Abba Ke (Abba Ke) Zamane Mein and Open Quiz – Results
The results of two quizzes held on Sunday, 24th October 2010 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
EVENT I: Abba Ke (Abba Ke) Zamane Mein, a quiz on the 1940s, the 1950s and the 1960s
QMs: Ochintya Sharma and Arul Mani
1. Arun Hiregange & Movin Miranda – 157.5
2. Anustup Datta & Thejaswi Udupa – 140
3. Rahul S. Kottalgi & Nishanth – 105
4. Rajagopal & Pallavi – 90
5. eureQa! (G. Sreekanth & Alagarsamy) / Questionable Characters (Dibyendu Das & Praveen) – both tied on 85
7. CIDs from Kerala (Hrishi Varma & Jithin Jacob) – 77.5
8. Non-Aligned Quizzers (Rajeev Gowda & Urmila) – 75
Event II: The October Open Quiz
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
1. We Are Like This Wonly (Movin Miranda, Anustup Datta, Ochintya Sharma, Arun Hiregange) – 155
2. eureQa! (Satyajit Chetri, Rajagopal, Alagarsamy, G. Sreekanth) – 135
3. Questionable Characters (Hiranyappa, Dibyendu Das, Praveen) – 125
4. Keep Distance (Rahul S. Kottalgi, Nishanth, Rajath & team) – 120
5. Santosh Swaminathan, Sohan, Husain Poonawalla, Gautham – 110
6. Sandeep Mathias & team – 85
7. Why So Curious (Ashwan, Kaustuba, Navin Rajaram & Pallavi) – 80
8. CIDs from Kerala (Hrishi Varma, Jithin Jacob, Raouf & team) – 60
Quizzes on Sunday 24 October 2010
We will hold two quizzes on Sunday, 24th October 2010 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
EVENT I
Abba Ke (Abba Ke) Zamane Mein
A quiz on the 1940s, the 1950s and the 1960s.
Rules
Teams of two members
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Prizes: Rs. 1500/-, Rs. 1000/- and Rs. 750/-
Prelims: 1015-1100hrs
Finals: 1130-1330hrs
QMs: Ochintya Sharma and Arul Mani
Event II
The October Open Quiz
Rules
Teams of 4 members
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Prizes: Rs. 1200/-, Rs 1000/- and Rs. 800/- plus prizes for all finalists
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
IF the first quiz finishes on time we will hold an intercalary written quiz on comedy and laughter titled Sense A Femur.
Teams of two members
50 written questions
Entry Fee; Rs. 50/-
QM: Arul Mani
Schedule
Sense of Femur: 1400-1500hrs
Registrations for Open Quiz: 1500hrs
Open Quiz Prelims: 1530hrs
Finals: 1630-1830hrs.
Sense A Femur will otherwise be put up on Slideshare.
Open Quiz, Eff Glorious Eff, Persiflage – Results
The results of three open quizzes on Sunday 26 September 2010 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
EVENT I: KQA Open Ranking Quiz
QM: Kaustuba K.V.
