ASKQANCE 2012 – Day 1 Results

It’s that time of the year again, when quizzers from across India descend upon the IAT Hall on Queen’s Road for KQA’s anniversary festival of quizzing, ASKQANCE.

MEGA-WHATS SEMI-FINAL 1

QMs: Arul Mani and Kiran Vijaykumar.

We kicked off the quizzing with the first semi-final of the Mega-Whats Face Off with 8 teams from Coimbatore, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, and Goa fighting for the 4 places in the finals. Here are the final scores:

Insignificant Others – 290 points.
QED – 275 points.
Hammer and Tongs – 235 points.
Feni Vidi Vici Bitchy – 200 points.
Swami and Friends – 190 points.
Questionable Characters – 135 points.
Insert Uncool Name here – 105 points.
Tiruppur Tughlaqs – 85 points.

HOARSE LATITUDES – The Travel Quiz

QMs: Dibyendu Das, Mitesh Agarwal & Rajath Krishna

The prelims for the travel quiz was closely fought and 9 teams qualified for the finals with the difference between the 1st team and the 9th being just 4 points.

The finals also went on to be in a similar vein, with Hammer and Tongs, the team from Kolkata winning by a narrow margin and the difference between the 2nd, 3rd and 4th teams being just a point or two.

Hammer and Tongs – 269 points.
Excess Baggage (the travel quiz avatar of MetaQuizziks) – 255.5 points.
We Are Like This Wonly – 254 points.
QED – 251 points.
Delhi Sucks – 175 points.
Feni, Vidi, Vici, Bitchy – 172 points.
Tough Luck – 132 points.
Insert Cool Name Here – 113 points.
Pass the Ketchup – 71 points.

June 30, 2012 | Filed Under ASKQANCE, Mega-Whats, Open Quizzes, Results | Leave a Comment

Bizkashi, Non-Fiction, AJM Quizzes – Results

The results of three open quizzes held on Sunday 13 May 2012 at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.

EVENT I: BIZKASHI, KQA’s Annual Business Quiz

QM: Arul Mani

1. Tups & Udupa / Sreekanth & Jayakanthan – tied on 160
3. Santosh & Adi – 140
4. Ashwan & Kivi – 115
5. Keshav Athreya & Govind Paliath – 95
6. Alagarsamy & Vinod – 85
7. Yaggy & Mitesh – 70
8. Karthik & Dhammo / Venky & Raju – tied on 40

EVENT II: The Non-Fiction Quiz

QM: Arul Mani

1. Alagarsamy & Jayakanthan – 27
2. Anustup Datta & Thejaswi Udupa – 23
3. Raju & Manish – 22
4. Manu Sudhakar & Anil Raghavan – 21
5. Doc Krishnan & Sandip – 16
6. Karthik & Dhammo – 14
7. CIDs From Kerala – 14
8. DD & Sumeer – 13.5

EVENT III: The Second AJM Open House

QM: Abhishek Upadhya

Team 13 won
Team 10 placed second

June 4, 2012 | Filed Under News, Open Quizzes, Specialist Open Quizzes | Leave a Comment

Quizzes on Sunday 13 May 2012

We will hold three open quizzes on Sunday 13 May 2012 at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.

EVENT I
BIZKASHI

KQA’s Annual Business Quiz

QM: Arul Mani

Schedule
Prelims: 1115hrs-1200hrs
Finals: 1230hrs-1345hrs

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

Teams of two members
Open to all
Entry: Rs. 100/- per team

EVENT II
The Non-Fiction Quiz

Written Quiz
50 Questions off a printed sheet
1430hrs-1530hrs

Teams of two members
Entry: Rs. 100/- per team

Prizes: Rs. 2000/-, Rs. 1500/- and Rs. 1000/-

EVENT III
The Second AJM Open House

WTF is that? Come and find out.

1600-1800hrs.

Teams of two members to start with
Entry: Rs. 100/- per team

High Tea at 6 pm, organised by Santosh Swaminathan

Other KQA events

MahaQuizzer: Sunday 27 May

ASKQANCE, KQA’s 29th Anniversary Festival of Quizzing: Friday 29 June, Saturday 30 June and Sunday 1 July 2012, at IAT.

April 24, 2012 | Filed Under News, Open Quizzes, Specialist Open Quizzes | Leave a Comment

Pop ki Kamai, CP Venkatesh Memorial History of Ideas Quiz, Tech That! – Results

The results of three open quizzes on Sunday 15 April 2012 held at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.

