Vidyasagar Rajan Memorial, Comics, Ganesh Nayak Memorial Quizzes – Results
The results of three quizzing events held on Saturday 29 October 2011 at the Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
Event I. Vidyasagar Rajan Memorial Intercollegiate Quiz
QMs: Santosh Smarmynathan, Rahul Kottalgi, Rajath Krishna and Nishanth
1. NITK (Samarth, Srinivas, Chaitanya) – 114
2. RNSIT (Amit, Ashish) – 88
3. IIMB (Vishwas, Kalai, Katoch) – 79
4. FAPS (Jeydev, Mollika, Pranav) – 68
5. RVCE (Abhineet, Pallavi, Sreenivas) – 51
6. NLS (Pranav, Srikanth, Vikram) – 50
7. BMSCE (Himadri, Akshath, Sharath) – 48
8. RNSIT (Nitin, Rohit, Abhin) – 39
Event II. Cartoons Quiz
QM: Sandeep Mathias
1. Sana & Sumeer – 27
2. Santosh & Sohan – 20
3. Pranav & Mollika – 18
4. Ajay & Ananth – 16
5. Raju & TKB – 11.5
6. Nakul & Nishanth – 10
7. Amit & Suraj – 7
8. Dibyendu & Nambirajan – 6
Event III. The Ganesh Nayak Memorial Open Quiz
QMs: Landmark Venky, Kivi, Navin “The Machine” Rajaram
1. Metaquizziks (Arul Mani, Mitesh Agarwal, Santosh Swaminathan) – 327
2. We Are Like This Wonly (Anustup Datta, Thejaswi Udupa, Ochintya Sharma, Arun Hiregange) – 300
3. Alagarsamy, TK Balaji, Rajagopal, Latish – 295
4. Questionable Characters (Dibyendu Das, Hiranyappa, Sandeep Mathias and team) – 207
5. Uncool Is the New Cool (Shamanth, Sudarshan, Lakshana, Chitra) – 170
6. Shura (Ashwan, Ramesh, Shiv, Urmila) – 150
7. Dharmendra, Raghu, Mukka, Ganja – 148
8. CIDs From Kerala (Hrishi Varma, Jitin Jacob & team) – 95
Quizzes on Saturday 29 October 2011
We will hold three quizzing events on Saturday 29 October 2011 at the Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
The events:
Event I. Vidyasagar Rajan Memorial Intercollegiate Quiz
RULES
Teams of three members
Open to teams from XI/XII/PUC, Undergraduate and PG institutions
No mixed teams
Colleges can send any number of teams–only the best two will qualify for the finals.
Entry Fee; Rs. 50/- per team
Prizes for all finalists
QMs: Santosh Smarmynathan, Rahul Kottalgi, Rajath Krishna and Nishanth.
Schedule
Registrations: 1015hrs-1030hrs
Prelims: 1030hrs-1130hrs
Finals: 1145hrs-1330hrs
Event II. Cartoons Quiz-Written
QM: Sandeep Matthias
Open to all
Teams of two members
Entry Fee; Rs. 50/-
Prizes for top three teams.
Schedule
1415hrs-1515hrs
Event III. The Ganesh Nayak Memorial Open Quiz
Conducted by Team Nexus: Landmark Venky, Kivi, Navin Rajaram
Open to all
Teams of four members
Entry Fee; Rs. 50/-per team
Prizes for all finalists
Schedule:
Prelims: 1530hrs
Finals: 1645hrs-1830hrs
We will hold another set of KQA events in the second week of November 2011.
Mega-Whats 2011, the National Open Quizzing Championships, will be held on Sunday, 11 December 2011. We have limited seating at the Bangalore venue. Please register early to ensure seating–send team name, names of all four members and one contact number in a mail with the subject header Mega-Whats 2011-Bangalore to kqaquizzes@gmail.com.