1. KD – 175
2. Metaquizziks (Mitesh Agarwal, Varun Rajiv, Santosh Swaminathan, Arul Mani) – 159
3. We Are Like This Wonly (Anustup Datta, Thejaswi Udupa, Ochintya Sharma, Arun Hiregange) – 119
4. Abhishek Krishnan, Manish, Sohan, Sarim – 100
5. Ashwan, Sairam, Supratim & team – 50
6. Questionable Characters (G.S. Hiranyappa, Dibyendu Das & team) – 45
7. CIDs from Kerala (Hrishikesh Varma & team) – 40
8. Rajat, Jayant, Prithwiraj, Pallavi – 20
EVENT II: Eff, Glorious Eff, The Food Quiz
QM: Arul Mani
1. Mitesh Agarwal & Santosh Swaminathan – 25.5
2. Anustup Datta & Arun Hiregange – 25
3. Thejaswi Udupa & Ochintya Sharma – 22
4. Rahul Kottalgi & Manu Sudhakar – 21
5. Rajesh & Prithwiraj – 18
6. Rajagopal & Karthik – 16.5
7. Smita & Lakshana – 15.5
8. Supratim & Ashwan / Vinay & Dr. Krishnan – tied on 15
EVENT III: Persiflage, The Blossom Book House Quiz
QM: Arul Mani
1. We Are Like This Wonly (Anustup Datta, Thejaswi Udupa, Ochintya Sharma, Arun Hiregange) – 112
2. Urmila, Shiv, Shobhana, Vivek – 95
3. Metaquizziks (Mitesh Agarwal, Varun Rajiv, Santosh Swaminathan & team) – 80
4. Rajagopal, Kivi, Skimpy, Rahul – 51
5. Debashree Mitra, D. Dharmendra & team / Goat Boys (Abhishek, Umang, Sandeep Mathias, Brunzo) – tied on 50
7. Mustafa (Dr. Krishnan, Vinay & team) – 45
8. Arun, Aditya, Sohan, Husain – 25
Quizzes on Sunday 26 Sept 2010
We will hold three open quizzes on Sunday 26 September 2010 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
EVENT I
KQA Open Ranking Quiz
Rules
Open to all
Teams of 4 members
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Prizes: Rs. 1200/-, Rs. 1000/- and Rs. 800/-
plus prizes for all finalists
Prelims: 1030hrs
Finals: 1130-1300hrs
QM: Kaustuba K.V.
EVENT II
Eff, Glorious Eff
The Food Quiz
Written quiz: 50 questions
Open to all
Teams of 2 members
Prizes: for teams finishing I, II and III
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- per team
Time: 1400-1500hrs
QM: Arul Mani
EVENT III
Persiflage
The Blossom Book House Quiz
Teams of 4 members
Ranking quiz, Open to all
Persiflage is a quiz on books.
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- per team
Prizes: Rs. 4000, Rs. 3000 and Rs. 2000/-, plus prizes for all finalists.
Prelims: 1530hrs
Finals: 1630-1830hrs
We thank M/s Blossom Book House for their continuing sponsorship of the prizes for Persiflage.
Inter College Quiz, Hubbub-a and KD’s Open Quiz – Results
The results of the three quizzes on Saturday 21 August 2010 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.
EVENT I: Ranking Intercollegiate Quiz
QM: Arul Mani
1. BMSCE (Santosh Swaminathan) – 75
2. RVCE (Sudarshan & team) – 70
3. BITS Pilani Goa (Ajay, Lakshmy, Varun) – 55
4. MSRIT – 50
5. NLS (Pranav) & RVCE (Nakul & team) – both tied on 40
7. RNSIT (Abhin, Nitin, Rohit) – 25
8. IIITB (Sandeep Mathias, Vinu, Joseph Jeffrey) – 15
EVENT II: Hubbub-a, The Bangalore Quiz
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
1. Karthik Shashidhar & Rajeev Gowda – 30
2. Arul Mani & Mitesh Agarwal – 27
3. Vinay & Kedar – 23.5
4. Nishanth & Rajath – 22.5
5. Thejas V.R. & Shreyas G. – 21
6. Pranav & Sudarshan M.A. – 20.5
7. Chaitanya & Nakul – 19.5
8. V. Chandrashekar – 18
EVENT III: Ranking Open Quiz
QMs: Rahul Kottalgi and other members of Keep Distance
1. Metaquizziks (Arul Mani, Mitesh Agarwal, Varun Rajiv, Santosh Swaminathan) – 210
2. We Are Like This Wonly (Thejaswi Udupa, Anustup Datta, Arun Hiregange) – 205
3. Alagarsamy, Rajagopal and team – 145
4. Kaustuba, Navin Rajaram, Praveen, Ashwan Lewis – 105
5. Shashank, Pranesh, Abhishek and team / Urmila and team – both tied on 90
7. Siddarth Kuruvilla and team – 75
8. Aditi, Aditya, Sai Ganesh, Sohan – 55
Quizzes on Saturday 21 Aug 2010
We will hold three quizzes on Saturday 21 August 2010 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.