EVENT I: Pop ki Kamai – The Paap Culture Quiz

QM: Sai Ganesh

Alagarsamy & Jayakanthan R – 95
Navin Rajaram & Ashwan Lewis – 85
Santosh Swaminathan – 60
Vinod R & Sandeep Mathias – 35
Anustup D & Thejaswi Udupa – 27.5
Lakshana K & Asawari Ghatge – 27.5
Suresh Ramasubramanian & team – 25
Ajay Parasuraman & team – 25
Sudarshan & Manish – 5

EVENT II: The C. P. Venkatesh Memorial History of Ideas quiz

QM: Dr. Arul Mani

Alagarsamy & Jayakanthan R – 32
Thejaswi Udupa & Anustup D – 31
Santosh Swaminathan & Manish A – 29
Ajay Kasargod & Dr. Krishnan – 24
Navin Rajaram & Suresh Ramasubramanian – 20
CIDs from Kerala – 20
Deviprasad & Rajagopal P – 19
Questionable Characters – 16

EVENT III: Tech That! – The Inaugural Tech Quiz

QM: Thejaswi Udupa

Ajay Kasargod & Jayakanthan R – 85
Venkatesh S & Ashwan Lewis – 65 (+2)
Santosh Swaminathan & Manish A – 65 (+1)
Praveen VR & Anustup D – 45
Rajat U & team – 15
Arvind V & team – 15
Deviprasad & Rajagopal P – 15
Aditya & team – 10

April 16, 2012 | Filed Under Open Quizzes, Results, Specialist Open Quizzes | Leave a Comment

Quizzes on Sunday 15 April 2012

We will host three Open quizzes on Sunday, 15 April 2012, at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.

EVENT I
Pop Ka Kamai
The Paap Culture Quiz

QM: Sai Ganesh

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

Prelims: 1115-1200hrs
Finals: 1230hrs-1400hrs

Prizes for top three teams

EVENT II
The Dr. CP Venkatesh Memorial History of Ideas Quiz

Rules
Teams of two
Written Quiz, off a printed sheet
50 questions in 45 minutes
Open to all
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Prizes for top three teams

1430hrs-1515hrs

QM: Arul Mani

EVENT III
Tech That!
The Inaugural Technology Quiz

QM: Thejaswi Udupa

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

Prelims: 1530hrs-1630hrs
Finals: 1700hrs-1830hrs
Prizes for top three teams

We hope to hold BizKashi, The Non-Fiction Quiz and the MQ Anniversary Quiz for unseeded teams in May.

IMPORTANT
MahaQuizzer 2012 will be held all over India on Sunday, 27 May. Please register in advance–this will allow us to make adequate arrangements for seating participants and for printing enough copies.

April 9, 2012 | Filed Under News, Open Quizzes, Specialist Open Quizzes | Leave a Comment

History, Yell Iruve, March Open Quizzes – Results

The results of three open quizzes held on Saturday, 24 March 2012, at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, off Queen’s Road, Bangalore.

Seek Under Porus: The Annual History Quiz

QMs: Manjith and Praveen V.R.

1. Metaquizziks (Arul Mani, Santosh Swaminathan, Mitesh Agarwal) – 335
2. Salazar’s Children (Gopal Kidao, Swami, JK, Rajiv Rai) – 295
3. Neo Nexus (Venky, Ifthikar, SRS, Navin) – 210
4. QC (Hiranyappa, Dibyendu Das, Sumeer) – 200
5. KD – 195
6. Waltwo (Thejaswi Udupa, Ochintya Sharma, Anustup Datta, Arun Hiregange) – 185
7. Insert Cool Name Here (Jeydev, Anil Raghavan & team) – 152.5
8. Goutham & Co. – 107.5

Yell Iruve: The Annual Plants, Animals and Mitesh Agarwal Quiz

QMs: Ashwan Lewis and Avinash Thirumalai

1. Upper Waltwo (Thejaswi Udupa, Anustup Datta) – 29
2. Metaquizziks – 27
3. JK & Gopal Kidao – 24.5
4. Lower Waltwo (Ochintya Sharma, Arun Hiregange) / Swami & Raju – tied on 24
6. Sumeer & DD – 18
7. Rahul & Maitrey – 17.5
8. Harish & Vidyut – 13

