Quizzes on November 18th- Results

Results of the IVth edition of the Anoop Adithian Memorial Open Quiz Competition held on 18th November, 2012 at GEC Thrissur.

QMs: Major Chandrakant Nair and Arun AS

Standings:

Winners: Hrishi Varma and Jithin Jacob (190 points)

2nd: Anil Raghavan and Rithwik (150 points)

3rd: (tie between) Justin-Leo Francis and Ashwin Kumar-Abdul Raouf (140 points)

5th: Rahul Girish Kumar and Sarin P (75 points)

6th: Vijaynath V and Shibin Azad (45 points)

Rahul Girish Kumar and Sarin topped the prelims with 15.5 points. The cutoff was 10 points.

The prizes were sponsored by Federal Bank.

Greycells would also like to thank the quizmasters for a wonderful quiz and GEC Thrissur for kindly providing the venue.

The results of the Greycells Lone Kid will be published soon.

Quizzes on December 3rd- Results

Greycells Lone Kid

School:

Winner: Subin 

Runner-Up: Rithwik K

Anoop Adithian Memorial General Open Quiz

Winners: Anil Raghavan- Rithwik K 

2nd: Jithin- Raouf 

3rd: Hrishi-Viswas

4th: Arun-Rajappan

Other finalists: Vishnu-Vishnu, Abhijeet-Ashok, Alby-Noufel

Greycells would like to thank the Federal Bank Ltd., and Devamatha Public School for helping us in this venture.

Greycells would also like to thank its QMs for the day.

Quizzes on June 12th - Results

Here are the results of the quizzes done on June 12th at the Jubilee Mission Medical College, Thrissur.

Open History Quiz:

QMs : Manjith K and Praveen VR

1st - Manu Sudhakar and Anil Raghavan - 180 points
2nd - Arun AS and Chandrakant Nair - 140 points
3rd - Vijaynath and Alby John - 67 points
4th - Sarin P and Ajay Parasuraman - 44.5 points
5th - Subin Gafoor and Ashok Menon - 18 points
6th - Abhijeet Balakrishnan and Sachin Iyer - 12 points
7th - Rohit Nandakumar and Sivaprasad Menon - 11 points
8th - Sreerag Jayan and Arun Kumar - 9 points

General Open Quiz:

QM: Manu Sudhakar
 
1st - Arun AS and Chandrakant Nair - 45 points
2nd - Hrishi  - Jithin , Vijaynath - Alby John and Anil Raghavan - Ajay Parasuraman - All on 20 points
5th - Ashok Menon and partner - 10 points
6th - Sarin - Who left in between before opening his account
 

Quizzes on June 4-5th - Results

Here are the results of the 3 quizzes done at Kozhikode over the weekend of June 4-5th.

Pulp Fiction: Open Lit-Ent Quiz (QMs: Rajappan-Hrishi)

1. Manu Sudhakar- Anil R
2. Arun- Captain
3. Abhijeet-Rithwik

Other finalists: Shibin-Pradyoth, Ajay-Prasanth, Jithin-Raouf

The Great Game: Open Sports Quiz (QM: Captain)

1. Manu Sudhakar- Anil R
2. Shibin-Prasanth
3. CIDs From Kerala (Hrishi-Raouf)

Other finalists: Prasanth-Ajay , Rithwik-Ijaz , Arun-RGK  & 2 teams from Sastra College , Coimbatore

Maximus!: General Open Quiz (QM: Arun AS)


1. CIDs From Kerala (Jithin-Hrishi)
2. Manu Sudhakar- Anil R
3. Prasanth-Ajay

Other finalists:   Captain-Raouf , Subin-Ashok & Anoop-Sabarinath

Cheers!
The Greycells Team

Scores of Lone Kid 2010

Here is the list of scores of the Greycells Lone Kid 2010. What has become rather apparent that is that I chose the wrong questions to be starred. We were completely underwhelmed by the school turnout.

