Season 2 of QF-1 got off to a rousing start with Vijay Sarathy conducting a brilliant set of 30 questions. Here are the scores in descending order.
| Participant | Score |
|---|---|
| Keshav Athreya | 15.5 |
| Mario Fernando | 14.5 |
| Jayadev Bhaskaran | 14.5 |
| Gopal Kidao | 13 |
| Suresh Ramasubramanian | 13 |
| Shashwat Sinai Salgaocar | 13 |
| Rohit Rao | 11.5 |
| Siddhanth Rao | 10.5 |
| Abid Abdulla | 10.5 |
| Navneeth | 10.5 |
| Deviprasad V | 8.5 |
| Ramachandran S | 7.5 |
| Daivik De | 7.5 |
| Pritheesh | 6 |
| Vikhram R | 5 |
| Abhijit Hariharan | 5.5 |
| B Sai Ishwar | 5 |
| Ananth Sundararaman | 5 |
| Krishiv | 4.5 |
| Varun R | 4 |
| Riyas Ahmed | 3.5 |
| Achyuth Sanjay | 3 |