Participants during a session of inter-school quiz contest.
Doha: Team Alpha of DPS-Modern Indian School has been declared ‘The Biggest Quidnunc’ at the recently held inter-school quiz contest.
Organised by Infotainment Factree and targeting Grade 7 to 12 students across communities and curricula in Qatar, invites for ‘The Biggest Quidnunc’ were sent to more than forty schools. The final of the event was organised on Zoom platform earlier this month.
Team Alpha, represented by Mithun Ramesh Babu and Tejaswi Manoj, took a big lead in the first round, ‘It’s Anyboy’s Fame’, answering 5 out of the 6 questions at stake. Albeit it couldn’t keep up the same momentum in the next five rounds, the last one, ‘Brute Force’, where teams had to play to their strengths choosing their favourite subjects and points they wanted to play for, again worked wonder for Alpha, giving them enough points to emerge victorious.
Team Noble 22 from Noble International School, and represented by Aayan Shariff and Sabarish Mohandas, did constantly well from the second round, ‘Bulls Eye’, but it was not enough for the lead they had already conceded and had to be contend with the first runner-up position. The All-Brothers Team of Trial by Trivia from Birla Public School picked up really well with the third round, ‘Playing From The Gallery’, to end up being the second runner-up.
The team was represented by Rayan Yusuf and Adyan Yusuf.
MES XI from M.E.S Indian School, represented by Chris Simone Denny and Afifa Bint Mustafa, was voted with the ‘People Choice Award’, having received maximum ‘Likes’ on their team’s profile on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter combined, an innovative feature to add to the glam-quotient of the event.
The other two teams to make it to the final include Nakis (represented by Sophia Ali and Shyma Rizvi of Noor Al Khaleej International School) and the Backbenchers (represented by Amey Amol Desai and Gurshaan Singh of Rajgiri Public School). Taking a short break between the fifth round, ‘Public Jaanti Hai’, and the sixth round, ‘Sound of Music’ (audio), was a panel discussion on ‘The Art of Quizzing’.
The expert panel of quiz veterans, including Neelanshu Jamuar, Deepak Taneja, Amreshwar Sati and Kaushik Bhattacharya stressed the need for entertainment and engagements in all form of learning, and quizzing in particular.
