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Trivia Quiz Book: Volume 3, The (Trivia Quiz Books) Rich Meyer Here's another in the popular series of trivia quiz e-books. As always, it features 301 easy-to-navigate questions (and answers) about everything trivial: Literature, music, movies, comic books, radio, art, geography, politics, history and a lot of other popular subjects. If you enjoyed the Trivia Quiz Book and the Trivia Quiz Book: Volume 2, you'll definitely like this one! Fun for all the family! |
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A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson One of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.
In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well, most of it. In In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer. Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand -- and, if possible, answer -- the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. Taking as territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us. To that end, he has attached himself to a host of the world’s most advanced (and often obsessed) archaeologists, anthropologists, and mathematicians, travelling to their offices, laboratories, and field camps. He has read (or tried to read) their books, pestered them with questions, apprenticed himself to their powerful minds. A Short History of Nearly Everything is the record of this quest, and it is a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only Bill Bryson can render it. Science has never been more involving or entertaining. |
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Fact. Fact. Bullsh*t!: Learn the Truth and Spot the Lie on Everything from Tequila-Made Diamonds to Tetris's Soviet Roots-Plus Tons of Other Totally Random Facts from Science, History, and Beyond! Neil Patrick Stewart Think you can spot the fake? Think again. It's going to be a lot harder than you think to pick out the BS. Each entry hides one well-crafted fib among a pair of unbelievable truths. And it's up to you to figure out what's fascinating and what's fabricated on everything from koala bears to Confucius to high-fructose corn syrup. Was Cleopatra the last Egyptian pharaoh?
Can you really make diamonds out of tequila?
Is the platypus actually poisonous? A flip of the page reveals whether you're right or wrong as well as more information on the true trivia--and why you might've fallen for the fake fact. You'll really need to know your sh*t if you plan on correctly calling bullsh*t. |
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Boost your knowledge the fun way:100 questions on varied topics with multiple choice answers, can be used for quizzes Ansa Wright This book contains 100 questions on a wide range of subjects, guaranteed to increase your knowledge of the world around you, suitable for adults and kids it’s an ideal fun way to learn. Each question has 3 possible answers and so encourages you to use your reasoning skills, ensuring the facts are more likely to be remembered. Ideal to use in a group or at parties as anyone can take part with a 1 in 3 chance of being correct, unlike normal quizzes which ask for a specific answer and allow only those with knowledge of that subject to have a chance of answering. |
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The Devil's Dictionary Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce The Devil's Dictionary_ was begun in a weekly paper in 1881, and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906. In that year a large part of it was published in covers with the title _The Cynic's Word Book..., a name which the author had not the power to reject or happiness to approve. |
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Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks Ken Jennings It comes as no surprise that, as a kid, Jeopardy! legend Ken Jennings slept with a bulky Hammond world atlas by his pillow every night. Maphead recounts his lifelong love affair with geography and explores why maps have always been so fascinating to him and to fellow enthusiasts everywhere.Jennings takes listeners on a world tour of geogeeks from the London Map Fair to the bowels of the Library of Congress, from the prepubescent geniuses at the National Geographic Bee to the computer programmers at Google Earth. Each chapter delves into a different aspect of map culture: highpointing, geocaching, road atlas rallying, even the "unreal estate" charted on the maps of fiction and fantasy. He also considers the ways in which cartography has shaped our history, suggesting that the impulse to make and read maps is as relevant today as it has ever been.From the "Here be dragons" parchment maps of the Age of Discovery to the spinning globes of grade school to the postmodern revolution of digital maps and GPS, Maphead is filled with intriguing details, engaging anecdotes, and enlightening analysis. If you're an inveterate map lover yourself-or even if you're among the cartographically clueless who can get lost in a supermarket-let Ken Jennings be your guide to the strange world of mapheads. |
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1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You: The Ultimate Bathroom Reader Cary McNeal Fact: Chocolate contains the alkaloid theobromine, which in high doses can be toxic to humans, and in even small amounts can kill dogs, parrots, horses, and cats.
This means that despite its name, the Kit-Kat candy bar is not a recommended snack for your kitty-cat. I wonder how many cats have died because of this confusion. Fact: The most germ-laden place on your toilet isn't the seat or even the bowl--it's the handle.
The solution: Don't flush. Let the next guy worry about it. There are "just the facts"--and then there are just the facts that will frighten the bejeezus out of you. And thanks to this little gem of a bathroom book, you'll never look at the world the same way again, without, er, dry heaving a little bit. From the sneaky fish that can swim up our genitals to the E. coli bacteria lurking in the very water we drink, disturbing phenomena are everywhere we turn. Educational, entertaining, and undeniably horrifying, this book isn't guaranteed to help you, um, go to the bathroom, but it's certain to make your time there more...informed. |
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Memories Museum 1970 Ashley Michaels Take a stroll down memory lane with Memories Museum 1970. This book takes you back giving you the perfect way to revisit the past. The book is composed of fascinating facts that are sure to bring up emotions while you recollect on this extraordinary year. The book includes:
World Events and National News
Economics
Famous Birthdays
Sports Events
BIG Movies & Music
Famous TV Shows
And much more….
Get your copy of Memories Museum 1970 and take a stroll down memory lane today. |
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Memories Museum 1983 Ashley Michaels Take a stroll down memory lane with Memories Museum 1983. This book takes you back giving you the perfect way to revisit the past. The book is composed of fascinating facts that are sure to bring up emotions while you recollect on this extraordinary year. The book includes:
World Events and National News
Economics
Famous Birthdays
Sports Events
BIG Movies & Music
Famous TV Shows
And much more….
Get your copy of Memories Museum 1983 and take a stroll down memory lane today. |
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Answer That! 1980s Quiz Naomi Dennison The Answer That! 1980s Quiz book features hundred of questions about Britain in the 1980s - television, world events, sport, films, literature, toys, video games, TV adverts, music and much more. Plus can you spot the 1980s film from the quote and can you identify the 1980s hit from the lyrics?
The answers are at the back of the book (with links to enable you to jump straight there) so it’s easy to test yourself without accidentally seeing the answer - or use the questions to see how knowledgeable your friends and family are.
Here are a few sample questions from the book:
Film: Which 80s film was set in Los Angeles in 2019?
Music: Which American model featured in Duran Duran’s 1986 ‘Notorious’ video?
World Events: Which British newspaper was launched in 1986 by Eddy Shah – and survived until 1995?
Sport: In 1985 who became the first American to win the Tour de France?
Art and Literature: Which British artist’s work was used on the front cover of the 1989 British Telecom telephone directory for Bradford?
Television: In the first series of ‘Auf Wiedersehen, Pet’ in which German city did the characters live and work?
Film quote: ‘Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!’
Music lyric: ‘Sleight of hand and twist of fate, on a bed of nails she makes me wait.’ |