Himalaya Block, IIIT-Hyderabad, Gachibowli |
| 8 | Kanpur | Senate Hall, New Student Activities Centre, IIT Kanpur |
| 9 | Kolkata (New Alipore) | 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. |
| Kolkata (Park Circus) (ONLY MEGAWHATS) | Mother Teresa Hall, Church of Christ the King, 5, Syed Amir Ali Ave, Park Circus, Kolkata - 700017. |
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| 10 | Mumbai | Rajyog Family Restaurant & Bar |
| 11 | Mysuru MINDSWEEP | The Organic Cafe & Bakehouse 218, 9th Cross Rd, Gokulam 3rd Stage, Gokulam, Mysuru, Karnataka 570002 |
| Mysuru MEGAWHATS | Roy's Cafe 38, 2, Gokulam Main Rd, Gokulam 1st Stage, Vani Vilas Mohalla, Mysuru, Karnataka 570002 | |
| 12 | New Delhi | IIT Delhi |
| 13 | Siliguri | Krishnalaya Apartment, College Para, Siliguri |
| 14 | Thrissur (MINDSWEEP only) | Govt. Engineering College |
KQA Events – May 2026
Below is the KQA Schedule for May. Individual events will be announced separately on the WhatsApp groups and Instagram.
MindSweep & MegaWhats 2026
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, 17th May, 2026 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.
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 26 at AsKQAnce 2026.
Registration form and further details are here.
Venue details for each city will be notified soon.
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.
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 |
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 |
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.
RESULTS & RANKINGS – MindSweep 2024
UPDATED 9 JUNE: Bhubaneswar scores have now been added. Our apologies. Certain individuals in our team have been struggling with the concept of MS Excel.
We’re happy to announce the results of MindSweep 2024. Apologies for the small delay: a couple of centres took their own sweet time in sending in the scores, and the person responsible for posting the results online may or may not have forgotten about it.
Now, to weightier matters: Jayakanthan R of Chennai, the reigning MahaQuizzer, tops MindSweep with 103 . JK was also part of the team that topped the MegaWhats — lending credence to the theory that he may just be good at this sort of thing — our congratulations to him.
Rajiv Rai of Mumbai finished a close second, with 101. Prithwish Datta, also of Mumbai, was next with 99.
Unfortunately, the proctor in Singapore forgot to note down the section-wise scores. The total scores are presented below.
Piyush Kedia topped the College category with 71 points. Aninthitha Nath of Mumbai topped the Women’s category with 40 points. The category toppers are as follows:
Arts: Rajiv Rai, Mumbai, 18
Movies & TV: Prithwish Datta, Mumbai, 16
Food & Beverages: Santosh JS, Bengaluru, 15
Literature: Prithwish Datta, Mumbai, 16
Music: Jayakanthan R, Chennai, 13
The Sciences: Jayakanthan R & Dinesh Krithivasan, both from Chennai, 17
The Social Sciences: Jayakanthan R, Chennai, 18
Sports: Sachin Deshpande, Bengaluru, 14
Once again, a big thank you to all the quiz organisations, proctors, participants, and our quiz setters. See you in 2025!
| # | Name | Centre | Total | Arts | Movies & TV | Food & Beverages | Literature | Music | The Sciences | The Social Sciences | Sports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayakanthan R | Chennai | 103 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 5 |
| 2 | Rajiv Rai | Mumbai | 101 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Prithwish Datta | Mumbai | 99 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 12 |
| 4 | Calvin | Delhi | 94 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 10 |
| 5 | Sachin Deshpande | Bengaluru | 81 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 14 |
| 6 | Krishnamurthy Viswanathan | Bay Area | 81 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 8 |
| 7 | Thejaswi Udupa | Bengaluru | 80 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 8 |
| 8 | Dinesh Krithivasan | Chennai | 80 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 |
| 9 | Abhinav Dasgupta | Mumbai | 80 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | Praveen VR | Bengaluru | 79 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | Santosh JS | Bengaluru | 78 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| 13 | Anush Iyer | Chennai | 77 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 7 |
| 14 | Govind Grewal | Mumbai | 77 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 |
| 16 | Jaidev Karunakaran | Bengaluru | 76 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 |
| 17 | Nikhil Sonde | Mumbai | 76 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 9 |
| 18 | Anustup Datta | Bengaluru | 75 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 |
| 19 | Swaminathan G | Chennai | 75 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 8 |
| 20 | Aswath Venkataraman | Bengaluru | 73 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 10 |
| 21 | Somashish Ghosh | Delhi | 71 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 8 |
| 22 | Piyush Kedia | Delhi | 71 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 8 |
| 23 | Gokul S | Delhi | 70 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 8 |
| 24 | Annie Sen Gupta | Goa | 43 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| 25 | Aadisht | Delhi | 63 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
| 26 | Rohit S | Bengaluru | 59 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 9 |
| 27 | Baibaswata Jena | Bhubaneswar | 59 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| 28 | Sanat Pai Raikar | Bengaluru | 58 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 |
| 29 | Alok Prasanna Kumar | Bengaluru | 58 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 |
| 30 | Rajiv D'silva | Goa | 41 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 6 |
| 31 | SANDIPAN GOSWAMI | Dhemaji | 57 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| 32 | Akshat Jain | Bay Area | 57 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
| 33 | Harish Alagappa | Hyderabad | 56 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 11 |
| 34 | Anand Sivashankar | Chennai | 55 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 |
| 35 | Abhinav Dhar | Delhi | 54 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| 36 | Adarsh Kumar Mohapatra | Bhubaneswar | 54 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 5 |
| 37 | Anannya Deb | Mumbai | 51 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 11 |
| 38 | Vinod Krishnan | Mumbai | 51 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| 39 | Balagopal Menon | Thrissur | 51 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 |
