THE FACULTY of Engineering bagged its 12th championship crown in the 42nd installment of Pautakan, the longest-running intercollegiate quiz contest in the country, on Monday at the Medicine Auditorium.
Engineering dethroned the AMV College of Accountancy, which kept the historic revolving championship trophy for the past two years, with a 110-point lead in the final round.
“It was relieving po kasi dalawang taon na po kaming talo, na-achieve namin ‘yong goal namin na makuha ang 12th championship,” Engineering Team Captain Joseph Matthew Caballas told the Varsitarian in an interview.
Accountancy missed its “three-peat” goal after placing second with 130 points.
The Faculty of Pharmacy landed on the third spot with 75 points, while the Faculty of Arts and Letters got 70 points.
Back-to-back champion Caballas defended his individual category title with 195 points, beating challenger Danvhar Nojara of Accountancy with 125 points.
Mark Fillippe Pastor of Education bagged the third spot with 105 points.
The veteran resource persons for this year’s Pautakan were Selwyn Clyde Alojipan (Science and Technology), Jose Ramon Lorenzo (General Information), Judy Lim Gabriel (Mathematics), Jerome Ong (General History), Jose Neil Garcia (Humanities) and Jose Victor Torres (UST History).
ABS-CBN Sports and Action reporter Angelique Manto and UAAP Seasons 80 and 81 courtside reporter Migs Gomez were the quiz masters of this year’s Pautakan.
