IQA-WISDOM Quiz 2013: A keen contest for top honours

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Independent groups competing in the IQA-WISDOM Quiz swept the boards recently at the Kingsbury, Colombo as they bagged the five top slots in the contest. The overall winners were the team led by Chamara Sumanapala while Vindana Ariyawansa’s team emerged runners-up. Mewan Aluthbadage, Praveen Samarawickrama, Vajira Lasantha and Thilina Galappatti were the other members who formed the winning team that also won the award for the best team in the independent groups category. The team led by Kasun Pathirage was placed 3rd while the rest of the independent teams were led by Deran Hewavaithrana, Moditha Sendanayake, Pramodha Weerasekera, Sisira Mark Antony, Indika Jayasinghe, Kasun Bandara Ekanayake, Imran Furkhan and Dr. Wasantha Dissanayake.

Hatton National Bank fielded two teams in the competition and their A team led by Amila Gamage emerged as the best team in the banking sector while Dialog Axiata – led by Mohomed Rikaz , 99x Technology A team – led by Shirantha de Alwis and IFS – led by Asanka Gallage tied for the sector award under the mercantile category Royal College Colombo A team led by Archanath Dickwella emerged winners in the Schools category. Among the 12 schools that took part in Wisdom 2013 were many from the outstations – Richmond and Mahinda Colleges from Galle and Dharmaraja College from Kandy and Taxila Central from Horana all giving a tough fight to the Colombo schools including Royal, Ananda, Nalanda, Musaeus, Royal Institute and Wycherley Int’l. A high standard was maintained throughout the competition with Ruwan Senanayake, Sri Lanka’s representative of the International Quizzing Association, UK compiling the questions once again with visuals and video clips to make it all the more interesting to the quizzers. Varuna Ratnaweera performed the role of the Quiz Master for the fourth year in succession and the show was compered by Faizal Bongso. A special feature at the Wisdom Quiz 2013 was that book vouchers worth Rs. 2500 each was presented to all schools teams that took part with the compliments of Chartered Management Institute, Sri Lanka branch. Conducted as a team event with five members in each team the questions were based on five subjects – Current Affairs, Sports, General Knowledge, Space and Astronomy and Arts/Literature and Entertainment with 10 questions per round, this event – now in its eighth year is one of the most sought after competitions in the quizzing enthusiasts in Sri Lanka. IQA Sri Lanka hopes to conduct this quiz in the future too and provide Sri Lankan quizzers the continuous opportunity to broaden their knowledge and improve memory power in a competitive quiz challenge.