InQUIZitive: the Best Trivia Quiz and Pub Quiz Omnibus


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Omnibus of the four volumes of the Kindle Bestseller series and one of Amazon's Top Rated quiz books With over 75 five star ratings, the InQUIZitive series features quizzes that will give you multiple "Aha!" moments. Each question in this series has been selected with utmost care and the book features trivia not seen in any of the other books. This is an ideal book for party games, family get-togethers and long drives with your family. Add this book to your cart now and impress your friends with trivia that is truly unique.Limited Time Offer: Get Kindle copies of the series free with the paperback. Contact the author at [email protected] for details.Praise for the InQUIZItive Series- Best concept in a trivia book I've ever seen.- InQUIZitive is extremely infectious!- Trivia at its best in this written format.- InQUIZitive series offers a great collection of good trivia questions that will be fun for almost audiences and formats.- Fascinating questions with answers that will very enjoyably expand your knowledge.Sample QuestionsQ1. In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Indians in America. Both the parties agreed that each deer skin was worth a dollar and thus it became an important unit of commerce on the American frontier. This story is widely believed to be the origin of what word? Q2. Lady Godiva appealed to her husband to reduce the oppressive taxes he levied on the town people. He agreed to do so provided she rode naked through the town. Legend has it that Lady Godiva sent word to the town folks and asked them to avert their eyes as she rode by. Out of respect for Lady Godiva, they all complied with her wishes. All expect one who couldn't help but sneak a peek. Who?Q3.In 2005, a software company Scansoft Inc. was looking for a voice artist for a special database project. They reached out to GM Voices, a company providing such facility. Their main voice over artist was absent and this project went to Susan Bennett. Susan worked for over a month reading phrases and sentences for the project. Her recordings were then concatenated into various words, sentences, and paragraphs used in the project. What did Susan lend her voice to?Answers: 1. Buck, the slang term for a dollar.2. Peeping Tom3. Siri, Apple's intelligent personal assistant.Get your copy right away




The Business Quiz Game Book Volume 1


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The Business Quiz Game Book is a Series of business quiz books in a gamified format. The Series starts with three Volumes at one go in the beginning. Includes posers in almost all the areas of business and management, viz, general and strategic management, functional areas such as marketing, finance, HR, and IT, economics, quality, corporate affairs, eminent management gurus and industry professionals, and management jargon. History of business and trade is a new genre of business quiz in this series. One can find questions related to organizations and people of many countries, not just India. The questions are based largely on trivia and lesser-known facts and give the readers a sense of discovery. The Series would be of interest to regular quizzers, participants of quiz competitions and shows, besides of course to students, educators and industry professionals in the field of management. Main attractions of The Business Quiz Game Book Series in few points:*Global in Coverage*Posers from the ancient to the modern times*Covers almost all the areas of Business & Management*Posers are trivial to serious in nature*Posers on management jargon - interesting to peculiar*25 Gamified Question Sets in each volume - play with self or friends*Get the feelings of a live quiz competition*Each question set has four sections with different difficulty levels - StraightCut, MCQs, IncreasingReturns and Bid-to-Win*Interesting scoring patterns in two sections - In IncreasingReturns section, points increase with each successive question. In Bid-to-Win section, you bid for 10, 20 or 30 points depending your comfort level!*Well-researched Answer Notes to each and every poser a source of additional information*Find out your own Business Quiz Quotient as well as your friends in each Set and each Volume in the Series*Freedom to customize the Game Rules !*Challenging for the Quiz Enthusiasts - Don't have to wait for quiz competitions !*Informative for the Newbies*Promises to be a good travel companion !*Management educators could use many posers as examples, triggers for further discussions in the management classes and even as ice-breakers or de-stressors in their management development programs. From The Business Quiz Game Book Vol 11.Which management guru calls himself the "chief spiritual officer" of the company founded by him?2.In the pre-colonial era, Asia was supplying a wide range of goods to Europe and the New World. In exchange, it was absorbing a significant part of what export from the New World?3.Wheat strains developed by which agricultural scientist brought green revolution in India, Pakistan and Mexico?4.Who was the only non-Tata to head the Tata Group of companies before Cyrus Mistry?5.You might be knowing such type of goods as white goods and brown goods. But what are yellow goods?6.In the 1920s, the then DCP of Mumbai (then, Bombay) Police formed a Pathan Branch under the Special Branch of CID. What was the job of the Pathan Branch?7.Which HR concept argues that management should be concerned with an employee's physical and mental health - both on and off the job?8.A stock ticker symbol may not be as important as a brand name. But if it is descriptive of your product's or company's heritage, then it is not a bad choice! Shares of which iconic sports car company trade on the world stock exchanges under the ticker symbol RACE?9.Once known for the biggest single charitable donation in history, this investment guru once said, "I want to give my kids just enough so that they would feel that they could do anything, but not so much that they would feel like doing nothing." Who is he?10.Changes have always been part of our lives, but now-a-days, big breakthroughs and dramatic outcomes are the order of the day, not slow gradual improvement. If the Japanese call slow gradual improvements kaizen, then what do they call a dramatic change?




