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Asian College of Journalism win inter-college sports quiz in Chennai

Goal Quiz has been organizing a number of quizzes in the past, including quizzes on the ICC 2019 World Cup and the Parliamentary Elections in 2019.

Asian College of Journalism win inter-college sports quiz in Chennai
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Published: 28 Feb 2020 8:48 AM GMT

Srinjoy Sanyal and Sayantan Guha of Asian College of Journalism won the inter-college sports quiz that was organized by Goal Quiz at the Patrician College of Arts and Science, Gandhi Nagar in Chennai on 26 February. The winners scored a total of 90 points across six rounds and returned home with a prize money of INR 20,000 . Team of John Alias and Vishnu PK of MCC came second with 75 points. The third place went to Jeevesh Guha Natarajan and Aadithya S, who could secure 70 points.

Commencing from 12.30pm IST, the college campus was abuzz with sports fanatics, who were eager to test their knowledge against each other. The preliminary round saw 140 teams take part in a written test, from where five teams made it to the final round. Priyaranjana and P. Priyadharshini of MOP won the best girls’ team award in the preliminary round.

The teams had two students each from the same college. The final saw the college students answer five rounds of questions that had been prepared by T.N. Raghu, a renowned sports commentator on Star Sports Tamil for the last 15 years. He has also covered three FIFA World Cups and the Olympics, and it ended up being an informative session for the youngsters. Each round had lively pictorial, audio and video questions, which made the competition fun-filled and engrossing.

The preliminary round saw 140 teams take part in a written test, from where five teams made it to the final round. The preliminary round saw 140 teams take part in a written test, from where five teams made it to the final round.

Former India volleyball player J. Nadarajan and Dr Geetha Rufus, vice principal of Patrician, gave away the prizes. Goal Quiz has been organizing a number of quizzes in the past, including quizzes on the ICC 2019 World Cup and the Parliamentary Elections in 2019.

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