Bqc Quizbook 3: Exciting New Q And A From The Latest Season Of The Iconic Quiz Show: Exciting New Q & A From The Latest Season Of The Iconic Quiz Show
Derek O'Brien . Rupa Publications India . English
Bournvita Quiz Contest started out in 1972 as a live quiz show, before moving on to being a weekly radio show. Since 1992, it has been hosted by Derek O'Brien and has been the country's longest running quiz show on Indian television. In 2014 and 2015, it embraced the digital age fully. After the preliminary rounds that were conducted in 3500 schools across the country, the top teams vied for the BQC trophy in a final nail-biting series of episodes telecast online on Youtube. In BQC Quiz Book 3, Derek O'Brien brings together the best questions that were asked on the latest season of the show. The questions range in topics from history to science to language and literature to sports and more. Interesting and informative, this collection of questions will delight all quiz enthusiasts, old and young.
Categories: Fiction
About the Author
Derek O�Brien was born in Kolkata. He began his career as a journalist for Sports world magazine but soon shifted to advertising. After working for a number of very successful years as Creative Head of Ogilvy, Derek decided to focus all his energy and talent in his passion�quizzing.Today, Derek is Asia�s best-known quizmaster and the CEO of Derek O�Brien & Associates. He has been the host of the longest-running game show on Indian television, The Cadbury Bournvita Quiz Contest, for which he was voted the Best Anchor of a Game Show at the Indian Television Academy Awards for three years in a row. Always innovating, Derek is also credited with having conducted the first quiz on Twitter in 2010.Derek has written over fifty bestselling reference, quiz and textbooks. In 2011, he was voted to the Rajya Sabha as a Member of Parliament (MP) and is the Leader of the All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party in the Rajya Sabha and the chief national spokesperson. He currently lives in Kolkata.Keep in touch with Derek on Twitter.
