Quizzes on Sunday 11 October 2009
We will hold the following events starting at 10am on Sunday 11 October 2009 at the Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
Solus Rex: Semifinals 1 & 2
Semi-final 1: Movies based on Comic books
Arul Mani
Ochintya Sharma
Subrat
Harry
Rajesh M.
Semi-final 2: Heavyweight Boxers
Thejaswi Udupa
Rahul S. Kottalgi
Sharath
Mitesh Agarwal
Rahul Girish Kumar
The Annual KQA Ladies Open Quiz
QM: KQA panel
Teams of three members — all women:)
No institutional/age restrictions
Entry Fee; Rs. 50/- per team
12 noon: Registrations
The event will conclude by 1330hrs
Prizes: Rs.3000/-, Rs. 2250 and Rs. 1500, plus coupons for the other finalists.
Ranking Intercollegiate Team and Solo events
Team event
Open to PUC/XI & XII, UG and PG teams
Teams of three members–no mixed teams
No more than two teams per college in the finals–any number can write the prelims
Entry Fee; Rs. 50/- per team
Prizes; Rs. 3000/-, Rs. 2250/- and Rs. 1500/- plus coupons for other finalists.
QM: Arul Mani
Solo event
Open to PUC/XI & XII, UG and PG entrants
Unlimited entries –best 8 in the finals.
Entry Fee: Rs. 25/- per participant
The winner will be declared Collegiate Quizzing Champion for 2009.
Prizes: Rs. 1000/-, Rs. 750 and Rs. 500/-, plus coupons for other finalists
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
Schedule
Team Prelims: 1400hrs
Team Finals: 1500hrs-1600hrs
Solo Prelims: 1630hrs
Solo Finals: 1730-1830hrs.
Abba Ke Zamane Mein, Tap Uncouth and Unseeded Open Quiz – Results
Results of Abba Ke Zamane Mein, the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s Quiz
QMs: Ochintya Sharma & Arul Mani
1. Pradeep Ramarathnam & Vibhendu Tiwari – 170
2. Rajeev Gowda & Urmila – 141
3. Anustup Datta & Thejaswi Udupa – 136
4. Dibyendu Das & Vijay TSR – 120
5. Mitesh Agarwal & Arun Hiregange – 109
6. Rahul S. Kottalgi & Nishanth – 72
7. Shiv & Ramesh – 68
8. PMSCE – 48
Results of Tap Uncouth, a quiz dedicated to song, dance and performance and yes, to tappankooth
QMs: Joshua Muyiwa & Arul Mani
1. Pradeep Ramarathnam & Vibhendu Tiwari – 28.5
2. Thejaswi Udupa & Arun Hiregange – 25.5
3. Venkatesh & Shiv – 25
4. Anil Raghavan & Gautham Shenoy – 24
5. Anustup Datta & Ochintya Sharma – 19.5
6. Shobhana & Urmila – 18
7. Santosh Swaminathan & Mitesh Agarwal – 17.5
8. Ashwin & Rajagopal – 17
Results of the season’s first Unseeded Open
QMs: Mitesh Agarwal, Kiran Vijayakumar & Arul Mani
1. Microorgasms (Subrat, Harry, Mithun & Sai) – 250
2. AJM (Pradeep Ramarathnam, Shashank, Rajagopal, Hussein Poonawala) – 240
3. PMSCE (Rajath, Sohan, Abhishek Krishnan, Santosh Swaminathan) – 230
4. Lalith, Bharat, Tanmay Prusty, Vinodh and 4 Random Guys – both on 200
6. Hammurabi (Sameer, Vinay & team) – 190
7. Nexus (Venkatesh S., Vivek Karthikeyan, Nagesh, Gautam) – 145
8. Gafoor Friends (Praveen V.R. & team) – 125
Quizzes on Sunday 20 September 2009
We will hold three open quizzes on Sunday, 20 September 2009 at the Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore. These are the basic details– more by next week.
EVENT I
KQA Open Science Quiz
QMs: Ashwan Lewis and Rajagopal P.S.
Open to all
Teams of 4 members
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- per team
Free entry for school teams
This quiz will count for rankings under the specialist category.
Schedule
Prelims: 1000hrs
Finals: 1100hrs-1300hrs
EVENT II
Hubbub-a!
