Quiz: Salute the Soldier Quiz

Venue: Command Hospital , Bangalore

Date: 21st January 2012 ( Registration : 1500 hrs)

Quizmaster: Raj Dam & Atul Chandra (QuizWorks)

Open to: Teams of 3 (One person in the team must be current or ex-Defense)

For more details: Contact info@quizworks.in or call +91-9886730343

MINDSWEEP 2012

It is with pleasure that we announce the inaugural edition of KQA’s International Solo Championship, titled MindSweep.

We have confirmations from the United Kingdom and the United States, and a few more countries will probably participate.

Mindsweep will be held during the weekend comprising Saturday, 7 January and Sunday 8 January 2012.

The quiz will require participants to answer 200 questions–in two sessions of 60 minutes each with a 30 minute break between sessions for corrections. Please register in advance using the form on this page.

The quiz is split into 10 sections of 20 questions each and is set by Dibyendu Das, Kiran Vijayakumar and Arul Mani.

1. The Arts: Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Design, Architecture, Installation Art, Dance, Theatre
2. Science and Tech: Concepts in the Sciences, History and Philosophy of Science, History of Technology, The Environment, Astronomy, Medicine, Inter-disciplinary work, Popular Science Writing
3. Literature: Poetry, Literary Fiction, Non-Fiction, Drama, Genre Fiction, Graphic Novels, Critics, Literary History, Translation
4. Social Sciences: History, Anthropology, Cultural Studies/Social History, History of Ideas, Economics,The Philosophers
5. Business: Brands, Fashion, Business History, Advertising
6. Sports and Leisure: Sporting History, Games, Television, Gaming, Sports-Writing, Sports-Coverage, Hobbies–Collecting, Gardening, Fan-communities, The Internet
7. Cinema: Hollywood, National Cinemas, World Cinema, Film Genres, Film-Technology, Film-language, Cinema & Society. Film-writing
8. Music: Instruments, Performers, Genre Music, World Music, Tech Innovations, Music-magazines, Music industry, Music-journalism
9. Food & Drink: From all over the world.
10. Connections

Being knowledgeable and cognizant is futile, if one cant apply, reason or think rationally

Cudgel your brains for the most grueling and challenging business quiz in India.

”THE FUNDAMENTALIST”

The quiz master is renowned Giri ‘Pickbrain’ Balasubramanium. 24 teams ( campus + corporate ) will qualify for the semi final rounds, out of which the competition will be filtered down to the best 12 teams (campus + corporate ) battling it out in the final round.

The final round will take place at the NIMHANS Convention Center in Bangalore.

Event details :

Campus

Rewards :

1st Place : Rs. 50,000.

2nd Place : Rs. 25,000.

Qualifying Rounds :

In – Station Colleges

The qualifying rounds for in station colleges will take place on 14^th Jan 2012, where the top 7 colleges will then qualify for the semi-finals which will take place on 2^nd Feb 2012.

Out – Station Colleges

The qualifying rounds & semi finals will take place directly on 2^nd Feb 2012.

Semi – finals:

The top 12 teams from the qualifying rounds move on to the semi finals, where the top 6 teams qualify for the finals

Corporate

Rewards :

1st Place : Rs. 75,000.

2nd Place : Rs. 35,000.

Qualifying Rounds :

In – Station Corporate Teams

The qualifying rounds for In – station corporate teams will take place on 14^th Jan 2012, where the top 7 teams will then qualify for the semi-finals which will take place on 2^nd Feb 2012.

Out – Station Corporate Teams

The qualifying rounds & semi finals will take place directly on 2^nd Feb 2012.

Semi – final :

The top 12 teams from the qualifying rounds move on to the semi finals, where the top 6 teams qualify for the finals

Registrations :

To register please send in your details and the form attached to  “ precipice2012@cms.ac.in ”

Registration Form : Download

Rules & Regulations :

• The registration fee for all teams is Rs 200
• Each team must comprise of 2 members.
• The event is open to students from all streams of study.
• Multiple entries are allowed from each institute.
• Registrations will happen at the venue.
• All prelims will be written.
• The amount for train tickets will be refunded for the teams that qualify for the final round in Bangalore*, subject to submission of the tickets.
• Participants must carry valid ID Cards.
• The decision of the quizmaster will be final and binding.
• Each contestant is expected to maintain discipline and decorum at the event.

 * Conditions Apply.

MEGA-WHATS 2011

The third edition of Mega-Whats, KQA’s National Open Quizzing Championship will be held on December 11, 2011.

