Date:25/02/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/02/25/stories/2007022523240400.htm

Karnataka - Bangalore

Architecture quiz: Madurai team wins

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: The Cauvery twist in the quiz did the trick. The audience were on their toes, as two college teams, one from Mysore and the other from Madurai, sat on the edge with 60 points each. They had just one query to respond, but a bigger prize to catch. Ultratech Archumen, the annual architecture quiz was about to get a winner.

Revving up the mood by taking off on the Cauvery dispute, ace quizzer Pickbrain sharpened the edge. He had one question to break the tie, but two teams to grab that title. Caught napping for the first two rounds, the team of Byrav Gowda and Mujahid from Universal School of Design, Mysore, had steamrolled the opposition in the next two rounds. Face to face with the consistent Madurai team, they were not ready to wink first.

Tension mounting, Pickbrain fired his final salvo. The question made public, the two teams got down to some serious writing. A frown escaped Pickbrain, as the Mysore team fumbled, admitted defeat. The team of Nagappan and Ashwin from Thyagaraja College of Engineering had won the event. Consistency had triumphed.