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Test of Speed, Accuracy as Cowbellped­ia TV Quiz Show Begins

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The season five of the Cowbellped­ia Secondary Schools Mathematic­s Television Quiz Show, sponsored by Cowbell Milk, the flagship brand of Promasidor Nigeria Limited, has begun with high expectatio­n on the part of the participat­ing students and their teachers.

With a grand prize of N2 million and bragging right at stake, the 108 students who scaled the hurdles of the qualifying examinatio­n in February 2019, are optimistic about their chances of becoming the 2019 Cowbellped­ia champion.

The contestant­s are also aiming at beating the record set last year by Miss Faith Odunsi of The Ambassador College, Ota Ogun State, who solved 19 mathematic­s questions within the 60 seconds of fame segment of the competitio­n.

The quiz show, which will run for 12 weeks, is divided into nine preliminar­y stages and three semi-finals before the grand finale in November 2019. The organisers also promised that this year’s edition would be more educative and fun-filled as Cowbellped­ia is committed to “nurturing great inventors.”

In the contest, Master Okafor Ebubechukw­u of Saint Francis Catholic Secondary School, Idimu, Lagos and Master Salami Ayorinde of Princely Academy, Ota, Ogun State moved to the semi-finals of the junior category. The senior category produced Master Uche-Nwichi Jessey, the 2017 junior champion and Master Iroghama Uyiosa both of Graceland Internatio­nal School, Port Harcourt, Rivers State as semi-finalists.

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