The March Open Quiz

QM: Arun Hiregange

1. Waltwo (Thejaswi Udupa, Ochintya Sharma, Anustup Datta, Alagarsamy) – 284
2. Salazar’s Children (Gopal Kidao, Swami, JK, Rajiv Rai) – 260
3. Metaquizziks (Arul Mani, Santosh Swaminathan, Mitesh Agarwal) – 205
4. KD – 184
5. CIDs From Kerala (Hrishi, Jithin, Raouf, Praveen) – 157
6. Holy Nexus (Venky, Kivi, Ashwan, Navin) – 152
7. Insert Cool Name Here (Jeydev, Anil Raghavan & team) – 118
8. KQA Certified QMs (Manish, Jayanth, Sai Ganesh, Shashank) – 96

March 25, 2012 | Filed Under News, Open Quizzes, Results, Specialist Open Quizzes | Leave a Comment

Quizzes on Saturday 24 March 2012

We will host three open quizzes on Saturday, 24 March 2012, at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, off Queen’s Road, Bangalore.

The events are

Seek Under Porus
The Annual History Quiz

QMs: Manjith and Praveen V.R.

Teams of 4
Open to all
Rs. 50/- per team
Entry free for school teams
Prizes for top three teams (Rs. 2000/-, Rs. 1500/- and Rs.1000/-)

Schedule
Prelims: 1015hrs
Finals: 1130-1300hrs

Yell Iruve
The Annual Plants, Animals and Mitesh Agarwal Quiz

QMs: Ashwan Lewis and Avinash Thirumalai

Teams of 2
Open to all
Written Quiz
Prizes: Rs. 2000/-, Rs. 1500/- and Rs. 1000/-

1400-1530hrs

The March Open Quiz

QM: Arun Hiregange

Teams of 4
Open to all
Rs. 50/- per team
Entry free for school teams
Prizes for all finalists

1530-1830hrs

March 21, 2012 | Filed Under News, Open Quizzes, Specialist Open Quizzes | Leave a Comment

Karnataka, Ruckus Tangdi, Solus Rex, Cannabis Indica, Chronosynclastic Infundibulum, Lao Me Thanda, Cricket, Artifacts, Lone Wolf, Glamour-Giri, Music Quizzes – Results

The results of two open quizzes on Saturday 3 March 2012 at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.

EVENT I: The Annual Open Music Quiz

QM: Thejaswi Udupa

1. Santosh Swaminathan – 155
2. Soda, Sohan – 145
3. Vipin, Praveen VR – 127.5
4. KD – 112.5
5. Ochintya Sharma, Arun Hiregange – 90
6. KP, Raouf / Srisha, Roshan – tied on 75
8. Ajay, Sumeer – 45
9. Anand – 27.5

Event II: Glamour-giri, an Open Quiz in a new written format

QM: Ochintya Sharma

1. Arul Mani, Santosh Swaminathan – 42
2. Sohan, Nishanth – 39
3. Thejaswi Udupa, Arun Hiregange – 35
4. VR, Vipin – 31
5. Ashwin Kelkar – 30
6. A. Pillai, T.C. Venkat – 22
7. Ajay Parasuraman, Sumeer – 17
8. Pradyoth, Sachin – 16

The results of three quizzes on Sunday 19 February 2012 at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.

EVENT I: Lone Wolf Quiz

QM: Alagar Samy

1. Arul Mani – 215
2. Arun Hiregange – 139
3. Thejaswi Udupa – 108
4. Rajagopal PS – 94.5
5. Ochintya Sharma – 51.5
6. Santosh Swaminathan – 41.5
7. Vivek Karthikeyan – 21.5
8. Hrishi Varma – 13

EVENT II: ARTIFACTS, a written quiz dedicated to the appreciation of useless/useful objects

QM: Arul Mani

1. Art For Facts Sake (Alagarswamy, Udupa) – 25
2. We Put the Holy in Nexus (Ashwan Lewis, Navin Rajaram) – 19.5
3. Metaquizziks (Santosh Swaminathan, Mitesh) – 18
4. Nexus (Venky, Kivi) – 14
5. Ochintya, Degree Raju – 13
6. DD, Sumeer / Ajay Parasuraman, Sandeep M – tied on 10.5
8. Nishanth Raman, Rahul Jadhav – 9

EVENT III: Open Cricket Quiz

QM: Manish Achuta

1. Lahar Appaiah, Rajan – 200
2. Thejaswi Udupa, Alagar ‘Cutoff’ Samy – 175
3. Degree Raju, Sohan – 155
4. Landmark Venky, Kivi – 150
5. Rajdeep, Ashwin – 135
6. Ajay Parasuram, Santosh Swaminathan – 125
7. Gaurav, Anubhav – 92.5
8. Hrishi ‘Buffalo’ Varma, Jithin Jacob – 85
9. Sachin Deshpande, Madan Gopal – 75
10. Nakul, Jose – 55

The results of three Open quizzes on Saturday, 4 February 2012 at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.

