Contestants flock to online quiz

A record number of participants are expected to take up the challenge in Hong Kong's biggest inter-school online contest.

Organisers hope around 200,000 students will take part in the Inter-School Modern/wizQ Contest, double last year's record number of entrants.

More than 130,000 applications have already been received from primary and secondary students from 288 schools. The deadline for applications is today.

The competition, which runs from March 25 to April 27, is open to students from Primary Three to Form Four.

The quiz, now in its third year, is supported by the Education Department.

Competitors log on and select one of the eight different quiz rooms, which best suits their age group, and play on their computers when it is convenient for them.