Showing posts with label wqc. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wqc. Show all posts

Monday, June 02, 2014

World Quizzing Championships (Pune)

What: World Quizzing Championships, a written solo competition conducted by the IQA and held simultaneously around the world.

When: 7 June, 2012 (Saturday), 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Where in Pune: AFMC, Wanowrie (exact venue to be updated)

Proctor: Dr. Anurakshat Gupta, anurakshat@rediffmail.com

Registration: free, Rs. 100/- charge; suggest you use this FB event page to tell us if you are attending, so that the organisers know how many answer sheets to get.

This will be preceded by an informal session: 2 pm till 3:30 pm, to be conducted by Krishnamurthi Josyula and Debanjan Bose. (
contact: . Prizes for the top 2 and best college quizzer.


Venue for both events: New Lecture Hall, AFMC, Pune

Sunday, June 02, 2013

World Quizzing Championship 2013 & 100 years of Indian Cinema Results

Following are the scores for WQC 2013, Pune.



Name
Score
Kunal Sawardekar
87
Ramanand J
73
Nandan Gokhale
64
Ranajeet Soman
57
Debanjan Bose
56
C.V.R. Shastry
43
Prasanth Srinivasan
38
Debajyoti Adhikari
28
Naushi Samad
24


100 years of Indian Cinema Quiz, Pune

Since we had only 4 participants we changed the format to IR with infinite pounce and no negatives for the pounce.

Debanjan Bose - 19
Ranajit Soman - 19
Samridh Kapur - 16
Rohan Jain -13

Thursday, May 30, 2013

World Quizzing Championships & 100 Years of Indian Cinema

Two quizzes on Saturday, 1st June 2013
1. 100 years of Indian Cinema, set by Vibhendu Tewari and conducted by Avaneendra.
When: 1:15 PM
Where: Academy Complex, COEP ( Boat Club Side)
Format: Written
Rules: a) Teams of 2
b) No registration required

2. World Quizzing Championship
When: 4 PM
Where: Academy Complex, COEP ( Boat Club Side)
Format: Written
Rules: a) Registration required
b) Solo quiz

Sunday, June 03, 2012

WQC Pune 2012 round - results

Organised by: IQA
Conducted in Pune by: Amit Patil (many thanks once again!)
Venue: COEP

Number of participants: 12

Local Results - score is total, including worst score (which is also in brackets):

1st: Kunal Sawardekar: 106 (+5) [Kunal's superb streak of winning the Pune round remains intact]

2nd: Ramanand: 94 (+6)

3rd: Suraj Menon: 85 (+9)


Section winners:

Entertainment: Suraj (11) [provoking cries of "Ent God", naturally]

Culture: Kunal, Sastry

Lifestyle: Kunal

Science: Kunal

History: Kunal (23)

Media: Ramanand

Sports: Ramanand

World: Kunal, Sastry



Overall results at this link.

Sunday, May 27, 2012

World Quizzing Championships - Pune Details

What: World Quizzing Championships, a written solo competition held simultaneously around the world.

When: 2 June, 2012 (Saturday), 3 pm to 6 pm

Where in Pune: Seminar hall II, College Of Engineering, Pune (COEP)

Registration: free, but prior registration encouraged to guarantee a seat. Register using this form.

Coordinator: Amit Patil

Sunday, June 05, 2011

WQC Pune 2011 round - results

Organised by: IQA
Conducted in Pune by: Amit Patil (many thanks!)
Venue: COEP

Number of participants: 17
Local Results - the 'worst' section score in brackets:
1st: Kunal Sawardekar: 101 (+7)
2nd: Ramanand: 98 (+6)
3rd: Suraj Menon: 89 (+5)
4th: Salil: 85 (+5)

Section winners:

Entertainment: Kunal, Mihir, Shivam Sharma (7 :-))
Culture: Kunal (11)
Lifestyle: Suraj (21)
Science: Kunal (16)
History: Kunal (21)
Media: Suraj, Ramanand (18)
Sports: Salil, Suraj (11)
World: Kunal (17)

For more: keep an eye on this link.
Bombay results here.
Bangalore results here.

