Quizzes on Saturday 11 May 2013
There are four quizzes scheduled for this Saturday (11 May 2013) at the Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
The schedule:
1000 hrs – 1330 hrs
Open Lone Wolf for solo entrants by Alagarsami A.P.
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
1415 hrs – 1530 hrs
Sense of Femur–written Humour quiz by Santosh Swaminathan
For teams of two members
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/-
1530 hrs – 1615 hrs
History of Ideas written quiz by Arul Mani
For teams of two members
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/-
1630 hrs
The AJM Open House Quiz
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- per head.
High Tea will be served after the quiz
Quizzes on Saturday 27 April 2013
We have a KQA Saturday coming up this weekend on April 27, 2013. Three quizzes:
The Pop Culture Quiz – Quizmaster – Sai Ganesh
Teams of 4 or less – Prelims and Finals
Entry Fee – Rs 100/team
Starts at 1030 AM sharp
The Non Fiction Quiz – Quizmaster – Arul Mani
Written off a printed sheet for 45 minutes for Teams of 2
Entry Fee – Rs 50/team
Starts at 2:30 PM
The Cricket Quiz – Quizmasters – Manish Achuth and Sohan Maheshwar
Teams of 4 or less – Prelims and Finals
Entry Fee – Rs 100/team
Starts at 330 PM
The venue for all events is the upstairs hall at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists (IAT) on Queen’s Road.
Quizzes on Sunday 14 April 2013
We will host two open quizzes on Sunday 14 April 2013 at the Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road (upstairs hall).
The KQA Food Quiz
Teams of 4
Written prelims followed by finals
Prelims start at 1:30 PM
Quizmasters: Santosh Swaminathan and Arul Mani
Entry Fee: Rs 100/team
The April Open Quiz
Teams of 4
Written prelims followed by finals
Prelims start at 4:45 PM (the finals are expected to finish by 8:30 PM)
Quizmaster: Major Chandrakant Nair (Retd.)
Entry Fee: Rs 100/team
Cannabis Indica, Glamour Giri, March Open Quizzes – Results
The results of the open quizzes held on Sunday, 10 March 2013 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists(IAT), Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
Cannabis Indica : The India Quiz
QMs: Navin Rajaram and Hrishi Varma
1. We Are Like This Wonly – 260
2. Swami and Friends – 210
3. Gopal, TKB, DP, Raju – 190
4. Nexus Baggage – 165
5. No Team (Suraj, VR, Shishir, Sarin) – 130
6. Gafoor Ka Dost – 110
7. Sound OK (Siri, Santosh & team) – 70
8. Sin & Tonic – 50
Glamour Giri
QM: Ochintya Sharma
1. Siri & Lakshana – 51
2. Santosh & Mitesh – 32
3. Gopal & Raju – 30
4. Con Canny Boys / Tups & Udupa – tied on 29
5. Han Solo & Chewbacca – 24
6. Movin’ & Groovin’ – 23
7. Nishanth & Sohan – 20
8. Glam Ganesh Plus One – 19
The March Open Quiz
QM: Movin Miranda
1. We Are Like This Wonly – 260
2. Metaquizziks (Mitesh, Santosh, Alagar, Arun) – 183
3. Nexus Baggage – 150
4. DP’s Friends (DP, TKP, Raju, Gopal) – 130
5. My Family and One Other Animal (Venkatesh, Seema, Ravi Mundoli, Vikram Joshi) – 125
6. Mao’s Mangoes – 65
7. Thomas Kutty, Govindan Kutty, Mahadevan & Appukkuttan – 70
8. Lehar, Renuka, Sujata, Vijay – 28
Quizzes on Sunday 31 March 2013
KQA Quizzes this Sunday – March 31, 2013 at IAT, Queen’s Road, Bangalore (upstairs hall)
Bizkashi – the Business Quiz by Arul Mani for teams of 4 – prelims starts at 1:30 PM, followed by the finals for the top 8 teams
The Metaquizziks Unseeded Open by Team Metaquizziks for unseeded teams only – participation in teams of 4 – prelims starts at 4:45 PM.
