Asnani School’s ‘Pearson Quiz Competition’ witnessed a fantastic turnout with nearly 175 teams taking part from top CBSE and ICSE schools of Bhopal.
Asnani School 'Pearson Quiz Competition' started appropriately with a question on Bhopal - What three-word sobriquet does Bhopal share with other cities such as Udaipur, Thane and Hanoi. [City of lakes]Questions ranged from children's fiction to movies, to science and mythology. There were juicy ones which one could work out based on the clues - "In The Jungle Book, what appropriate name is given to the great gray lone wolf that leads the Seeonee wolf pack that includes MowgliIJ" [Akela]
Rijula Uniyal, Deputy Commissioner, Income Tax Bhopal was the chief guest on the occasion. The customary cricket question was hit for a six by most teams - Which future Indian cricket captain led the Indian team to victory in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia in 2008IJ
The finals had questions on demonetization, Smart Cities, Galileo and more. One of the best-liked questions was this: The brontosaurus is one of the best known dinosaurs in the world, due to it appearing in films like Jurassic Park. One of the largest dinosaurs to have ever existed, it was nearly 22 metres in length. The name ‘brontosaurus’ literally means ‘____ lizard’ and refers to the huge sound it made while walking. What atmospheric word fills in the blanks hereIJ [Thunder]. The quiz had a written preliminary round followed by finals.
The quiz was conducted by Quiz Master Vivek Karthikeyan from Bangalore.
The winners were- the first two positions were secured by Sagar Public School, Saket Nagar, while Bal Bhavan School remained n third position.