| 40 | Mukilan Ayyapparaj | Coimbatore | 49 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 41 | Subhadeep Sarkar | Bengaluru | 48 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 42 | Rushi Anandan | Mumbai | 47 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 4 |
| 43 | Hussain Ahmed | Hyderabad | 46 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 |
| 44 | Syed Shakeel Imdad | Hyderabad | 45 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 45 | Samrat Sengupta | Pune | 45 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 |
| 46 | Sreenath | Bengaluru | 43 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 |
| 47 | Saarthak Chhabra | Delhi | 43 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 48 | Abhilash | Bengaluru | 42 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 |
| 49 | Vilas Pavithran | Goa | 26 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
| 50 | Rajat Gururaj | Bengaluru | 41 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| 51 | Siddharth Mishra | Coimbatore | 41 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| 52 | Dr. V. Sri Nagesh | Hyderabad | 41 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 53 | Sujay | Bengaluru | 40 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| 54 | Aninthitha Nath | Mumbai | 40 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| 55 | Abhishek Hariharan | Mumbai | 40 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| 56 | Sayan Mazumdar | Guwahati | 39 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 |
| 57 | Gokul Panigrahi | Mumbai | 39 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| 58 | Appu S | Bengaluru | 38 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 59 | Dhananjay | Chennai | 38 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| 60 | Sriram Madhavan | Chennai | 37 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| 61 | Shshank Tyagi | Guwahati | 37 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
| 62 | Pulkit Malhotra | Mumbai | 37 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 63 | Debjit Tripathy | Delhi | 37 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| 64 | Kaushik Chatterjee | Delhi | 36 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| 65 | Abhay Kulkarni | Bengaluru | 35 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 66 | Ankita Shandilya | Delhi | 35 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 67 | Samir Gupta | Pune | 35 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 68 | CR Naveen | Coimbatore | 34 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 69 | Anurakshat Gupta | Pune | 34 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| 70 | Sumeer Kumar | Bengaluru | 33 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
| 71 | Nandana Sony | Delhi | 33 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | Jitaditya Narzary | Guwahati | 32 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 73 | Rama Subramanian | Hyderabad | 32 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 74 | Francis Rodrigues | Mumbai | 32 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
| 75 | Uday Tej Singh | Pune | 32 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
| 76 | VARUN MURTHY | Ahmedabad | 31 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 77 | Sahil Ramchandani | Bengaluru | 31 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 78 | Shubham | Bengaluru | 31 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| 79 | Rahul Jadhav | Bengaluru | 31 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
| 80 | Kaushik Saha | Delhi | 31 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| 81 | R Samyak | Bengaluru | 30 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
| 82 | Kapinjal Kishore Sharma | Guwahati | 30 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 83 | Jyotishko Ghosh | Bengaluru | 29 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 84 | Srijit Kumar | Goa | 15 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 85 | sanat naval | Ahmedabad | 28 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 86 | Prabhat B | Chennai | 28 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| 87 | Praveen Jayaraj | Coimbatore | 28 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 88 | Roshan | Coimbatore | 28 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 89 | Priyanuj Parashar | Guwahati | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 90 | Adarsh B | Delhi | 28 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 91 | Vaibhav Ayer | Delhi | 28 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 92 | Nikhil Jha | Delhi | 28 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 93 | Anoushka | Delhi | 28 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 94 | Raj | Pune | 28 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| 95 | Venky Srinivasan | Bengaluru | 27 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | ||||
| 96 | Chinmay Naik | Goa | 27 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 97 | Viola Rodrigues | Goa | 27 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 98 | Ganesha Durbha | Bay Area | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| 99 | sanveer | Ahmedabad | 26 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 100 | Varun Parthasarathy | Chennai | 26 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
| 101 | M P Shreesh Bhat | Goa | 19 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 102 | Akhil Siddhartha | Delhi | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| 103 | Ramish Abdali | Delhi | 26 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| 104 | Ruchira Porob | Goa | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| 105 | Mayur Shett | Goa | 14 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 106 | Sujit Ray | Delhi | 25 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 107 | Rithwik Rao H | Bengaluru | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 108 | Abhijeet Shyam | Chennai | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 109 | Paul Gatward | Goa | 14 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 110 | Navneet Sharma | Delhi | 23 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 111 | Shubham Jha | Pune | 23 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 112 | Suresh Ramasubramanian | Chennai | 22 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| 113 | Aastha Dua | Goa | 22 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 114 | Akshay Shreyas | Delhi | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 