YOUNG WORLD QUIZ TROPHY-2012
The school beat 301 teams
at the regional level of the competition
Students
of Loyola School here once again proved that they are unbeatable when it came
to quizzing.The school, which produced last year’s national winners, took home
this year’s The Hindu Young World Quiz regional winner’s trophy, beating 301
teams at the competition held at the Pattom Thanu Pillai Memorial Priyadarshini
Hall here on Thursday.D. Ganesh and Aditchandra, ninth standard students of
Loyola School, were the clear winners as the team scored a whopping 176 points
as against the first runners-up, H. Shankar and Sidharth Uday of Bhavan’s
Vivekananda Vidya Mandir, Manvila, who could score only 82 points.Tony P. James
and A. Prajith from MGM R.P. School, Kottarakara, with 59 points bagged the
third place in the final round of the 13th edition of the quiz, which saw six
teams compete for the coveted prize.
District
Collector K.N. Satheesh presented the regional winner’s trophies and
certificates from The Hindu , a cash prize of Rs.12,000 and gifts
from various sponsors.The first runner-up received a cash prize of Rs.8,000 and
the second runner-up, Rs.6,000 as well as trophies and certificates.The Hindu
Young World quiz, an integral part of the Newspaper in Education initiative
ofThe Hindu saw students from more than 80 schools in Thiruvananthapuram,
Kollam, and Kanyakumari districts vying with each other for the top honours.They
had to undergo a written preliminary test, following which six teams with the
top scores were qualified for the final round and a head-on fight for the
coveted prize with quiz master V.V. Ramanan leading the battle.The regional
winners of the 16 centres in the country will compete in the finals to be held
at Chennai on December 7. The Hindu will bear their travel and
accommodation expenses, including that of one parent or guardian per team.The
winners of the finals will receive Rs.50,000, while the runner-up will get
Rs.40,000. The team which comes third will get Rs.30,000.There will be an
online quiz presented by Britannia Milk Bikis Future Minds for students from
Classes IV to IX.
The
prizes for the online quiz will be Apple iPads and HCL tablet. Log on to
www.thehindu. com/ywq to participate.The presenting sponsor of The Hindu Young
World Quiz is Britannia Milk Bikis Future Minds.The associate sponsors are the
Indian Overseas Bank, VIT University, Firefox, Goldwinner, and Black Thunder.The
regional sponsors are Kerala State IT Mission, Suchitwa Mission, and Sarva
Siksha Abhiyan.The gift sponsors are Success Note Books, Reynolds Pens, S Mart,
CRISOL Luxury Bags, Kerala State Cashew Workers Apex Industrial Co-operative
Society Ltd., and Styleplus.The outdoor gear partner is Wild Craft and the
Beverage Sponsor, Real fruit juice. iads & Events are the event managers
for the programme.
Prof.
John Kurakar
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