Karnataka Quiz Association
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The Karnataka Quiz Association (or KQA) was founded in 1983 by the late Wing Commander G.R.Mulky, Deepak Murdeshwar, Rajeev Gowda, Thomas Uthup, K.N.Mahabala, Thribhuvan Kumar, P.Raju and Jagadish Raja is a non-profit association devoted to popularizing the mindsport among students and the general public in Bangalore and beyond. Contests are held regularly in the following categories: Middle School, High School, Junior College, College, and Open-to-all. In addition, specialist quizzes in the areas of Literature, Entertainment, Music, Art, Comics and Business are held every year.
The KQA holds events in English
and Kannada.
Apart from holding contests, the KQA also conducts workshops in quizzing for school students and provides quizmasters for events held by other organisations.
The KQA has an informal membership policy. People interested in quizzing sign up to receive a free email newsletter about forthcoming contests. The newsletter goes out to about 1200 people at present.
KQA quizzes normally used to take place once every month at the Daly Memorial Hall
, a charming British-era building on Nrupatunga Road.
Now, however the venue has shifted to Arakere Hall(also known as the IAT Hall) on Queen's Road.
KQA's flagship event, ASKQANCE, is held in the third week of June every year and comprises three quizzes, one each in the School, Corporate and Open Categories. The KQA also holds a solo quiz titled Mahaquizzer
across India's several quizzing cities annually. Since 2003, the KQA has collaborated with the TI Foundation in conducting the Jack Kilby Quiz in Science and Technology for high school students.
who designed the first Integrated Circuit
while working for Texas Instruments
but is now known by the name of the company. The first three editions of the quiz, hosted by Ochintya Sharma, were held in Bangalore, and attracted participation from more than 200 schools in the region. The quiz went national in 2006, with winners from Bangalore, Chennai and New Delhi facing off at a grand finale in Delhi.In the year 2008, the contest was extended to two more cities - Pune and Kolkata.
:2006: National Winners--National Public School (Indiranagar)
:2007: National Winners--Vidya Mandir, Mylapore, Chennai
:2008: National Winners-- Padma Sheshadri Bal Bhavan, Chennai
:2009: National Winners--Sri Kumaran Public School (ICSE) - Bangalore
was begun in 2005 as an attempt to popularise KQA-style quizzing in other parts of the country. The quiz is a solo championship requiring contestants to try out 150 questions over 90 minutes on the same day at different venues across the country. The first edition of the quiz was held in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram and Mumbai. The quiz was extended to New Delhi, Pune and Kolkata in 2006 while Bhubaneshwar became a venue in 2007.
Winners are declared for each city and the overall winner is awarded the MahaQuizzer
title for that year. Since 2006, the Wing Commander G.R. Mulky Memorial Trophy for Quizzing Excellence has been awarded to the overall winner.
2006: Swaminathan G., Kolkata
2007: Samanth Subramanian, Chennai
2008: Arul Mani, Bangalore
2009: Anustup Datta, Bangalore
2010: Souvik Guha, Kolkata
2011: Arul Mani, Bangalore
2007: Siddhartha Sen, Bangalore
2008: Kiran Vijayakumar, Chennai
2009: Jayakanthan, Chennai
2010: Arun Hiregange, Bangalore
Rajini
The KQA holds events in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Kannada.
Apart from holding contests, the KQA also conducts workshops in quizzing for school students and provides quizmasters for events held by other organisations.
The KQA has an informal membership policy. People interested in quizzing sign up to receive a free email newsletter about forthcoming contests. The newsletter goes out to about 1200 people at present.
KQA quizzes normally used to take place once every month at the Daly Memorial Hall
Daly Memorial Hall
The Daly Memorial Hall, located in Bangalore, Karnataka was built in 1917 to house the Mythic Society .-Origin:It was the creation of both the British as well as Indian residents who were eager to know India's life, society and history, in the hope that useful and interesting information might be...
, a charming British-era building on Nrupatunga Road.
Now, however the venue has shifted to Arakere Hall(also known as the IAT Hall) on Queen's Road.
KQA's flagship event, ASKQANCE, is held in the third week of June every year and comprises three quizzes, one each in the School, Corporate and Open Categories. The KQA also holds a solo quiz titled Mahaquizzer
Mahaquizzer
MahaQuizzer is an annual solo quiz contest held simultaneously across several Indian cities. It was instituted in 2005 by the Karnataka Quiz Association. The event is now held in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, New Delhi, Thrissur, Guwahati, Panjim,...
across India's several quizzing cities annually. Since 2003, the KQA has collaborated with the TI Foundation in conducting the Jack Kilby Quiz in Science and Technology for high school students.
