International Business student Tong Hui Min from UTAR Faculty of Accountancy and Management (FAM) won second place at "Emerald Malaysia National Online Quiz 2019". The quiz was held from 8 November 2019 to 8 December 2019 at the official website of Emerald Group Publishing.
The "Emerald Malaysia National Online Quiz 2019" was organised by Emerald
Group Publishing, a global publisher founded in 1967 to advocate novel ideas
that would advance the research and practice of business and management,
health and social care, education, as well as engineering. Today, Emerald
Group Publishing manages a portfolio of over 300 journals, 2,500 books and
over 1,500 teaching cases. The quiz aimed to increase the exposure of
Emerald Publishing to students and personnel in relevant institutions, as
well as to encourage the use of Emerald Publishing database which offers a
wide variety of journals and articles.
The quiz consisted of eight questions and the answers to the questions were
stored in the Emerald Insight database found in the library of the
contestants’ respective institutions. There were a total of 10 prizes for
the quiz. The winners were drawn randomly from contestants who answered all
questions correctly.
Tong received a Samsung Galaxy A30 smartphone for winning the second place.
Tong managed to answer all questions correctly, hence got the chance to
enter the lucky draw and win the second spot.
Tong said, “I wasn't aware of the quiz at first, but after I saw the prize
for the first place, which was a Nintendo Switch, I decided to give it a
try. Most of the questions required general knowledge with a little bit of
geographical knowledge as well.” Tong also said that she took about five to
seven minutes to answer the questions. Tong also advised, “Try to gain more
knowledge about the world and always keep an eye out for UTAR portal, you
may stumble upon another similar quiz in the future like me.”
Tong (right) receiving her prize from Library Senior Assistant Library Manager Suraya binti Mohd Yusof
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