The quiz will be held across thirteen cities simultaneously. Apart from Bangalore, we have confirmations from Chennai, Guwahati, Goa, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Coimbatore, Mumbai, Mysore, New Delhi, Pune, Thrissur, and Thiruvananthapuram.

Venues in each city are listed here: http://kqaquizzes.org/2011/11/29/mega-whats-2011-venues/

UPDATE: Online registrations are now closed. You can register on-the-spot at the venue.

View the list of registered teams.

The details:

Date: Sunday, 11 December 2011

General quiz, open to all.

Teams of FOUR members (or less).

Prior registration is essential.

To register, please use the form on this page.

Please provide the names of the four people who comprise your team; also indicate whether you are taking part in the school, college or open categories

Registrations will close on Tuesday 6th December 2011. City co-ordinators will allow entries after the cut-off date at their discretion.

Please note that the quizzing community in your city may charge an entry fee to meet venue and equipment hire expenses.

The school category is open only to teams comprising students from Std. VIII-X

School teams ( Std. VIII-X) are allowed free entry. A school may field ONE team.

Please report by 1430hrs at the venue in your city. Since we need to ensure a coordinated start nationwide, the quiz will start at 1500hrs sharp. The doors will be closed five minutes before we begin.

Contesting teams will answer in writing a quiz of six sections and about sixty questions, inclusive of audios, videos and visuals.

Answers and scores will be announced immediately after the event–prizes will be given out for Best School Team, Best College Team, and Best Open Team.

The prizes aren’t small–they are insignificant.

We will rank the top 100 teams across the country–this list will go up by the 25th of December.

The rankings will be announced after adjudication. The decision of the quiz-masters will be final and binding on all participants.

The city-winners will face off in June 2012 as part of the KQA 29th Anniversary.

For more details, please call Arul Mani at 097312-14519.

Times MAK Moto Quiz is designed to test the knowledge of motor sport enthusiasts.

Inspiron 2011 is the annual Techno-Management fest hosted by UVCE(University Vishweshwariah College of Engineering), Bangalore.

This year’s edition of Ipso Facto, the annual Quiz Fest of National
Law School shall feature 4 quizzes on 25th, 26th and 27th November.

FIRST NHRDN National Student Conference 2011
Dear All, Here is an opportunity to involve your HR Students to take part in the National Students Online Quiz , organized by NHRD as part of the 15th National Conference.

General Rules:

• A team should comprise of two students from the same college
• The Quiz is open for all students currently doing full time MBA, PGDM, MSW, MA PM&IR, or related disciplines like Industrial Psychology, Industrial Management or 2-3 years PGDBM part time / evening college can also apply.
• Teams need not register for the conference for participating in the Online quiz
• There is no separate entry fee to participate in Quiz
• Registration is done through online: URL: www.kni.in/nhrdquiz – Registration Details
• Once registered the teams are not allowed to change their partners.
• Focus: HR and Business Management
• Any number of teams can participate from one college
• Top 24 Teams will be shortlisted for the quarterfinals

Prelims:
Online quiz for 45 min. (60 questions – MCQs)
Registration Start Date: 18-Oct-2011, 10.00 hrs onwards
Registration End Date: 3rd November 23:00 hrs
Quiz Prelim (Online) Start Date: 30-Oct-2011, 10.00 hrs
Quiz End Date: 18:00 hrs on 4th November
Results will be declared online within 24 hours of the Quiz contest completion.

Quarter Finals: 17th Nov 2011 at NHRDN National Conference at Bangalore
Total number of Teams : 24
Off Stage Event
Those selected for quarter finals have to make arrangements to be at the conference venue on 17th morning. Time will be announced to selected candidates.

Semifinals: 18th Nov 2011 at NHRDN National Conference, Bangalore
Total Number of Teams : 12
On Stage Event

Finals: 19th Nov 2011 at NHRDN National Conference, Bangalore
Total Number of Teams: 6
On Stage Event

Awards:
1st Prize : Rs. 50,000/- equivalent
2nd Prize : Rs. 30,000/- equivalent
3rd Prize : Rs.15,000/- equivalent
All 24 teams shall get a certificate of participation from NHRD Conference Team

For any clarifications please feel free to call :
Prof. Vijyan: (M): 9833477278 - Mumbai
Mr. Santosh: (M): 9880719844 - Bangalore
Prof. Savitha (M): 9611130909 - Bangalore

Battle Regreen @ Chrizellenz ’11

Battle Regreen is the Business Quiz Event of Christ University (Kengeri) MBA’s flagship annual fest – Chrizellenz ’11

Chrizellenz ’11 Details

The Quiz is open to Teams of 2

Both students must be pursuing their MBA from the same college.