The annual Bengaloor-bage Quiz
QM: Prof. Rajeev Gowda
Written quiz of 50 questions
Open to all
Teams of 2 members
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- per team
Free entry for school teams
Schedule
1400hrs-1500hrs
EVENT III
Persiflage
The annual Book Quiz
QM: Arul Mani
Open to all
Teams of 4 members
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- per team
Free entry for school teams
This quiz will count for rankings under the specialist category.
Schedule
Prelims: 1530hrs
Finals: 1700hrs-1830hrs
For more information, please call 97312-14519.
Quizzes on Sunday 6 September 2009
We will hold three quizzes on Sunday 6th September 2009 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
The details:
EVENT I
ABBA KE ZAMANE MEIN
The 1970s, 1980s and 1990s Quiz
When we floated the idea of the quiz, somebody said “What can be more pissing off than current affairs from thirty years ago?” Ochintya Sharma and Arul Mani will respond to that challenge with one hundred questions over three hours.
Open to all; teams of TWO members; entry fee: Rs. 50/- per team.
Registrations: 1000hrs
Prelims: 1015hrs
Finals:1100hrs to 1300hrs
Prizes
I: Rs. 1500/-
II: Rs. 1000/-
III: Rs. 500/-
Lunch-break: 1300-1400hrs
EVENT II
TAP UNCOUTH
A written quiz dedicated to song, dance, performance and yes, to tappankooth.
QMs: Joshua Muyiwa and Arul Mani
Open to all; teams of TWO members; entry fee: Rs. 50/- per team.
Registrations: 1345hrs
Quiz: 1400-1500hrs
Prizes
I: Rs. 1500/-
II: Rs. 1000/-
III: Rs. 500/-
EVENT III
Unseeded Open Quiz I
The quiz once memorably described by a certain stalwart as ‘seedless, weedless and completely needless’ will now be held thrice a year–this one, another in November, and the MetaQuizziks 20th Anniversary Unseeded Open in March.
Members of the following teams cannot take part: QED, MQ, WALTWO, Mustafa, Expats, Swami & Friends, No Questions Asked, and Pranesh Plus Three. In addition, the teams that achieved top three positions in the Film Quiz at ASKQANCE 2009 are also excluded.
This quiz is open only to quizzers who are ordinarily resident in Karnataka. Teams with doubtful antecedents may be subjected to a rapid-fire GK round based on Banaswadi and its environs.
QM: Mitesh Agarwal (Inputs from Kiran Vijayakumar and Arul Mani)
Open to almost everybody; teams of FOUR members; entry fee: Rs. 50/- per team; free entry for school teams.
Registrations: 1500hrs
Prelims: 1530hrs
Finals: 1630hrs-1830hrs.
Prizes
I: Rs. 3000/-
II: Rs. 2000/-
III: Rs. 1000/-
and Rs. 600/- for the other qualifiers.
The schedule will be managed by Venky and Mitesh.
For more details, please call 97312-14519 or mail.
Askqance – The KQA Silver Jubilee Quiz Festival
The Karnataka Quiz Association celebrates the 25th anniversary of its founding this year. ASKQANCE 2008, our anniversary quiz festival will now feature nine quizzes to be held over two days.
This year’s ASKQANCE is supported by TVS Tyres who also celebrate their 25th anniversary.
The Dates:
- Saturday 28th June 2008
- Sunday 29th June 2008
The Venues:
Saturday 28th June
Old Hall, St. Joseph’s Boys High School
Museum Road
Bangalore
Sunday 29th June
Purandara Bhavan
(Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha)
8th Main Road
(Near Indiranagar Club)
The Quizzes
Quizzes on Saturday, 28th June
KQA Intercollegiate Championships
(featuring two separate finals for junior college and collegiate teams)
3-member teams
No entry fee
No mixed teams allowed
Registration: 09:30a.m.
Start: 10:00a.m. sharp
Junior Finals: 11:00a.m.-12:00 noon
College Finals: 1200 noon -1:00p.m.
Prizes totalling Rs. 10,000 to be won.
QMs: Ochintya Sharma, Rajeev Gowda and Thejaswi Udupa
Hubbubb-a!
The Third edition of the Bangalore Quiz
2-member teams
Open to all
Entry fee: Rs. 50/-
Start: 1:30 p.m
Prizes: Rs. 2000/-, Rs. 1500/- and Rs. 1000/-
QM: Arul Mani
Open Entertainment Quiz
Teams of 4 members
Entry Fee: Rs. 200/-
Start: 3:00p.m.
