Derek's Picks : Penguin Books India : 9780143063414 : 01 Apr 2008 : Personal favourites of Asia's no. 1 quizmaster Derek O'Brien recognized as India's leading quizmaster. From his vast repertoire of questions that span the informative and educational thought-provoking facts and trivia he has gleaned hundreds of his favourites for this unputdownable volume. The questions cover subjects as diverse as the Chinese New Year coffee crocodiles and Cleopatra to the Grammy Awards Gujarat Mars swans tsunamis and West Asia. There are also sets of questions on famous personalities like Asha Bhonsle Isaac Newton Lady Diana Pablo Picasso Shakespeare and Winnie the Pooh. Each set tests both the extent and depth of the readers' knowledge on the subject. Among the questions readers will find answers to in this book are Millions of years ago which super-continent did Antarctica originally form a part of? What were the two styles of shading which Leonardo used to great effects in his paintings? What spec