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:
KQA Events – September 2007
16 September 2007
We will hold two quizzes on Sunday, 16 September 2007, at the Daly Memorial Hall, Mythic Society Buildings (Opposite RBI and Yavanika), Nrupatunga Road, Bangalore.
Crossovers
A quiz in the History of Ideas. Questions drawn from the journeys made by ideas across the sciences, history, philosophy, popular culture and the arts.
Prelims: 1530hrs
Finals: 1600hrs
5 Phases, 60 questions.
Entry Fee; Rs. 50/-
Open to teams of two members
Prizes: Rs. 1500/-, Rs. 1000/- and Rs. 750/-
QMs: Cheriyan Alexander & Arul Mani
KQA Solus Rex Prelims
A new format will be used for the Solus Rex championships starting this season. 12 contestants qualify. The qualifiers will then face each other in three ‘matches’–each involving four qualifiers. The winners of the three matches and the best runner-up will then meet in a not-entirely-grand finale. The matches will be held between September and November.
Rules
Open to all
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Free entry for school students
50 questions to answer in 30 minutes.
The prelims will begin at 1430hrs and end at 1500hrs.
Prizes:
All qualifiers: Rs. 250/-
Match-winners: Rs. 500/-
Solus Rex: Rs. 1000/-
QM: Arul Mani
22 September 2007
We will hold two quizzes on this date at the Daly Memorial Hall:
Solus Rex Match I
1415hrs to 1515hrs
50 questions on an assigned topic, followed by 20 general questions.
The KQA Ranking Open Quiz for September will also be held on this date. Gautam Shenoy will conduct.
Specialist Open Quizzes on Sunday, 26 August 2007
The first Specialist Quiz of the season will be held on Sunday, 26 August 2007 at Daly Memorial Hal, Mythic Society, Nrupatunga Road, Bangalore.
Event: Technology Quiz
Rules:
Teams of two members
Open to all
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Begins at 1330hrs
50 questions to be attempted over an hour.
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
Prizes: Rs. 1000/-, Rs. 700/- and Rs. 500/-
PERSIFLAGE
KQA’s Annual Book Quiz.
The ninth edition of Persiflage, our annual Book Quiz, will also be
held on Sunday, 26 August.
As per the new ranking rules, the Book Quiz will be considered for the
Open rankings this season. Points will be awarded thus: 7.5 to the
team that wins, 6 to the runner-up, 5 to the team placing third and so on.
RULES
Teams of four
Open to all
Registration Fee: Rs. 50/-
SCHEDULE
Prelims: 1500hrs
Finals: 1545hrs
QM: Arul Mani
Prizes: Rs.2000/-, Rs. 1400/- and Rs. 1000/-
