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Indian boy, youngest champion of BBC quiz show

London: A 10-year-old Indian boy has emerged as the youngest champion in the history of a BBC quiz show, Junior Mastermind.

David Verghese, who made it to the BBC1 show finals sailing through the heats, had the Jurassic Park trilogy as his specialist subject.

For the final, he chose the life and work of Star Wars director George Lucas as his speciality.

David, a student of Merchant Taylors’ Junior School, Crosby, Merseyside, beat three other boys in the final, securing 31 points — 15 on his specialist subject and 16 in the general knowledge round.

David attributed his success to “reading, reading and more reading,” and said J.R.R. Tolkien, H.G. Wells and Isaac Asimov were his favourite authors.

“I have a passion for books. I’ve been reading for as long as I can remember. I read for at least two hours every night, often more.”

His mother Rama said: “David has an insatiable quest for knowledge.” — PTI

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