The Bournvita Quiz Contest has been the longest running quiz show on Indian television. Since 1992, quizmaster Derek O'Brien has asked thousands of questions that have puzzled, delighted and been a source of knowledge for generations of quizzers. With the quiz now telecast on Youtube and with an interactive quiz app available for all to play along, the show has become more broad-based and appealing to people of various age groups. In Bumper BQC, Derek O'Brien compiles some of the most interesting questions asked on the show. Ranging in topics from history to science to sports and even mathematics, and in sections that include multiple choices and what's the word, these questions will tickle the brain and get readers to think, recall and apply their knowledge in a unique way.
About the Author
Derek O'Brien was born in Kolkata. He began his career as a journalist for Sportsworld magazine but soon shifted to advertising. After working for a number of very successful years as Creative Head of Oglivy, 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 is 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 Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party in the Rajya Sabha. Keep in touch with Derek on Twitter, where his handle is @quizderek.