ABBA Ke Zamane Mein, Hubbub-a, Ruckus Tangdi – Results
The results of three open quizzes on Sunday 16 October 2011 at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, off Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
EVENT I: Abba Ke Zamane Mein
QMs: Ochintya Sharma and Arul Mani
1. Alagarsamy & Rajagopal – 200 (won by sudden-death tie-break)
2. Anustup Datta & Arun Hiregange – 200
3. Rahul S. Kottalgi & Santosh Swaminathan – 165
4. Nishanth & Rajath – 115
5. Suresh Ramasubramaniam & Iftikhar Burhanuddin – 110
6. Venkatesh S. & Ashwan Lewis – 85
7. Urmila & Shiv – 80
8. Rossellini – Posalini – 70
EVENT II: Hubbub-a, The Bangalore Quiz
QM: Karthik “Wimpy” Shashidhar
1. Arul Mani & Arun Hiregange – 33.5
2. Nishanth & Rajath – 32
3. Rajat & Jayant – 31
4. Venkatesh S. & Vivek Karthikeyan – 29.5
5. Aditya & Co. – 29
6. Padmashri R & Sudarshan MA / Amicus Curious – tied on 28
8. Ochintya Sharma & Dr. NVS Krishnan – 25.5
EVENT III: Ruckus Tangdi
QMs: Mitesh Agarwal, Rahul Kottalgi, Vivek Kartikeyan, Urmila Lakshmanan and Rajagopal P.S.
1. SRS, Keshav, Ram, Arul – 385
2. Ajay, Rohan, Suraj, Appu – 215
3. Srikari, Vikram, Sachin, Santosh – 205
4. Sumer, Rajat, Raouf, Suhit – 180
5. Aditya, Anirudh, Rajath, Trisha – 140
6. Tanmay, Hrishi, Nishanth, Navin – 130
7. Danny, Hemant, Venky, Farhan – 120
8. Dhammo, Ifti & team – 90
Quizzes on Sunday 16 October 2011
We will hold three open quizzes on Sunday 16 October 2011 at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, off Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
EVENT I
Abba Ke Zamane Mein
QMs: Ochintya Sharma and Arul Mani
Teams of two members
Open to all
Entry Fee; Rs. 50/-
This year we return to our original focus, so the questions in Abba Ke will cover the 1960s, the 1970s and the 1980s.
Prizes: for teams finishing I, II and III
Schedule:
Prelims: 1015hrs-1100hrs
Finals: 1130hrs-1300hrs
Ochintya will start the prelims at 1015hrs as announced, and no questions will be repeated. We have a long Sunday of quizzing, and need to finish early.
EVENT II
Hubbub-a
The Bangalore Quiz
QM: Karthik “Wimpy” Shashidhar
Teams of two members
Open to all
Written Quiz on people, places, and local lore.
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Prizes for teams finishing I, II and III.
Schedule: 1400hrs-1515hrs
EVENT III
The September Open Quiz
QMs: Mitesh Agarwal, Rahul Kottalgi, Vivek Kartikeyan, Urmila Lakshmanan and Rajagopal P.S.
Team of four members
Open to all
Entry Fee; Rs. 50/-
Prizes for all finalists
Schedule:
Prelims: 1530hrs-1630hrs
Finals: 1700-1830hrs
Please note that questions will not be repeated/cycled through.
PS: Other KQA quizzing dates in the near future
29 October 2011: Vidyasagar Rajan College Quiz, and Ganesh Nayak Open
12 November 2011: High-School and PUC quizzes
No, I’m Chomsky, Food Glorious Food and Persiflage – Results
The results of three Open Quizzes held on Sunday, 11 September 2011 at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, off Queen’s Road.
