Welcome back to our monthly calendar of the hottest picks in Indian quizzing! May’s selection packed quite the punch, and June seems to be following suit with a slew of exciting business, culture and niche-based quiz competitions to shake up your summer. For fans of slow burns, we also have new quiz leagues gearing up. Let’s see your options: Tata Crucible Campus Quiz Tata Crucible is back for its 19th edition as India’s most well-known business quiz. This year, all qualifiers will be held online (prelims, cluster wild card finals, 24 cluster finals) while the zonal and national finals will run offline. Students aged 18 or above from any Indian institute can participate, with quizmasters ‘Pickbrain’ and Rashmi Furtado running the show. While exact start dates are yet to be revealed, it’s advisable to register early given the buzz around this event. The National Winner will bag a 2.5-lakh grand prize and the coveted Tata Crucible trophy, while the Top 3 will be eligible for an internship with the Tata Group. Registration: Sign up on unstop.com by 11.59pm on June 5. Explore guidelines on tatacrucible.com/campus-quiz-in Culture Quiz League (CQL) As more MIMIR-based quiz leagues pop up on Indian shores, the CQL is the new kid on the block. A virtual contest, it will see four players paired against each other every week to tackle questions on food, cinema, music, pop culture, lifestyle and the arts. Starting June 12, the CQL has been shaped by veteran setters like Kushan Patel, Sania Narulkar, Siddhanth Rao and Vikas Plakkot, among others. Registration: Paid, at Rs. 1250 (general) or Rs 750 (students) for eight weeks. All players can collect reader credits of Rs. 150/game for next season. Sign up on this form. Hello, super psyched to announce the launch of Culture Quizzing League. I shall be co-setting with solid setters (tagged). 🥳 CQL will be Mimir Format. 60 Qs in 1 hr, from the comfort of your home! What's not to love! We begin on 12 June. Sign up! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ogzjPN5GzG — Kushan Patel (@Kushanarchy) May 29, 2023 NIPM Business Quiz India Wants To Know is hosting a business quiz for NIPM Kerala with prizes worth 1 lakh for the top four teams. Open to corporates and college students, the quiz prelims begin on June 3 (online, 3pm) while the Grand Finale is slated for June 24 (noon) at Radisson Blu, Kochi. Registration: Paid, at Rs 350 (colleges) or Rs 1000 (corporates) per team. Sign up as a pair on bit.ly QUIZ ANNOUNCEMENT: Business Quiz Join us for the ultimate Business Quiz at @nipmkerala, hosted by @IWTKQuiz. Come for the prizes, and stay for the fantastic new questions! Open to Corporates & B-school students.Teams of 2 Prelims (Online): Sat June 3, 3pm… pic.twitter.com/Eb0G9mZyEO — India Wants To Know: India's First Panel Quiz Show (@IWTKQuiz) May 12, 2023 Flipper Online Quiz Quite the niche quiz even for animal-lovers, Flipper is an online contest slated for June 16 by the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and X Quiz It. Players will be quizzed on turtles, tortoises and reptiles, and must stay afloat or survive a cold-blooded takedown. A unique prize awaits Flipper’s Top 5: a trip to meet the residents of the Crocodile Bank in Mahabalipuram! Registration: Paid, at Rs 99 per person. Only open to Chennai and Puducherry residents. Sign up on bit.ly/xqiturtleq Fintech Olympiad 2023 With a prize pool of over 5 lakhs, Fintech Olympiad will be an inter-college test based on curated fintech learning material. Supported by Zerodha, Clear, CashRich and India FinTech Forum, the event will have two levels: Round 1 (Self Assessment, July 1 to Aug 30) and Round 2 (Online Proctored Exam, Sep 1 to 15). Post this, the Top 50 will be invited for the Grand Finale on November 1 in Mumbai. Registration: Free. Students aged 16 to 26 from any institute can sign up on unstop.com by June 14. Sports Quizzing League The roster for Season 1 of the Sports Quizzing League, a new MIMIR contest announced last month, is out. Here’s what to expect across eight weeks of action-packed trivia: 1. Joga Bonito (Football) - May 21 2. Back & Forth (Racket, Cue & Stick Sports) - May 28 3. Racing Sports - June 4 4. The Summer Game (Cricket) - June 11 5. Born Winners (Women in Sports) - June 25 6. The New World (American Sports) - July 8 7. Olive Wreath (Olympics) - July 15 8. Chessboxing (Combat, Adventure & Board Sports) - July 29 Registration: Paid, at Rs 100 per person. Students can compete for free. Sign up on shorturl.at For queries, write to sportsquizzingleague@gmail.com Bizarre Open Business Quiz IIM Bangalore is hosting a business and technology quiz as part of Vista 2023, its international business summit. Set for July 9, the on-campus event will be hosted by famed quizmaster Major Chandrakant Nair. A 90-minute prelims will act as elimination round, followed by an on-stage final, with prizes worth Rs 20,000 in store for winners. Registration: Sign up here in teams of up to three by 9am of June 26. Walk-ins will be accepted till July 9 (9am) at IIM Bangalore. This is a developing story by Express Puzzles & Games, where we offer a daily crossword, three kinds of sudoku and a weekly news quiz. Try our games, share feedback and follow @iepuzzles for updates!
