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]