Kolkata: In a bid to engage football-loving residents of Merlin apartments across Kolkata with the start of the Euro Cup and Copa America Cu...
Kolkata: In a bid to engage football-loving residents of Merlin apartments across Kolkata with the start of the Euro Cup and Copa America Cup, Merlin Group is organizing Merlin Football Mania 2021 Quiz for the residents of Merlin. This is an online quiz competition that was flagged off on June 12 at 5 pm. The quiz competition is live from June 12 to July 11 on the weekends (Saturday and Sunday).
Gautam
Bhattacharya, renowned sports journalist and author was the chief guest during
the inauguration while Mehtab Hossain, renowned footballer and Abhijit Mondal,
renowned footballer and coach flagged off the event. Bilkes Perveen ex-banker
turned entrepreneur model anchor is the anchor and quiz master for the event.
The
structure of the quiz competition has been designed in the Euro-Copa cup
challenge tournament format where 24 teams shall compete in a knockout format. The
24 teams consisting of 24 Merlin families have been divided into national teams
from the Euro-Copa Cup tournament. The names of some teams being Italy,
Germany, Spain, Netherlands, England, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Russia, Wales,
Sweden, Portugal, France etc. . Duration of each round per match would be a
maximum of 20 minutes (around 7 questions).
The
Merlin Football Mania 2021 Quiz shall be broadcasted on Merlin Group’s Facebook
page (https://www.facebook.com/MERLINGROUP/) , through Facebook
Live
Inaugurating
the virtual event Gautam Bhattacharya said, “This is a brilliant initiative at
a time when the city and the whole country is thriving from a pandemic. I
really appreciate Merlin for such an initiative. Football which is connected
with us at different levels shall bring us joy and entertainment through this
virtual event.”
Mehtab
Hossain said, “This initiative shall enrich the knowledge of people in common
about football and uplift their interest about the sport. I want to wish the
best for the event and all the participants.”
Abhijit
Mondal said, “Football is what Bengalis live for. I would like to thank Merlin
for taking up such an initiative where football will remain within people at
least for the time the event goes on. In these trying pandemic situations, this
virtual event shall keep people distracted and entertained at the same time.”
Saket
Mohta, MD of Merlin Group, said, “Football is the sport that defines Bengalis
as they have been avid supporters of football since the beginning of football
as a popular sport. We are trying to engage the best experience to our valued
residents during these trying times of pandemic through this online
football quiz tournament. We have received a lot of applications from our
Merlinites who wanted to join this quiz tournament but we could only select 24
families on a first come first serve basis. The tournament kicked off on a
positive note and shall carry on to provide some thrilling sporting experience
to our Merlinites. I shall pray for our recovery soon from this pandemic and
come out winners in the real world soon again.”
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