Trivia Books

This isn't a very.... well-written one. This is more for the younger kids, or at least the part about the movies. Some of it is simple - Like what is the name of the lion Kiara falls in love with in Simba's Pride : The Lion King ||? Other questions are extremely hard and stupid, asking things that no one would ever know or care to know. So I only give this a 3.

Well if you're a Disney fan and loves knowledge this is the book for you. All those questions you might have about a movie or a animated character is all asked and answered here. Kevin Neary and Dave Smith are 2 of the best people who know all there is to know about Disney. They have done all the research to bring the characters and all the background details to your finger tips. This is a must for any Disney fan!!

I love this book. After reading it, I felt like I could answer almost any question a person might have about Disney movies or about the Disney Company.

My family and I like using the book as a game, trying to stump each other with questions. At dinner time, sometimes I'll take out the book when things get a little out of hand and I need to gain control of the situation. Our son loves to dare to be stumped with a Disney trivia question. After all...he knows it all...

You won't read this book from cover to cover like a novel, but you will find yourself flipping through and looking up questions. This is a fine bathroom companion.

I was looking to buy this book last night at the mall. I browsed through a few pages only to find wrong answers for questions. What's the point of making a trivia book if your answers aren't even correct? Go ahead take a look under No Way Out for trivia. It asks what the February pay per view for the WWE is and sure enough the answer is Backlash! Now any legit wrestling fan knows the annual February PPV is No Way Out! Secondly under the same category it asks who was the Champion at the first No Way Out? Now any wrestling fan again would know that the answer is Shawn Michaels heading into the biggest main event in the history of Wrestlemania at the time. However the book says Steve Austin! Do what you will with this. I would not waste my money on buying this book. The only purpose it will serve is to confuse all wrestling fans. Beware!

This is pure, unadulterated, trivia - over 1,600 questions! This will take you from the mid-80s Wrestlemania to the most recent wrestling shenanigans. The book has everything. And, while the Trivia Book has more words than a typical pro wrestling fan may be accustom to, a few (black and white) pictures scattered throughout the book will help keep them in their comfort zone.

One of the most tantalizing trivia books I've ever read. Some of the insightful questions really make you stop and think about how far wrestling has come. Feigenbaum, who has a PHd, really shows why he is considered the most erudite writer in wrestling. Enjoy.

I am not for sure how the one review gave this book 5 star. First off, the author has you do quizzes in which he does not lay the foundation for getting them right until later in the chapters. For example, quiz 1 is in the introduction and he talks about which one these books did Hester Prynne write, which author composed the Five Bird, etc but in the pages before the quiz, there is no foundation for the quiz. What's the point of them without a foundation?

What I found most upsetting about the book was most of his information is taken from other sources although he does not give credited to these sources. For example, the chapter on increase your reading this is the same stuff you find in reading books on how to increase your reading like programs such as Mega Reading. In the book this author talks about using a timer to time your reading speed, looked at groups of words instead on one word to increase your speed, don't re-read etc. Also, the chapter on improve your memory looked like it was taken right from Mega Memory. He talks about pegging, visualization, etc. The chapter on improve your writing is so basic it's not funny. He talks about brainstorming and outlining, keep your thoughts flowing in the beginning of the writing process etc. Again, this is stuff we learn in college. The point is, there is nothing new in the book and I am glad I found it at a used bookstore for $1.00.

I deluded myself for many years thinking that my intelligence was just as attractive as it was back in college. During those years of youthful hubris, I took for granted my taut verbal capacity, my long, flowing spatial ability, and especially my sculpted, well-defined reasoning and logic. I don't mind saying that I turned a few heads back then.

Recently, however, I've noticed that people no longer notice me as they once did. I admit to being vain about my intelligence, and tried to cover up my sagging apperception and sallow comprehension with artificial coloring and witty but trite rejoinders, but people saw through my pathetic cosmetic concealments. Finally, I decided I needed a makeover, so I picked up and read "Your Intelligence Makover" by Dr. Doge.

Now if anyone can give advice about making over ones intelligence, that person must be Dr. Doge. At an age when most people are beginning the approach to middle-aged complacency and decrepitude, Dr. Doge returned to school, completed undergraduate studies at Yale and earned a Harvard doctorate in education. I imagine the good doctor must now simply radiate healthy and youthful intelligence.

