S Vishwanath and V Gautham of Hindu Senior Secondary School and A Eshwar Ram and V Rameshwar of PSBB, K K Nagar, won the second and third places respectively. Speaking to the Express about the success quotient of Chennai teams over the nine years at the national event, Ochintya Sharma said, “The teams in Chennai always score high in the prelims and since they have already won the nationals twice expectations are up.” The duo will take part in the national finals that will be held in Bangalore on December 4. Last time we didn’t even make it to the prelims and now we are actually going to be at the nationals,” beamed Shreyas. We ended up guessing at the last minute and we got it right,” said Rohan. “The toughest question was the one about Dan Shechtman.

‘Intelligent Competitors’ aced the quiz with their instant answers to the wide array of questions that ranged from the origin of the word ‘Limelight’ - between fireflies and glowworms - to identifying the visuals of renowned scientists.įor winners Shreyas and Rohan, who used online resources to prepare for the volley of questions, the emphatic win was a realisation of their long term dream. The teams battled it out in a host of nerve wracking rounds including ‘Truth or Dare’, ‘Jantar Mantar’ and ‘Word Cross’. After a gruelling preliminary round six teams were shortlisted for the finals: The Sri Sankara team ‘We were Quizzed this Way’ and ‘Kilby’s Friends’ from Hindu Senior Secondary School, Indira Nagar ‘Jack Kilby and the Deadly Fellows’ from PSBB Senior Secondary School, K K Nagar ‘It’s OK Machi Finalsla Pathukalam’ from Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Mylapore, and a team from PSBB School, Nungambakkam. The event hosted by quiz master Ochintya Sharma had a whopping 167 teams from 31 schools competing for the final title.

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