Playing the fastest finger first; frantically pressing buzzers; quickly writing down the answers; and cheering enthusiastically for every point scored — these and much more were part of the action-packed 15th edition of The Hindu Young World Quiz held at the Thiagarajar College here on Tuesday.
For the first time, a quiz was conducted in the sub-junior category for students of classes III to V which saw a huge turnout of 110 teams from Madurai, Tiruchi, Tirunelveli, Sivakasi, Kanyakumari, Ramanathapuram and other southern districts.
Six teams qualified for the finals after the written preliminary round. The questions tossed at them by quizmaster V. V. Ramanan covered a very wide canvas . V. Dhanush Aditya and A. Aadhithya, both of class V from Aditya Birla Public School, Ariyalur, were the runaway winners with a margin of five short of a ton, at the end of the exciting finals.
In the second place were K. N. T. K. Thiyagesh of class IV and J. Davidson of class V from the Y. R. T. V. Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Sivakasi, while V. Shriram Ananth and K. Jaideep Vishnu, both of class V from the Mahatma CBSE School, Madurai, bagged the third place.
The teams from R. S. K. Higher Secondary School, Tiruchi; A.U.P.E.T. Chinmaya Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Tirunelveli; and Pushpalatha Vidya Mandir, Tirunelveli, bagged the fourth, fifth and sixth places respectively.
JuniorsThe prelims for the juniors (for classes VI to VIII) began with 138 teams battling it out to secure a spot for themselves in the finals. R. Saivignesh and V. Bipin, both of Class VIII from the Mahatma CBSE School won the first place after a well fought-out finals.
M. P. M. Ponmukesh and V. R. Devanand, both of class VIII from Velammal Vidyalaya, Theni, stood second in the low-scoring finals.
The team consisting of T.G. Ashwin Kumar and E. Tamizh Selvan, both of class VII from Mahatma Montessori School, KK Nagar, Madurai, bagged the third place and were followed by teams from Mahatma CBSE School, SBOA Matriculation Higher Secondary School and Vikaasa School (Ponnagaram), Madurai.
An enthusiastic and interactive audience of students too kept the proceedings lively through both the quizzes and won prizes for giving the right answers to questions directed at them.
The teams which won the first place in both the categories received trophies, certificates and bicycles from the chief guest, Manikantan Nair, Deputy General Manager (Business and Operations), State Bank of India; Uma Kannan, secretary of Thiagarajar College; and representatives from Kalasalingam University.
All the other winners received trophies and certificates and all participants were given participation certificates.
The quiz was presented by Britannia Milk Bikis along with the Associate Sponsor Firefox. While the gift sponsors were Reynolds and Success Notebooks, the Regional Sponsors were Kalasalingam University and Hi-Tech Arai. The venue was sponsored by Thiagarajar College.
