The cream of the brightest young minds in the UAE gathered at the Sheikh Rashid auditorium in Dubai on Thursday, the 28th of may 2005 for a battle royale among young students in Al Baker Noodle Word Master – the 1st inter-school vocabulary challenge in the UAE.
Six successful teams emerged out of a total of over 225 teams from 45 schools to battle out in a tightly contested final on stage conducted by Quiz Master Ami Goradia from India.
Dubai Modern High School’s team comprising of Shrivats Mohan and twin Kaushik Mohan emerged as the ‘Word master of UAE’. The second place was resolved through a tie-breaker between Indian High School, Dubai and Dubai Scholars Private School. It took 4 questions to break the tie and in the end Indian High School were the 1st runners up followed by Dubai Scholars in the third place. In the fourth place was the team from Our Own English High School, Sharjah; followed by Our Own English High School Dubai and Our Own English High School Al Ain in the fifth and sixth places respectively.
The winners took home PS2, Gameboys, MP3 players, Digicams, DVD Players and other exciting prizes courtesy Al Baker Noodle. There were also TFT monitors courtesy Acer, Color Printers courtesy Jacky’s electronics and US Robotics wireless networking kit for the winning school.
Aimed at students from the age of 12 to 16 years old, Al Baker Noodle Word Master was first of its kind in the UAE – testing the word power of the students and the depth of their vocabulary. The quiz comprised of 11 rounds and saw the fortunes of all the teams swinging from time to time. The elegant and stylish Ami Goaradia had both the teams and the audience in rapt attention. Creative and innovative rounds ranging from ‘What’s the good word’ and ‘Proverbial wisdom’ to Crossword and Eponymous - It’s All in the Name had everyone asking for more.
“Dubaiquiz is at the forefront of intellectually challenging quiz competitions in the UAE aimed at promoting fun learning in a challenging environment whether on the internet or offline and Al Baker Noodle Word Master is a welcome addition to dubaiquiz’s knowledge properties,” said Mr. Jamshed Mehdi, CEO of dubaiquiz,com, the pioneer quizzing institution in the UAE. “Like our other successful knowledge properties, I expected Al Baker Noodle Word Master to promote learning and encourage students to widen their vocabulary through wide reading and research and we were very pleased with the response received from various schools across the UAE.”
“Al Baker Noodle has always been an advocate of the learning, growth and development of young minds, hence our initiative with the ‘Al Baker Noodle Word Master’ – The first Inter school Vocabulary Challenge in the UAE. As promised the event turned out to be a day of fun and excitement and we are thankful to the schools for their keen participation in the event.” said Mr. P J Bhattacharyya, General Manager – Marketing, Emirates Refining Co Ltd.
Al Baker Noodle Word Master was brought by Al Baker Noodle; Prize Sponsors: Jacky’s Electronics, US Robotics, Acer; Media Partners: Khaleej Times, Young Times, Hum FM, Channel 729; Support Sponsors: Rolla Residence, Crystal Arc, Gulf Technical Commercial printing press, Cheetah Networks, Idea Spice and Mind Direct. It is a dubaiquiz.com knowledge property.
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