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Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac: 8,888 Questions in 365 Days
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Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac: 8,888 Questions in 365 Days Features
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ISBN13: 9780345499974
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Additional Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac: 8,888 Questions in 365 Days Information
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Ken Jennings’s Trivia Almanac is the ingeniously organized book where, for a change, the all-time Jeopardy! champ gets to ask the questions–and where every day of the year will give you the chance to test your trivia mettle.
For example–February 21: In 1912, on this day, Teddy Roosevelt coined the political phrase “hat in the ring,” so Ken Jennings fires off a series of “ring” questions. What two NFL quarterbacks have four Super Bowl rings each?* What rings are divided by the Cassini Division?** Also on this date, in 1981, the “goth” music scene was born in London, so here’s a quiz on black-clad icons like Darth Vader, Johnny Cash, and Zorro. Do you know the secret identities of Ivanhoe’s Black Knight*** or Men in Black’s Agent M****?
In this ultimate book for trivia buffs and other assorted know-it-alls, the 365 entries feature “This Day in History” factoids, trivia quizzes, and questions categorized by Jennings as “Easy,” “Hard,” and “Yeah, Good Luck.” Topics cover every subject under the sun, from paleontology to mixology, sports feats to Bach suites, medieval popes to daytime soaps. This addictive gathering of facts, oddities, devilishly clever quizzes, and other flights of fancy will make each day a fun and intriguing new challenge.
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What Customers Say About Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac: 8,888 Questions in 365 Days:
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Read to your heart's content. I can never get my fill of trivia, and this book was a gem. There is a lot of interesting information, from a man who was very successful at this.
We think it makes the perfect Christams gift as you can do a whole year of trivia starting with Jan 1. We bought this for a gift for a Jeapordy fan.
If you want to know the basic things, such as birthdays or more obvious what-happened-on-this-day facts, I would suggest getting another book for that. Most occurrences were obscure items - you wouldn't find the fact that the Titanic sank on April 15, rather that the Beatles recorded the first hidden message in rock music that day. This, however, really is full of fascinating trivia, I love it. This is not your typical "what happened on this day" book, but it is laid out as such. Each day has two or three things that happened on that particular day and then trivia questions or match-ups related to them.
maybe I will learn some of it. I am a 'trivia' buff, am not too far into this volume, it is VERY hard.
Good book with many different facts to use for many different occasions or for training sessions, etc.
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