|
|
|
||||||
|
The eighth edition of The Hindu Young World Quiz – 07 will be rolled out on October 27 from Puducherry, to climax at the national finals in Chennai on December 3. This annual multi-city quiz contest, which has been eagerly looked forward to by school children all over the country, will be conducted at 13 centres. At each centre, there will be a written preliminary round to select the six teams for the regional finals, with both the rounds to be held on the same day. The winning team from each region will be eligible to participate in the grand all-India final to be held this year in Chennai. The Hindu will meet the cost of the travel, boarding, and lodging of the teams and for one accompanying parent or teacher fromtheother centres for the final in Chennai. The contest is open this year for students from classes six to nine. Any two students can form a team and each school can send in a maximum of three teams, using the Entry Cards sent to them. The schools should complete their entries and send it to the local regional office of The Hindu within the specified dates. The Young World quiz will be conducted at the following Centres: Puducherry, Bangalore, Mangalore, Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Madurai, Tiruchi, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Chennai. There are three prizes at the regional level and three at the all-India final. The regional winners will bag Rs.8,000/- as the first prize, Rs.6,000/- for the second and Rs.4,000/- for the third. At the national level, the prize money gets doubled. In addition, there will be plenty of other prizes in cash and kind for participants and the audience too. Amity University will be the title sponsor for the 2007 edition of the contest. Tara Talcum powder and Lotte Booproo are the associate sponsors. The national sponsors are Reynolds, Penguin, Encyclopaedia Britannica, State Bank of Travancore, Cycle Brand agarbathis, Vizag Steel Plant, Tourism Malaysia, and Extramarks.com The beverage sponsor is Dabur-Real Mango. ‘Quizwalahs,’ are the event managers.
|
||||||
|