Thanks to the exercises and advice Dr. Doge prescribes in his book, I have both firmed and toned my intelligence. I look in the mirror now and can see that I have regained the glow of youthful vigor, while adding the maturity of years to lend my intelligence an air of eminence grise. I am turning heads once more and feel like a million IQ points!

This is a wonderful, fun, and powerful book, filled with great learning strategies and resources.

Since getting it I have tripled my reading speed, improved my memory, and explored several subjects that I have been wanting to explore for years. I can't say enough about the positive effect this book is having on my life. It's like chocolate, you just want to keep going back for more. In the "Super Tools" section, the author lays out the instructions in an inviting, easy-to-follow format. He provides methods to increase reading speed and improve memory, and offers a practical guide to good writing. Though he taught writing at Harvard, he does not pretend that this section is a substitute for a course. He says it is meant to be a fundamental guide to writing well every time you write, no matter the kind of writing or its purpose. In the reading section, the concepts are accessible. The author seems to have gone to great lengths to keep it simple, not complicated, not confusing, but understandable, graspable - thank goodness. (Believe me, if I can triple my reading speed, anyone can.) In the memory section, there are dozens of great strategies for better memory in all tasks - from school, to work, to everyday tasks - from remembering names, dates, and long lists, to where you left your keys and where you parked the car. I wish I had had this info when I went to school, but it's still tremendously useful to me now. A nice portion of the book is devoted to resources for a dozen or so subject areas - like History, Literature, Music, Math, Science, Art, Sports, Gardening, etc. (Don't miss the math section where you can learn how to do math in your head faster than a calculator.) In each section, author provides introductory paragraphs with suggestions of books to read and web sites to visit, and then offers "starter" facts, essays (Don't miss the "Renaissance in a Nutshell" essay in the Art History section, and the "Crash Course in Early Empires" essay in the World History section.), book lists, categories of web sites, and other resources like museums and libraries. The idea is to go into each subject as little or as much as you like. (I'm having a ball reacquainting myself with familiar subjects like World History and Sports, and exploring new ones - like Art History. I've always wanted to know more about Art History, and after reading the Renaissance essay, I went to the web sites suggested in the intro, and found an enormous amount of info. Congrats to author for providing great sites and books -- fantastic.) I'm guessing that colleges and corporations are going to take to this book for the help, motivation, and inspiration it can offer.

My suggestion: if there is one book you buy this year, this should be it. The subtitle says it all -- "an easy way to learn all you need to know".

This book is very well done, and its listings seem reasonable and informative. The reason I do not give it five stars is because it has no footnotes and no bibliography. For instance, on page 188 Schwartz refers to "Shaw's leading biographer" but does not name him nor the title or date of the biography. How simple to have put a footnote on the page, but there is none. But aside from this failing, this is a fun book to read and enjoy.

Bernard Schwartz is a renowned constitutional scholar at the University of Tulsa. Mostly, he is known for his research on the Supreme Court, and he has produced a nice history of the Court.

This volume is a bit more lighthearted than the usual sort of fare that law professors put out. Basically, Schwartz has identified what in his view are the ten best Supreme Court decisions, the ten worst Supreme Court decisions, the ten best Supreme Court Justices, the ten worst Supreme Court Justices, and so on. For each entry, he has a short description of that case/justice/etc., along with explanations of why it/he made the list.

The cases will be familiar to any law student, and many of the cases will be familiar to non-lawyers -- i.e., Brown v. Board of Education, Dred Scott, and so on.

At a certain level, however, non-lawyers may find that much of the book is too arcane; Justice Cardozo, for example, is well-known to non-lawyers as having authored the definitive opinion in a bizarre case known as Palsgraf, but to non-lawyers, the reference will be missed.

Phenomenal desk resource at work or home. Just the thing to solve those arcane Trivial Pursuit questions or use in Jeopardy. Another fun thing is to surprise friends with (potentially) unknown factoids about what happened on their birth days in other years.

This dictionary is subdivided into five sections: Introduction; Dates, Index, Chronology of World Events; Chronology of Scientific Developments; Kings and Queens of England and the United Kingdom; Prime Ministers and Presidents.

