The Quiz Foundation of India-Chennai has announced a new, ‘language-restoring, spirit-reviving’ edition of QFIesta, its annual festival of quizzing.
The schedule of quizzes, spread over August 13 -15 is as follows:
Saturday, August 13:
Venue: CP Arts Centre Auditorium , 1, Eldams Road, Alwarpet.
1. Remote Control: A general quiz by QFI’s NRIs: 9:30am-2pm
QMs: Vinod Ganesh, Ashwin Kumar, G Krishnamurti, Akshay Natarajan
QMs: Vinod Ganesh, Ashwin Kumar, G Krishnamurti, Akshay Natarajan
2. Hikimayu: The Fake Highbrow Quiz (literature + arts): 3pm – 7:30pm
QMs: Dinesh Krithivasan, Vinid Sashidharan, Harish Krishna
Sunday, August 14:
Venue: CP Arts Centre Auditorium , 1, Eldams Road, Alwarpet.
1. Madras Talkie: The QFI Movie Quiz: 9.30am-12.30pm (Written quiz, no finals)
QM: Vinod Ganesh
QM: Vinod Ganesh
Venue: Chinmaya Heritage Centre, Harrington Road, Chetpet
2. The Smartacus Senior Quiz: 2.30pm-8.30pm (Suitable for ages 18 and above)
QM: Dr. Navin Jayakumar
QM: Dr. Navin Jayakumar
Monday, August 15:
Venue: CP Arts Centre Auditorium , 1, Eldams Road, Alwarpet
1. A Question Of Sport, 9.30am-2pm
QMs: Ramesh Natarajan, Rohit Suresh, Varun Parthasarathy
QMs: Ramesh Natarajan, Rohit Suresh, Varun Parthasarathy
2. The QFI Open quiz, 3pm-7.30pm
QMs: VV Sivakumar, PS Rajagopal, Mario Fernando
QMs: VV Sivakumar, PS Rajagopal, Mario Fernando
Every quiz is open to teams of up to three people. Smartacus has no registration fee. Every other quiz has a registration fee of Rs 100 per team, but the fee will be waived for school teams.
All quizzes are at CP Arts Centre in Alwarpet, except Smartacus Senior Quiz, which is at Chinmaya Heritage Centre, which is in Chetpet.
For more details, contact quizfoundation@gmail.com