Quizzing in India

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Quizzing in India is quite popular, and has developed its own, unique flavour. Quizzing in India is different from American and British quizzing in that it is diverse, with different genres catering to different geographical regions, age groups, interests, etc.

Neil O'Brien was an early pioneer of quizzing in India. O'Brien conducted the first well-organized, formal quiz in 1967 at Christ the King Church Parish Hall in Calcutta (now Kolkata). O'Brien, who had recently returned from England and had been exposed to the Pub quiz culture there, brought quizzing first to the Anglo-Indian community before it became popular among a wider audience. O'Brien remained active in quizzing, later hosting popular quiz show broadcasts, including the "North Star Quiz." [1] On 12 April 1972, Bournvita Quiz Contest become the first quiz show to be broadcast on television; it was among the most popular programmes in the region. Hamid Sayani, followed by his brother Ameen, were the show's first quizmasters. The first quiz show to become nationally popular was "Quiz Time," which began broadcasting in the late eighties. Quizmaster Siddhartha Basu, frequently hailed as the "grandfather of the quiz game in India,"[2] is credited with making quizzing a household world. Basu later went on to host other shows, including "India Quiz." In 2000, the Kaun Banega Crorepati quiz, modeled after Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, reignited nationwide interest in quizzing, becoming one of the most popular quiz shows of all time. [3]

Quizot

Quizot[4][5][6] is a web start up based out of Delhi,India. With an initial focus on the quizzing culture and flavour of quizzing seen in India its beta version was received well by the quizzing community.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The road to kbc". The Sunday Indian. Retrieved 2010-10-01. 
  2. ↑ "Quizzing, not a joke anymore". The Times of India. 2001-01-22. Retrieved 2009-11-03. 
  3. ↑ "It's a quizzer's world". The Hindu. Retrieved 2010-10-01. 
  4. ↑ http://www.dc-epaper.com/PUBLICATIONS/DC/DCC/2013/12/11/ArticleHtmls/Digerati-A-web-platform-for-quizzers-11122013002031.shtml?Mode=1
  5. ↑ http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2013/11/makes-quizzing-just-answers-culture-way-life/
  6. ↑ http://indianfusion.aglasem.com/quizot-online-quizzing/

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