Venue: Christ University, Kengeri Campus, Bangalore

Date: 7th and 8th October 2011

Quizmaster: Rohit Nair from QuizWorks

For registrations and other details, contact Arun M.V – +91-9916448179 or arun.v@mba.christuniversity.in

Chrizellenz 2010 Questions

1) The first phase of the much awaited programme started yesterday in Mysore and Tumkur. The cost of the exercise in the two districts- with a total population of 49 lacks is expected to be about 16.83 crores. The state government will pay the enrolment agencies- Wipro and Comat Technologies Rs 34.35 for each successful enrolment. What are we discussing?

2) With just 12 sales outlets across the country, the aim of KSHDC is to ensure the State’s rich tradition of exquisite craftsmanship is preserved, developed and promoted.

3) A brand endorser of Torque Pharmaceuticals, he is the creator of one of the most iconic Ad jingles in Indian media and also credited with India’s first digitally recorded music album. Who?

4)

Which term refers to how sailors would wind twine around rolls of tobacco leaves allowing them to mature under compression, and then slice off the end shredding the tobacco.

Register for Chrizellenz now and win grand prizes and be part of the fun and excitement!

 Sweden-India Nobel Quiz 2011

The Sweden-India Nobel Memorial Quiz 2011 brings together quizzers from esteemed colleges and technical Institutes for an Inter-Collegiate Quiz in a battle where minds prevail over muscles.

The winning team gets an all-expenses paid trip to Sweden with special visits to some of the Sweden-India Nobel Memorial Week partner companies, as well as chances for internships with these prestigious companies.

Quiz Master : Adittya Nath Mubayi

Have you always felt that prizes at Quizzes are too low ?

Bored of going multi city levels to win a decent prize?

Presidency College , Bangalore has decided to change that perception of Business Quizzes! The top 3 from the Quiz will participate in a Grand Finale in MALAYSIA!!

Thats right! The prizes are beyond the free trip that the top 3 get! So what are you waiting for?

Pick that phone and register right away!! The Leagues Challenge is a Business Quiz open to B.Com, B.B.M and B.M.S (Undergrad Business) students from across the country.

The preliminary rounds will be held on 26th and 27th August in Bangalore with a Grand Final on 11th September in Malaysia. The young and dynamic Rohit Nair from QuizWorks will host all the rounds!! For more details, have a look at the poster below

Important Details:

Date of Prelim: 26th August 2011

Date of Bangalore Final : 27th August 2011

Date of International Final : 11th September 2011 in Malaysia

Open to: Individual participants : Students from B.Com , B.B.M , B.M.S or any undergrad business student.

Quizmaster: Rohit Nair from QuizWorks 

Contact: Rashmi Rao – 08095340024

Corporate Classroom 2011

Message from Concern India Foundation

We are happy to invite your participation to Corporate Classroom – 2011 at The Royal Orchid, Bangalore on 6th, August.
For the fourth consecutive year, Concern India Foundation is hosting the Corporate Classroom ’11-  Corporate Quiz. This year, to add excitement to the quiz, making it bigger and better, Concern India Foundation is extending the participation to Hyderabad and Chennai.

The objective is to raise funds for the educational projects of Concern India Foundation and create awareness about the activities of Concern India Foundation.

Corporate Classroom 11 Details

Participation: Corporate can send any number of teams, each comprising of 2 members. The participation fee is Rs.7000/- per team.

Topic: It will be a general quiz with questions spanning areas like arts, entertainment, music, literature, films etc.

Prizes: Exciting Prizes to be won. There will be attractive audience prizes as well Last year prizes were sponsored by Q and Q watches, Mother Earth, Reliance Time out, Bodyline and Tata Photon.

Winners of quiz 2010 were – IBM, Infosys and SAP Labs.

Event Schedule: Corporate Classroom’11 will be held from August 6th , 2011 - 11 am onwards.

12 Semi finalist teams will be short listed by a written preliminary round followed by the grand final round with 6 teams.

