It’s a fact: More than 20,000 trivia tidbits are included in this fully illustrated collection! The size of this massive collection of fun, challenging, and silly factoids is anything but trivial! Featuring more than twenty thousand trivia questions (and their answers), this compilation will provide hours—make that weeks, or maybe even months—of brain-bending fun. And vibrant two-color illustrations throughout make perusing this wealth of knowledge all the more entertaining!
Knock back a brew and play a few rounds of the greatest, most fascinating, and hilarious pub trivia ever devised, written by 12-time Jeopardy! champion Austin Rogers, a longtime New York City bartender and pub trivia host for 15 years.
What makes this the best trivia book? There are over 3,000 questions organized into 12 wide-ranging categories: animals, arts, history, literature, miscellaneous, movies, science and nature, sports, television, U.S. geography, U.S. presidents, and world geography. To make it quick and easy to test yourself without seeing the answers first, the categories are broken into short 20 question quizzes followed immediately by their answers, and additional details are frequently included to expand on the basic answer and add even more to your knowledge. For example: What is the largest venomous snake? What instrument did Bob Dylan play in his recording debut? What U.S. founding father was carried to the Constitutional Convention in a sedan chair carried by prisoners? What Stephen King novel features a villain who sometimes goes by the alias Bob Gray? The hard piece at the end of a shoelace is called what? What book does Forrest Gump keep in his suitcase? Who is the Bluetooth wireless technology named after? What year were the first Winter Olympics held? What was the first animated series to run on U.S. primetime television? What U.S. state has the most miles of rivers? Who was the youngest U.S. first lady ever? What is the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere? What is the fastest swimming fish? What painting depicts the sister and dentist of artist Grant Wood? Who was Temujin better known as? What writer coined the term "atomic bomb" approximately 30 years before its invention? What is the only number spelled out in English that has letters in alphabetical order? Gene Hackman received an Oscar for his portrayal of the sheriff of Big Whiskey in what movie? How long is an eon? What is the oldest championship in North American professional sports? Wile E. Coyote gets all his traps to try to catch the Roadrunner from what company? In the 48 contiguous U.S. states, what is the most northern state capital? What U.S. president imposed the first federal income tax? What is the driest continent? Alligators are only naturally found in the United States and what other country? What natural landmark was the inspiration for the song "America the Beautiful"? What famous battle took place July 1 to July 3, 1863? What are the two family names central to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet? What toy was originally called the Pluto Platter? What is the only movie Alfred Hitchcock made twice? What is the point in the moon's orbit that is farthest from the earth called? Who holds the Major League Baseball record for career strikeouts as a batter? Who was the original host of television's The Tonight Show? What is the only U.S. state name that doesn't share any letters with its capital city? Who was the only U.S. president with a PhD? What is the world's highest elevation national capital city? This is book 13 of the What's the Best Trivia? series; look for other books in the series covering a variety of trivia topics.
A Must-Have for Gone With the Wind Fans! From Margaret Mitchell’s tattered manuscript to the film’s seventy-fifth anniversary, this book is a behind-the-scenes chronicle of Gone With the Wind—the book, the movie, and the phenomenon that continues today. Related in loving detail are inside stories of the writing and publishing of the novel; the Hollywood frenzy of transforming the book into film, including casting headaches, on-set tensions, and jinxed scenes; the premiere; and the Academy Awards. This updated edition also contains the scoop on the publication of two GWTW sequels; the disastrous debut of the Scarlett television miniseries; the post–GWTW lives of cast members, such as the news of Gable’s secret lovechild; the restoration of three original costumes in time for GWTW’s seventy-fifth anniversary; and much, much more. The reader-friendly format—fact-packed features, profiles, quizzes, and photographs—will delight any GWTW fan and make this the one book that no “Windie” can do without.
Put your general knowledge to the test, and impress your family and friends with your astonishing brainpower and trivia genius. An addictive quiz book for all the family featuring 10,000 questions, The Big Quiz Book has something for everyone. With 10 different general knowledge categories - from Science & Technology, Art & Literature, and Natural History, to Food & Drink, Film & TV, and Sport & Leisure - and three increasing levels of difficulty, it offers a fresh and up-to-the-minute quizzing experience that will educate and entertain all the family. Bursting with fascinating facts to boost your trivia knowledge, whatever your specialist subject or your nemesis topic, The Big Quiz Book is perfect for home entertainment and virtual pub quizzes. You won't be able to put it down!