ASKQANCE
The quizzing season in Bangalore has always begun with an open quiz in June to mark the anniversary of the founding of the KQA. This tradition was reworked around the time of the 20th anniversary in 2003 to include a School Quiz, a Corporate Quiz and the customary Open Quiz. This festival of quizzing was christened ASKQANCE to celebrate the ethic of thinking laterally and working things out. ASKQANCE draws teams from other quizzing centres such as Chennai, Hyderabad, Cochin, New Delhi and Pune.The Texas Instruments Science and Technology Quiz
The TI Foundation has conducted a quiz in science and technology for school students since 2003 in collaboration with the KQA. The quiz was originally named after Nobel laureate Jack KilbyJack Kilby
Jack St. Clair Kilby was an American physicist who took part in the invention of the integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments in 1958. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 2000. He is credited with the invention of the integrated circuit or microchip...
who designed the first Integrated Circuit
Integrated circuit
An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit is an electronic circuit manufactured by the patterned diffusion of trace elements into the surface of a thin substrate of semiconductor material...
while working for Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology...
but is now known by the name of the company. The first three editions of the quiz, hosted by Ochintya Sharma, were held in Bangalore, and attracted participation from more than 200 schools in the region. The quiz went national in 2006, with winners from Bangalore, Chennai and New Delhi facing off at a grand finale in Delhi.In the year 2008, the contest was extended to two more cities - Pune and Kolkata.
Texas Instruments Science & Technology Quiz winners
- 2003: National Public School (Indiranagar)
- 2004: Delhi Public School, Bangalore
- 2005: Sri Kumaran Children's Home
- 2006: Bangalore Winners -- National Public School (Indiranagar)
- 2006: Chennai Winners -- SRDF Vivekananda Vidyalaya
- 2006: New Delhi Winners -- DPS RK Puram
:2006: National Winners--National Public School (Indiranagar)
- 2007: New Delhi Winners -- Bluebell
- 2007: Chennai Winners -- Vidya Mandir, Mylapore
- 2007: Bangalore Winners -- Sri Kumaran Children's Home
:2007: National Winners--Vidya Mandir, Mylapore, Chennai
- 2008: Bangalore Winners-- National Public School, Indiranagar
- 2008: Delhi Winners-- Delhi Public School, RK Puram
- 2008: Pune Winners-- Vikhe Patil School
- 2008: Kolkata Winners-- Don Bosco Kolkata
- 2008: Chennai Winners-- Padma Sheshadri Bal Bhavan, Chennai
:2008: National Winners-- Padma Sheshadri Bal Bhavan, Chennai
- 2009: Kolkata Winners -- Birla High School
- 2009: New Delhi Winners -- Delhi Public School, Ghaziabad
- 2009: Chennai Winners -- PSBB Sr Secondary School, Nungambakkam
- 2009: Pune Winners -- Abhinava Vidyalaya English Medium High School
- 2009: Bangalore Winners -- Sri Kumaran Public School (ICSE)
:2009: National Winners--Sri Kumaran Public School (ICSE) - Bangalore
MahaQuizzer
MahaquizzerMahaquizzer
MahaQuizzer is an annual solo quiz contest held simultaneously across several Indian cities. It was instituted in 2005 by the Karnataka Quiz Association. The event is now held in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, New Delhi, Thrissur, Guwahati, Panjim,...
was begun in 2005 as an attempt to popularise KQA-style quizzing in other parts of the country. The quiz is a solo championship requiring contestants to try out 150 questions over 90 minutes on the same day at different venues across the country. The first edition of the quiz was held in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram and Mumbai. The quiz was extended to New Delhi, Pune and Kolkata in 2006 while Bhubaneshwar became a venue in 2007.
Winners are declared for each city and the overall winner is awarded the MahaQuizzer
Mahaquizzer
MahaQuizzer is an annual solo quiz contest held simultaneously across several Indian cities. It was instituted in 2005 by the Karnataka Quiz Association. The event is now held in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, New Delhi, Thrissur, Guwahati, Panjim,...
title for that year. Since 2006, the Wing Commander G.R. Mulky Memorial Trophy for Quizzing Excellence has been awarded to the overall winner.
MahaQuizzer winners
2005: Anustup Datta, Bangalore2006: Swaminathan G., Kolkata
2007: Samanth Subramanian, Chennai
2008: Arul Mani, Bangalore
2009: Anustup Datta, Bangalore
2010: Souvik Guha, Kolkata
2011: Arul Mani, Bangalore
Go Ogle
KQA also holds an online solo quiz championship titled Go Ogle on New Year's Day. The quiz attracts participants from a small band of diehard quizzers across the world.Go Ogle winners
2006: Anustup Datta, Bangalore2007: Siddhartha Sen, Bangalore
2008: Kiran Vijayakumar, Chennai
2009: Jayakanthan, Chennai
2010: Arun Hiregange, Bangalore
Rajini