This story is part of our new Puzzles & Games section. Sign up to start playing, and follow @iepuzzles for fun updates! "Any fool can know. The point is to understand." — Albert Einstein Quiz competitions are hallowed events in India, breaking away from the rote learning in our education system. The best quizzes teach you to think out of the box, and don’t need a hefty list of facts to win. For your first quiz, you may go in smart, but you come out wise. In June and July, many high-quality quiz contests will be held across India. These include open quizzes, inter-school quizzes and inter-college quiz competitions. Take a look, and sign up early: AsKQAnce 2022 By Karnataka Quiz Association (KQA) Called ‘the Woodstock of quizzing’, AsKQAnce is a two-day offline quiz fest slated for June 25 and 26. It’s an open quiz with a prelims/finals format. Compete in teams of up to four people. Venue: Offline, at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists (IAT), Queen's Road, Bengaluru Registration: Sign up at the venue on the day of your quiz. The fee is Rs 200 per team. See the schedule here: 🚨 Limited Time Offer | Express Premium with ad-lite for just Rs 2/ day 👉🏽 Click here to subscribe 🚨 Clash of Cults | The Pop Quiz Event By IIM Indore This will be an inter-college quiz competition spanning music, arts, entertainment and literature. Clash of Cults has a prize pool of Rs 7000, and is supported by IIM Indore’s quizzing society Inquizit-i. Venue: Offline, at the IIM Indore Campus in Madhya Pradesh Registration: Register as an individual or pair by July 1. Both UG and PG students are eligible. Participants must buy a ticket to IIM’s larger event, Atharv 2022, for entry. More details: bit.ly/39cXjZJ Fundaesliga Quiz League 2022 An 11-week quiz contest, Fundaesliga is one of a kind. In each season, contestants enjoy 64 questions every week to climb up a quizzing leaderboard. To keep things fair, quizzers are matched based on their experience level. The latest season will begin July 10. Venue: Online, on Zoom. Registration: Sign up for the full season for Rs 1350. All details here: bit.ly/3zwar6M Quest-Ion National School Quiz By Inspiria Knowledge Solutions Slated for July 3, Quest-Ion is a national inter-school quiz split into two categories: Junior Quiz (Class 6 to 8) and Senior Quiz (Class 9 to 12). Students will compete in teams of two. Venue: Offline, at KiiT International School, Bhubaneswar Registration: Free, but sign up by July 2 on bit.ly For any enquiries, contact inspiriaknowledge@gmail.com Planetary Science Quiz By the International Amateur Astronomical Association This is a monthly astronomy quiz open to all. It has multiple-choice questions that must be solved in 10 minutes. The quiz will be held on June 12. Venue: Online, on unstop.com Registration: Free. Sign up on bit.ly/3HhECAv before 7pm on June 12. All details are in the link. The 90s Quiz By Quizarc Branded as a ‘nostalgia inducing quiz’, this is a pop culture open event that will be held on June 19. The winner will get a prize of Rs 1000. Venue: Online, on YouTube. Registration: Free. Sign up by 6pm on June 19 via bit.ly/3MLFmz0 Blockchain, Crypto & Tech Quiz By Halloclub Quizmaster Surya Narayan Saha will take individual participants through three rounds of this business quiz. It will begin with a Q&A round, followed by a pictorial round, and will wrap up with a lateral thinking round. The winner will bag a prize of Rs 2500. The quiz is on June 18. Venue: Online, on the Halloclub mobile app Registration: Sign up by 4pm on June 18 on this link: bit.ly/3NPeZd2 Anumaan - The Guesstimate Competition By the Consulting Society, Delhi Technological University A mix of open quizzing and problem-solving, Anumaan will be conducted from June 12-17. A 15-minute elimination round will be held on June 12. The Guesstimate rounds for problem-solving are on June 13 (qualifiers) and 17 (final presentation) respectively. Venue: Online, on unstop.com Registration: Sign up by 2:59 pm on June 12, on bit.ly/3aVCiTQ Columban Quiz 2022 By St Columba’s School, Delhi Run since 1987, the Columban Quiz is a premier inter-school event for students of classes 9 to 12. Registration must be in teams of four. Organised in association with the Oxford University Press, the quiz will be held on July 22 and 23. Venue: Edmund Rice Hall, New Delhi Registration: Entries will be on a first-come first-serve basis. Sign up before July 17: bit.ly/3ySen0W Know other major quizzes that are scheduled for this summer? Let us know, and we’ll add it to this list. You can reach out on Instagram (@iepuzzles) or write to puzzles@indianexpress.com