1. Rahul Girish Kumar    40 (3*, 1**) (Winner, College)
2. Viswas Viswam KC  39  (3*,1**)
3. Vishnu Vijay              33 (5*)
4. Sabarinath U             27 (3*)
5. Amith MP                 27 (2*)
6. Jobin Tom                26 (2*)
7. Noufel Samed           25 (2*)
8. Shahin Mohammed   24 (2*, 1**)
9. Abhijeet B                22 (2*)
10. Rithwik K               20 (3*) (Winner, School)
11. Mithran NS            20 (1*)
11. Ranjith MS             19 (2*)
12. Yadhu Sathian        18 (2*)
13. Varun Sasidharan   18 (1*, 1**)
14. Eldo N Baby          18 (1**)
15. Mayug MM            17 (3*) (School)
16. Subin G                  16 (3*,1**) (School)
17. Sreerag Jayan         16 (1*, 1**)
18. KR Ramesh            16 (1*,1**)
19. Nilan T Jacob          14 (2*)
20. Arjun K                   13 (1**) (School)
21. Nakul Haridas         10 (1*) (School)
22. Jithin R                      9 (1**)

Quizzes on September 12th-Results

Greycells Lone Kid

School:

Winner: Rithwik K, Silver Hills HSS (20)

Runner-Up: Mayug MM, Hari Sri Vidya Nidhi School (17)

College:

Winner: Rahul Gireesh Kumar, IIM Indore (40)

Runner-Up: Viswas Viswam KC (39)

Anoop Adithian Memorial General Open Quiz

Winners: Shamanth Rao-Hrishi Varma (172)

2nd: Manu S- Anil R (139)

3rd: Harikrishnan Menon-Viswas Viswam

4th: Jithin Jacob-Abdul Raouf

5th: Rajasekhar-Chandu Lenin

6th: Noufel Samed-Shibin Azad

Greycells would like to thank the Federal Bank Ltd., and the GEC Thrissur Quiz Club for helping us in this venture.

Greycells would also like to thank its QMs for the day.

Results: MQ Thrissur and Footballet

Hello.


The second edition of Mahaquizzer Thrissur saw 32 participants turn up. The results are as follows.


Winner, Open   : Ravi Mundoli with 73 points.


Winner, College: Abdul Raouf KP with 34 points


Winner, School: Abhijeet Balakrishnan with 19 points


Winner, Ladies: Krishna P with 10 points


Top 5 scores at Thrissur:


73 - Ravi Mundoli.
60 - Harikrishnan Menon
53 - Rahul Gireesh Kumar
47 - Hrishi Varma
42 - Chandrakant Nair


Greycells would like to thank the KQA (not the Karnataka Quizzer's Association ;)) and QM for the day, Thejaswi Udupa, for an excellent day's quizzing.


Footballet Results:


Lloyd Colopilly, QM-at-large for Greycells, provided a super quiz on the football world cup and assorted things :)
Winner: Gigi and Anil Raghavan
2nd :  Chandrakant Nair and Arun AS
3rd:   Nipun V and Mithran NS


Other finalists were  Subin V - Nayeem, Prasanth John - Pradyoth and Sarin P - Soumya


Greycells would like to thank the Catholic Syrian Bank, Thrissur for sponsoring the event.

Quizzes on 21st February- Results

Here are the results of the two quizzes we did on the 21st of February.

Greycells would first of all like to place on record their gratitude for the financial support given by Ambal Chit Funds, City Union Bank, Thrissur and T.I.M.E Thrissur.

1. Trivia for Toddlers -The Greycells Inter-School Quiz

QMs: Arun AS and Hrishi Varma

1st: Rithwik K (Silver Hills HSS, Calicut)
2nd: Abhijeet B and Nakul (Hari Sri Vidya Nidhi School, Thrissur)
3rd: Sachin Iyer and Mayug MM (Hari Sri Vidya Nidhi School, Thrissur)

Other finalists included two teams from Don Bosco, Mannuthy.

2. 42 is not the Answer! - The Greycells Inter-College Quiz

QMs: Anil Raghavan and Dr. Vijaynath V

1st: Viswas Viswam KC and Vishnu Vijay (CET)
2nd: Nipun V and Ijaz Aslam (NIT Calicut)
3rd: Noufel Samed and Mithran (GEC Thrissur)

Other finalists were CUSAT, Raof and Saptarshi (CET) and Alby John (Jubilee Medical College) and Allen (GMC, Thrissur)

Greycells would like to thank Alby John for once again, arranging the venue.

