We will hold the fifth edition of Mahaquizzer across 12 cities on Sunday, 24 May 2009. The cities where centres are being offered are Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Pune, Bhubaneshwar, Guwahati, Thrissur and Mysore. If we are able to obtain permission, Singapore will also figure among the venues.
Mahaquizzer is the National Quizzing Championship. It is open to single entrants. There is no entry fee. Contestants are required to answer 150 questions over 90 minutes.
Mahaquizzer 2009 has been set by Arun Hiregange, Dibyendu Das, Thejaswi Udupa, Avinash Thirumalai and Ochintya Sharma.
Four prizes will be given out in each city: Best Quizzer, Best Woman Quizzer, Best College Quizzer and Best School Quizzer.
The person recording the highest score across all centres will hold the title of Mahaquizzer for 2009. She/he will also be awarded the Wing Commander G.R. Mulky Trophy for Quizzing Excellence.This trophy will be given in June 2009 during the KQA 26th Anniversary event.
You can have a look at previous editions of the quiz (2005-2008) here: http://kqaquizzes.org/quizzes/
Participants interested in registering should mail Mahaquizzer@gmail.com. Please mention the city where you would like to appear from in the subject-header. Please do mention age and institutional affiliations if you are a student. Since seating is limited in many centres, local coordinators will work on a first-come first-served basis. Please register by Sunday 17 May 2009 to avoid disappointment.
We are working on finalising the venues–a list with full addresses will be put up here in a few days. For clarifications or for more information , please call Arul Mani at 97312-14519.
All the details:
Mahaquizzer 2009
Sunday, 24 May 2009
Reporting Time: 0930hrs
Schedule: 1000hrs-1130hrs
Venues and Coordinators
Bangalore: Dibyendu Das & Mitesh Agarwal
Chennai: Joshua Muyiwa
Classrooms 10 A, & 10 B
PS Senior Secondary School
33 Alarmelmangapuram, Mylapore, Chennai 600004
Hyderabad: Satyajit Chetri
Thiruvananthapuram: Arul Mani
Govt. College for Women, Vazhuthacaud
Mumbai: Arun Hiregange
Landmark Bookstore
Infiniti Mall, No.619, New Link Road
Oshiwara, Lokhandwala
Andheri West
Mumbai – 400 053
New Delhi: Ashwan Lewis
IIT-Delhi
Kolkata: Rudradeep
Pune: Vishwajeeth Narvekar
Symbiosis Law School Auditorium,
Symbiosis Law School,
Senapati Bapat Road,
Pune – 411004
Bhubaneshwar: Abhishek Kar
Guwahati: Ochintya Sharma
Thrissur: Siby Kuriakose
Hari Sri Vidya Nidhi School
Ramakrishna Ashram Lane
Punkunnam.P.O.,
Thrissur,
Mysore: Thejaswi Udupa
For a complete list of registered participants visit :List of Participants
To have a look at the previous quizzes visit : Quizzes
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