- Quiz Foundation of India
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.
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. Since March 2008, the quizzes are being held at the
P. S. Senior Secondary School .Events
Apart from the fortnightly quizzes, there are two annual events on the QFI calendar - the QFI Grandmaster Quiz and the QFI Open Quiz. Members of the QFI frequently organise and conduct quizzes for a number of schools, colleges and companies based in and around the city.
The QFI Grandmaster Quiz
The QFI Grandmaster Quiz, traditionally held at the beginning of each year, is for individuals and aims to identify the best quizzer for that year. This event was first held in the year 2002. The winner for each year usually conducts the next year's edition of the quiz. The list of Grandmasters so far is as follows:
2002 - Samanth Subramanian2003 - Rajiv Rai2004 - Vinod Ganesh2005 - Samanth Subramanian2006 - Jayakanthan Ranganathan2007 - Swaminathan Ganesh2008 - Samanth Subramanian
The QFI Open Quiz
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 winning team was 'Know Brainers', comprising Gopal Kidao, Rajiv Rai and Rajen Prabhu.
The second edition was held in July 2006 at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's 'Venkata Auditorium' in Mylapore and witnessed even greater participation. This time, the winning team was 'Memory Banks', comprising Mrs. Saranya Jayakumar, V. V. Sivakumar and Avinash Mudaliar.
The third edition, also marking the 20th anniversary of the QFI, was held in June 2007 at the 'Tattvaloka Auditorium'. The winning team was 'QED', comprising Samanth Subramanian, Swaminathan Ganesh and Gopal Kidao.
The fourth edition of the QFI Open is scheduled for the 3rd of May, 2008 and will be held at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's 'Venkata Auditorium' in Mylapore
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/ http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/qfi/]
See also
*
Quizzing in India External links
* [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/qfi/ The QFI Mailing List]
* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/08/12/stories/2003081200190100.htm Newspaper article about quizzing in Chennai]
* [http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/08/02/stories/2006080200550100.htm Newspaper article about The QFI Open Quiz 2006]
* [http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/05/stories/2007060504560200.htm Newspaper article about The Great Indian Movie Quiz 2007]
* [http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IE920070604235654&Page=9&Title=Chennai&Topic=0& Newspaper article about The QFI Open Quiz 2007]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
