Trivia Books

Rebeccasreads recommends I KNOW THAT NAME! for every trivia buff, throne & den/game room, giving glimpses of how companies started, flourished, were gobbled up by bigger ones, or fended off takeovers to continue toward modernday prosperity.

I KNOW THAT NAME! has lots of photos to illustrate this collection of histories about ordinary people, some Canadian born, others immigrants, with a few just passing through: all, however, made their mark on a nation & its culture -- from shaving cream to publishing houses, cough drops to body builders, distilleries & breweries to moving companies, film makers to musical instruments, toys to washing machines, hats to construction, glasses to razors, ladies' wear to fake meat products, advertising to flour, business forms to farm equipment, & on it goes.

'I Wonder Why the Sun Rises' would be a fine book for elementary school children who are inquisitive and of curious nature. The book would be an extra enjoyable read for those children who are scientifically inclined. On nearly every page is a question immediately followed by its answer. Colored pictures with captions are plentiful throughout the book,giving it a greater appeal to the average young reader. The pictures that show how the earth's rotation about its axis and its simultaneous orbit around the sun are responsible for our days,nights,and seasons are especially well-illustrated. Also of interest are pictures of an ancient Aztec calendar and one of a sundial, which is a flat stone clock that indicates time by a projecting rod that casts a shadow over different numerals on the clock depending on what time of day it is.

Answers questions pertaining to the ocean in an easy to learn format for children with comical illustrations.

There are forty sections each consisting of a two-page spread and in the phrase of a question pertaining to the ocean. Located in the upper left-hand corner of each left- sided page is a large sized question mark in a blue shade.

Some interesting questions to ponder along with an inquisitive child before prodding along through the book for the answers to those puzzling thoughts. It turns out that there are mountains and hills under the sea. Sea mounts are the correct term used for volcanoes under the sea.

The illustrations in I wonder why the sea is salty and other questions about the ocean are in soft pastel shades nestled among three or four paragraphs relating to each question as it pertains to life under the sea.

For anyone interested in learning more about sea life and its environment this is the perfect answer book for when you stumble on these questions through out childhood. The cover border consists of seashells with the index listing A-Z items. The table of contents covers the first two pages with illustrations mixed within. I wonder why the sea is salty and other questions about the ocean offers many chuckles to the readers while learning facts along the way. The text changes from small to larger fonts in each page and is suited for a beginning reader.

what a great book, so many interesting and little known facts. have lived in this state most of my life and found many things about it that were interesting to know about where i live.

...you had better be up on your Civil War basics before attempting to read this book. It assumes that the reader is well aware of the main battles, campaigns, personalities and relative strengths and weaknesses of both the North and the South.

There's bound to be something new in here for everyone but the hardest of the hard core Civil War afficionados. Well-written, breezy, although oftentimes disjointed and random.

This book is also published under the titles 'The Civil War: Strange & Fascinating Facts' and 'Our Incredible Civil War'.

This is exactly the book your looking for if you are trying to put a section called Irish America in your Pub quiz / Trivia night.

Admittedly, when I first obtained a copy of Jabberrock I wasn't too sure what to expect. A book being hailed as "the ultimate book of rock'n'roll quotations" didn't sound like the makings of great reading yet I soon found myself pleasantly suprised. It is basically a collection of quotes ranging from Elvis Presley to Marlilyn Manson, all categorised and listed in chapters ranging from "sex, love and marriage" and "rebels, politics, and punk" through to "the meaning of life" and "troubled genius". It is genuinely interesting to hear what many of these well known musical icons have to say on topics and subjects that affect them and for a non-fiction book with no story or plot, it certainly introduces us to an assortment of intriguing and strange characters. In all, I found the quotes to be quite interesting, many of them offering insight into the world of musical stardom. Obstfield and Fitzgerald are to be commended on the way that they have categorised the quotes, making for easy reading and a smooth transition through chapters. Whether you have an avid or passing interest in the music industry, this book makes for great reading and is interesting, amusing and suprisingly insightful. I highly recommend it.

This book is on Kansas trivia, as you no doubt would discern from the title. It is a book on Kansas trivia, and only only on Kansas trivia. It is only on trivia -- there is no narrative, no essay, no index -- just questions and answers.

The format of the book is all Questions and Answers -- 191 pages of Questions and Answers, all about Kansas! And you thought there was only amber waves of grain in Kansas? Guess again.

The Q&A is divided up into six broad categories: Geography, History, Entertainment, Arts & Literature, Sports & Leisure, and Science & Nature (these correspond largely to the popular Trivial Pursuit categories). If you thought Kansas was all flat farmland, you'll be surprised to find place names like Flint Hills; if you thought it was all Midwestern America, you'll find place names as diverse as The Garden of Eden to Nicodema to Hugoton (named for French writer Victor Hugo).

Kansas' history is also fascinating, moreso than one might think at first glance. From the early days of Native Americans (Kansas derives its name from the Kansa tribe) to the frontier and cowboy days to more modern time, many famous people have come from Kansas. In terms of Entertainment, Dorothy's residence in Kansas ('there's no place like home') is perhaps the most famous Kansas reference, but many stars from Annette Benning (born in Topeka) to Mandy Patinkin (graduate of the University of Kansas) come from the state.

H.L. Mencken maligned Kansas more than any other state in his magazine, but this is most likely undeserved, and succeeded only because of the relative ignorance of Kansas among those who do not live there (and, perhaps, among those who do, who are of course the nature audience for this book). The book is purposely adapted to be useful for trivia games, although 'Kansas' as a subject is unlikely to appear in great demand beyond the borders of Kansas.

This book was a labour of love by Barbara Brackman, who, like Dorothy, found Kansas to be home like no other. It is rather fun, even for those several states away.

As a retired Naval Officer , I found this book to be crammed with many interesting facts and accounts about the sea.The book is also reasonably low priced, well put together, i.e. arranged content-wise, and Amazon.com sent it to me fast.Thanks,Steve Frankum

Fans of "Schott's Original Miscellany" will relish this book, which contains a host of trivia about London in a similar format to that original. Do you want to know which pubs are haunted? The original names and dates of establishment of various tube stations? Where Marx and Gandhi lived while in town? What are the most unusual items ever left behind on a bus or subway? (The list includes a vasectomy kit and two human skulls.) Then this is the book for you. It may be crass and perhaps even un-British to say so, but its wit and brevity make it perfect for your loo bookshelf, if you see what I mean.