The ultimate challenge for the young quizzer - Over the last two years, the Puffin inter-school quiz competitions, held in India's major metros, have proved hot favourites with young quiz aficionados. The first Puffin Quiz Book, containing questions from these popular quizzes, was published last year to great acclaim. Here at last is the long-awaited second volume of the Puffin Quiz Book, featuring questions from the recent Puffin quizzes, supplemented by hundreds of all-new questions from quizmaster Srinjoy Chowdhury's veritable quiz bank which have never been asked in a quiz. As in the first quiz book, the questions in The Puffin Quiz Book 2 are arranged in sets of eight, making it easy for the book to be used for an impromptu quiz among friends. For the individual reader dipping into the book, the actual atmosphere of a quiz is suitably replicated by an array of intriguing questions. There are 800 questions in all, and some of them will stump even the most avid of quizzers. There are also special sets of questions on key topics like Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, the 2003 Cricket World Cup, James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, Sourav Ganguly and Indian achievers in the Olympics. A delight for any young quiz enthusiast, the fun- and information-packed Puffin Quiz Book 2 will enthrall and entertain readers for days on end.

The Puffin Inter-School Quiz contests have, over the years, generated a lot of interest among young quiz enthusiasts. The first "Puffin Quiz Book" and its sequel the following year have only whetted their appetite for more. The latest in the series, which includes actual questions from Puffin quiz contests and special sets of questions on "Star Wars", Leander Paes, Albert Einstein, Harry Potter, the Mahabharata, science-fiction literature, Agatha Christie and Tintin, is delightfully entertaining.