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|Subjects = Science, Literature, Fine Arts, Generalism
 
|schoolcur = [[UCLA]] (2025-present)
 
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|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. He is known for his strong generalism, with particular specialization in Science and Fine Arts.  
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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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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.  
 
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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He is also known for his inability to physically navigate to and from tournaments and gamerooms. Some notable incidents include walking into the same window twice during the 2024 HSNCT and getting stranded at the Atlanta airport following the 2025 PACE NSC.
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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]].
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Along with his former teammate at the Walker School, [[Rohan Jain]], Karthik directed the creation of a mNAQT set 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.