MindSweep, MegaWhats & Norway Open scores

MindSweep

QMs: Dr Arul Mani, Nikhita Thomas, Pranav VS, and Venkataraman Ravindra (Karnataka Quiz Association) 

Proctor: Kanchan Gatward 

1. Aniruddha Sen Gupta - 74
2. Shujoy Dutta - 40
3. Aastha Dua - 34
4. Viola Rodrigues - 28
5. Paul Gatward - 22
6. Swati Parab - 12

MegaWhats 

QMs: Movin Miranda, Debanjan Bose, Sreyashi Dastidar, Sushant Shekar, and Thejaswi Udupa (Karnataka Quiz Association) 

Proctor: Devika Shetty 

1. Feni, Vidi, Vici (Aniruddha Sen Gupta, Srijit Kumar, Nitish Wagle, Rajiv D'Silva) - 41.5

2. Deewane Mastane Parwane (Shujoy Gupta, Aastha Dua, Vikram D'Silva, Samyak Rajanala) - 26

3. RSVP (Paul Gatward, Swati Parab, Viola Rodrigues, Ruchira Porob) - 18.5

4. Gang of Four! (Adarsh Rao, Shreyash K, Suhani Chodnekar, Nikhilesh Rana) - 10

5. Devki & Tapasya - 5.5

Norway Open

QMs: Fyrbøterlogen (Norwegian Quizzing Association) 

Proctor: Anjali Dar SenGupta 

1. Aniruddha Sen Gupta - 73
2. Rajiv D'Silva - 62
3. Shujoy Dutta - 56
4. Samyak Rajanala - 45
5. Aastha Dua - 44
6. Nikhilesh S. Rana - 41
7. Paul Gatward - 37
8. Viola Rodrigues - 36
9. Shreyash - 31
10. Swati Parab - 23
11. Suhani Prabhu C. - 20
12. Adarsh Aravinda Rao - 18
13. Vikram D'Silva - 18

All scores are subject to final ratification by the Karnataka Quiz Association and Norwegian Quizzing Association. Finalized comprehensive scores will be up on the KQA website and Norwegian Quizzing Association website in due course.

Goa Open -10/May/2026- results

QM: Annie Sengupta

1^st : Team 6:270 points

Vilas Pavithran, Devika Shetty, Sanjay Parab, Soham Khandeparkar, Swatit Valaulicar

2nd: Team 7: 265 points

Shashwat Salgaoncar, Mervyn, Siddhant Parab, Dhanaraj Naik, Nikhilesh Singh Rana, Aastha Dua

3rd: Team 3: 235 points

Amita Kanekar, Anjali Sengupta, Rajiv D'Silva, Harshvardhan Bhatkuly, Viola Rodrigues

4th: Team 2: 215 points

Chandrashekhar Rao, Adish Talwadkar, Chinmay Naik, Nikhil Shirsat, Vikram D'Silva

5th : Team 1: 210 points

Paola de Sequeira,Anirudh Kakodkar, Ajay Poonia, Raunak Nevgi, Shujoy Dutta

6th: Team 8: 210 points

Kaivalya Karkare, Srijit Kumar, Lucano Alvares, Shreyash, Suhani, Nathan

7th : Team 5: 195 points

Sneha Nair, Shyam Prasad, Sameer Volvoicar, Bonny Furtado, Parind Phadte

8th: Team 4: 170 points

Paul Gatward, Nitish Wagle, Rupika V, Swati Parad, Valentino Alvares, Ruchira Porob

 

Goa Open 2026 – 10/May/2026 – content

QM: Annie Sen Gupta

Prelims



Finals

MindSweep, MegaWhats & Norway Open 2026

The Sunday Evening Quiz Club, in association with the Goa Business School, Goa University, will host three quizzes, conducted by the Karnataka Quizzing Association and the Norwegian Quizzing Association, on 17 May 2026 at the Goa Business School, Taleigao. Details and registration links of all three quizzes are as below:

MindSweep 2026

International Solo Quizzing Championship, the written quiz will consist of 180 questions across two halves.

Date: Sunday, May 17th 2026

Time: 10.30am (please be seated by 10.15am)

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao Plateau

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Proctor: Kanchan Gatward

Flavour: General

Participation: Open to all, entry free. Please bring your own pen(s) and backing board.

To register and for more information, visit http://kqaquizzes.org/mindsweep/

Previous editions of the quiz can be accessed here https://kqaquizzes.org/quizzes/

List of registered participants here https://kqaquizzes.org/mindsweep-registrations/

MegaWhats 2026

MegaWhats is KQA’s national open team quizzing championship. It is an open team quiz for up to four members. The quiz will consist of around 75-80 questions.

Date: Sunday, May 17th 2026

Time: 3.30pm onwards (please be seated by 3.15pm)

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao Plateau

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Proctor: Devika Shetty

Flavour: General

Participation: Open to all in pre-formed teams of four or less, entry free. Please bring your own pen(s) and backing board.

To register and for more information, visit http://kqaquizzes.org/megawhats/

Previous editions of the quiz can be accessed here https://kqaquizzes.org/quizzes/

List of registered teams here https://kqaquizzes.org/megawhats-registrations/

Norway Open 2026

The Norway Open is a written solo quiz, consisting of the following eight categories with a total of 240 questions:

1. High Culture
2. History
3. Lifestyle
4. Popular Culture
5. Science & Nature
6. Society
7. Sports & Games
8. World

Date: Sunday, May 17th 2026

Time: 5.30pm onwards (please be seated by 5.15pm)

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao Plateau

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Proctor: Anjali Dar SenGupta

Participation: Open to all, entry free. Please bring your own pen(s) and backing board.

To register click here https://forms.gle/DALitCuQkH33rVJh8

Goa Open 2026

The Goa Open is back after a gap of 6 years. It's scheduled for Sunday, May 10, at the Goa Business School, starting 4pm.

It's open to all in teams of 3, but with one caveat. A team can contain a maximum of either:

* 1 person from List 1 and 1 person from List 2; 

or

* 2 persons from List 2

List 1: Doc Shekhar, Ira Prem, Nitish Wagle, Rajiv D'Silva, Shashwat Salgaonkar, Srijit Kumar, Vilas Pavithran

List 2: Aastha Dua, Ajey Patil, Anjali Sen Gupta, Chinmay Naik, Devika Shetty, Kunal Naik, Lucano Alvares, Parind Phadte, R Samyak, Raunak Nevgi, Ruchira Porob, Shujoy Dutta, Soham Gaunekar, Viola Rodrigues

Apart from that constraint, you are free to form your team in any way you like.

Registration is mandatory. You can register either as a team (please give your team a name in this case), or individually. Annie will combine those who register independently into teams as per his discretion. 

To register, send an email with the header 'Goa Open registration' to seqcgoa@gmail.com by midnight of Friday May 8.

The quiz will begin with a written Prelims at 4pm, from which the top 8 teams will qualify for the Finals.

Date: Sunday, 10th May 2026

Time: 4 pm (please be in place by 3.45pm)

Venue: Goa Business School, Taleigao

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QM: Annie Sen Gupta

Participation: Open to all in pre-formed teams of 3, with rider as detailed above.