Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Siddhartha Basu is widely regarded as the father of television quiz shows in India. Basu grew up in Bombay, Delhi, Madras and Delhi, in that order. He did his early schooling from Besant Montessori and Cathedral in Bombay, moved to Frank Anthony in Delhi, and passed out from Kendriya Vidyalaya, IIT, Madras. An English literature graduate from Delhi''s St. Stephen''s College, and post graduate in the same subject from Arts Faculty, Delhi University, Basu is the head of a media business, BIG Synergy (Synergy Adlabs Media Ltd ). Starting with "Quiz Time" on the Doordarshan network, Basu moved on to host and produce "Spectrum", the 7 nation SAARC Quiz, "The IndiaQuiz",and "The Beanstalk Quiz Summit"(On Doordarshan), "Mastermind India", "University Challenge" on BBC World, and "India''s Child Genius" on STAR World.