Wednesday, June 01, 2011

World Quizzing Championships 2011 - Pune

Important Update (posted 3 Jun)

The location has changed - it will be held at Room No.13, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering , COEP (It is close to the Boat Club, and not on the Seminar Hall side).

Reporting time remains 3:30 pm. The schedule is: Paper 1 from 4 to 5, then Paper one checking & scores, Paper 2 commences, followed by final scores.


This is a solo written competition consisting of 8 sections (of 30 qns each) to be solved in 2 hours.

Date: 4th June 2010 (Saturday)

Saturday, June 4 · 4:00pm - 6:00pm (Report by 3:30 pm)
Location: Room no. 6 , Seminar hall 2 , College Of Engineering , Pune [Near the Library and Gymkhana]
Local coordinator: Amit Patil
Registration: Free, but mandatory to ensure your seat. Since the no. of registrations will be used to print answer sheets, and only a handful of extra answer sheets will be available for "on the spot" registrations, book early to confirm your seat.
To register, write to Amit at amitpatil2020@gmail.com

For the quiz format, visit this link.

Important Note
An earlier registration notice had mistakenly pointed to a Google sheet meant only for Bombay participants. If you plan to take the quiz from Pune and have entered your name in that sheet, please write to Amit and let him know.

Sunday, June 06, 2010

WQC Pune round - results

Organised by: IQA
Conducted in Pune by: Suvajit (many thanks!)
Venue: Symbiosis Law School, Pune

Local Results (from memory & Aditya Gadre) - the 'worst' section score in brackets:
1st: Kunal Sawardekar: 92 (+4)
2nd: Ramanand: 82 (+8)
3rd: Suraj Menon: 76
4th: Salil/Akhil/Aditya G: 59

Number of participants: ~30
For more: keep an eye on this link.
Bombay results here.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

World Championship of Quizzing - Pune details

We have an announcement on the World Quizzing Championships, and the details of the Pune venue:
This is a solo written competition consisting of 8 sections (of 30 qns each) to be solved in 2 hours.

Date: 5th June 2010 (Saturday)

Time: Report by 3:30 pm. Quiz starts sharp at 4 pm, ends at 6 pm. Answers & Scoring will follow immediately.

Venue: Symbiosis Law School Auditorium, Symbiosis Law School, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune - 411004

Registration: Prior registration is mandatory to ensure your seat. Only very few extra answer sheets will be available for "on the spot" registrations, so confirmation is necessary.

Registration is free & open to all. To register, please contact the local coordinator as follows:

Pune Coordinator: Suvajit Chakraborty (+919370124365,chakrabortysuvajit at gmail dot com)

For the quiz format, visit this link.

Monday, June 01, 2009

World Quizzing Championships - Pune details

For the last few years, the International Quizzing Association (based in the UK) has been conducting the World Quizzing Championships in several countries, including India. This website has all the details about the format & history of the event.

In essence, this is a solo written competition consisting of 8 sections (of 30 qns each) to be solved in 2 hours.

Pune will be one of the venues where the quiz will be simultaneously held. Here are all the details:

Date: 6 June (Saturday)

Time: Report by 3:30 pm. Quiz starts sharp at 4 pm, ends at 6 pm. Answers & Scoring will follow immediately.

Venue: (note: this is the same venue at which Mahaquizzer 2009 was held):
Symbiosis Law School Auditorium,
Symbiosis Law School,
Senapati Bapat Road,
Pune - 411004

Wikimapia link: http://wikimapia.org/#lat=18.522336&lon=73.83004&z=17&l=0&m=a&v=2
Google Maps: http://tinyurl.com/d2p46t

Registration: Prior registration is mandatory to ensure your seat. Only very few extra answer sheets will be available for "on the spot" registrations, so confirmation is necessary. Registration is free & open to all. To register, please contact the local coordinator as follows:

Pune Coordinator: Suvajit Chakraborty (93701 24365, chakrabortysuvajit [at] gmail.com)