Quizzes on 17th January- Results

The Greycells Open History Quiz:

Winners: Jithin Jacob and Hrishikesh Varma

Runners-up: (tied) George M Paily and Midhun Zachariah
Manu Sudhakar and Anil Raghavan

Other finalists: Arun AS-Chandu Lenin
Jinson-Adithya
Alby John-Allen

The Greycells General Open Quiz:

Winners: Manu Sudhakar and Anil Raghavan

Runners-Up: Jithin Jacob and Hrishikesh Varma

Third: Arun AS and Chandu Lenin

Other finalists: George M Paily-Midhun Zachariah
Vijaynath V-Shivakumar
Nipun V-Ijaz Aslam I
Alby John-Allen


Greycells would like to thank the QMs: Manjith K, Praveen VR and Atul for their efforts in setting two memorable quizzes.

We would also like to thank Alby John and his friends at Jubilee Mission for arranging the venue and helping out with the quizzes.

Quizzes on 17th October-Results

The Greycells Lone Kid Quiz

Winner: Rithwik K (Silver Hills, Kozhikode) with 35 points

Runner-Up: Mayug MM (Hari Sri Vidya Nidhi, Thrissur) with 29 points

Third: Abhijit B (Hari Sri Vidya Nidhi, Thrissur) with 28 points

We will be uploading the questions of the Lone Kid shortly on the blog

The Anoop Adithian Memorial Open

Winner: Viswas Viswam KC and Jithin Jacob

Runner-Up: Manu Sudhakar and Harikrishnan Menon

Third: Arun AS and Hrishikesh Varma

Greycells would like to express their thanks towards the Federal Bank Ltd for their sponsorship.

Random Quizzes

Please mail in your attempts to the quiz master directly. You may also post answers in the comments field (they are moderated and will be made available once the quiz is closed) of the respective quiz.

Quiz 1 , by Manjith
Quiz 2 , by Manjith
Quiz 3, by Manjith
Quiz 4, by Rajesh
Quiz 5, by Hrishi
Quiz 6, by Rahul Girish Kumar
Quiz 7, by Manjith
Quiz 8, by Rajesh
Quiz 9, by Arun A S
Quiz 10, by Vijay Krishnan
Quiz 11, by Vijay Krishnan
Quiz 12, by Vijay Krishnan
Quiz 13, by Hrishi
Quiz 14, by Arun George
Quiz 15, by Manjith
Quiz 16, by Sreejith
Quiz 17, by Sreeram
Quiz 18, by Manjith
Quiz 19, by Rajesh
Quiz 20, by Snehaj
Quiz 21 , by Arun
Quiz 22, by Wasi
Quiz 23, by Captain Chandrakant Nair.
Quiz 24, by Captain Chandrakant Nair.
Quiz 25, by Captain Chandrakant Nair.
Quiz 26, by Manjith
Quiz 27, by Captain Chandrakant Nair
Quiz 28, by Rajesh Mohan
Quiz 29, by Sreeram
Quiz 30, by Manjith
Quiz 31, by Manjith
Quiz 32, by Rahul Girish Kumar
Quiz 33, by Captain Chandrakant Nair
Quiz 34, by Rajesh
Quiz 35, by Hrishi

Prelims:

Excel 2008
Kurukshetra 2008
Inspire
Greycells Open April 2007
Greycells Open May 2007
Greycells Open July 2007

The Vaidyarthnam Group - Greycells Open, July 21

Greycells, in association with the Vaidyarathnam Group, conducted its third Open Quiz on July 21, at Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy.
Praveen VR (formerly, NITC) and Sarin P (Govt. Medical College, Calicut) were the quiz masters. The quiz was possible because of some generous sponsorship from the Vaidyarathnam group. Hrishi Varma, Arun A S and Vijayanath deserve special praise for their efforts in getting the quiz organised. Thanks are also due to Anil Raghavan and K.M. Haneesh for their efforts,
Narasimha Rao, Saneesh , Shyam, Manoj and Sanoj for their "muscle works", Jeffy for his car and Nithin who lent his muscles and his bike for the day, Hrishi's family for putting up with all this activity, and Dr. Neelakantan Moos for arranging the sponsorship !

