KOCHI: K R Gopikrishna and Safeer Bawa of Bhavan’s Adarsha Vidyala won the Kochi City finals of Limca Book of Records Quiz 2011 held at Nava Nirman Public School, Kochi, the other day. The duo will be among the 80 teams to compete in the semi-finals. Arshad Muhammed and Cherian Thomas of Rajagiri Public School, Kalamassery were runners-up. The top 10 teams from the semifinal round will compete against each other in the national finals which will be hosted by renowned quiz-master Derek O’Brien. Around 260 students from 52 schools participated from Kochi out of which six schools competed in the city finals. They were Bhavan’s Adarsha Vidyalaya, Rajagiri Public School, Kalamassery, Bhavan’s Vidhya Mandir Elamakkara, Bhavan’s Vidhya Mandir Eroor, Vidyodaya School and Assisi Vidya Niketan Public School. The quiz was conducted by Shane J Alliew from Derek O’ Brien & Associates. The winning teams were felicitated by Ajay Kumar, General Manager, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. and V K George, Principal, Nava Nirman Public School. After the consecutive success of Limca Book of Records Quiz since 2008, this year the quiz is being organized in more than 3500 schools to ignite young minds and make the pursuit of knowledge an engaging yet competitive process. The multi-city initiative is being launched in partnership with ‘Know & Grow with Derek’ and involves participation of young minds from classes 8 to 12. As part of the initiative, a series of quiz competitions will be organized in 3500 schools across 80 cities. The quiz competition is divided into four zones - North, South, East and West. The quiz is being organized in three stages - Inter-school level, Semi-Finals and National Finals, from July to December, 2011. The entire database including content, research material and quiz software is being provided by ‘Know & Grow with Derek’.
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