It lists significant events on a daily basis such as the birth on 1 January of the British novelist Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849) and the poet Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-61) remembered for the verse "Thou shalt not kill: but need'st not strive Officiously to keep alive".

Each daily entry lists a myriad of interesting scientific, literary, social and historical facts. Walt Disney, American innovator in the movie world, was born 5 December 1901, and on this day in 1933 Americans witnessed the ending of prohibition.

The alphabetical index gives easy access to all events and people listed in the book. However, in some ways I found this rather tedious. For example the listing for Gilbert, Sir William Schwenck guides readers to 3, 13, 24 May; 18, 29 Nov. To find Sir William's birthday you must read all five entries but you will find no details of his death. The entry for 24 May does not refer to Sir William Schwenck Gilbert but to William Gilbert (1540-1603) the royal physician to Elizabeth I and James I. This William Gilbert does not appear in the index!

The Chronology of World Events lists events from Palaeolithic Man to modern times, often in great detail. Nevertheless, I found one entry very frustrating. In 1853 Beeching lists the invention of the syringe in France but does not identify the inventor.

The Chronology of Scientific Developments is subdivided into sections: Medical Science, Telecommunications Revolution, Space Exploration, and Computer Technology. It provides all the information possible within the confines of a small reference book and is a useful stepping stone to further research.

The final sections, Kings and Queens of England and the United Kingdom, and Prime Ministers and Presidents are exactly what their titles imply. Both are clearly laid out reference tools, interesting and invaluable to students and casual readers alike.

On the whole A Dictionary of Dates is a good read. For a small, barely larger than pocket-sized almanac, the dictionary is exceptional value for money and packed full of factual and interesting material.

It's greta and so is ESPN

This small paperback book of trivia is chockfull of points of minutiae about baseball, hockey, football, college sports, and other sports. The book is so packed with information it's hard to access. The type is extremely small, and the design so busy it almost makes you not want to read it.

The questions are hard, really hard in fact. I don't think they're even that interesting. It's not a test of sports knowledge to know on what day a sports event happened, or what various teams' won-lost records were. What's more interesting in sports is who did what, how many did they get, and why was it special.

I'd look elsewhere for a sports trivia book.

Book as described and in good condition; received it in a timely fashion. Would buy from again.

EXPLORING MICROSOFT OFFICE 2003 VOLUME 1 is a textbook that is basically an extended handbook on Microsoft Office. The book has what I would consider six major sections: basics of Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, the Internet and the world wide web, and some essential computing concepts. The sections dealing with Windows, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint contain all kinds of helpful hands-on exercises. The Internet and essential computing concepts sections don't have quite as many exercises and contain a little more book rather than hands-on knowledge. To be completely honest, this book is rather boring to read and work through on one's own. However, when used in conjuncture with a class, it makes a great tool.

The illustrations are wonderful. But every culture in the world, from Incas to Arabs to Englishmen, get at least one illustration and one explanation. There's an illustration of a church, a minaret and a Moslem school. Jews were a strong presence in the Middle Ages throughout the world, so the omission is glaring. I suppose the striking difference would be the extent to which Jews approached a near-100-percent literacy, even then. But given that the merchant who might have sold the cloth to that woman with the cone-shaped hat might have been Jewish, perhaps it would have been truly illustrative of Medieval life, since Jews were required to wear distinctive clothing wherever they went.

The effect is to show a book with deficiencies.

Both my children (ages four and nine) love this book! It has great visuals and excellent explantions about questions kids ask. Of course, they loved reading about how people didn't bath and threw their waste out the windows! They argue over who gets to read it in the car. We paid much more for the book in England! I would also recommend this book for older students (grades 4-8) with limited reading abilities

This book was good but it could have been better. Some of the questions could have been harder and some could have been better.

This book is really fun to test ur friends and family on there little house knowledge if u are one that loves little house books test ur knowledge on ow well u know it with this book

I gave one of these as a gift to a sick friend and she was so thrilled. She said she will always keep looking at it 'cuz there were so many things she didn't know about cats. Also, she said it was great that it had an index so she could go back to things she had read easily.

I'm halfway through this book and I've put it down. I was so bored I couldn't read anymore. So far, the book is just chatting about cats with no useful information or interesting stories. I have apparently chosen the wrong book. Even though this book touts "curiously compelling facts" I haven't found any in the first half of it.