EVENT I
Ranking Intercollegiate Quiz
Teams of three members from the same institution
Cap of two teams per college in the finals
Rs. 50/- per team
Open to PUC, Degree and PG teams
Schedule:
Prelims: 1030hrs (after registration)
Finals: 1130hrs to 1300hrs
Prizes for all finalists
EVENT II
Hubbub-a
The Bangalore Quiz
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
50 questions written
Open to all
Rs. 50 per team
1400-1500hrs
EVENT III
Ranking Open Quiz
QMS: Rahul Kottalgi and other members of Keep Distance
Open to all
Teams of 4
Rs. 50/- per team
Prelims: 1530hrs
Finals: 1630hrs-1830hrs
Prizes for all finalists
ASKQANCE 2010 – Results
The KQA celebrated the 27th Anniversary of its founding with ASKQANCE 2010 – a two-day festival of Open Quizzing. Here are the results:
Day One (19th June 2010)
Event I
By Hooke or by Crookes: Open Science Quiz
QMs: Ochintya Sharma and Vivek Kartikeyan.
1. QED (Swami, Samanth, JK)
2. Who Rekha? (Rajagopal, Rajiv Rai, Lakshmi, Gopal Kidao)
3. Ramanan, Sankhya, Vijay, Sreeram
4. Metaquizziks (Varun Rajiv, Mitesh Agarwal, Kiran Vijayakumar, Arul Mani)
5. Neo Nexus (Jayashree Jayakar Mohanka, Kaustuba Venugopal, Venky, Ashwan Lewis)
6. We Are Like This Wonly (Arun Hiregange, Thejaswi Udupa, Anustup Datta & Gautam Ghosh)
7. Questionable Characters (Dibyendu Das, Avinash Mudaliar, Anil Raghavan, Manu Sudhakar)
8. Try Why Ya (Abhishek, Srikanth, Akhil)
Event II
Hoarse Latitudes: Open Travel Quiz
QMs: Cheriyan Alexander, Mitesh Agarwal and Dibyendu Das.
1. Swami & Samanth – 131
2. Anustup Datta & Thejaswi Udupa – 121
3. Dharmendra & Vikram Joshi – 111
4. Jayashree Jayakar Mohanka & Dr. Bhattacharya – 107
5. Ochintya Sharma & Arun Hiregange – 106
6. Rajagopal & Alagarsamy – 88
7. Rajiv Rai & Gopal Kidao – 81
8. Arul Mani & Kiran Vijayakumar – 77
Event III
Son of Lumiere: Open Movie Quiz
QMs: Anustup Datta and Arun Hiregange.
1. Mitesh Agarwal & Varun Rajiv – 170
2. Arul Mani & Kiran Vijayakumar – 165
3. Samanth & JK – 150
4. TK Balaji & Gopal Kidao – 145
5. Rahul S Kottalgi & Nishanth R – 135
6. Santosh Swaminathan & Kaustuba Venugopal – 105
7. Ochintya Sharma & Thejaswi Udupa – 85
8. Dharmendra & Movin Miranda – 80
Day Two (20th June 2010)
Event IV
Kibitz Simple: Open Sports and Leisure Quiz
QMs: Thejaswi Udupa and Venkatesh S.
