The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Promoting `Brand India' with inter-collegiate quiz

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Tuesday, Sep 27, 2005

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Promoting `Brand India' with inter-collegiate quiz

Staff Reporter

Loyola College tops, Vivekananda and New colleges second

QUESTIONS ON INDIA: Vincent D'Souza at the World Tourism Day inter-collegiate quiz on Monday. — Photo: K. Pichumani

CHENNAI: : The folks at Incredible !ndia used the upcoming World Tourism Day, September 27, to get people racking their brains about the wonders of India with a quiz. Which served the purpose of the day fine since the idea is to promote "Brand India".

Vincent D'Souza of Mylapore Times played quizmaster.

Four teams

There were four teams in the finals of the inter-college quiz that was held on Monday.

The boys from Loyola topped the field in six rounds. Vivekananda College and New College were tied for the second spot. Ethiraj College, the only girls' team in the show, came in third.

The prizes will be revealed during the World Tourism Day festivities at the Government Museum on Tuesday.

The questions ranged from national parks to temples to Indian art.

The Loyola boys dove right in, taking the lead almost immediately. Mr D'Souza categorised the questions set by the "tourism people" in two ways; they were either googlies (tricky) or laddoos (easy).

After giving the New College boys a few laddoos that they did not answer, one of them said in exasperation, "One man's food is another man's poison."

Some of the questions

At which national park will you find the Asiatic lion?

Gir National Park, Gujarat

Which State is the Jim Corbett National Park in?

Uttaranchal

What is the Nandankanan National Park in Bhubaneswar famous for?

The white tiger

Where's the world's largest bas-relief art found?

Mahabalipuram

Which temple is called the "Black Pagoda"?

Sun Temple, Konarak