Vasco students win state finals of LBR national quiz

PANAJI: Amit Kumar and Shahish Surme of Navy children's school, Vasco won the Goa city finals of the Limca Book of Records Quiz, 2010 held at Don Bosco's high school. They will now compete with winners from 80 schools across India. Mushtifund high school, Panaji and Regina Mundi high school, Vasco claimed first runner-up and second runner-up positions respectively.
Around 96 students from 33 Goan schools participated in the contest. Of these, six schools competed with each other in the city finals - Mushtifund high school, Kendriya Vidyalaya INS, Mandovi, Navy children's school, Vasco, Sharada Mandir, Regina Mundi high school, and Kendriya Vidyalaya, Vasco
"We are confident about the national round, it involves alot of hardwork and determination besides the need to have a natural interest to learn outside textbooks,"said the winning team of Amit Kumar and Shahish Surme. Students from the winning team's school are positive that their colleagues will make great progress at the nationals. "They are toppers in our class and we are sure they won't disappoint us," a classmate said.
The quiz takes its lead name from the Limca Book of Records (LBR) as the book highlights the outstanding achievements of Indians across the globe and has also become a source of inspiration for the country’s youth.
The initiative has been launched in partnership with `Know & Grow Derek' and involves participation of children from class 8 to 12. The quiz is being organized in three stages - inter school, semifinals and national finals from April to December.
Quizmaster Jason Pote said, "The students in Goa are extremely worldly wise and aware of things beyond their academics." He also expressed his love for Goa and its people, while heaping praises on the students.
Pote advised students interested in quiz competitions to become fans of DEAN, i.e. dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlas and newspapers.