The Young World quiz
The Hindu Young World Quiz series started in 2000 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Young World supplement. Begun as an interschool, inter city quiz this has become the best known and most widely attended live quizzing event in the country. The quiz conducted every year since then over a number of cities draws enthusiastic responses from tens of thousands of children from hundreds of schools at regional events conducted nationwide.
The regional winnings teams, of two members each compete for top honours at a grand All-India final, where the ultimate winners are crowned in all glory and showered with a veritable cornucopia of prizes.
In this year's edition of the quiz, which is the seventh, the Regional rounds are being conducted at Thiruvananthapuram (October 5), Kochi (October 7), Kozhikode (October 9), Visakapatnam (October 14), Hyderabad (October 16), Vijayawada (October 18), Mangalore (November 2), Bangalore (November 4), Chennai (November 6), Pondicherry (November 8), Coimbatore (November 10), Tiruchirapalli (November 11) and Madurai (November 14). The grand All-India finals will be held at Madurai on November 14.
Once again the quizmaster this year is Mr. V.V. Ramanan, well known in quizzing circles. Eveready is the title sponsor. The associate sponsor is Jamaai Ice Cream. The national sponsors are Encyclopaedia Britannica, Reliance Hello, HP Invent - Printers, Garden City College, Reynolds, Vizag Steel, Cycle Brand Agarbathis, Britannia - Tiger Biscuits, Penguin, State Bank of Travancore. The official drink is Maaza, and the TV sponsor is S S Music. The event manager for this programme is Quizwallahs.
Students from Std. X to XII who wish to participate in this quiz may obtain the registration form from their school principals or by contacting the Regional General Managers of The Hindu in the above-mentioned centres. Each school can send in a maximum of three teams.
For more information log on to www.thehindu.com/yw
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