Corporate Classroom 11 Registration:

Call on 080-25305775, 9738599080
or mail at bangalore@concernindia.org

Please contact Concern India Foundation for Corporate Classroom ’11, # 97&98, 2nd floor, Coles road, Frazer Town Bangalore 560 005 

TCS IT Wiz Questions 2011- Bangalore Edition

Balaji Subramaniam shares with us the  TCS IT Wiz Questions (prelims) from the 2011 Bangalore edition while Gandhar Kunte shares with us videos from the Finals. Thanks a lot guys!!

The final was an absorbing one with leading schools battling for the crown of Bangalore IT Champions. The schools on stage were PSBB, Kumaran’s CBSE, NPS (K), Vidyanikethan, FAPS and St. Paul’s..

But after a well fought battle, Pratheek and Arul from St. Paul’s won the quiz followed by Jeydev and Pranav from FAPS.

If you’re participating in the other cities, do share your experiences while you can also practice quizzes on our new Quizzing platform here 

TCS IT Wiz Questions – Bangalore 2011 Prelims

1. This spinoff of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone was started in 1991. Company name means ‘everywhere’ in the native language. Present in India in partnership with a major Indian company. Ans: DoCoMo
2. This brand’s name refers to an edible fruit in plants of the rose family. Was in the news due to a protracted dispute with Govt of India. Ans: Blackberry
3. Visual – Radioshack logo
4. This game was inspired by Warcraft III: Frozen Throne, and DoTA in particular. Here, too, the objective of the game was to fight the enemy force and destroy their base. Ans: Heroes of Newerth
5. Which doyen of the Indian IT industry resigned from the company he built to start up “Happiest Minds India Ltd”? Ans: Ashok Soota
6. This is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. First optimized for usage in games by Ralph Baer. Identify. Ans: Joystick
7. Connect Fulham FC, ICC and Boca Juniors. Ans: LG
8. Visual – Thomas Edison Google doodle
9. Inventor, Innovator, Pioneer, Discoverer, Explorer, Navigator are the names of buildings in which ‘international’ location? Ans: Buildings of ITPL (IT park in Blore)
10. Almost all Chinese Android phones will have this instead of Google Search because of China’s ban on Google. World’s second largest search engine simply because of the number of people speaking Chinese. Ans: Baidu
11. t.co is a URL shortening service by whom? Ans: Twitter
12. Visual – Google Wallet logo.
13. Founded by Serge Kampf as “Société de Gestion des Entreprises et de Traitement de l’Information” (Sogeti). How do we know this organization today? Ans: Capgemini
14. Visual – Stephen Elop
15. X is a widely used sans-serif typeface developed in 1957 by Swiss typeface designer Max Miedinger with Eduard Hoffmann. Originally called Neue Haas Grotesk, now called X as a reference to Switzerland. Ans: Helvetica
16. Who owns the domain www.eb.com ?Ans: Encyclopaedia Britannica
17. Connectix Quickcam was the first of which type of digital cameras?Ans: Webcam
18. What do you call a map of bits?Ans: Bitmap
19. SAGA 220 is India’s fastest supercomputer with a speed of 220 teraflops. Name the organisation that designed it. Ans: ISRO

Videos from the Finals

If you are participating in any other cities, we’re sure these questions will give you a heads up on the preparation required.

For those who want to have a look at the previous years’ questions, follow the links below

The format of TCS IT Wiz Questions has been simple throughout – a mixture of current affairs dry questions, visuals, heads of companies, history of IT Companies and trivia from old sites/blogs/quiz groups and magazines like PCMag and Digit.

A thorough read through previous editions’ TCS IT Wiz Questions will definitely give participants a good direction to prepare for their city finals.

And if you are not looking just for TCS IT Wiz questions but a good guide to Prepare for IT & Business quizzes, you must read the 20,000+ downloads famous – A Definitive guide to prepare for Tata Crucible

TCS IT WIZ QUESTIONS from the previous years

Literate India 2020 aims at nurturing India’s future generations through the spirit of inquiry and innovation – the cornerstone of our Country’s Development.   The Quiz is an annual national event for high school students of class 8, 9 &  10. The Topic for this Quiz is “INDIA”.

For more details, please visit the official site: http://focusindiaquiz.weebly.com

Quiz Info from KQA

We will hold ASKQANCE 2011, KQA’s 28th Anniversary Quizzing Festival in two parts during June 2011.

Askqance School and College Quizzes
Date: Sunday 19 June 2011
Venue: St. John’s Auditorium, Koramangala, Bangalore.