1. Anustup Datta & Arun Hiregange – 151
2. Rajiv Rai & Sumant Srivathsan – 135
3. Swami & Samanth – 124
4. Suvajit & Yash – 114
5. Wimpy & Baada – 101
6. Anil & Alagarsamy – 80
7. Ochintya Sharma & Movin Miranda – 66
8. Rohit & Yaggy – 65
Event V
Sesame: The Open Quiz
QM: Arul Mani
1. Feni Vidi Vici Vivek (Aniruddha Sen Gupta, Rajiv D’Silva, Vivek Krishnan, Chirag Mutgi) – 170
2. QED (Jayakanthan, Gopal Kidao, Swaminathan, Samanth) – 165
3. We Are Like This Wonly (Arun Hiregange, Thejaswi Udupa, Anustup Datta & Ochintya Sharma) – 160
4. Eternal Moonshine of the Spotless Behind (Ajay, Arvind, Balaji, Roshan) – 150
5. Metaquizziks (Varun Rajiv, Mitesh Agarwal, Kiran Vijayakumar, Rajagopal PS) – 140
6. Travelling Pillsburys (Rajiv Rai, Vibhendu Tiwari, Sumant Srivathsan, Vikram Joshi) – 125
7. InManiacs (Jayashree Jayakar Mohanka, Gautam Ghosh, Sarat Rao, Anirudh Chari) & Keep Distance (Rajath, Rahul Kottalgi, Nishanth R, Harry) – both tied on 120
Event VI
KQA Founders’ Trophy Quiz: Face-off between Mega-Whats city-winners
QMs: Arul Mani and Kiran Vijayakumar.
1. QED (Chennai) – 128.5
2. WALTWo (Bangalore) – 104.5
3. Travelling Pillsburies (Mumbai) – 94
4. InManiacs (Kolkata) – 91.5
5. Telangana Is An Oily Song (New Delhi) – 77.5
6. Swami and Friends (Hyderabad) – 72
7. Feni Vidi Vici (Goa) – 61.5
8. Insert Uncool Name Here (Thrissur) – 58.5
9. Ajgar Jurrat Ke Sapole (Pune) – 20
ASKQANCE 2010
The KQA will celebrate the 27th Anniversary of its founding with ASKQANCE 2010–a two-day festival of Open Quizzing. Somebody we wrote to called it The Woodstock of Quizzing. We are flattered, but will nevertheless try and stick to schedule.
The programme:
19th and 20th June, at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
Day One (19th June 2010)
Event I
By Hooke or by Crookes
Open Science Quiz
Rules
1. Teams of four members
2. Entry free for school teams
3. Other teams pay Rs. 100/-
QMs: Ochintya Sharma and Vivek Kartikeyan.
Schedule: 0930hrs to 1230hrs
Teams that arrive late for the prelims will be allowed to take part in the next quiz.
Prizes: Rs.5000/-, Rs.4000/- and Rs.3000/-
Event II
Hoarse Latitudes
Open Travel Quiz
Rules
Teams of two members,
Entry free for school teams
Other teams pay Rs. 50/-
QMs: Cheriyan Alexander, Mitesh Agarwal and Dibyendu Das.
Schedule : 1300-1545 hrs
Prizes: Rs. 3000/-, Rs. 2000/- and Rs. 1500/-
Event III
Son of Lumiere
Open Movie Quiz
Rules
Teams of two members,
Entry free for school teams
Other teams pay Rs. 50/-
QMs: Anustup Datta and Arun Hiregange.
Schedule: 1615hrs-2000hrs.
Prizes: Rs. 3000/-, Rs. 2000/- and Rs. 1500/-
Day Two (20th June 2010)
Event IV
Kibitz Simple
Open Sports and Leisure Quiz
Rules
Teams of two members,
Entry free for school teams
Other teams pay Rs. 50/-
Teams arriving late can take part in the next quiz.
QMs: Thejaswi Udupa and Venkatesh S.
