Draft:K-Circle Quiz Club

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= Quizzing = An apocryphal incident and a widely repeated anecdote attributes the word’s invention to Richard Daly, the manager of a Dublin theatre. As one version of the story goes, he wagered that he could cause a word of no meaning to become the talk of the town within 48 hours and to acquire a definite, widely adopted meaning within a week. Accordingly, he had the letters Q, U, I, and Z written across doors and shutters all over Dublin. The subsequent public response led to his winning the wager. (The anecdote’s accuracy is, unfortunately, doubtful.)

Quizzing, Trivia, GK, call it what you want, is an age-old and popular pastime and hobby , and the promotion of which is carried out through various media, in person, weeklies, radio, TV and of course the Web. The prominence of leading personalities as Quiz masters Neil O'Brien, known as the Father on Indian Quizzing, led many others in his footsteps.

It has transformed it's appeal thru commercialisation as well. While the advent of Online quizzes, there has been a reduction of draw towards in-person format. But there are many who do revel in the so called Trivial Pursuit! Even the [https://quiz.mygov.in/ Govt. of India] is pitching in with a quiz portal! That said, the momentum has to be given some necessary impetus.

International Quizzing

 * 1) Norges Quizforbund Norges Quizforbund was established in 2004 by Tore Dahl and Ole Martin Halck and formally registered in the Brønnøysund registers on 1.1. 2005. The association's aim is to promote the sport of quizzing in Norway and act as a gathering point for quiz enthusiasts throughout the country. NQF organizes quiz competitions and national and international championships. We also inform about pub quizzes and other types of events, mainly through this website.
 * 2) International Quizzing Association The World Quizzing Championships event was first held in just one location in 2003 with Steven De Ceuster and Siva Krishnapillai from Belgium and Malaysia respectively flying over to England to take part. Since then, the World Quizzing Championships has seen more contestants and more countries joining every year. We hope that more than 2,000 people will take part this year.
 * 3) World Quizzing Championships
 * 4) IQA India
 * 5) IQA Hindu article
 * 6) IQCTwitter
 * 7) JWQC
 * 8) Local Support

Quizzing in India
There are many like bodies dotting the metros and other smaller cities, as well as those in educational institutions. A non exhaustive list is
 * 1) KIQF
 * 2) Coimbatore Quiz Club
 * 3) Karnataka Quiz Association, Bangalore
 * 4) Bombay Quiz Club, Mumbai
 * 5) Quiz Foundation of India, Chennai
 * 6) Sunday Evening Quiz Club, Goa
 * 7) Kutub Quizzers (now transforming into Delhi Quiz Circuit via its college quizzers), Delhi

K Circle
Founded a little over a half century ago, circa 1972 in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, K-Circle is India's oldest continuously functioning, registered quiz club. Fifty years on, with over 2600 quizzes (over 5200 hours of quizzing!) conducted by 1000s of members, it is as strong as ever. K-Circle, has carried the torch with in-person and online quizzing for a half a century in Hyderabad. Videos from The Hindu

Srivats Iyengar is credited with the initiative along with his friends.

Venue
Originally, YMCA, Hyderabad was the venue, but with the dislocation due to the pandemic in 2020, the meetups moved briefly online and then after a few choices of location(Lamakaan, Goethe Zentrum, Phoenix Arena, Alliance Française amongst others), and thanks to Dr. Naresh, is now housed at Columbus Hospital, Chikoti Gardens, Begumpet. A wag said, get addicted to quiz upstairs, and treated downstairs! The club activities have received positive reviews in the local press from time to time. .

Events
K-Circle is well known for its annual calendar, which serves to make for a engaging weekly, monthly and annual timeline. The following are notable of keen participation

Saturdaze, the weekly quiz meet, at 4:30pm, every Saturday. Venue, unless informed in advance, is generally the Conference Hall at Columbus Hospital, Begumpet, Hyderabad.

Kaikoo, an annual competition attracting teams from all over India. The 2023 event was held at Bhaskara Auditorium, Birla Science Centre on the weekend of 28th, 29th of October. There were four separate rounds, General, Medico-Legal, Designs and Marquee Kirkiri.

School Quizzes, to promote the hobby amongst youngsters, in collaboration with other organisations / schools. The Sakshi School Quiz 2015 Quarter FinalsThe Sakshi School Quiz 2015 Quarter Finals The Sakshi School Quiz 2015 Finals

MahaQuizzer venue, an annual solo written quiz contest held simultaneously across several Indian cities. It was instituted in 2005 by the Karnataka Quiz Association.

AsiaSweep venue, the Arun Veembur Memorial Quiz on all things Asian, conducted by Karnataka Quiz Association



Formats

 * Random Teams
 * BYOT, Bring Your Own team
 * Arre Bhai (Lone Wolf / Solo). Conducted monthly, the winners qualify for the annual leader board, which carries a cash prize.
 * Hold'em, a novel format, blending Poker, Auction and Questions was invented by Nitin Kishore and was a great success. A matrix of suits and cards decides the question group and category to be directed at the team.

Governance
The governance affairs and finances are managed by a 4 member Board of Trustees, Devarajan, Prasanna, Sarada, and Nitish.

Boots on the ground are a 4 member working board led by a President. They handle the weekly schedule, respond to QM requests and organize the annual events. All positions are voluntary and honorary. For 2024 President: Prasanna Karmakar Members: Debjit, Arunabh Mittal and Revanth

Alumni
K-Circle has in it's half a century of association, build a global bond amongst it's alumni members, who make it a point to catch up with the events. Erstwhile members move on for academic and career growth, yet retain their camaraderie with the club. They also contribute interesting questions to add to the question pool for special events.

Notable alumni

 * Srinivas Rao Mahankali, THub
 * Syed Akbaruddin, IFS
 * Anjaneyulu, IPS
 * Mahesh Murty, Angel Investor
 * Somsekhar Mulugu, Journalist
 * Archana Suresh, TSIG Director
 * Krishna Prasad, IPS, MP