<p>In what was a tense competition, the CMR National Public School edged out the BGS National Public School to win the Junior DHiE Inter-School quiz contest held at the Bal Bhavan in Cubbon Park on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In all, the CMR team scored 105 points. BGS came second, while NPS from Koramangala won the third place.<br /><br />In the senior category, the Vagdevi Vilas School won first place with 190 points. Kendriya Vidyalaya, IISc, came second and Silicon City Academy bagged the third place. <br /><br />Around 400 students participated in the DHiE inter-school quiz contest held on Tuesday for all schools which are a part of the Student Edition of the Deccan Herald.<br /><br />The auditorium buzzed with excitement as avid quizzers from various schools across the City vied with each other to test their knowledge. The questions were drawn from a vide range of subjects - from history to politics and films.<br /><br />Quizmaster Arul Mani, an English teacher at St Joseph’s School, kept the competitors on their toes, often jarring their confidence by asking questions which left them fumbling for answers. <br /><br />“I feel that the essential joy of quizzing boils down to pitting your brain against others,” Mani said, speaking to Deccan Herald after the event.<br /></p>
<p>In what was a tense competition, the CMR National Public School edged out the BGS National Public School to win the Junior DHiE Inter-School quiz contest held at the Bal Bhavan in Cubbon Park on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In all, the CMR team scored 105 points. BGS came second, while NPS from Koramangala won the third place.<br /><br />In the senior category, the Vagdevi Vilas School won first place with 190 points. Kendriya Vidyalaya, IISc, came second and Silicon City Academy bagged the third place. <br /><br />Around 400 students participated in the DHiE inter-school quiz contest held on Tuesday for all schools which are a part of the Student Edition of the Deccan Herald.<br /><br />The auditorium buzzed with excitement as avid quizzers from various schools across the City vied with each other to test their knowledge. The questions were drawn from a vide range of subjects - from history to politics and films.<br /><br />Quizmaster Arul Mani, an English teacher at St Joseph’s School, kept the competitors on their toes, often jarring their confidence by asking questions which left them fumbling for answers. <br /><br />“I feel that the essential joy of quizzing boils down to pitting your brain against others,” Mani said, speaking to Deccan Herald after the event.<br /></p>
