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It was a day to be remembered for Keerthi Raghavan. September 8, 2001. The boy from Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram, along with teammate Siddhartha Banerjee, won for the second consecutive year the Delhi regional finals of the The Hindu-Young World quiz held in Talkatora indoor stadium in New Delhi. DPS had annexed the second place in the All-India finals held in Chennai November last.

The second annual quiz by The Hindu-Young World got off to a rousing start with 210 teams participating in the preliminary round of the Delhi regionals. Quiz master V. V. Ramanan fired away 25 volleys for the written round. Six top scoring schools were selected for the finals which was held immediately thereafter. Beginning with The Headlines and going on to Plain Vanilla, Know your city, Multi-media masala, Topsy-turvy and the final pulsating buzzer round Stop Press, saw the finalists battling it out to the end.

Springdales had two teams in the top six, the A team walking away with the second prize of Rs. 3000 each and Dishnet internet access kits. The third prize went to the boys from St.Francis school. A plethora of prizes awaited the regional winners - the Delhi Public School,

R.K .Puram. A cash prize of Rs. 4000 each , a Hercules Thriller MTB from TI Cycles, Dishnet internet access kits worth Rs. 800, a Nike totebag sponsored by Eveready, and Programming Crorepathis certificates from Fourth R. Attractive prizes were up for grabs for the audience rounds as well and the stands came alive, and how! The Magsaysay award winner Ms Kiran Bedi gave away the prizes to the delight of the students and all assembled.The event managed by Letsquiz.com was sponsored by Eveready, Nutrine, Hercules Cycles, Dishnet, Fourth R, Coke and Jet Airways.

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