Dreamz Infotainments Explained

Dreamz Infotainments
Type:Education
Established:2000
City:Kozhikode
State:Kerala
Country:India
Website:http://www.quizkerala.com/

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]

History

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

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,helmed by Snehaj Srinivas, 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

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.

Notes and References

  1. News: ലോക ക്വിസ് മത്സരം ഇന്ന്. Mathrubhumi . 1 June 2011.
  2. Web site: Dreamz Infotainments . Quiz Kerala . 2 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130414050133/http://www.quizkerala.com/about-us.html . 14 April 2013 . dead .
  3. News: Six days of tough questions and answers . 2 March 2013 . The Hindu. 17 December 2010.
  4. News: Calicut University to host world quiz. 2 March 2013. The Hindu. 29 May 2012.
  5. News: Inter-school quiz held . 2 March 2013. The Hindu. 24 November 2010.
  6. News: ക്വിസ് മത്സരം. 2 March 2013. Mathrubhumi. 13 July 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120714150337/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/online/malayalam/news/story/1711609/2012-07-13/kerala. 14 July 2012.
  7. News: K.R. Rajiv. With maximum participation, Kozhikode hits quiz buzzer in style. https://archive.today/20130411042335/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-21/kozhikode/34001574_1_quizzers-kozhikode-departments. dead. 11 April 2013. 2 March 2013. The Times of India. 21 September 2012.
  8. News: Naha. Abdul Latheef. Quizzers flock to Calicut University . 2 March 2013. The Hindu. 3 June 2012.
  9. News: സ്കൂൾ കുട്ടികൾക്കായി ആരോഗ്യ ക്വിസ് പരിപാടി. 2 March 2013. Mathrubhumi. 12 September 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106114240/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/thrissur/news/1926750-local_news-thrissur-%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%83%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D.html. 6 November 2012.
  10. News: Ladies' only qute quizzica. https://archive.today/20130411082200/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/online/malayalam/news/story/804748/2011-02-23/kerala. dead. 11 April 2013. 2 March 2013. Mathrubhumi. 23 February 2011.
  11. News: ലോക ക്വിസ് മത്സരം കോഴിക്കോട് നടന്നു. https://archive.today/20130407165916/http://www.amritatv.com/education/worldquizcompetition.html. dead. 7 April 2013. 2 March 2013. Amrita T.V. 1 June 2012.