Please note that the following teams cannot take part in this quiz: (this applies to regular and floating members of the teams, who have been part of the team during a Top 3 finish at any KQA 4-member Open Quiz, starting from ASKQANCE 2012)
1. QED
2. Metaquizziks
3. We Are Like This Only
4. Insignificant Others
5. Hammer and Tongs
6. Insert Cool Name Here
7. Keep Distance
8. Swami Obamananda
9. Nexus Baggage
10. Satyajit Chetri, Madhav Nair, Dhritiman & team
11. Ashwan Lewis, Dharmendra D, Debashree Mitra & team
12. CIDs from Kerala
13. Gopal Kidao, Rajagopal PS, Deviprasad and Balaji TK
14. Cunning Stunts (Avinash Mudaliar and team)
15. Travelling Pillsburies
16. Questionable Characters (Sumeer, Hiranyappa, Ajay Parasuraman and team)
Please do pass the word on and come by!
The next set of KQA quizzes is scheduled for April 14, 2013. KQA will also be hosting the Norwegian Open 2013 on April 6. More details later.
Lao Me Thanda, Yell Iruve!, College Solo, Chronosynclastic Infundibulum, Seek Under Porus – Results
The results of the quizzes held on Sunday 17 Feb 2013 and Sunday 24 Feb 2013, at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
Lao Me Thanda: KQA’s Annual Open Quiz on Love and other disorders
QM: Arul Mani
1. Udupa & Santosh – 245
2. Mathias & Sumeer – 75
3. Ochintya & Arun – 60 (ahead on tie-break)
4. Pai & team – 60
5. Lakshana & Dhammo – 50
6. Akshat & Himadri – 25
7. Rashmi & Soumitrie – 20
8. Wetshire – 10
Yell Iruve: The annual quiz on insects and other such life forms
QMs: Ashwan Lewis and Avinash Thirumalai
1. Prani Healing (Santosh & Udupa) – 23.5
2. Siddarth Pai & Rohit Suresh – 19.5
3. Surfeit of Lampreys (Ochintya & Arun) – 18.5
4. Maitrey & Jadhav – 18
5. Jai & D – 16
6. Sandeep & Sumeer – 9.5
7. Vinay & Sumanth – 6.5
8. Wetshire – 4
The KQA Collegiate Solo Championships
QMs: Santosh Swaminathan and Varun Rajiv
PU results:
1) Sridhar, Sardar Patel College – 96
2) Ritwik, FAPS – 69
3) Prajwal, Sardar Patel College – 46
4) Tejas K., Sardar Patel College – 26
5) Anikethan, Sardar Patel College – 21
6) Varun S., Sardar Patel College – 6
College Results:
1) Manaswi M. Gundi, HEW Hamburg – 104
2) Rohit Suresh, IIMB – 98
3) Siddharth Pai, SJCC – 95
4) Arvind, BMSCE – 48
5) Akshath, BMSCE – 36
6) M. Farhan, East West College – 33
7) Ritwik, FAPS – 31
8) Allen, SJC PG – -4
Chronosynclastic Infundibulum: SciFi Quiz
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
1. Santosh & Anustup – 22
2. Ashwan & Raju – 20
3. Doc & Shenoy – 16
4. Debashree & Dhammo – 15
5. Ijaz & Gobind – 13.5
6. CIDs From Kerala – 12.5
7. Sandeep Mathias & Ajay Parasuraman – 11
8. Rashmi & Sowmitrie – 10.5
Seek Under Porus: The KQA History Quiz
QMs: Praveen VR and Manjith
1. Ashwan, Dhammo, Debashree & team – 205
2. Questionable Characters – 195
3. We Are Like This Wonly – 130
4. Doc Krishnan, Vinod, Suresh, Manu – 115
5. Gobind, Ijaz, Soumitrie, Rashmi – 75
6. CIDegrees From Kerala – 70
7. Quale & Company – 55
8. Mathias, Vinay, Sheshu, Aditya – 50
Quizzes on Sunday 24 Feb 2013
We will hold two quizzing events on Sunday, 24 Feb 2013, at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
The quizzes will be held in the upstairs hall.