Bqc Quiz


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The Bournvita Quiz Contest (BQC) has been an integral part of growing up for countless schoolchildren across the country. Hosted by Derek O'Brien since 1992, the show has moved on to the digital age from television and is available on an exclusive mobile app. Dynamic and contemporary, BQC now reaches out to every corner of India and the world. In BQC Quiz Book 2017, Quizmaster Derek O'Brien brings together brand new questions from the show. These questions are relevant, fun and informative and will delight every quiz enthusiast, old and young.




In Tune


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In our noisy world, music is the key to inner silence Richard Wolf first tried Zen meditation in his teens, but no matter in what posture or for how long he sat, transcendence proved stubbornly out of reach. It was only years later that he found the bridge that could take him there: music. In Tune charts twelve “bridges”—skills and sensibilities refined in musical practice that carry over to mindfulness and meditation, among them: Concentration Posture Harmony Silence The Art of Deep Listening Transcending the Self This inspirational guide offers a wealth of music-based exercises to enhance daily meditation and creativity. Plus, Wolf shares personal anecdotes of eminent musicians—from Miles Davis to Dr. Dre—to illuminate points along the intersection of music and mindful living. As you begin to move fluidly between these two transformative disciplines, you’ll notice the focus, composure, and peacefulness that comes from practice—as well as the joys of tuning in to the music all around you, and to the symphony that plays silently from within.




Keyboard For Dummies


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The easy way to get keyed up on the keyboard Where Piano For Dummies helps budding musicians to master the black-and-white musical keyboard, Keyboard For Dummies helps them understand the possibilities that unfold when those black-and-whites are connected to state-of-the-art music technology. Keyboard For Dummies explains the ins-and-outs of modern keyboards and helps you get the most out of their capabilities. Key content coverage includes: an overview of the types of keyboards available today and how they differ from acoustic pianos; expert advice on choosing the right keyboard for your wants/needs and how to shop and compare the various models; a close look at the types of sounds an electronic keyboard offers and how to achieve them; step-by-step instruction on how to use keyboards anywhere using external speakers, amps, home stereos, computers, and tablets; guidance on how to use keyboard software and applications to get the most out of keyboard technology; and much more. A multimedia component for this title will be hosted at Dummies.com and includes companion audio tracks that demonstrate techniques and sounds found in the book Step-by-step instructions make learning keyboard easy and fun Introduces you to the musical possibilities of the keyboard If you're new to the keyboard or looking to take your skills to the next level, Keyboard For Dummies is a thorough guide to the ins and outs of this popular instrument.




It's a Long Story


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Willie Nelson shares his life story in this "heartfelt" bestselling memoir of true love, wild times, best friends, and barrooms (Washington Post). "Unvarnished. Funny. Leaving no stone unturned." . . . So say the publishers about this book I've written. What I say is that this is the story of my life, told as clear as a Texas sky and in the same rhythm that I lived it. It's a story of restlessness and the purity of the moment and living right. Of my childhood in Abbott, Texas, to the Pacific Northwest, from Nashville to Hawaii and all the way back again. Of selling vacuum cleaners and encyclopedias while hosting radio shows and writing song after song, hoping to strike gold. It's a story of true love, wild times, best friends, and barrooms, with a musical sound track ripping right through it. My life gets lived on the road, at home, and on the road again, tried and true, and I've written it all down from my heart to yours. Signed, Willie Nelson.




Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty


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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Academy Award winner and bestselling author Diane Keaton comes a candid, hilarious, and deeply affecting look at beauty, aging, and the importance of staying true to yourself—no matter what anyone else thinks. Diane Keaton has spent a lifetime coloring outside the lines of the conventional notion of beauty. In Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty, she shares the wisdom she’s accumulated through the years as a mother, daughter, actress, artist, and international style icon. This is a book only Diane Keaton could write—a smart and funny chronicle of the ups and downs of living and working in a world obsessed with beauty. In her one-of-a-kind voice, Keaton offers up a message of empowerment for anyone who’s ever dreamed of kicking back against the “should”s and “supposed to”s that undermine our pursuit of beauty in all its forms. From a mortifying encounter with a makeup artist who tells her she needs to get her eyes fixed to an awkward excursion to Victoria’s Secret with her teenage daughter, Keaton shares funny and not-so-funny moments from her life in and out of the public eye. For Diane Keaton, being beautiful starts with being true to who you are, and in this book she also offers self-knowing commentary on the bold personal choices she’s made through the years: the wide-brimmed hats, outrageous shoes, and all-weather turtlenecks that have made her an inspiration to anyone who cherishes truly individual style—and catnip to paparazzi worldwide. She recounts her experiences with the many men in her life—including Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, and Sam Shepard—shows how our ideals of beauty change as we age, and explains why a life well lived may be the most beautiful thing of all. Wryly observant and as fiercely original as Diane Keaton herself, Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty is a head-turner of a book that holds up a mirror to our beauty obsessions—and encourages us to like what we see. Praise for Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty “Behind the sterling movie credits and tomboyish wardrobe, we see a soulful and deep woman contemplating the narrative arc of her own life.”—Newsweek “Delicious writing . . . This book is like a dishy lunch with the movie star you thought you’d never be lucky enough to meet. . . . Diane Keaton is in a class by herself and this book is good for the soul.”—Liz Smith, Chicago Tribune “She’s talented, iconic, quirky . . . and wonderfully blunt. This is just a small sampling of the reasons we love Diane Keaton, and they all permeate the pages of her new memoir.”—Elle “As disarming and personable as the actress herself.”—The Huffington Post “Wise, witty, thoughtful, uplifting, the truth, unvarnished—and very funny.”—Toronto Star




Off the Cliff


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A lively and revealing behind-the-scenes look at the making of one of history's most controversial and influential movies, drawing on exclusive interviews with the cast and crew. “You’ve always been crazy,” says Louise to Thelma, shortly after she locks a police officer in the trunk of his car. “This is just the first chance you’ve had to express yourself.” In 1991, Thelma & Louise, the story of two outlaw women on the run from their disenchanted lives, was a revelation. Suddenly, a film in which women were, in every sense, behind the wheel. It turned the tables on Hollywood, instantly becoming a classic, and continues to electrify audiences as a cultural statement of defiance. But if the film’s place in history now seems certain, at the time its creation was a long shot. Only through sheer hard work and more than a little good luck did the script end up in the hands of the brilliant English filmmaker Ridley Scott, who saw its huge potential. With Scott on board, a team willing to challenge the odds came together—including the stars Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon and a fresh-faced up-and-coming actor named Brad Pitt, as well as legends like actor Harvey Keitel, composer Hans Zimmer, and old-school studio chief Alan Ladd Jr.—to create one of the most controversial movies of all time. But before icons like Davis and Sarandon got involved, Thelma & Louise was just an idea in the head of Callie Khouri, a thirty-year-old music video production manager, who was fed up with working behind the scenes on sleazy sets. At four a.m. one night, sitting in her car outside the ramshackle bungalow in Santa Monica that she shared with two friends, she had a vision: two women on a crime spree, fleeing their dull and tedious lives—lives like hers—in search of a freedom they had never before been able to realize. But in the late 1980s, Hollywood was dominated by men, both on the screen and behind the scenes. The likelihood of a script by an unheard-of screenwriter starring two women in lead roles actually getting made was remote. But Khouri had one thing going for her—she was so inexperienced she didn't really know she would be attempting the nigh impossible. In Off the Cliff, Becky Aikman tells the full extraordinary story behind this feminist sensation, which crashed through barricades and upended convention. Drawing on 130 exclusive interviews with the key players from this remarkable cast of actors, writers, and filmmakers, Aikman tells an inspiring and important underdog story about creativity, the magic of cinema, and the unjust obstacles that women in Hollywood continue to face to this day.




Stuart: A Life Backwards


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In this extraordinary book, Alexander Masters has created a moving portrait of a troubled man, an unlikely friendship, and a desperate world few ever see. A gripping who-done-it journey back in time, it begins with Masters meeting a drunken Stuart lying on a sidewalk in Cambridge, England, and leads through layers of hell…back through crimes and misdemeanors, prison and homelessness, suicide attempts, violence, drugs, juvenile halls and special schools–to expose the smiling, gregarious thirteen-year-old boy who was Stuart before his long, sprawling, dangerous fall. Shocking, inspiring, and hilarious by turns, Stuart: A Life Backwards is a writer’s quest to give voice to a man who, beneath his forbidding exterior, has a message for us all: that every life–even the most chaotic and disreputable–is a story worthy of being told.




Life Between the Keys


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With sold-out concerts and screaming fans, the 5 Browns are redefining what it means to be classical musicians. In "Life Between the Keys," these charming, warm, and funny siblings reveal their impressions and memories along their journey from obscurity to stardom.