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National general knowledge joy for quiz team
The Perse general knowledge team got quizzical to claim the runners-up spot in the Senior Schools’ Challenge national finals.
Featuring captain Sean Ridley, Shaaon Bhattacharya (both Lower Sixth), Dhruv Radhakrishnan and Neelkantha Mukherjee (both Year 10), the team reached the finals by winning the regional title with a 570-420 victory over Colchester Royal Grammar School followed by a 1,120-200 triumph over Gresham’s in the inter-regional final.
In the national finals at Tonbridge School, the Perse team got off to a great start by beating Warwick School 950-150 in the quarter-finals.
A 1,000-470 semi-final win followed against Magdalen College School before the team lost narrowly 820-700 to Westminster School in the final. Perse maths teacher Fred Jayatilaka, who oversaw the team, said: “The standard of quizzing in the national finals is extremely high, so this is a brilliant achievement.”
Meanwhile, the Perse team of captain Ardhra Radhakrishnan, Rosamund Riordan, George Tysome (all Year 8) and Jasmine Christmas (Year 7) will look to follow in the senior team’s footsteps in the Junior Schools’ Challenge national finals.
They began their campaign by beating Colchester RGS 900180 before running out 960-120 victors over Beeston Hall School to gain a place in the national finals, which take place in autumn 2022.
