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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, Thrissur, Guwahati, Panjim, Bhubaneshwar, Mysore and Coimbatore. It is now a collaborative effort between KQA (which provides content and administrators) and other 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, Grey Cells Kerala, Bhubaneshwar Quiz Club, Kutub Quizzers, New Delhi, Trivia Bytes Creations, Guwahati, Sunday Evening Quiz Club, Goa, and Coimbatore Quiz Circle, Coimbatore and has thus evolved into being the national quizzing championships.
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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.
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) 582006
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 Subramanian (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) 542007
Bhubaneshwar was added to the list of venues in the third edition of MahaQuizzer. 426 contestants attempted the quiz. Samanth Subramanian 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) 612008
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 this quiz, which was won by Arul Mani from Bangalore.
1. Arul Mani (Bangalore) 99
2. Shouvik 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) 722009
The fifth edition of MahaQuizzer was held on 24 May 2009. The contest was extended to four new venues in India—Guwahati, Mysore, Thrissur and Panaji—and to Singapore. 715 contestants attempted the quiz. Anustup Datta, the 2005 champion, was adjudged the winner.
1. Anustup Datta 90
2. Shouvik Guha 89
3. Adittya Mubayi 88
4. Mukund Sridhar 84
5. Samanth Subramanian 84
6. Swaminathan G 83
7. Rajiv Rai 83
8. Navin Jayakumar 78
9. Aniruddha Sen Gupta 78
10. Vinoo Sanjay 772010
The sixth edition of MahaQuizzer was held on 30 May 2010. Coimbatore was added as a venue, bringing the number of host-cities to 14. 700 contestants attempted the quiz. Shouvik Guha of Kolkata won the 2010 title.
1. Shouvik Guha 88
2. Mukund Sridhar 84
3. Rajiv Rai 83
4.Jayashree Jayakar Mohanka 83
5. Samanth Subramanian 76
6. Anustup Datta 76
7. Swaminathan G 76
8. Dr. S.Bhattacharya 75
9. Sreeram B 75
10. Ravi Mundoli 732011
The seventh edition of MahaQuizzer --put together by a new team of setters--was held on 29 May 2011. 750 contestants attempted the quiz from 14 cities across India. Arul Mani of Bangalore won the 2011 title.
1. Arul Mani 86
2. Anustup Datta 84
3. Swaminathan G. 81
4. Shouvik Guha 78
5. Srikant Parameswaran 78
6. Samanth Subramanian 78
7. Jayashree Jayakar Mohanka 76
8. Rajiv Rai 75
9. Harikrishnan Menon 73
10. Lathish V. 72See also
References
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