Welcome back to our monthly column, where we curate some of the most sought-after quiz contests to sign up for as an Indian player. February's calendar has had a strong focus on business, culture and general quizzes, with many already expired. However, a lot of new events are also on offer. Let's take a look: UnStop Quizzing Festival (Online) Over 60 colleges and B-schools have joined forces for the UnStop Quizzing Festival, which will run from February 12 to March 3. With 8200+ participants, it’s one of the biggest online quiz competitions this year, with a prize pool of Rs 1 lakh for finalists, plus goodies from boAt. Registration: Free. Sign up as a solo quizzer on the event page. An FAQ and individual quiz links are inside. Zephyr Quiz League (Lite, Online) Starting February 27, ZQL Lite is a six-week quiz league where quizzers will compete online every week to solve 48 questions across 12 different topics. Each game will have 6 rounds, with players moving up and down a weekly leaderboard based on their scores. ZQL’s question setters include some of the most prominent names in the quizzing fraternity: Dr. Navin Jayakumar, Major Chandrakant Nair, Vinid Sasidharan, Venkatesh Srinivasan, Sania Narulkar, Debanjan Bose, Kushan Patel, Raktim Nag, Abhinav Dhar, Abid Abdulla and Siddhanth Rao. Registration: Paid, at Rs 1000 per quizzer with a reimbursement of Rs 150 for every game they read (host). Sign up on the official form. QvicQvid Quiz Fest Featuring six open quizzes over two days, QvicQvid at Presidency University (Kolkata) will run through February 25 and 26. All of its quizzes can be attempted solo or in teams, with no prior registration required. Participants may have to pay a nominal signup fee on the day of the event. Here's a look at its themes: Qshala Sunday Family Quiz (Online) Sports commentator Charu Sharma will be hosting the 120th edition of the Qshala Sunday Family Quiz on February 19. Themed on Indian handicrafts, the quiz will run from 10am to 11am with prizes in store for winners. An AMA (Ask Me Anything) is scheduled after the event for participants who'd like to chat with Sharma, who is also director of the Indian Pro Kabaddi League. Registration: Free. Sign up on Insider with your AMA question. Bodhi General Quiz @ NLU NLU Kochi is organising an open quiz hosted by Major Chandrakant Nair (‘Captain’, in quizzing circles) on February 25. Part of Naalam ‘23—NLU-K’s annual cultural fest—Bodhi will allow participation from school and college students, as well as working professionals, with prizes worth Rs 40,000 up for grabs. Registration: Paid. Rs 100 for solo quizzers, Rs 200 and Rs 300 for a team of two or three respectively. Sign up on this form. Depot48 Lifestyle Quiz Known for its lively pub quizzes, Depot48 in Delhi's GK-2 area is hosting a trivia night themed on food, drinks, travel and lifestyle. Conducted by quizmaster Adittya Nath Mubayi, the event will begin on February 19 from 6pm onwards. Free drinks and books are in store for the winners. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Quizcraft Global (@whysoqriousofficial) Registration: Free. Book a table at Depot48 for up to six people by contacting +91-9717450029. Delhi Quiz Club Meet DQC's monthly quiz meet will take place on February 19 at Delhi University's Faculty of Management Studies (North Campus). A quiz on war history will begin at 10am, followed by the Canara Union Lone Wolf Quiz on general topics at 1.30pm. The latter will be hosted by quizmaster Navin Rajaram. As a community meetup, registration is not required for this event. Teams (and new friends) will be made on the spot! EXPIRED QUIZZES Great British Open Quiz Siddhartha Basu, widely regarded as the ‘father of TV quizzing’ in India, is hosting an open quiz at Kolkata’s Uttirno Auditorium on February 11. Starting at 3.30pm, the quiz will be themed on ‘A celebration of UK-India living bridge’ and is backed by the British Deputy High Commission. Registration: Free. Sign up in teams of two by emailing your team name and phone number to bdhcevents@fcdo.gov.uk. Calling all Cal quizzers. Do come. Test your mettle on content which should be right up your street. It's been a long while since I've conducted a live quiz in Kolkata. This promises to be exciting pic.twitter.com/jxaOeslWg9 — Siddhartha Basu (@babubasu) February 5, 2023 Fundamentalist Business Quiz Slated for February 11, this business quiz at CMS Jain B-School (Bengaluru) has prizes worth Rs 40,000 in store for student and corporate teams. The prelims will begin at 2pm, with the top eight teams qualifying for the finals. The organiser, Nexus Consulting, encourages outstation participation, as they are willing to provide stay options at a nominal cost. Registration: Sign up here as a lone wolf, or in corporate/college-level teams of two. Koan Open Quiz (Online) Koans are crisp statements or questions in Zen Buddhism that challenge the mind and one’s analytical willpower. Embodying their elegant nature, the Bombay Quiz Club (BQC) is hosting the Koan Open Quiz to present a set of GK questions that focus on brevity and ‘workoutability’— a signature element of new-age Indian quizzes, where you don’t have to be a know-it-all to win. Slated for February 12 at 1.30pm, the Koan Quiz will be held over Zoom as a written prelims. You can either play solo, or form teams of three keeping in mind the upcoming BQC Team Quiz Championship. Nevertheless, team members will have to compete individually in the Koan Quiz. Their weighted scores will then be added to select the top eight teams moving onto the championship in March. Registration: Free. Sign up solo or in teams of three on this form. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bombay Quiz Club (@bombayquizclub) Dot-क़ौम: the Biz-Tech Quiz Convoke 5.0, a tech fest at the Cluster Innovation Centre (University of Delhi), will be hosting an inter-college quiz on February 11. Themed on business, technology and internet culture, it will run from 12pm to 2pm with a prize pool of Rs 6000. The fest features a total of eight events, with other exciting options being FIFA and CS: GO tournaments, speed cubing, and a 24-hour hackathon. Registration: Free. Sign up solo or in teams of two on this form. Venue details and entry rules are inside. Tie Grab 2023 Quizzes St Joseph’s University, Bengaluru is hosting two open quizzes on February 11. The first event is OTT-AKU: a written quiz on shows, films and OTT platforms starting at 2pm. The second event, Bookends, is a book quiz starting at 4pm. Both quizzes have been set by noted quizmaster Arul Mani, and will be held at the University’s Xavier Hall. Registration: Paid. Each quiz requires a team of two (OTT-AKU | Bookends). For queries, you can message Tessa (94863-56369) or Pranav (73384-24725). This story is part of Express Puzzles & Games, where we offer daily crosswords, sudoku and a weekly news quiz. If you don't want to miss the best quizzes, follow @iepuzzles for contest alerts!
