The Maruti Suzuki FACT (Free A Child Today) Quiz, presented by CRY - Child Rights and You - is a unique corporate quiz that tests both the Intelligence and Emotional Quotients of its participants while helping make child rights a reality. We invite YOU to be a part of it.
About Maruti Suzuki FACT
FACT " Free A Child Today " is a national level trivia quiz, presented by CRY. FACT allows companies to actively ensure a better world for Indian children. Amongst India's toughest trivia quizzes, FACT is now in its 8th year of bringing challenge and fun to participants, and enabling irreversible social change.
Over the years, over 680 organisations across 6 cities have sent teams to FACT, raising over Rs. 50 lakhs, thereby changing the lives of not just 6,000 underprivileged children, but also the participants AND the audiences who came to watch and cheer. Over 100 companies made it all possible through a variety of sponsorships.
Maruti Suzuki FACT 2005
FACT returns bigger ... Pune gets added to the FACT itinerary this year, becoming the 7th city on the FACT circuit.
As always, Derek O'Brien will conduct the national finals. Well known cricket commentator and avid quizzer, Gautam Bhimani, will conduct the regional rounds.

Final FACT
Bangalore Round
Delhi Round
Winners FACT2005
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Kolkata |
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Tuesday, September 27, 2005 |
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Saturday Club, 7 Wood Street, Kolkata - 700 016 |
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Biswabijoy Sen and G Sreekanth from TCS |
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Delhi |
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Friday, September 30, 2005 |
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Indian Institute of Mass Communication Auditorium, JNU new campus Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi - 110067 |
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Ashok Malik and Jayditya Gupta from Indian Express |
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Chennai |
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Saturday, October 01, 2005 |
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Central Leather Research Institute(CLRI) Auditorium, Sardar Patel Road, Opp IIT Chennai, Adyar, Chennai 600 020 |
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Prashanth Sampath &Yagnyeshwaran Hariharan from Infosys Technologies |
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Bangalore |
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Sunday, October 02, 2005 |
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Sathya Sai Samskruta Sadanam, No. 20, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560029 |
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Lahar Appaiah and Vijayaraghavan from Infosys Technologies |
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Hyderabad |
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Monday, October 03, 2005 |
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RNR Auditorium, Opp. Lotus Pond, Road No. 12, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad - 500 034 |
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Chandra Sekhar Ganduri and Vinod Rajamani from Deloitte Consulting |
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Mumbai |
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Friday, October 14, 2005 |
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St. Andrews Auditorium, St. Dominic Road, Bandra West, Mumbai 400 050 |
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Apurva R Sircar and Surya Tatineni from Blowplast Limited & Abhay Chauhan and Kaiwan Turel from HSBC |
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Pune |
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Saturday, October 15, 2005 |
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Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Hall, Atur Foundation, 4, Dr. Ambedkar Road, Pune - 411001 |
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Pawan K C and Ankit Shouche from Mahindra British Telecom |
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National Finals - Delhi |
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Friday, October 28, 2005 |
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Indian Institute of Mass Communication Auditorium, JNU new campus Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi - 110067 |
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The National FACT winners - Ashok Malik and Jayditya Gupta from Indian Express and the Runners Up - Apurva R Sircar and Surya Tatineni from Blowplast Limited |
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How you can participate
Join up with a quizzer colleague and persuade your organisation to sponsor your entry. 2 members make up a team, and multiple teams per company are permitted. The entry fee of Rs. 8000/-* per team will enable 10 children to obtain their basic right to an education. To know more, contact the nearest CRY office, or download the participation form or SMS <CRY FACT> to 8558
*Tax exempt (50%) under Section 80G of Income Tax Act, 1961.
How you can associate with us
If you would like to partner us, a wide range of sponsorship are available. To know more, contact us, or download the partnership form.
See Maruti Suzuki FACT 2004 highlights
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