EVENT I
No, I’m Chomsky – The Without Americana Quiz
QM: Urmila Lakshmanan
1. KD (Rahul S. Kottalgi, Rajagopal, Swaminathan & team) – 133
2. Insert Cool Name Here (Anil, Jaidev, Hari, Manu) – 113
3. How Can We Slap (Aditya, Nishanth, Sohan, Krishnan) – 94
4. We Are Like This Wonly (Anustup Datta, Thejaswi Udupa, Ochintya Sharma, Arun Hiregange) – 79
5. No Questions Asked – 70
6. PVC – 64
7. Chennai Team (Sumeer, Pantan, Vinod, Sana) – 50
8. Metaquizziks (Arul Mani, Iftikar Burhanuddin, Mitesh Agarwal, Santosh Swaminathan) – 49
EVENT II
Food, Glorious food – The Annual Food Quiz
QM: Santosh Swaminathan
1. Arul Mani & Mitesh Agarwal – 26
2. Rajesh Mehar & team – 24.5
3. Lakshana & team – 22
4. Gautam Bharali & Ulka Kelkar – 21
5. We Eat This Much Wonly (Thejaswi Udupa & Ochintya Sharma) – 20.5
6. Harikrishnan & Manu Sudhakar / Arun Hiregange & Anustup Datta / Rahul S. Kottalgi & Swaminathan G. – all tied on 18
EVENT III
Persiflage – The Blossom Book House Quiz
QM: Arul Mani
1. Metaquizziks (Swaminathan G., Cheriyan Alexander, Mitesh Agarwal, Santosh Swaminathan) – 315
2. We Are Like This Wonly (Anustup Datta, Thejaswi Udupa, Ochintya Sharma, Arun Hiregange) – 275
3. KD (Rahul S. Kottalgi & team) – 230
4. Insert Cool Name Here (Anil, Jaidev, Hari, Manu) – 210
5. Resthouse Croissants – 140
6. Gautam + 3 (Gautam Bharali, Ulka Kelkar & team)- 105
7. Aneesh, Sinchana, Debashree, Srikrishna – 100
8. How Can We Slap (Aditya & team) – 65
Quizzes on Sunday 11 September 2011
We will hold three Open Quizzes on Sunday, 11 September 2011 at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, off Queen’s Road.
EVENT I
No, I’m Chomsky
The Without Americana Quiz
Open Quiz for teams of four
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Prelims: 1000hrs
Finals: 1130-1300hrs
QM: Urmila Lakshmanan
EVENT II
Food, Glorious food
The Annual Food Quiz
Open Quiz for teams of two
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Written Quiz: 1400-1500hrs
QM: Santosh Swaminathan
EVENT III
Persiflage
The Blossom Book House Quiz
Open Quiz for teams of four
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Prelims: 1530hrs
Finals: 1630-1830hrs
QM: Arul Mani
Lone Kid, Lone Cub, How Many ‘Woods – World Cinema, August Open, Canara Union Lone Wolf Quizzes – Results
The results of the five quizzes held on Saturday, 27 August 2011 and Sunday, 28 August 2011.
Event I
Lone Kid (Std V-VII solo)
QMs: Landmark Venky, Vivek Kartikeyan
1. Varun K (Frank Anthony Public School) – 100 (won by tie-break)
2. Hari Kartik (Bala Vidya Mandir, Chennai) – 100
3. Nakul Divekar (Frank Anthony Public School) – 95
4. Arjun Joshua (Frank Anthony Public School) – 70
5. Tennyson Galvin L. (St. John’s High School) / Amrit Sodhi (St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School European) – tied on 60
7. Kritin Udupa (Sri Kumaran Public School ICSE) – 50
8. Navya Suri (National Hill View Public School) – 30
Event II
Lone Cub (Std VIII-X solo)
QMs: Santosh Swaminathan and Thejaswi Udupa
1. Ritvik C. (Frank Anthony Public School) – 145
2. Bharat S. (Florence Public School) – 140
3. Pranav Ramamurthy (St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School) – 85
4. Amit S. Subrahmanya (National Hill View Public School) – 80
5. Sridhar V. (VVS Sardar Patel Patel High School) / Cyril Joe Baby (Christ Academy) – tied on 75
7. Akshat Tiwary (St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School) – 65
8. Prabhanjan P. Mannari (Carmel School) – 40
Event III
How Many ‘Woods – The World Cinema Quiz
QM: Arul Mani
1. Santhosh Swaminathan & Rahal S. Kottalgi – 40
2. Mitesh Agarwal & Varun Rajiv – 38
3. Anustup Datta & Arun Hiregange – 30
4. Ochintya Sharma & Thejaswi Udupa – 24
5. Hrishi Varma & KP – 18
6. Raju & Sai / Movin Miranda & Sumeer Kumar – tied on 16
8. Sandeep Mathias & Shivjeet P – 13
Event IV
August Open Quiz
QM: Movin Miranda
1. We Are Like This Wonly – 208
2. Metaquizziks – 108
3. Keep Distance – 89
4. Questionable Characters – 87
5. How Can We Slap?! – 70
6. Holy Nexus – 33
7. CIDs From Kerala – 29
8. Mathias & Co. – 15
Event V
Canara Union Lone Wolf
QM: Navin Rajaram
1. Arul Mani – 140
2. Anustup Datta – 130
3. Santosh Swaminathan & Movin Miranda – tied on 100
5. Ochintya Sharma – 95
6. Thejaswi Udupa – 80
7. Rajagopal – 70
8. Arun Hiregange – 50
Quizzes on Saturday 27 August 2011
We will host four quizzes on Saturday, 27 August 2011, at the Institute of Agricultural Technologists, off Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
EVENTS I & II
We will hold a Lone Kid (Std V-VII solo) and a Lone Cub (Std VIII-X solo) during the morning session. Each school may field a maximum of three participants per category.
