<p>It was a battle of brainy little beasts at the inter-school quiz competition organised by Deccan Herald in Education (DHiE) in association with TTK Prestige Limited at Bal Bhavan, Cubbon Park, on Thursday. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Out of 300 students who took part in the quiz, eight teams of two members each came on stage to present their wits.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the juniors’ category, two teams were tied for the first place while four teams were tied for the second and two for the third. Quizmaster Prof Arul Mani had a tough task breaking the ties.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Finally, Pranava P and Thanmayee V Bhat, of Mahila Mandali Vidya Samsthe, emerged the champions. Kruthiknandan R and Hanish S Adhi, of Carmel High School, came second while Dhruva J and Abhignya B S, of Mahila Seva Samaj, came third.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Akshay Nagaraj and Suhas M S got the consolation prize. </p>.<p class="bodytext">In the seniors’ category, Shardul Parthasarathy and Hithysh L Kanth, of Delhi Public School, Bangalore South, emerged victorious while Samuel A and Sarang V S, of Maxwell Public School, came second.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nihal Pinto and Pranay Johri, of National Public School, Koramangala, secured the third place while the consolation prize went to Arjun Ravisankar and Sudharsan S, of St Thomas Public School. </p>.<p class="bodytext">“The pleasure in doing the DHiE Quiz is that it brings together a varied mix of schools in Bengaluru.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There might be schools that you have never heard of while there are some schools that are coming up with new concepts.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It’s a nice heterogeneous mix of schools across the city. So, it is fun,” beamed Prof Mani, who teaches English at St Joseph’s College. </p>.<p class="bodytext">He continued: “I think the fear of quizzing actually comes from a larger and general fear of exams where there is a fear of failure or performing badly or being taken to task. I think the good thing about quizzing, especially for people in school and college, is that it teaches you to relax and not to worry too much.” </p>.<p class="bodytext">Prof Mani further said: “You can’t get 90% in a quiz. You can’t get 100/100 in a quiz.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The maximum score would be what you get a very poor exam score. Technical people need not worry too much about the numbers because even the worst scorer can perform well in it.”</p>
<p>It was a battle of brainy little beasts at the inter-school quiz competition organised by Deccan Herald in Education (DHiE) in association with TTK Prestige Limited at Bal Bhavan, Cubbon Park, on Thursday. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Out of 300 students who took part in the quiz, eight teams of two members each came on stage to present their wits.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the juniors’ category, two teams were tied for the first place while four teams were tied for the second and two for the third. Quizmaster Prof Arul Mani had a tough task breaking the ties.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Finally, Pranava P and Thanmayee V Bhat, of Mahila Mandali Vidya Samsthe, emerged the champions. Kruthiknandan R and Hanish S Adhi, of Carmel High School, came second while Dhruva J and Abhignya B S, of Mahila Seva Samaj, came third.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Akshay Nagaraj and Suhas M S got the consolation prize. </p>.<p class="bodytext">In the seniors’ category, Shardul Parthasarathy and Hithysh L Kanth, of Delhi Public School, Bangalore South, emerged victorious while Samuel A and Sarang V S, of Maxwell Public School, came second.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nihal Pinto and Pranay Johri, of National Public School, Koramangala, secured the third place while the consolation prize went to Arjun Ravisankar and Sudharsan S, of St Thomas Public School. </p>.<p class="bodytext">“The pleasure in doing the DHiE Quiz is that it brings together a varied mix of schools in Bengaluru.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There might be schools that you have never heard of while there are some schools that are coming up with new concepts.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It’s a nice heterogeneous mix of schools across the city. So, it is fun,” beamed Prof Mani, who teaches English at St Joseph’s College. </p>.<p class="bodytext">He continued: “I think the fear of quizzing actually comes from a larger and general fear of exams where there is a fear of failure or performing badly or being taken to task. I think the good thing about quizzing, especially for people in school and college, is that it teaches you to relax and not to worry too much.” </p>.<p class="bodytext">Prof Mani further said: “You can’t get 90% in a quiz. You can’t get 100/100 in a quiz.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The maximum score would be what you get a very poor exam score. Technical people need not worry too much about the numbers because even the worst scorer can perform well in it.”</p>