Greenko Hyderabad Open Quiz 2010

We're back, baby! We're back!! And we've changed venues. This time it will be in a vastly superior hall that we will bheja fry some of the best quizzers in India.

Date: 31st July (Saturday)

Time:
2:00 pm – Written Elimination Round

4:30 pm – Finals

Please be seated by 1:30 pm

We are sincere in our attempt to be Nazi about punctuality. Be warned :)

Team size: 3 or less

Venue: RNR Auditorium, Opposite Lotus Pond, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad (Route Map)

Eligibility: Must have pulse. Central nervous system desirable but not mandatory.

Entry Fee: Nil. Zero. Zip. Nada. There is no need for any registration either.

Number of teams in finals: 8

The Dabbus:

Ist Place - Rs. 18,000 cash
IInd Place - Rs. 12,000 cash
IIIrd Place - Rs. 9,000 cash

Cash prizes for all finalists!

Special prizes for school teams and corporate teams also.

Attractive audience prizes as well.

Quiz Masters: Diwakar Pingle, Priyambad Pattanayak, Nitish Khadiya and Ravi Mundoli

Please mail us at quizhyd [ATHERATEOF] gmail [DOT] com for any clarifications or call
Nitish(+919885679460) or Ravi(+919500008907).

A splendid time is guaranteed for all.

Regards,

The Team

Greenko Hyderabad Open Quiz 2009

We're back. The gori details...

Date: 1st August (Saturday)

Time:
2:30 pm – Written Elimination Round

4:45 pm – Finals (We expect the finals to finish by 7:15 pm)

Please land up at least 30 minutes before the quiz and get cracking. We are sincere in our attempt to be Nazi about punctuality.

Venue: Hari Hara Kala Bhavan, Secunderabad (see below for map)

Team Size: Teams of 3

Eligibility: Must have pulse. Central nervous system desirable but not mandatory.

Entry Fee: Nil. Zero. Zip. Nada. There is no need for any registration either.

Prizes
First Prize – Rs. 18,000 cash
Second Prize – Rs. 12,000 cash
Third Prize – Rs. 9,000 cash

Prizes for all finalists + Top 3 School Teams + Best Corporate Team + Audience Prizes

A splendid time is guaranteed for all. Official website is here.

Map (click to enlarge):

Report on the Greenko - Hyderabad Open Quiz

Quizmaster – Diwakar Pingle

Content Team – Diwakar Pingle, Ravi Mundoli, Nitish Khadiya, Priyambad

Format: Prelims consisting of 35 questions (1 mark each) with 10 tie-breaker questions. Finals: 5 rounds on round robin basis with a special environment round and a Wipe the Grid round. To even the scoring chances one of the normal rounds was based on a patented algorithm :).

Thumbs Up:
• Huge audience – 300 teams registered and 178 teams participated
• About 800-900 people in the auditorium
• Representation from many major cities like Bombay, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and major quiz clubs like QFI, KQA and BQC
• The questions covered a lot of varied topics – so we think
• Balanced set of questions – so we think
• Finished the quiz bang on time – The last question being asked at 7:30 p.m
• Your feedback is essential and please do comment on this post

Thumbs Down:
• The school kids were disappointed by a high-standard finals (We promise to do a school quiz next year for the kids)
• Some teams cribbing about seating arrangements – The teams had the option of picking their spots in the finals (Should put an end to all cribs)
• The power failure – We couldn’t help it what with the acute power shortage in Andhra Pradesh. (But then Andhera Kaayam Rahe)
• Your feedback is essential and please do comment on this post

Memorable questions: You tell us. (Other than the Blade Runner and the Wittgenstein questions which we know were sensational, weren’t they :))

1st: We Are Like This Wonly (WALTO) – Anustup Dutta, Ochintya Sharma and Apu from Bangalore
2nd: Ping(Le) Is King – Arul Mani, Vinod Ganesh, Jayakantan from Banglore/Chennai
3rd: Travelling Pillsburys – Rajiv Rai, Vibhendu, Sumant Srivatsan from Bombay.


With a tremendous performance ‘WALTO’ romped home winners with ‘Ping is King’ being a distant second. A great debut by ‘Rangeele from Rangoon’ who we hope will definitely improve by the time we are back for the next round. The Quizzing Royalty of India dished up a fantastic show and whetted the appetite of Hyderabadis hungry for quality Open quizzes. A majority of questions were cracked while a few passed all the teams only to be cracked by the intelligent Junta of Hyderabad. All the Prelims Questions from this quiz will be posted soon.

Thanking all the sponsors of this huge Open – GREENKO, TMC, Novotel Accor Group, Odyssey Books and Leisure Stores, Sun Direct for their support to make the event a big success; All the participants for turning up and putting up a great show; and above all the intelligent junta of Hyderabad for their enthusiasm.

Not to forget Odyssey Leisure Stores, Junior Chambers, Innobox and K – Circle for the year round support for our monthly meetings.

See you next year.
Happy Quizzing till then…