OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS ORGANISES COLUMBAN OPEN QUIZ

The seemingly impossible to crack quiz attracted 270 teams from 44 Schools

September 02, 2017: Year after year The Columban Open Quiz has rolled out questions which have raked the brains of students participating in the quiz. Oxford University Press organized the par-excellence yet grueling quiz in New Delhi on the September 02, 2017. The venue of the quiz was St. Columba’s School, New Delhi.

The two-day mega event witnessed over 182 teams’ participation in the quiz. All the 44 schools present there had the best minds working on the questionnaire trying to make their way to the top; post the taxing and testing prelims, quarters, and semifinals. The prelims and the quarters were conducted by alumni from St. Columba’s School the team size was of 4 students per team competing with other schools present at the venue.

Quizmaster, Architect, Author and the brain behind the questionnaire of Kaun Banega Crorepati, Kunal Savarkar along with Abhishek Kapoor, and Ravtej Singh had hosted the final quiz and had gripped the audience and students alike with questions that got the teams thinking hard about possible answers.

DPS NOIDA School gave a tough time to rest of the teams present to emerge as a winner. The second place was secured by Modern School Barakhamba Road. St Columba’s School stood apart from the rest at the third position. All the 10 teams who qualified to the finals have got 3 dictionaries (Little oxford dictionary, Oxford Essential dictionary and Oxford student learner dictionary from OUP.

About Oxford University Press:

Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. OUP is the world’s largest university press with the widest global presence. It currently publishes several education, reference and academic publications every year, has offices in around sixty countries, and employs nearly 6,000 people worldwide. OUP’s diverse publishing programme includes scholarly work in all academic disciplines, school and college textbooks, children’s books, materials for teaching English, dictionaries and reference books, and academic journals. OUP also provides digital learning solutions designed to meet learning needs of the contemporary learner. Learn more about OUP at www.oup.com

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