Dubai - Arabstoday
Students from 58 schools from across the UAE will participate in inter-school Brain Hunt quiz series 2011. The 2011 edition of the quiz challenge was launched on Monday by Inspiiration Advertising, in association with Etisalat and Samsung and high school students from grade nine onward can participate in it. \"Of the 58 teams, we will select 24 for the actual TV broadcast of the Brain Hunt. We expect the grand finale, which will have six teams, to take place around the second week of December,\" said Kannu Baker, quiz master of the show and MD and CEO of Inspirations and Visions Tomorrow Group. Jaber Al Janahi, Acting Vice President, Corproate Communications, Etisalat, said: \"This is etisalat\'s second year of being engaged with Brain Hunt and it is an excellent opportunity for us to help in tapping the potential of talented youngsters in the UAE.\" Each round will have six sessions- Amazing Facts, Newsmaker, Challenge Round, Fun and Game, that will include riddles and phrases, Facts and Figures and Fast Runners. \"When we first launched this quiz series in 2003, we started with 14 teams. The response from schools across the UAE has been tremendous and this year we have 58 teams,\" said Baker. \"Over these years we have found that students in the UAE are quite aware and competitive,\" he added.