Royal College wins finale of Tokyo Cement multi-million rupee brain game
View(s):The Tokyo Cement All Island Schools Quiz 2013, a multi-million rupee brain game amongst schools across Sri Lanka, came to an exciting end on March 23 in an “epic battle between the blue-and-golds (Royal), and red-and-golds (Ananda)”.
Two of Colombo’s top boy’s schools that survived intense mental melees for months, met in a final showdown that ended with the blues taking home one million rupees in prize money, the company said.
The programme saw the cleverest school children from across the island, pitting their intelligence against each other for over one year. The finals saw the four teams reduced to two, with the champions from the hill capital, Mahamaya Girls School and Dharmaraja of Kandy, being defeated by Ananda and Royal from Colombo. On Sunday, parents and children watched the finals that left one team standing as the best of the best of Sri Lanka’s public education system.
In a close race that saw the teams going head to head in almost all three rounds, Royal College, Colombo, beat Ananda College with a narrow margin, the company media release said.
“We congratulate the Royal College quiz team on their victory and we say well done for a game well played, to the Ananda College quiz team,” said Billy Walpola, Director Marketing of Tokyo Cement.
Royal College received a one million rupee cheque and the runners up, Ananda College, a Rs 500,000 cheque. The company also presented the four members and two back up members of the Royal College quiz team with Samsung Tablet computers.
The six Anandians were gifted Titan watches. The school authorities stated that the winnings will go into the respective school funds at Royal and Ananda, and will be used for school improvement activities, the company said.
With the conclusion of this mega competition, Tokyo Cement and its media partner Swarnavahini, are already planning a comeback.
“We are encouraged by the positive response we have received from educationalists in the country. We are also very happy with the success of our first quiz programme, which was a major project involving complex logistics, due to its all island coverage. We hope to see more schools participating in the Tokyo Cement All Island Schools Quiz season two, when it returns in 2014,” said Mr. Walpola.