BSNL Sports Quiz is a weekly television phone-in quiz program in India, running continuously since 2002. Since its inception till early 2019, the program's episodes were hosted/anchored by Dr. Sumanth C. Raman[1] who was also its main ideator.[2] In September 2017, the program completed 800 weekly episodes, continuing to be India's longest running quiz program.[3] Now BSNL Sports Quiz is telecast on Sunday nights on the DD Podhigai satellite channel. The programme is branded and sponsored by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Tamil Nadu Circle, with weekly prizes also given by BSNL. The program takes calls from contestants via SMS, e-mail, Skype and mobile phone. On 24 February 2019 Sumanth Raman was replaced[4][5] by L.Srirama Narayanan as the host for the show.

References

  1. ↑ Staff Reporter (2016-09-30). "Sports quiz celebrates 750th episode". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  2. ↑ Paitandy, Priyadarshini (2011-12-12). "On the buzzer..." The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  3. ↑ ""Longest Running Sports Quiz": Limca Book of Records Archives". The Coca-Cola Company. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  4. ↑ "'Political views unpalatable to a certain party': Sumanth Raman says he has been removed as DD quiz show host". Firstpost. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  5. ↑ Kaveri, Megha (February 23, 2019). "Sumanth Raman alleges he was dropped from DD's sports quiz show for 'unpalatable political views'". www.thenewsminute.com. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
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