BANGALORE: Kumaran’s Children’s Home won the Bangalore City finals of Limca Book of Records Quiz 2011 held at Cathedral High School, Bangalore. The young geniuses from the Kumaran’s Children’s Home would now be amongst the 80 schools to compete in the Semifinals.Not far behind, Frank Anthony’s Public School emerged as the runners up. Around 596 students from 101 schools participated from Bangalore out of which six schools competed in the city final, Kumaran Childrens Home, Frank Anthony’s Public School, National Public School, CMR. National Public School, Presidency Public School and National Public School.The winning team was felicitated by Vishwas Agarwal, sales manager, Bangalore, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd. Also present at the event was B V Panduranga Rao, Limca book record holder and I.Simons, Principal, Cathedral High School, Bangalore.After the consecutive success of Limca Book of Records Quiz since 2008, this year the quiz is being organised 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 3,500 schools across 80 cities.The quiz competition is divided into four zones—North, South, East and West. The quiz is being organised in three stages—inter-school level, semi-finals and national finals, from July to December, 2011. The quiz aptly takes its lead name from the Limca Book of Records (LBR) as the record book celebrates the outstanding achievements of Indians across the globe and is a source of inspiration especially for the country’s youth.Derek O’Brien, and founder ‘Know & Grow with Derek’ will host the National Finals. The entire database is being provided by ‘Know & Grow.'The national quiz competition leverages the iconic status of the Limca Book of Records which is now in its twenty second edition. Recently launched 22nd edition of the Limca Book of Records, the ‘Sports Achievers Special’ was dedicated to the outstanding performances of 15 Indian Athletes during 2010 Commonwealth Games and Asian Games and acknowledged their significant contribution by felicitating them as ‘People of the Year’ 2011.With 20 refreshing and informative chapters, the 2011 edition of the record book celebrates over 10,000 remarkable achievements out of which 6,000 are new records, all showcasing extraordinary feats of Indians across the globe.The Limca Book of Records Quiz, 2011 is open to all the students from class 8 to 12 who are above twelve years of age.
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