World Quizzing Championship - 2008 @ Hyderabad

The World Quizzing Championships - 2008, an individual quiz contest, will be held on Saturday, 7th June 2008 at Hyderabad and five other cities across India and 23 countries worldwide.


The quiz would have 240 questions spread across 8 genres to be answered in 2 hrs (120 qns on either side of a 15 minute break).


Those interested in participating must mail quizhyd@yahoogroups.com or priyambad@gmail.com.

Please do try and register by Thursday 5th June 2008. On-the-spot entries will be allowed if seating is available, but in the event of a space-crunch, first preference will be given to those who had registered before the deadline.


Date: 7th June, Saturday

Time of Registration: 1600hrs ( 4 PM)

Event starts at: 1630hrs (4:30 PM simultaneously at all locations).

Venue:
Innobox Systems Pvt Ltd.
#G19, Ground Floor,
Swarnajayanthi Complex,
SR Nagar, Hyderabad -73

Directions:
From Punjagutta, take the road that goes towards Ameerpet. Cross the Fantoosh-greenlands road junction. Keep going on the road till you see HUDA Complex- Maitrivanam on the RIGHT. Swarnajayanti Complex is the complex immediately after the HUDA complex on the RIGHT.

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Coordinator: Priyambad Pattanayak(91-9948 453388)

Other cities: New Delhi. Chennai. Mumbai. Bangalore. Kolkata.

Additional information:
The categories of the quiz [and general content areas] are a combination of academic and popular culture topics including:

Culture [Architecture, Fine Arts, Philosophy, Museums,Religion,Mythology]

Entertainment [Music (Classical, Blues, Film Score, Jazz, Rock, World), Ballet, Musicals and Operas, Radio, Television]

History [(<450AD),(450- 1492),(1492- 1900),(1900- date), Current Affairs, Explorations, Famous People, Civilizations]

Lifestyle [Costume, Design, Fashion, Food & Drink, Handicrafts, Health & Fitness,Human Body, New Age Beliefs, Products & Brands, Tourism]

Media [Movies [(1900-1980) , (1980-2000)] , (recent), Literature [(<1900),(1900- 1980),(recent) ], Poetry, Drama, Comics, Language]

Science [Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Social Sciences, Fauna, Flora]

Sport [Track and Field, Team Sports, Motor Sports, Winter Sports, Games, Hobbies & Passtimes, Records]

World [Geography, Cities, Space, Technology, Transport, Inventions]

Phase Forward ACE 2008 Corporate Quiz

The Hyderabad chapter of Asha, in association with Phase Forward and the Indian School of Business present their annual summer fund-raising even, the Phase Forward ACE 2008 Corporate Quiz.

Date: 14^th June, 2008 (Saturday)
Time: 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Venue: Khemka Auditorium, ISB, Gachi Bowli, Hyderabad

Quizmasters: Quizerati

Prizes: A total of Rs. 50,000 +

Entry: Rs. 5000 per team of 2, Rs. 4000 per team if more than one team from the same organization, Rs. 4500 for the Early Birds (before May 31^st)

More details, entry forms, FAQ etc. on the website.

Do help Asha by being a sponsor or participant, and with publicity etc.

Mahaquizzer 2008

The 2008 edition of the Karnataka Quiz Association's annual individual written quiz Mahaquizzer will be held this weekend. This is an open quiz.

There are prizes for best overall quizzer, best woman participant, and best student participant. Please carry valid identification if you are competing as a school/college student.

Write to kqaquizzes [AT] gmail [DOT] com or mahaquizzer [AT] gmail [DOT] com to register, mentioning which city you would like to appear from in the subject line.

Date: 18 May, 2008 (Sunday)

Reporting Time: 0930 (Please be in your seats by this time. No one will be allowed in after 0945.)

Venue:
Innobox Systems Pvt Ltd
#G19, Ground Floor,
Swarnajayanthi Complex,
SR Nagar, Hyderabad - 73

Map:



Directions: From Punjagutta, take the road that goes towards Ameerpet. Cross the Fantoosh-greenlands road junction. Keep going on the road till you see HUDA Complex- Maitrivanam on the RIGHT. Swarnajayanti Complex is the complex immediately after the HUDA complex on the RIGHT.

Hyderabad Coordinator: Satyajit Chetri (91-99591-89943)

Classroom,Classroom...My kingdom for a classroom!

Or, maybe not.

The point being that the 4th edition of the Karnataka Quiz Association's annual summer written individual Mahaquizzer quiz is scheduled to be held at 9:30 a.m., on Sunday, 18 May.

And we are trying to help them arrange a venue for the same. And it is turning to be a herculean task at the moment. So please if any of you out there have any information/contact who can help us with the same then do let us know by dropping a mail to quizhyd[at]gmail [dot] com.

Help would be much appreciated. Helpers would be suitably rewarded too.