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Clever answers to a great win
A. B. SUDHINDRA
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Another edition of amazing quizzing. Did you catch the action?
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Photo: K Murali Kumar
Winners: Arvind Das Gupta and Deepak Narayanan from National Public School, Indiranagar.
The team that held its nerve in the last “shoot-to-glory” round won the regional final of the multi-city The Hindu Young World Quiz 2007 held here at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Bhavan recently. The Deadly Duo team of Arvind Dasgupta and Deepak Narayanan from National Public School (NPS), Indiranagar which was trailing by four points garnered 18 points in the last round and pushed the Plato and Newton team of Vidur Niranjan and Dhruv Manchala from Del
hi Public School (Bangalore North) to the second place.
Good performances
Six teams made it to the regional final on stage. The team of Sonal Len Saldanha and Akshay Krishna from St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School was the second runner up, while the teams from Sri Kumaran Public School (ICSE), Sudarshan Vidya Mandir (ICSE) and Carmel School, Padmanabhanagar finished fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.
They went home richer by Rs. 8,000 and received trophies from The Hindu as well as goodies from various sponsors, while Dhruv and Vidur took home a cash prize of Rs. 6,000 and trophies as well as gift hampers. The team “Quiz Czarinas” from Mirambika School for New Age won the Best Team Name prize, while the “Eagles” team from Vidya Jyothi School, Kolar, won the Best Outstation Team prize. Subhashini Vasanth, Director of Vasantharatna Foundation for Art gave away prizes to the winners. Amity University was the title sponsor, while Lotte Boopro Liquid Filled Bubble Gum and Tara Talcum Powder were the associate sponsors of the event. Reynolds, Vizag Steel Plant, State Bank of Travancore, Cycle Brand Agarbathis, Penguin, Encyclopaedia Britanica, Malaysia Tourism and Extramarks.com were the national sponsors. Wonderla, K. S. Infosystems, Prism Books and British Library were the regional sponsors. Dabur Real Fruit Juice was the beverage sponsor, while the event was managed by Quizwalahs. Quizmaster V. V. Ramanan hosted the show. The Hindu Young World Quiz turned out to be special for two children from Spastics Society of Karnataka. In all 405 teams from 135 schools participated in the event. Children travelled from Nanjangud, Dharmapuri, Kolar and Tumkur to participate in the competition.
Special guests
Avinash and Nivedita travelled from their school in Indiranagar and enthusiastically participated in the event “even though the body was not willing but the mind was yearning” to be at the venue.
They received thunderous applause from the audience for their indomitable spirit. “We answered seven questions correctly, though none of them was from our school books,” said Avinash, an avid quizzer, who has participated in a few competitions. Nivedita demonstrated her joy, when she thought she knew answers for some questions. They both won the audience prize for identifying a picture of Azim Premji.
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