1. Prelims
2. Report
3. Announcement

Federal Bank- Greycells Open Quiz on May 19

The Federal Bank- Greycells Open Quiz was conducted on May 19 at Calicut Medical College.
The Quiz was won by Dr.Sarin P(Medical College, Calicut) and Dr.Vijaynath V(formerly of Vaidyaratnam Ayurveda College). More information can be found at the following links.

1. Prelims
2. Report
3. Announcement

Greycells Open- Ernakulam, April 7

Greycells conducted its first Open Quiz on April 7 at FACT, Alwaye.
Quiz Masters: Lloyd Colopilly and Rajesh Mohan.

1. Prelims.
2. Report.
3. Announcement.

Quiz@Cusat

The following are selected questions from the Quiz conducted at CUSAT by Anil Raghavan of Greycells.

PRELIMS:
1. A place called Basaar in Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh famous for its Saraswati temple was in the news recently which has a bearing on Cusat. What?
2. Her first brush with fame was in 1991, when she was chosen as the Supermodel of the year. As expected this lead to a spate of film offers from which she accepted only one, a special appearance in a Telugu movie called Mamaguru. Her mother has recently ordered male dresses worth lakhs from a Kolkata designer. Who?
3. Connect the following terms to an athletic event: The Western Roll, Scissors Cut, Fosbury Flop.
4. It is the only wildlife sanctuary in India, harboring the tiger, the snow leopard, the leopard, and the snow leopard, Name the sanctuary.
5. Eugene Cernan, in his memoirs, The Last Man On the ……., mentions that he is the holder of a dubious but breakable honor. Complete the title of the book.
6. Which city in India is named after a queen whose real name was Bhagmati?
7. Which international brand got its name from a character in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick
8. Brussels is to EU as ……… is to SAARC.
9. What nickname is used to refer to the basketball team of New Zealand?
10. Which company founded by brothers Henry and Helal Hassenfeld uses a stylized smile as their logo, indicating that their business is fun?
11. Who or what was the TIME Person of the Year for 2006?
12. In fiction, who was Lady Chatterley’s lover?
13. Who or what was the emblem on the flag of Arjuna in the Kurukshetra war?
14. “The bugger served so slow that I went off to sleep waiting for the ball to come.” John McEnroe said this about whom?
15. What is the unit of measurement of beauty?
16. Which person’s initials stands for Avul Pakeer Jainulebdeen?
17. Spaces probes Vega 1, Vega 2, Sakigate, Giotto were launched to study what?
18. Whose autobiography was “Ba Ba Blacksheep”?
19. The 39th, 65th, 68th and 70th elements are named after which town?
20. Called Divehi Rajje in local language, this nation’s people are mostly Singhalese and Tamilians, and the official religion is Sunni Muslim. Name the country.
21. Which Indian recently beat out among others, Hisham Matar, M J Hyland, Peter Carey, David Mitchall and Kate Grenville?
22. Out of Kerala’s Communist Ministry of 1957, only two are still alive. One is K R Gouri. Who is the other?
23. Kerala won the Santhosh trophy for the first time in 1973, beating Railways 3-2. The Kerala captain scored a hat-trick in the final. Name him.
24. Name the Malayali co-founder of Infosys, who has an MSc in Physics from the University of Kerala, and is currently Group Head (Worldwide Sales and Customer Delivery). 25. Poka Yoke is a safety measure which literally means avoiding errors. The concept was originated by Shigeo Shingo for a major Japanese firm. Name the firm.

Answers:
1)The new IIT(Should have been at CUSAT)
2)aiswarya rai(clue was the dress order)
3)high jump
4)namdapha
5)Moon
6)Hyderabad(she became hyderi begum to marry quli qutub sha)
7)starbucks
8)Kathmandu
9)Tallblacks
10)hasbro(hassenfeld brothers)
11)You
12)Oliver mellors
13)Hanuman
14)ramesh krishnan
15)Helen
16)APJ abdul kalam
17)halleys comet
18)Edison
19)Ytterby
20)maldives
21)Kiran desai(others were shortlisted for bookerprize)
22)V.R.Krishnaiyer
23)Mani
24)Shibulal
25)Toyota

Thanks!!