Quiz Foundation of India
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The Quiz Foundation of India, Chennai (or QFI) is a non-profit organization aiming to popularize quizzing in the city and also provide a forum for quizzers to meet and interact regularly.
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[edit] About
The Quiz Foundation of India, or QFI as it is better known, has around 50-odd regular members who meet every alternate Sunday at 10 a.m for a quiz conducted by one or two of its members at the Central Lecture Theatre (CLT) in the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras campus.
[edit] Events
Apart from the fortnightly quizzes, there are two annual events on the QFI calendar - the QFI Grandmaster Quiz and the QFI Open Quiz.
The QFI Grandmaster Quiz, held traditionally sometime at the beginning of each year, is for individuals and aims to identify the best quizzer for that year. The winner for each year usually conducts the next year's edition of the quiz. This event was first held in the year 2002.
The QFI Open Quiz is a general quiz open to both members and non-members. It was first held in June 2005 in the Central Lecture Theatre (CLT) at IIT, Madras and witnessed a turnout of around 125 participating teams of three members each. The second edition was held in July 2006 at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's 'Venkata Auditorium' and witnessed greater participation.
Members of the QFI frequently organise and conduct quizzes for a number of schools, colleges and companies based in and around the city.
[edit] Membership
There is no membership fee required to attend the meetings but a nominal amount of Rs.100 (for students) and Rs.150 (for working professionals) is collected to enable access to a private mailing list in which the questions asked during the meetings are circulated. Apart from this, there is another public mailing list which is open to everyone who wishes to join. Meeting invitations and other general announcements are generally made on this list. This list can be accessed here http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/qfi/
