The Hindu YOung World Quiz 2012

The annual student quiz contest organised by The Hindu Young World is back on its thirteenth edition, and will roll out on October 30th, 2012 at Bangalore. The Grand Finale will be held in Chennai on December 7th, 2012.

The Young World quiz will be conducted at the following Centres: Madurai, Trichy, Coimbatore, Salem, Puducherry, Tirupati, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mangalore, Hubli, Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram and culminating in an Grand Finale in Chennai. There are three cash prizes at the regional level and three for the Grand Finale.

Eligibility

Students from classes VII to IX. 
Any two students from a school can form a team
A school can send a maximum of 4 teams

To Participate
Register using the entry cards sent to your school. The schools should send the entries to the local Regional Office of The Hindu within the specified dates.
Schools who have not sent in their entry forms in time can avail spot registrations provided the teams carry an authorisation from the respective school principals.

The Hindu will meet the cost of the travel, boarding, and lodging of the winning team and for one accompanying parent or teacher from the other centres for the Grand Finale in Chennai. Quizmaster V.V. Ramanan will host the show in all the 16 centres.

Prizes
Attractive prizes at regional level
The prize money for the wining team in the final will be Rs. 50,000, the runner up team will win a prize money of Rs. 40,000 and the second runner up team will take home Rs. 30,000

For the different venues and schedules and for the deadline, contact information visit the Young World Quiz website

This year an online Quiz for students from class IV - Class IX is being conducted as part of the Young World Quiz '12 and to register, one can log on to www.thehindu.com/ywq to participate and win prizes ranging from Apple ipad to HCL Tablet sponsored by BRITANNIA, the presenting sponsor for The Young World Quiz 2012. Details