MANGALORE, Nov 5: Students of Little Rock Indian High School, Brahmavar, Udupi district, won the Mangalore regional round of The Hindu Young World quiz competition, 2008, held at Town Hall here on Tuesday.
Another team of students from the same school bagged the second prize. The third prize went to MRPL High School, Mangalore.
Winners
The team represented by Shreya V.K. from the ninth standard, and Dhritish Karanth, of the eighth standard, from Little Rock Indian High School, walked away with the first prize while the team of Millo Kadu and Karthikeya, both ninth standard students of the same school, stood second. The MRPL High School team was represented by N. Subhash and Prince Shukla, both ninth standard students.
The team which won the first prize will represent Mangalore zone at the All-India Young World finals to be held at Visakhapatnam on November 13, 2008.
In all, 191 teams comprising students from sixth standard to ninth standard from different schools took part in the preliminary round of the competition. Of them, six teams qualified for the finals of the regional round. The other three teams were from Canara High School Main, Mangalore, St. Mary’s English School, Udupi, and St. Ann’s High School, Mangalore.
Responding to their victory, Ms. Shreya said: “I feel happy.” She was part of a team of Little Rock Indian High School which bagged the sixth place in the finals of the Mangalore regional round of The Hindu Young World quiz competition in 2007. “I am lucky,” said Mr. Karanth.
Ananthakrishna, chairman and chief executive officer of Karnataka Bank, gave away prizes to the winners.
Speaking on the occasion, he called upon the students to be good citizens. “You have a bright future,” he said.
Teams of students from Kasaragod and Kannur in Kerala also participated in the competition.
The title sponsor of the competition was extramarks.com. Associate sponsors were Vizag Steels, Pepsico Cheetos, Kissan Amaze Brainfood and DC Mango. The national sponsors are Ranga Rao and Sons, Cycle Brand Agarbathis, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Reynolds, Lotte, Penguin Books, Firefox Bikes, State Bank of Travancore and Dabur – Real Fruit. The regional sponsors were St. Joseph’s Engineering College, New Mangalore Port Trust, Mangalore SEZ Limited, Dakshina Kannada Cooperative Milk Union Limited, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Lunar Bags and GRS Fantasy Park.
Prizes
The event was managed by Quizwalahs. In addition to the first three prizes, many other prizes were given away to participants at the competition