Schedule: 1000hrs to 1300hrs
Prizes: Rs. 3000/-, Rs. 2000/- and Rs. 1500/-
Event V
Sesame
The Open Quiz
Rules
General Open Quiz
Teams of four members
Entry free for school teams
Other teams pay Rs.100/-
QM: Arul Mani
Schedule:1400— 1630hrs
Prizes: Rs.5000/-, Rs.4000/- and Rs.3000/-
Event VI
KQA Founders’ Trophy Quiz
Face-off between Mega-Whats city-winners
The contenders:
QED Chennai,
WALTWo Bangalore,
Travelling Pillsburies Mumbai,
Telangana Is An Oily Song New Delhi,
InManiacs Kolkata,
Insert Uncool Name Here Thrissur,
Swami and Friends Hyderabad,
Feni Vidi Vici Goa,
Ajgar Jurrat Ke Sapole Pune
QMs: Arul Mani and Kiran Vijayakumar.
Schedule: 1700hrs-1900hrs
Prizes: Rs. 6000/-, Rs. 5000/-, Rs. 4000/-
Solus Rex Finals, Yell! Iruve and Lone Wolf – Results
The results of three quizzes on Sunday 9th May 2010 at the Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
Solus Rex Finals on Indian Scientists & Mathematicians + Fictional Detectives
QMs: Dibyendu Das and Arun Hiregange
1. Anustup Datta – 370
2. Ochintya Sharma – 267.5
3. Harish R. – 220
4. Rahul S. Kottalgi – 195
Yell Iruve! – A quiz featuring plants, animals, insects and other life forms
QM: Arul Mani
1. Anustup Datta & Thejaswi Udupa – 28
2. Vivek Karthikeyan & Megha Shenoy – 23
3. Ochintya Sharma & Arun Hiregange – 21
4. Sumeer & Dr. Krishnan – 18
5. Aditya & Hussein – 17
6. Harry & Santosh – 16
7. Mitesh Agarwal & Venkatesh S. / Ajay & Ashwan – both on 14
KQA Lone Wolf
QMs: An all-women team led by Urmila Lakshmanan
1. Arul Mani – 89
2. Anustup Datta – 79
3. Thejaswi Udupa – 69
4. Arun Hiregange – 58
5. Rajagopal – 39
6. Aravind – 25
7. Mitesh Agarwal – 24
8. Gautam Shenoy – 14
Open Sports Quiz, Non-Fiction Quiz, BIZKASHI – Results
The results of the three open quizzes held on Sunday 25th April 2010 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
Open Sports Quiz
QMs: Varun Rajiv & Ishaan Ghosh
1. Motley Crew – 156
2. Ramkey, Sairam, Vijay TSR, Debashish – 137
3. Nishanth, Jose, Hussain, Adi – 130
4. We Are Like This Wonly (Anustup Datta, Thejaswi Udupa, Venkatesh S, Arun Hiregange) – 122
5. KD (Rahul, Harry & team) – 117
6. Geek & Team – 107
7. The Royal Reds (Gautam ND, Sudarshan MA, Varun, Vineet Raj) – 82
8. Metaquizziks (Mitesh Agarwal, Dibyendu Das, Vinay Das & team) – 60
The Non-Fiction Quiz
QM: Arul Mani
1. Medium Mussolinis (Jayakanthan & Alagar Swamy) – 30
2. Venkatesh & Ravi Mundoli – 28
3. Anustup Datta & Arun Hiregange – 22
4. Thejaswi Udupa & Mitesh Agarwal – 20
5. Eashaan & Santosh – 19
6. Nishanth & Rahul – 18
7. Aaman Lamba & Sai Ganesh / Sidarth & Ashwan – both on 17
BIZKASHI, The Annual Business Quiz
QM: Arul Mani
1. Varun Rajiv, Abhishek Krishnan – 95
2. Santosh J.S., Harry – 90
3. Thejaswi Udupa, Mitesh Agarwal – 80
4. Ajay Kasargod, Jayakanthan – 75
5. Venkatesh S., Tanmay Prusty – 70
6. Alagar Swamy, Prasad Shetty – 65
7. Ashwan Lewis, Sidharth Kuruvila – 55
8. Fat and Happy (Abhinav, Anirudh S.) – 15