Prelims: 1000hrs
Finals: 1100hrs-1200hrs and 1200hrs-1300hrs
QMs: Landmark Venky, Vivek Kartikeyan, Santosh Swaminathan and Thejaswi Udupa
The Afternoon session will begin at 2pm. We have two Open Quizzes lined up.
EVENT III
How Many ‘Woods
The World Cinema Quiz
Written Format
Open to all
Teams of two
Entry: Rs. 50/- per team
QM: Arul Mani
Schedule: 1400hrs-1500hrs
Prizes: Rs. 2000/-, Rs. 1500/- and Rs. 1000/-
EVENT IV
August Open Quiz
Open to all
Teams of four
Entry: Rs. 50/-
QM: Movin Miranda
Schedule:
Prelims 1530-1630hrs
Finals: 1700-1830hrs
Prizes: Rs. 1000/-, Rs. 800/- and Rs. 700/- plus prizes for all finalists.
Results of KQA’s Quiz for Families and Lone Wolf Quiz
The results of the quizzes held on Sunday 7th August 2011 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
Open Quiz for Families
QM: Rashmi Vallabhajyosula
1. Two and a Half Lorises (Siddharth, Ulka, Mandavi) – 85
2. Mukherjees (Sutanu & team) – 73
3. Rishika & Rajeev Gowda – 63
4. Deepa & Mani – 53
5. Sharmas (Ochintya, Sujata, Tuku) – 52.5
6. Koramangala Nexus (Venky & team) – 43.5
7. Two Men and a Baby – 43
8. Sumer, Arnav, Aarushi – 42
Lone Wolf Quiz
QMs: Kiran Vijayakumar, Vineeth Surendranath, Siddhartha Sen and Ashwan Lewis
1. Arun Hiregange – 70 (1st by tie-break)
2. Thejaswi Udupa – 70 (2nd by tie-break)
3. Varun Rajiv – 70 (3rd by tie-break)
4. Arul Mani – 55
5. Santosh Swaminathan – 50
6. Sudarshan M.A. / Sumer Kumar – tied on 25
8. Rahul S. Kottalgi – 20
Quizzes on Sunday 7 August 2011
We will hold two open quizzes this Sunday (7th August 2011) at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
Both are events which could not be completed in the last season due to problems with getting a venue and will be held in the small hall on the first floor.
EVENT I
Open Quiz for Families
Teams of three members
Regn: Rs. 100/- per team
Couples, Grandparents/Parents with Grand-Children/Children or siblings constitute a family team
DO NOT pull cousin-stunts and do not give us exciting stories about new-found couple-hood.
Prizes: Rs. 1500/-, Rs. 1000/- and Rs. 900/-, plus prizes for all finalists
SCHEDULE
Regns: 1330hrs
Prelims/Finals: 1400hrs–1530hrs
QM: Rashmi Vallabhajyosula
PowerPoint Girl: Arul Mani
EVENT II
Lone Wolf Contest
Open to all solo contestants
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- per entrant
Prizes for all finalists
SCHEDULE
Prelims: 1545hrs
Finals: 1700-1830hrs
QMS: Kiran Vijayakumar, Vineeth Surendranath, Siddhartha Sen and Ashwan Lewis.
PS
We have two quizzing sessions coming up after this–27th August (School and College solo quizzes and an Open Quiz) and 11 September (three Open quizzes , including Persiflage, our annual literary quiz).
The Canara Union Lone Wolf will happen sometime in August. Navin Rajaram will conduct.
Mega-Whats 2011 will be held, as usual, on the Second Sunday in December (11/12/2011). Please note the date.
Another event, coyly code-named BladderBurst by the setters, will be held either in the last week of October, or the first week of November. More details soon.
Some copies of the 2003 and 2004 annuals are still available. Those who would like a copy must mail kqaquizzes@gmail.com.