2:30 – 4:00 PM – Chronosynclastic Infundibulum – Scifi written quiz for teams of 2 – by Thejaswi Udupa
4:15 PM to 5:30 PM – Seek Under Porus – The KQA History Quiz for teams of 4 – Prelims – by Praveen VR and Manjit
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM – History Quiz Finals
Quizzes on Sunday, Feb 17th – Lao Me Thanda, Yell Iruve and College Solo
We will hold three quizzing events on Sunday, 17 Feb 2013, at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
Lao Me Thanda
KQA’s Annual Open Quiz on Love and other disorders
QM: Arul Mani
Schedule
- Prelims: 1030-1130 hrs
- Finals: 1145-1300 hrs
Rules
- Open to all, provided they are above 18.
- Teams of two members
- Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- per team
- Prizes: Rs. 1500/-, Rs. 1000/- and Rs. 750/-
Yell Iruve
The annual quiz on insects and other such life forms
QMs: Ashwan Lewis and Avinash Thirumalai
Schedule: 1400-1530 hrs
Rules
- Written Quiz
- Open to all
- Teams of two members
- Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- per team
- Prizes: Rs. 1500/-, Rs. 1000/- and Rs. 750/-
The KQA Collegiate Solo Championships
QMs: Santosh Swaminathan and Varun Rajiv
Schedule
- Prelims: 1530-1615 hrs
- Finals: 1630-1800 hrs
Rules
- Open to solo contestants from PUC, UG and PG courses.
- Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- per entrant
- Prizes: Rs. 1000/-, Rs. 750/- and Rs. 500/-
Results of the Music Quiz, Artifacts Quiz and the January Open
The following are the results of the quizzes held on Janauary 20th, 2013 at the TERI auditorium in Domlur.
The Annual Music Quiz
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
- Varun R, Santosh S, Ochintya S & Mitesh A/Arun Hiregange – 175 points
- Satyajit Chetri, Madhav Nair, Dhritiman & team – 100 points
- Navin R, Venkatesh S, Supreeth S & Ashwan L – 100 points
- Chirag M, Gaurav L, Vinay & team – 75 points
- Anustup D, Gopal Kidao & team – 65 points
- Praveen VR, Vipin, Abdul Raouf & team – 50 points
- Shoelace – 35 points
- Rajagopal PS, Karthik S, Sohan M & Nishanth – 25 points
The Artifacts and Useless Objects Quiz
QM: Arul Mani
- Anustup D & Thejaswi Udupa – 33 points
- Santosh S & Varun Rajiv – 28 points
- MIEL – 27.5 points
- Navin R and Ashwan L – 26.5 points
- Mitesh A & Gopal Kidao – 16.5 points
- Praveen VR & Hrishi Varma – 12 points
- Rajagopal PS & Rohit S – 11.5 points
- Venkatesh S & Supreeth S – 11 points
The January Open Quiz
QM: Navin Rajaram
- We Are Like This Wonly – Ochintya S, Anustup D, Thejaswi U & Arun H – 270 points
- Metaquizziks – Mitesh A, Varun R & Santosh S – 260 points
- Nexus Baggage – Venkatesh S, Gopal K, Vivek Karthikeyan & Ashwan L – 185 points
- No Hopers – Rajagopal PS, Rohit S, Ajay P & Nishanth – 175 points
- CIDs from Kerala – Hrishi V, Praveen VR, Jitin J & Abdul Raouf – 150 points
- Suraj, Krishna Prasad, Ijaz & Shefeeq – 125 points
- Dr. Krishnan, Arjun, Sandeep & Swamy – 90 points
- Schrödinger’s Felines – Gautam Shenoy, Venkat, Pillai – 30 points
Oikoumene 2012 Results
The School Category was won by Pranav Ramamurthy and Hayden D’Souza of St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School while II Place went to Presidency School,Bangalore South and National Hillview Public School took III Place.
The College Category was won by Rohan Menzies and Ezra Rynjah of SJC, while II place went to Akshay and Natesh of BITS-PILANI Goa. The III Place was claimed by Maitrey Deshpande from MSRIT.
The Open Category was won by Ochintya Sharma and Arun Hiregange while Rohan Menzies and Ezra Rynjah from St. Joseph’s finished in II Place. The III Place was won by Jayendra and Sheshadri.
Full scores can be accessed here
