FUNDAMENTALS
Some of the bestselling books of all times have been selfhelp tomes that range from spiritual advice to financial success. Browse through some of these books in today’s quiz.
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POP BOOKS
1. Stephen Covey who wrote The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People wrote a sequel called The
8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness. What according to Covey is the 8th
Habit?
2. Which book tells the story of an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the Pyramids?
3. Spencer Johnson’s Who Moved My Cheese is told in the form of a parable. There are two little people called Hem and Haw and there are two mice in the tale. What are the names of the two mice?
4. This author started a rock band, The Right Profile, that was signed to Arista Records, before he quit to start writing. He co- authored a book that has been rated as one of the most influential books in the recent times. Identify him and the book?
5. Julian Mantle, a superrich and successful lawyer, gives up his extravagant lifestyle, and goes into the Himalayas in search of inner peace. Who is Julian Mantle?
6. Robert Toru Kiyosaki is best known for his Rich
Dad, Poor Dad series of book. In his book, his biological father becomes the superintendent of the Hawaii State Department of Education buthad very little real net worth. What did his Rich dad become?
7. This book by Rhonda Byrne is centered around the law of attraction according to which what we think and feel influences what happens to us. Thus if one is thinking and feeling positive, one attracts more positive and happy events. Indentify?
8. Which book took shape after Leon Shimkin of Simon & Schuster attended a lecture. Shimkin was so impressed that he persuaded the speaker to write a book based on his lecture?
9. Who is the author behind the Four Hour series of books which includes The Four Hour Work Week, Four Hour Body and Four Hour Chef? 10. Which book first published in 1998 is in the form of a series of interviews that Howard Cutler, a psychiatrist conducted with a prominent religious leader?
ANYTHING GOES
1. The oldest person to win a US Presidential election won 58.8 per cent of the popular vote and carried 49 of the 50 states. No other President since then has ever equalled or surpassed his electoral or popular vote. Identify this American president? ( Vasudev Prakash, Mysuru)
2. The last scene of DDLJ was shot here. This railway station has been used in multiple films of late including Fida, Swades, Bunty aur Babli, Shaadi No 1, Rang De Basanti, Khakhee, Chinatown and is reported to earn the Central Railways 40L per year. Name the Railway
Station? ( Dee Sure nd ran a th, Hyderabad)
3. Which great British poet’s daughter is considered by some as the First Computer Programmer? (U. N. Murthy, Secunderabad)
4. What does a statue of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air signify? ( Gargee Sarkar, Panpra- Khatra, Bankura)
5. The code name ‘ Major General Prithviraj’ was assigned to which person during the nuclear tests carried out in Pokhran in 1998? ( Partha Sarkar, Kolkata)
6. Which is the first animal whose evidence is legally admissible in any court in the world? ( TVS Rao, Visakhapatnam)
7. J. K. Row ling shares her birthday with that of her biggest creation — Harry Potter. Which date? ( V Siddu, Secunderabad)
8. The Nilometer has been in existence for more than 5,000 years. Simply, what does a Nilometer measure? ( Philip Joshua, Secunderabad)