QUIZ

“The one who knows is the one who grows”….

The alumni of St. Britto High School, Mapusa –Goa call themselves Britto's Old Boys' Association. Yesterday, on a rainy Sunday, they organised a QUIZ QUEST where twenty-one schools participated. Each team had four participants and a chaperon. Eight teams made it to the semi-finals and four contested the finals. But all remained seated in the audience till the very end, and that undoubtedly was the success of the event.

Quizzing can be a very interesting and entertaining, because it provides the opportunity for even the loser (who cannot answer a particular query) to be an eventual winner (the knowledge base is widened once the answers are disclosed)… Quiz contests encourage the spirit of enquiry and discovery in the minds of the participants as well the audience… Rather than be mere tests to assess knowledge, Quiz Contests help nurture a questioning mind, a positive outlook and a wide-angle approach to developing new dimensions to our database of information.

Just look around at the persons who participate or attend Quiz Contests regularly. You will notice an extra zest for life and a proactive optimistic attitude. In fact, when we look at Quiz Masters like Siddharth Basu and Derek O’ Brien, we notice personalities who have been able to develop multiple facets in a multi-dimensional world… In fact, Quizzing in India has developed its own, unique flavour because it involves diverse genres of different geographical regions, cultural diversity, a colourful history and an emerging collective conscience…

Whenever, any parent asks me for recommendations to develop new dimensions to the personality of their child, I recommend three things… activity that involves Mother Nature (from sports to trekking), the Library Habit and developing team spirit through participation in team activities… and the best way to get the child to do all of these (and more) is to provide and support the opportunity to participate, attend and observe the infectious art and craft of Quizzing… and of course, I do mention, “Adults too need to connect to exciting activity of Quizzing…”

Inculcate the attitude of being inquisitive and proactive enquiry
“Develop new dimensions” through the process of discovery…

Regards
Pravin