Metropolis wins Shillong Edition of Brain Jam Quiz 

Shillong, Sep 2: Metropolis team emerged the overall champions of the Aircel Brain Jam Quiz 2009 at Soso Tham Auditorium here on Monday. 

The event conceived and organised by Priya Communiction, has evolved into an annual event awaited by quiz buffs across the region. Renowned Quizmaster Barry O’Brien hosted the event. 

Nuts and Scalpes finished first runners-up and Alpha Omega second runners-up in the mega quiz event. 

The champions won the EB Diengdoh and NC Blah Memorial Trophy and a trip to Malaysia. The trip to Malaysia is sponsored by Sona Bath Fittings. The first runners-up was awarded with two television sets while the second runners-up received two walkies. 

The host of the event Mr Barry O’ Brien, enthralled and enlighten the participants and the audience with his energy and brilliant one-liners.  

The ‘Go Green’ initiative for the Quiz which was chosen in a bid to reverse the effect of the Global warming, brought about be excessive emission of green house gases like carbon dioxide was a success. 

Brain Jam 2009, aimed to highlight these problems and pledge to begin an initiative to mitigate this impending problem through this platform by enlightening the participants and the audience how to help reverse the affects of Global warming.  

Also a tribute was paid to the legend singer and dancer of this era Michale Jackson during the event. 

Altogether, 50 teams took part in competition. An attraction of the event was the performance by the band Felexis.