Keep your mind sharp with 750+ engaging brain games for adults! Learning trivia can help you improve your memory, increase your knowledge, and strengthen your mind—plus, it's just fun! This book of trivia games for adults is packed with hundreds of trivia questions and quizzes designed for adults of all ages, offering hours of stimulating entertainment as you learn fascinating new facts and boost your brainpower. This standout among trivia books for adults includes: All types of trivia—Stretch your brain with multiple choice quizzes, Q&As, true/false questions, sequencing puzzles, and word banks. Boredom busters for adults—Keep things interesting with four major trivia categories: animals and nature, arts and literature, food and drink, and sports and world history. Group trivia tips—Play on your own or host a trivia party with detailed directions for playing in pairs or in larger groups. Sharpen your thinking skills with this delightful brain teaser book.
Which president holds the record for the most vetoes? Which president had the largest shoe size? Who was the only president to serve in both World War I and World War II? Who was the tallest president? These questions and many, many more are answered in The Smithsonian Book of Presidential Trivia, which has been fully updated to 2024 to include trivia question and answers about every US president to date. Divided into 11 chapters, The Smithsonian Book of Presidential Trivia looks at every aspect of our heads of state and presidential history: Citizens, Officers, Heroes, and Saviors; Stumping: From Front Porch to Facebook; The Pledge and the Parties; Inside the Oval Office; The Perpetual Podium; Home, Hotel, Parlor, Playground; First Families; Impeachment, Controversy, Shame; Assassination; Death, and National Mourning; Presidents in the Popular Imagination; and The Quotable President. Many of the questions are accompanied with photographs of artifacts from the Smithsonian's collections. The Smithsonian Book of Presidential Trivia is sure to puzzle the trivia buff and presidential expert alike!
Gary Fuller's entertaining and engaging guide enhances geographic know-how with good, old-fashioned fun, using trivia to open up new worlds of knowledge for all readers. Often dismissed as unimportant, trivia here highlights issues that are far from trivial, pondering, for example, what peaceful country requires citizens to keep guns in their homes? what continent contains at least 75 percent of the world's fresh water? and why aren't New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Philadelphia the capitals of their respective states? An inveterate traveler and geographer extraordinaire, Fuller provides extensive background, clear illustrations, and thorough explanations for each intriguing question, carefully grounding the text in practical geographic concepts. Both enjoyable and enlightening, this book challenges today's global generation to truly get to know their world.
If you love classic literature and reading novels from famous fiction authors then you are going to love this book! In Fascinating Facts, literary trivia expert and author Dave Astor provides 100-plus short chapters which contain anecdotes, oddities, coincidences, and of course great trivia about the greatest authors who have ever put pen to paper.It's no surprise that the best writers have interesting facts surrounding them, because famous authors have to be pretty fascinating themselves in order to create the literature we cherish and enjoy so much. Here is a sample of some of the many interesting informational nuggets and gems you will discover: * The phrase "keeping up with the Joneses" originally referred to the wealthy family in which novelist Edith Wharton (nee Jones) grew up. * Edward Bellamy predicted debit cards in his novel Looking Backward - published in 1888! * The 1950s "Cat in the Hat" character created by Dr. Seuss looks like a feline version of the Uncle Sam character drawn by that same writer for his 1940s editorial cartoons. * Shakespeare and Don Quixote author Miguel de Cervantes died on almost the same day in 1616. * Dorothy Parker bequeathed her money to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. * O. Henry coined the term "banana republic." Whether you are a bibliophile wanting to know everything about famous authors or just want to wow your friends and amaze your relatives with interesting and entertaining literary trivia, Fascinating Facts is a fun book that you'll return to over and over again. Order your copy today!
Who went on Rachel's honeymoon with Barry? Why was Phoebe fired from Healing Hands? How did Ross meet Emily? Why did Chandler's boss take him to a strip club?The Official Trivia Quiz Book is a completely authorised quiz book designed to test the knowledge of the most dedicated Friends aficionado. Every question about Friends - from the silly to the sublime - is asked and answered in this guide to one of the biggest sitcoms of all time.
