Dorling Kindersley Quiz

The purpose of a quiz is not to shame or embarrass anyone, but to make sure everyone is on the same page. Mark Goulston.

A quiz was held at our School on 27th September 2016, moderated by DK (Dorling Kindersley), a British multinational publishing company specialising in illustrated reference books for adults as well as children in 62 languages. 60 teams from classes VII, VIII and IX, participated in the quiz.

The quiz was made possible with the assistance of Ms. Tarannum Athar, School librarian, Saruby Sharma, president of the School Quizzing Committee, Indianite Quizzards and four members of the Quizzing Committee; Smita Jha (XI-), Shivangini Sharma (X-C), Sarim Husain (X-B) and Arham Mehta (X-E).

The quiz was a first of its kind to be held at our School. The participants were very enthusiastic and excited. The organisers had also put up banners and handed badges to the students.

The Quiz Master was Adittya Nath Mubayi, a BBC mastermind semi-finalist. He has also worked as Research Head for Kaun Banega Crorepati and was once the star quizzer of Delhi's St. Columba's School.

The preliminary round consisted of 20 questions, which were MCQs, general questions as well as visual questions. While the DK team tabulated the results, students were introduced to the varied resources that DK provides, including the interesting DK Find Out! site, which helps students with their assignments, the DK apps and a plethora of colourful reference books to make learning a fun process.

The six teams which qualified for the final round were as follows: TEAM A: Mohak(VII D) and Dhwani Arora(VIII B) TEAM B: Kartik Anand (IX-E) and Abdullah (VIII-E) TEAM C: Atharv Vashisto (VII-A) and Kriti Bajaj (IX-C) TEAM D: Shrey Gogia (IX-C) and Srinjoy Mukherjee (VIII B) TEAM E: Nishit Sharma(VIII E) and Aadrita (VII E) TEAM F: Vansh Gupta(VIII B) and Akshat(VII A)

This round was held on stage and the contestants who could not qualify witnessed the final round. It consisted of 5 rounds, namely Rumble in the Jumble, Say What You See, Get to the Point, Double Take and Buzzer. Each round also had questions as well as prizes for the audience. Everyone was on the edge of their seats as the participants closely competed against each other for the first prize! Kriti Bajaj and Atharv Vashisto were the winners and will now represent our School at the zonal level of the DK Quiz. Kartik Anand and Abdullah were the runners-up.

Saruby Sharma offered a vote of thanks as every student received a participation certificate and the top six teams were handed certificates of merit.

The quiz was very interesting and innovative. Quizzing is no longer what it used to be. Its much more than a hobby and these quizzes help students to truly enrich their intellects.

Saruby Sharma (XI-B) & Madhavi Bahuguna (IX-A).