EVENT I: Lao Me Thanda, the annual quiz on Love, Sex and other associated disorders.

QM: Arul Mani

1. Santosh Swaminathan, Manish Achuta – 140
2. M & UL (Thejaswi Udupa, Arun Hiregange) – 120
3. Anand Pillai & Sumeer – 90
4. Uncool’s the New Cool (Shamanth, Lakshana) – 70
5. Power Rangers – 45
6. Range of Kinsey (Jeydev, Pranav) – 40
7. Got Milf? – 25
8. Perverts Inc. (Rohit Rao, Nitin Gopinath) – 15
9. Pocket Rockets (Abhim Shetty, Roshan) – 5

EVENT II: Chronosynclastic Infundibulum, an open written quiz on speculative fiction.

QM: Thejaswi Udupa

1. Arul Mani, Santosh Swaminathan – 27.5
2. Arjun, Goutham – 24
3. Praveen VR, Arun Hiregange – 23 (3rd by tie-break)
4. Unusual Suspects – 23
5. Shenoy – 20
6. Manish Achuta, Sandeep Mathias – 15.5
7. Anand & Sumeer – 14.5
8. Tropic Blunder – 13

EVENT III: Cannabis Indica, the Get-high-on-India-shit Quiz, as Varun Rajiv might have described it.

QMs: Navin Rajaram and Hrishi Varma

1. Questionable Characters (Anil Raghavan, Hiranyappa, Sumeer) – 195
2. CID Nexus (Praveen VR, Jithin Jacob, Vivek Karthikeyan, Landmark Venky) &
Waltwo (Anustup Datta, Ochintya Sharma, Thejaswi Udupa, Arun Hiregange) – tied on 160
4. Metaquizziks (Arul Mani, Santosh Swaminathan) – 125
5. Aditya, Nishanth, Manish – 90
6. Schroedinger’s Felines – 85
7. Ba Bu Black Sheep (Himadri, Sharath, Sachin) – 70
8. Rajat, Jayant, Hemant – 50

The results of two quizzes on Sunday 15 January 2012 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.

EVENT I: Solus Rex

QMs: Thejaswi Udupa and Dibyendu Das

1. Arul Mani
2. Debashree Mitra
3. Arun Hiregange
4. Santosh Swaminathan

other positions TBD.

EVENT II: Ruckus Tangdi Quiz

QMs: Kiran Vijayakumar, DD and Arul Mani

1. Anand Pillai, Santosh Swaminathan, Hrishi Varma, Keshav – 255
2. Rajagopal PS, Sohan, Arun, Vipin – 215
3. Lakshana, Arun Hiregange, Sandeep, Govind – 185
4. Alagarsamy, Shamanth Rao, Sandeep Mathias, Vijay – 125
5. Sai Ganesh, Farhan, Sachin, Aditya – 100
6. Nishanth, Sumeer, Suresh, Srihari – 90
7. Ajay Parasuraman, Nakul, Trisha / Venkat, Manish, Praveen, Adi – tied on 60

The results of a quiz held on 11th December 2011 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.

Poli Shankar, Shankar Poli and Others: KQA’s Karnataka Quiz

QMs: Lingaraj and Naresh Keerthi

1. Kaveri Nammadu, Kolaveri Nimmadu (Wimpy, Udupa) – 27
2. Arul Mani, Mitesh Agarwal – 24
3. Rajat, Jayant – 15
4. Harsha, Nikhil / KD – tied on 13
6. Landmark Venky, Manish – 12
7. Rosellini Gowda, Posalini Gowda / Raju, Manish – tied on 10

March 11, 2012 | Filed Under Lone Wolf Quizzes, News, Open Quizzes, Results, Specialist Open Quizzes | Leave a Comment