The events planned include a Middle-School Championship (Std.V-VII), a High School Championship (Std VIII-X), a Junior College Championship (PUC/XI and XII) and a College Championship (PUC to PG)

Askqance Open Quizzes
Date: Friday 24 June 2011, Saturday 25 June 2011 and Sunday 26 June 2011.
Venue: Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.

Some Chennai wit called our 2010 anniversary ‘the Woodstock of Quizzing’. On the same theme, another Chennai wag sent us the suggestion that we should call this year’s anniversary ‘a KQArian Exposition of Peace, Love and Quizzing’.

We blenched a little bit and complained a lot about the consequences of exposure to the Cooum. Having recovered, we now undertake to provide the quizzing; those who turn up will have to organise their own peace and love.

The events planned:
June 24th: 1600hrs onwards
History of Ideas Quiz, followed by the Travel Quiz.
Both are for teams of two members.

June 25th: 0930hrs onwards
Open Science Quiz (teams of 4)
Mega-Whats Face-off Semi-Final I
Mega-Whats Face-off Semi-Final II
Open Film Quiz (teams of 2)

June 26th: 0930hrs onwards
Sports and Leisure Quiz (teams of 2)
Sesame–The General Open Quiz (Teams of 4)
Mega-Whats Face-off Final

All of the sixteen teams that qualified for the Mega-Whats Face-off have confirmed that they will be present. Thus, two teams from Chennai, five teams from Bangalore, two teams from Mumbai,and one team each from Hyderabad, New Delhi, Kolkata, Panaji, Pune, Thrissur and Coimbatore will contest for the title of National Open Quizzing champions.

Do come!

Thank you

Arul Mani

Date: May 28, 2011

Teams of 2

Registration Fee: Rs 500/- per team

Venue: Domlur Club, Bangalore

Quizmasters: Team Nexus- Venky and Vivek

For more details: Call: 080-23614888

Review by the BioQuiz 2011 Quizmaster : Rohit Nair

As we, at QuizWorks, started working with the Govt of Karnataka for the 2nd edition of the BioQuiz – the brief was simple : The previous edition had limited number of teams participating, this edition must touch the maximum number of students possible in Karnataka and ignite the latent sparks of BioScience in the minds of various UG students in Karnataka.

After immense marketing and on ground activities for over 10 days, the BioQuiz regional levels kicked off on 26th April 2011 with the Bangalore Edition in PESIT.

I must say , we were taken aback by the enthusiasm of the participants (168 teams participated in Bangalore) and even more by the speed and accuracy of answers delivered by the students of B.E (Biotech) , B.Pharma and B.Sc …

By the end of two weeks and the 6 regional rounds at Bangalore, Mysore, Bagalkote, Belgaum, Shimoga and Mangalore – we had more than 450 registered teams and had touched over 2000 students through our  shows in the six districts.

As we landed for our State Finals on May 6 at BIEC, Bangalore – we believed we had the 12 smartest brains in the Science region and did they prove us right!!

A 1000 strong audience and a great setting , 5 rounds of quizzing and 6 great teams battled it out!!

You can download the BioQuiz 2011 State Finals here : http://www.slideshare.net/quizworks/bioquiz-2011-karnataka-state-finals

After 80 minutes of quizzing and some great answers, we had College of Agriculture Dharwad tied for first spot with St Aloysius Mangalore.  But the history of Smallpox saved the day for St. Aloysius as they won the tie breaker on the buzzer and won a cash prize of Rs 75000/- and won the coveted BioQuiz Championship !

Some learnings, my team and I had – never underestimate the prowess of the hinterland and this was reiterated by the fact that the teams from Mangalore & Dharwad beat the Bangalore and Mysore champions.. The biggest positive from the event is the fact that however niche your audience is, there is always a great enthusiasm for intellectual contests and quizzes. The Indian audience is still not completely a Roadies Generation!!

Find below three rounds of the BioQuiz State finals (downloadable) and till the next time we meet..

Signing off- Rohit..

You can download the BioQuiz 2011 State Finals here : http://www.slideshare.net/quizworks/bioquiz-2011-karnataka-state-finals

Entries are now open for MQ 2011 – the media quiz being organized by exchange4media in

Delhi (May 6)

Bangalore (May 13)

Kolkata (May 20)

Mumbai (May 27).

MQ is anything and everything about our vibrant industry – its people, its history, its achievements, its happenings.

MQ is a fun evening, open to all in the industry. Any two individuals can form a team to enter. And any company can send any number of teams.

So, come join the party. Register at www.mq2011.com today.

If you need any clarification, drop a line or call Devika Mathur:  +91 9555228048.