115 | Vembu Shankar | Chennai | 21 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 116 | Shujoy Dutta | Delhi | 21 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 117 | Prisha Joshi | Pune | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 118 | Malhar Mazumdar | Delhi | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 119 | Harshit Agarwal | Delhi | 19 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 120 | Kartik Gulia | Delhi | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 121 | Shantanu Kartha | Thrissur | 19 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 122 | Karthik Desikan | Bengaluru | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 123 | Krishna | Chennai | 18 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| 124 | Amit Agarwal | Pune | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 125 | Divyanshu Mohanty | Bhubaneswar | 18 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 126 | Sankalp Chowdhury | Mumbai | 17 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 127 | Faris Abdul Nassar | Thrissur | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 128 | Mukti Swaroop Pradhan | Bhubaneswar | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 129 | Nitish Wagle | Goa | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| 130 | Revanth T | Hyderabad | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 131 | Vaibhav Bajpai | Pune | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 132 | Harshad | Bengaluru | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 133 | Raman S | Coimbatore | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 134 | Abinash Bharati | Pune | 15 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 135 | Krishna Aditya Mohanty | Bhubaneswar | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 136 | Debabrata Malik | Bengaluru | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 137 | Bunny Furtado | Goa | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 138 | Pritam Ghosh | Pune | 14 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 139 | Niyati Jois | Bengaluru | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 140 | Neev Raj Singh | Bengaluru | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 141 | Siddhartha Mahajan | Delhi | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 142 | Bhishama Pradhan | Pune | 13 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 143 | Mahadev Menon | Pune | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 144 | Naman Chaturvedi | Pune | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 145 | Swagat Subhakanta Das | Bengaluru | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 146 | Hriday Shah | Bengaluru | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 147 | Tejas S | Bengaluru | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 148 | Sharat Chandar | Coimbatore | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 149 | Satish Mudaliar | Bengaluru | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 150 | Vidyadhar Gadgil | Goa | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 151 | Pragyajeet Mohanty | Bhubaneswar | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 152 | Abhijvala Mohanty | Bhubaneswar | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 153 | Razdan | Guwahati | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 154 | Dr. Nishad K | Delhi | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 155 | Avinash Kadam | Pune | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 156 | Kaushik Raam | Bay Area | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 157 | Barnil Sarma | Guwahati | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 158 | Prashant Sinha | Delhi | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 159 | Man Agochar Singh | Pune | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 160 | Venkateshwaran | Pune | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 161 | ARYAKALPA BHATTACHARYA | Dhemaji | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 162 | Ripunjeet barman | Guwahati | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 163 | Saswat Samal | Bhubaneswar | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 164 | Srinidhi AV | Bengaluru | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 165 | Kushagra Bindal | Delhi | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 166 | Smarth Nagpal | Pune | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 167 | Abhijeet Kumar | Pune | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 168 | Rabmit Das | Bhubaneswar | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 169 | Neerav Raj Singh | Bengaluru | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 170 | Amol Sakhalkar | Goa | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 171 | Ashutosh | Pune | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 172 | Dev Singh | Pune | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 173 | JITUL KONCH | Dhemaji | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 174 | Arya RN | Bengaluru | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 175 | Mukilan M | Chennai | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 176 | Srivatsan | Coimbatore | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 177 | Srinjoy Choudhury | Guwahati | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 178 | DEBAAKANTA BORAH | Dhemaji | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 179 | Ambarish Kulkarni | Mumbai | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 180 | Kabilesh Nataraj | Coimbatore | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 181 | Prerit | Pune | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 182 | Ram Mohan V | Hyderabad | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 183 | Shubhankar Mani Tripathi | Delhi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 184 | Tapan Kumar Bhuyan | Bhubaneswar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
MINDSWEEP and MEGAWHATS on 19 May 2024
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, 19th May, 2024 in various cities.
Mindsweep, the international solo quizzing championship, is a written quiz for solo participants that will require takers to answer 200 questions in two back-to-back sessions of 75 min each. The quiz will commence at 10.30 AM IST.
Registration form and further details are at https://kqaquizzes.org/mindsweep/
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 28 at AsKQAnce 2024.
Registration form and further details are at https://kqaquizzes.org/megawhats/
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.
