Mindsweep, Megawhats: Multi-city quiz championships begin May 19

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Rules for the Quiz Championships

 

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Mindsweep is a written international solo quiz, where participants have to answer 200 questions in two back-to-back sessions of 75 minutes each. The quiz will begin from 10.30am IST on Sunday, May 19, simultaneously in different parts of the world. Registration is on at kqaquizzes.org/mindsweep

Megawhats is the written national team quizzing championship where you can sign up in teams of up to four people to crack 75-80 questions. These will be read off a slide deck live, and include audio-visual clues. The winners of the regional rounds of Megawhats will be invited to participate at a national final on June 28, which will unfold within AsKQAnce, the Association’s quiz festival. Megawhats will begin at 3.30pm IST at all venues on May 19. See kqaquizzes.org/megawhats

The questions for Megawhats will be set by Krittika Adhikary, Rashmi Vallabhajosyula, Manish Achuth, and Thejaswi Udupa, while Mindsweep’s set will be by Nagaratna Patil, Urmila Lakshman, Dibyendu Das, Venkataraman Ravindra, and Dr Arul Mani. The latter and Udupa are popular quizmasters who frequently host college and corporate events. “For first-timers,” says Udupa, it is wise at KQA events to “always put down a guess”. “At first glance, it may appear that they do not know the answer…my suggestion is that they read it again a second time. There are always clues.”

Both events will likely take place at the same venue (as seen in previous years), so quizzers could potentially attend Mindsweep in the morning, take a brunch break, and follow up with Megawhats. Past venues can be found on the KQA website. If your city has not had a venue in older editions, you can also volunteer to host/proctor for the first time by writing in to Hrishikesh Varma via the KQA website. Happy quizzing!