Rip-roaring quizzes you can’t miss this October

Starting tomorrow (Oct 6), there’s a tsunami of great quizzes worthy of your attention. Get the scoop on dates, topics and registration rules!

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Welcome back to our tardy (but hopefully, useful) quiz guide. We’ve got a lot of great quiz events to catch up on for October—the earliest starts tomorrow—so without further ado, let’s dive in:

IIT-D’s Great Wave of Quizzes

IIT Delhi’s ‘Great Wave of Quizzes’ is a three-day open festival featuring six quizzes from October 6 to 8. To sign up, visit linktr.ee/qciitd. For queries, contact 8826353102. Here’s the schedule:

DAY1 | October 6 | Ages 25 or below
8:30am: MELAficent (MELA Quiz)
1pm: When Oppenheimer Met Prometheus (History & Mythology Quiz)

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DAY 2 | October 7 | Ages 25 or below
8:30am: Bharat Fundapam (India Quiz)
1pm: Elementary (SciBiztech Quiz)

DAY 3 | October 8 | By Maj. Chandrakant Nair, all ages
8:30am: Photo Finish (Sports Quiz)
1:00pm: The Field Marshal Quiz (General Quiz)

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ConQuest National Law Quiz

The Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) has announced the 7th edition of ConQuest: a college-level national quiz competition on the Indian Constitution, history, law, politics and current affairs. This year’s theme is AI and its intersection with constitutional matters. It will run from 10am to 1pm at each regional round:

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Registration: Paid, at Rs 300, in teams of up to three with at least one non-male member. Sign up on this form. Students pursuing bachelors and masters degrees in any discipline are eligible.

The regionals will have a preliminary written test. “The six highest scoring teams will go onstage to compete at the regional final. The top two teams from each regional final round will compete at the national final to be held in Bengaluru,” states CLPR, adding that teams familiar with constitutionofIndia.net will have an advantage.

Delhi’s ‘Oktoberfest’

Delhi Quiz Club is hosting their annual quiz fest on October 14 and 15 at St Stephen’s College. With a prize pool of Rs 48,000, it will run from 9.30AM to 3PM both days. Quizzers will be pouring in from across India for this diverse lineup:

DAY 1 | October 14
Subcontinent Quiz: 9:30am
Etymology – Wordplay Written Quiz: 1pm
Food, Fashion, Lifestyle, Travel: 3pm

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DAY 2 | October 15
Music, Ent, Lit, Arts: 9.30am
Crossword Written Quiz: 1pm
General Quiz: 3pm

Registration: Teams of up to four can sign up on the spot for a nominal fee.

Indica Inter-School Quiz

This India-based school quiz is unfolding in four cities. Hosted by Nexus Consulting, the first round (Chennai, Oct 2) has already concluded. The remaining rounds are in Kochi (Nov 4), Hyderabad (Nov 25) and Bengaluru (Jan 26). An additional online round is slated for January 7.

Registration: Sign up early on indica.consultnexus.in. Each city holds two quizzes: Juniors, for classes 5 to 8, and Seniors, for 9 to 12 (including pre-university courses).

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KQA’s ‘Winter of This Content’

The Karnataka Quiz Association is celebrating its 40-year anniversary with two days of MELA-rich quizzing in Bengaluru on December 16 and 17. We’re sharing this two months early as a) last-minute holiday travel costs a kidney, and b) you’ll need time to conjure an excellent team. Try your luck on their WhatsApp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GQBki9fzMAk7GUwb010qdF

DAY 1 | December 16
9.30am: Y Tu MoMA Tambien (Arts prelims/finals quiz, teams <= four)
1.45pm: The Extremely Online Offline Quiz (Written, on Internet culture, teams <= two)
3.30pm: SoL, the Movie Quiz (Prelims/finals, teams <= four)

DAY 2 | December 17
9.30am: Persiflage (Books Quiz, prelims/finals, teams <= four)
2pm: Sésame Mucho (“All killer, no filler” Music Quiz, prelims/finals, teams <= four)

Venues, prizes and quizmasters are yet to be announced. Updates can be found on @kqaquizzes on Instagram/X (formerly Twitter).

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