Finals: 4:00p.m. – 6:00p.m.
Prizes totalling Rs. 20,000/- to be won
QMs: Kiran Vijayakumar and Madhav Nair
Venkatesh and Vivek Karthikeyan will coordinate an Informal Sports
Quiz beginning at 1:00p.m. The best five individual entries in this written
contest will win prizes.
Quizzes on Sunday, 29th June (at Purandara Bhavan)
Cognito
High School Quiz Championships
Teams of 2 members
A maximum of 6 teams per school
No entry fee
Prelims: 10 a.m
QM: Dibyendu Das
High School Solo Championship
Start: 12:30 p.m
QM: Mitesh Agarwal
Prizes totalling Rs. 10,000/-
Sesame – The Open Quiz
Teams of 4 members
Open to all
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/-
Free entry for school teams
Prelims: 2p.m.
TVS Tyres Ride Smart Round: 3:30pm
Finals: 4:15p.m.
QMs: Arun Hiregange and Arul Mani
Prizes totalling Rs. 25,000/-
KQA Silver Jubilee Ceremonies
6:00 p.m
All prizes and certificates will be given out during the ceremonies.
A map to help those who need directions to Purandara Bhavan for the quizzes on 29th June:
The September Open Quiz
KQA Ranking Open Quiz
Venue: Daly Memorial Hall
Date: 22 September 2007
Open to teams of four members
Entry Fee; Rs. 50/-
Prelims: 1530hrs
Finals:1630hrs
Prizes: Rs. 1000/-, Rs. 800/- and Rs. 700/-. Other finalists will also get prizes.
QM: Gautam Shenoy
The teams placing 1-2-3 will respectively conduct the Finals, Semifinals and Prelims of the next KQA open (unseeded) quiz
KQA Unseeded Open Quiz: 5 Aug 2007
An Open Unseeded Quiz will be held immediately after the School Quizzes on Sunday, 5 August 2007 at Daly Memorial Hall, Nrupatunga Road.
As per the amended KQA rules, the teams that placed 3-2-1 at the Anniversary Quiz will conduct prelims, semis and finals respectively at this quiz.
Members from the teams QFI-Chennai, Kutub Quizzers and Questionable Characters will therefore not participate.
Schedule:
Registrations 1400hrs
Prelims: 1430hrs (conducted by Questionable Characters)
Semis: 1530hrs (set by Kutub Quizzers)
Finals: 1700hrs-1900hrs (set by QFI-Chennai)
Open Rankings as on 14 October 2007
Current Rankings
- WaltWo : 7+7.5+12=26.5
- Metaquizziks : 3+5+10=18
- Corrosion of Conformity : 15+2.5=17.5
- QFI Chennai : 15
- Questionable Characters : 10+3.5=13.5
- No Questions Asked :5+0.5+7=12.5
- Kutub Quizzers :12
- Sista : 6+3=9
- Varun Rajiv and Team : 5
- Yaake!, Barisal Guns & Sgt. Heffner’s :2
- Nisha & the Thambies :1.5
- Insert Cool Name Here and Mustafa : 1
Based on placings from the September Open Quiz, Persiflage and the KQA 24th Anniversary Quiz, details given below.
The placings for the Science Quiz, the History/Culture quiz, the Movie Quiz and Dibyo’s Open Quiz have not yet been added.
KQA 24th Anniversary Open Quiz
- QFI Chennai: 15
- Kutub Quizzers:12
- Questionable Characters: 10
- WaltWo:7
- No Questions Asked:5
- Metaquizziks:3
- Barisal Guns:2
- Insert Cool Name Here: 1
- Mustafa:1
From Book Quiz
I: WaltWO: 7.5
II: Sista: 6
III: Metaquizziks:5
IV: Questionable Characters: 3.5
V: Corrosion of Conformity:2.5
VI: Nisha & the Thambies:1.5
VII: Yaake:1
VIII: No Questions Asked: 0.5
September Open Quiz (Gautam Shenoy)
I: Corrosion of Conformity:15
II: WaltWo: 12
III: MQ: 10
IV: No Questions Asked: 7
V: Varun Rajiv and team: 5
VI: Sista: 3
VII: Sgt. Heffner’s: 2
VIII: Yaake! :1
