The Sports Quiz Book

Category Non-Fiction
Format Paperback
Imprint Rupa
Price 195

ISBN: 978-93-5333-621-9
Pages: 144 pages
Date: 1st September 2019

ABOUT THIS BOOK

Who named Milkha Singh, who won India’s first Commonwealth gold, ‘The Flying Sikh’? According to Usain Bolt, what inspired him to come up with his famous ‘To Di World’ victory pose? The 2010 film Invictus revolves around which sport? Which footballer was described as ‘Pythagoras in boots’ for the complexity and precision of his angled passes?
Find the answers to these and many more in The Sports Quiz Book. In these pages, Derek O’Brien
brings together an astonishing range of questions in categories that include Athletics, Badminton, Board Games, Boxing, Card Games, Entertainment and Sports, Formula 1, Fifa World Cup, Indian Premier League, Olympic Games, Tennis, Cricket—to name just a few. Also to be found after every chapter are fun, unusual facts and trivia about sports and a compilation of some of the best and most inspiring quotations by sportspersons.
So whether you are a quiz buff, a sports maniac or just want to brush up your knowledge about
every aspect of sports, The Sports Quiz Book is what you need to catch up on!

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

Derek O’Brien is an author, a television personality, public speaker, politician and quiz show
host. He is Asia’s best-known quizmaster and the CEO of Derek O’Brien & Associates. He was 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. He has written over fifty bestselling reference, quiz and school textbooks.
Derek O’Brien is a twice-serving Member of Parliament, elected from West Bengal, and the Parliamentary Party Leader of the All India Trinamool Congress in the Rajya Sabha.