Dreamz Infotainments Quiz society is the first and the only registered quiz society in Kerala.[1][2] The society was created to promote quizzing culture in Kerala by organizing contests, creating quiz books and conducting quiz workshops in India. Reverberates, the largest annual quiz contest in Kerala, is hosted by Dreamz Infotainments since 2006.[3] Dreamz also hosts the regional round of World Quizzing Championship, conducted by the International Quizzing Association in Kerala since 2008.[4]

Dreamz Infotainments
TypeEducation
Established2000
Location, ,
Websitehttp://www.quizkerala.com/

History edit

Dreamz quiz club was started in 2000 by a few youngsters from Kerala. It was registered as a society in 2009. The headquarters of Dreamz is in Singapore, and its registered office operates from Meenchanda, Kozhikode. The society is headed by quizmaster Snehaj Srinivas.[5]

Events edit

Dreamz Infotainments hosts quizzes in Kerala for schools,[6] colleges and general public. The highest participation in the World Quizzing Championship in 2012 was in the Kozhikode regional event conducted by Dreamz Infotainments.[7][8] Dreamz has conducted Arogyatarakam, a series of health quizzes, in association with NRHM and C-DIT in 2012.[9] A women's wing of Dreamz, named Qute Quizzica was established in 2011.[10]

Reverberate edit

Reverberate is the annual quiz contest hosted by Dreamz Infotainments. It was first conducted in 2006. The first three editions were one-day events. The third and fourth editions were conducted over two days. The fifth edition was the longest; it lasted six days. The sixth edition of Reverberates was conducted along with the World Quizzing Championship's 2012 edition.[11] After that University of Calicut decided to conduct the quiz series every year as an official event. The 2013 event had a total of 20 quizzes including the All Kerala inter University Quiz.

References edit

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  3. ^ "Six days of tough questions and answers". The Hindu. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Calicut University to host world quiz". The Hindu. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Inter-school quiz held". The Hindu. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  6. ^ "ക്വിസ് മത്സരം". Mathrubhumi. 13 July 2012. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  7. ^ K.R, Rajiv (21 September 2012). "With maximum participation, Kozhikode hits quiz buzzer in style". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  8. ^ Naha, Abdul Latheef (3 June 2012). "Quizzers flock to Calicut University". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  9. ^ "സ്കൂൾ കുട്ടികൾക്കായി ആരോഗ്യ ക്വിസ് പരിപാടി". Mathrubhumi. 12 September 2012. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  10. ^ "Ladies' only qute quizzica". Mathrubhumi. 23 February 2011. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  11. ^ "ലോക ക്വിസ് മത്സരം കോഴിക്കോട് നടന്നു". Amrita T.V. 1 June 2012. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.