the grand finale of the times interschool quiz 2018 held at the sandhya convention gachibowli on october 27 was a display of deep knowledge and effort which shone through the performances of all the six teams with three members each battling it out for the top prize the allgirl team from p obul reddy public school comprising of tarusi jain sharini srivastava and siddhi kabra came out on top after a nailbiting finish against the boys from teja vidyalaya kodad st andrews school bowenpally army public school bolarum sanghamitra school and little flower high school the winners went home richer by rs1 lakh cash prize a beautiful trophy for permanent display at their school and some splendid memories to cherish forever the young boys from teja vidyalaya kodad who travelled a long distance to participate in the event came out all guns blazing and aced the buzzer round thereby emerging as the clear favourites to win the top honour the team from teja vidyalaya kodad comprising pavan tummala pavan balpunuri vishnu dongari won the first runnerup title and took home the cash prize of rs 50000 the second runnerup award went to ved pranay angara a virupaksh and m sai sanhith from st andrews school bowenpally the boys received a cash prize of rs 25000 times inter school quiz 2018 hyderabad was an initiative by optimal media solutions a division of times internet ltd a times of india group was presented by meluha learning and university partner icfai foundation for higher education powered by pinnacle institute of hotel management and catering technology and nano junior college and iit academy supported by radio mirchi over 120 teams from hyderabad and adjoining places who qualified by virtue of a preliminary round which was held earlier at their respective schools were invited to take part in the semifinal round for the preliminary intraschool rounds close to 8000 students participated after a keenly contested semifinal round top 6 teams qualified for the onstage grand finale fervent participants in each team gave a tough battle to each other the participants had to go through mazes of intuited and mindboggling rounds consisting of questions related to current affairs science sports music and multiple option questions it was an extremely educational and information enriching competition for the participants along with the audience ace quizmaster gautam bose helmed the entire event with lan and presented this nail biting contest with his brilliant repartee he has been conducting quiz events for the past 2 decades across the globe he presented innovative rounds with well crafted content that not only tested the contestants for their knowledge but also brought out their lateral thinking and quick strategy apart from other rounds comprising of audio visuals buzzers and direct questions some interesting rounds included one which was called newsstand wherein questions where completely based upon topics from prime time news another round which quickly became the crowd favorite was titled listed each question of this round had 8 options with 5 of