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{{Infobox|Name = Karthik Jayaram
 
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|Subjects = Science, Literature, Fine Arts, Generalism
 
|schoolcur = [[UCLA]] (2025-present)
 
|schoolcur = [[UCLA]] (2025-present)
 
|highschool = The Walker School (2023-2025)
 
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'''Karthik Jayaram''' is a quizbowl player for [[UCLA]] and formerly the Walker School in Marietta, Georgia, where he played with noted player Rohan Jain.
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'''Karthik Jayaram''' is a quizbowl player for [[UCLA]] and formerly [[The Walker School]] in Marietta, Georgia. He is known for his strong generalism, with particular specialization in Science, Literature, and Fine Arts.  
  
 
As a senior at Walker, he led the team to a 7th place finish at the 2025 SSNCT and a 13th place finish at 2025 HSNCT, where he scored 82 PP20TUH.
 
As a senior at Walker, he led the team to a 7th place finish at the 2025 SSNCT and a 13th place finish at 2025 HSNCT, where he scored 82 PP20TUH.
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As a freshman at UCLA, he led UCLA B to the Division II finals at 2026 ICT and went 6/4/0 in the first game, forcing a second game. UCLA B would fall in the second game to a Columbia C team that included Robert Wang and Omkar Marathe.
 
As a freshman at UCLA, he led UCLA B to the Division II finals at 2026 ICT and went 6/4/0 in the first game, forcing a second game. UCLA B would fall in the second game to a Columbia C team that included Robert Wang and Omkar Marathe.
  
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Karthik has been observed to "hulk up," engaging in visible hyperventilation and appearing to absorb oxygen before unleashing a series of impressive buzzes on consecutive tossups. He is also known for his inability to physically navigate to tournaments and gamerooms, having walked into windows at multiple tournaments.
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Karthik has been observed to "hulk up," engaging in visible hyperventilation and appearing to absorb oxygen before unleashing a series of impressive buzzes on consecutive tossups.  
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Along with his former teammate at the Walker School, [[Rohan P. Jain]], Karthik directed the creation of a mNAQT season for the 2026-2027 set called [[MONSTER]]. This set notably ran into some controversy during the Multi-Set Leak Incident perpetrated by [[Samin Asif]].
  
 
[[Category: UCLA]]
 
[[Category: UCLA]]

Latest revision as of 22:44, 5 October 2026

Karthik Jayaram
Noted subjects Science, Literature, Fine Arts, Generalism
Current college UCLA (2025-present)
High school The Walker School (2023-2025)
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Karthik Jayaram is a quizbowl player for UCLA and formerly The Walker School in Marietta, Georgia. He is known for his strong generalism, with particular specialization in Science, Literature, and Fine Arts.

As a senior at Walker, he led the team to a 7th place finish at the 2025 SSNCT and a 13th place finish at 2025 HSNCT, where he scored 82 PP20TUH.

As a freshman at UCLA, he led UCLA B to the Division II finals at 2026 ICT and went 6/4/0 in the first game, forcing a second game. UCLA B would fall in the second game to a Columbia C team that included Robert Wang and Omkar Marathe.

Karthik has been observed to "hulk up," engaging in visible hyperventilation and appearing to absorb oxygen before unleashing a series of impressive buzzes on consecutive tossups.

Along with his former teammate at the Walker School, Rohan P. Jain, Karthik directed the creation of a mNAQT season for the 2026-2027 set called MONSTER. This set notably ran into some controversy during the Multi-Set Leak Incident perpetrated by Samin Asif.