Mahaquizzer
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[edit] MahaQuizzer
MahaQuizzer is an annual solo quiz contest held simultaneously across several Indian cities. It was instituted in 2005 by the Karnataka Quiz Association. The event is now held in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, New Delhi and Bhubaneshwar. It is now a collaborative effort between KQA (which provides content and administrators) and other premier quizzing organisations such as Quiz Foundation of India, Chennai, K-Circle,Hyderabad, The Hyderabad Quiz Club, Bombay Quiz Club, The Boat Club Quiz Club, Pune, Bhubaneshwar Quiz Club, Kutub Quizzers, New Delhi and has thus evolved into being the national quizzing championships.
[edit] The Contest
MahaQuizzer was envisaged as a quiz that would test the contestant's ability to make informed guesses rather than his/her memory. It typically features 150 text-questions, which must be answered in 90 minutes.The questions normally run into several sentences and may contain clues as well as misdirections. Participants fill in their answers, and no negative marking is applied. The quiz is normally set by a team of four senior quiz-masters.
Prizes are awarded to the best contestant in the School, College, Ladies and Open categories in each venue. The overall winner takes the title of Mahaquizzer and is awarded the Wing Commander G.R. Mulky Memorial Trophy for Quizzing Excellence. A list of the top 100 contestants is also published.
[edit] 2005
The inaugural edition was held on June 12, 2005 at Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram and Mumbai. 335 contestants attempted the quiz. Anustup Datta, a quizzer from Bangalore, took the title in a closely-fought contest.
1. Anustup Datta (Bangalore) 60
2. Rajiv Rai (Chennai) 59
3. Gopal Kidao (Chennai) 59
4. Vikram Joshi (Mumbai) 58
5. Debashree Mitra (Bangalore) 58
[edit] 2006
Three new venues (Pune, New Delhi and Kolkata) were added during this edition). 350 contestants attempted the quiz. The overall winner, across the eight venues, was the Chennai-based quizzer Swaminathan G., who appeared for the quiz from Kolkata.
1. Swaminathan G (Kolkata) 75
2. Saranya Jaikumar (Chennai) 70
3. Jayashree Jayakar Mohanka (Kolkata) 69
4. Samanth Subramaniam (Chennai) 69
5. Shouvik Guha (Kolkata) 68
6. Anustup Datta (Bangalore) 68
7. Rajiv Rai (Chennai) 67
8. Aadisht Khanna (New Delhi) 66
9. Debashree Mitra (Bangalore) 59
10.Suresh Ramasubramaniam (Chennai) 54
[edit] 2007
Bhubaneshwar was added to the list of venues in the third edition of MahaQuizzer. 426 contestants attempted the quiz. Samanth Subramaniam from Chennai won the title.
1. Samanth Subramanian (Chennai) 71
2. Saranya Jayakumar (Chennai) 68
3. Swaminathan G (Chennai) 68
4. Jayashree Jayakar Mohanka (Kolkata) 67
5. Anustup Datta (Bangalore) 67
6. Shouvik Guha (Kolkata) 66
7. Debashree Mitra (Bangalore) 65
8. Rajiv Rai (Mumbai) 64
9. Gopal Kidao (Chennai) 64
10. Vinoo Sanjay (Chennai) 61
[edit] 2008
A new team of question-setters was nominated after the prior team announced its decision to retire. The contest was held in 9 cities on 18 May 2008. 366 contestants attempted the quiz.
1. Arul Mani (Bangalore) 99
2. Shauvik Guha (Kolkata) 88
3. Anustup Datta (Bangalore) 85
4. Rajiv Rai (Mumbai) 81
5. Jayashree J Mohanka (Kolkata) 81
6. Dr. S. Bhattacharya (Delhi) 74
7. Adittya Nath Mubayi (Delhi) 73
8. G Swaminathan (Chennai) 73
9. Kiran Vijayakumar (Trivandrum) 72
10.Mukund Sridhar (Mumbai) 72
