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Over 100 Japanese anomalies are include in this text, covering the country, food, behaviour, products, traditions, taste, language and faults. The book answers such questions as: when was the jury system abandoned?; why are sake cups tiny?; and why do the Japanese bathe so much? ... Read more

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The UK's most accurate text question and answer service presents the latest crop of ingenious answers to more weird questions from the British public. "The End of the Question Mark", "Any Question Answered", "Brilliant Answers" - and now "More Brilliant Answers", another startling, inventive and entertaining collection of answers from the UK's favourite text Q&A service AQA 63336 ("Any Question Answered"). Special features include customers' stories of using AQA 63336 in unusual ways - crazy, funny, touching, romantic and even high-drama moments are all here. Plus some of the best texts sent out under the new celebrity-led AQA2U information service. This title covers prime Q& As, including: Q - Is it possible to have your appendix removed through your mouth? (A - Yes - this operation was carried out in San Diego in March 2008); Q - What does it mean if someone says they are going to window seal bay? (A - Window Sill Bay means holid aying at home - also known as a 'staycation', and popular in hard times); Q - How many cups of tea can you make from all the water in hatfield water park lake? (A - All the water in Hatfield Water Park Lake would make 6,451,410,200 cups of tea.That's enough for almost everybody in the whole world to have a cup); and, Q - Who was the only musician 2not get on the plane that buddy holly was on when it crashed and killed them all? (A - Tommy Allsup was the musician who did not get on the plane in which Buddy Holly died. He flipped a coin with Ritchie Valens for the final seat and lost). ... Read more

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Did you know that: Sex between snakes lasts between 6 and 12 hours? Peter Kay's school metalwork teacher was Steve Coogan's father? The first novel written on a typewriter was The Adventures of Tom Sawyer? That Book sold 60,000 copies in the UK alone? If you are hankering to know more about anything from 'Famous People Who Had Liver Transplants' to 'Beatles Songs and Their Working Titles', This Book is everything you've ever dreamed of. Once you start reading, you won't be able to stop ... ... Read more

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Did you know that James Dean's first role was in a Pepsi commercial? That Stewart Granger's real name was James Stewart? That Tom Cruise was voted the pupil "least likely to succeed" at High School? That Henry Hathaway made Dennis Hopper do a retake 85 times in "From Hell to Texas"? That Demi Moore ordered a retake of a scene in "The Scarlet Letter" because she didn't like the way her hair looked in it, at a cost of $100,000? It's all here and more in hundreds of lists of the weird and wonderful world that is Tinseltown. We have lists of stars who have been in porn flicks, stars' old jobs, stars who have been to prison, films with the most extras, most sadistic directors, mistakes in films, weirdest actor contract clauses, bizarre star deaths, and more. ... Read more

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Over-priced Collection of Tinsel Town Lists!
At first glance, HOLLYWOOD TRIVIA would seem to be a trivia buff's dream come true. It brings together 300+ lists on any and all asepcts of Hollywood life. Published in 2004, it is a revised edition of a 1999 English release entitled I WAS A FUGITIVE FROM A HOLLYWOOD TRIVIA FACTORY: A BOOK OF HOLLYWOOD LISTS. Thank God someone changed that title!

The material found in the book's 314 pages is kinda/sorta arranged A to Z by Subject. I say that because the B section, for example, includes Warren Beatty, Biopics, Dates of Birth, Birthplaces, Bizarre Facts, Blacking Up, Body Doubles, James Bond and Boxers. The G section contains Blunders, Galimony, Sam Goldwyn and Gone With the Wind. I guess there's a logic there.

I don't claim to be a Hollywood trivia expert but I did come across some goofs that make me wonder how accurate the lists are. For example: Bogart got his lip scar in WWI not WWII; Cary Grant's given name was Archie Leach not Leech; Robert Mitchum was not a spy behind German lines in WWII; Marlene Dietrich wasn't married to John Gilbert; James Arness did not go from the Small Screen to the Big Screen; Butterfly McQueen didn't win an Oscar for GWTW; Judy Garland didn't audition for the TV version of the 'Our Gang' series; and so on.

I might have given the book three stars had the price tag been less. $15.95 is just too steep for a collection of lists.

HOLLYWOOD TRIVIA will probably be an automatic purchase for trivia buffs. And movie fans will undoubtedly enjoy it. To my mind, it's an optional purchase. ... Read more

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A Brit Of Trivia is the answer to every trivia lovers dream! Whether you want to make your own entertainment at home or maybe pass the time on your way to a trip, here is a unique book which includes mystery objects, mystery eyes, mystery puzzles, name that person, state capital maps, name that year, tie breakers, true or false and over 1000 other questions. Test your intellect if you dare and enjoy this fun and exciting trivia with a twist book. ... Read more

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Badly in need of an editor
I like trivia, but this book is so badly constructed I can't enjoy it. It consists mostly of quiz sets of 21 questions each. Inexplicably, question #15 in every quiz is labeled a "Tiebreaker."

There's hardly a single page that's free of punctuation errors, spelling mistakes, typos, capitalization errors, grammatical errors, and just plain odd wording. There are some factual errors too, which makes me question how well the author checked his facts.

Example: He calls Def Leppard "Death Leopard" instead. Sheryl Crow becomes Sherly Crow.

Example: "All of these writers are known for their horror stories except A) Frank Barum B) Bram Stoker C) H.P Lovecraft" The answer: "A) Frank Barum he was author of children's books Oz books"Never mind the strange wording, it was L. Frank Baum who wrote the Oz books.

Example: "Butch Cassidy or Jesse James who's real name was Robert Leroy Parker"

Example: "Horse racing how many furlong in a mile."

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Every day Canadians buy groceries at Sobeys, develop film at Black's, or grab a coffee at Tim Hortons without giving it a second thought. These brands are in our lives and in the public eye. We're familiar with the names, but what do we really know about the people who lie behind them? I Know That Name! will answer these questions for you. It's full of fun facts, intriguing trivia, and engrossing explorations of more than one hundred Canadian men and women who beat the odds to become household names, including Timothy Eaton, Laura Secord, and J.L. Kraft. ... Read more

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for trivia nuts!
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. ... Read more

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Great Times With Friends
This trivia book is full of fun and fascinating information.It can be read alone or used as trivia with friends.I've recently gotten into homebrew and the history of beer, so this was an easily understandable fact book for the beer snob in all of us. ... Read more

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Fun Pub Stuff
I purchased this book along with another for my son for Christmas.He is into trivia and had spent a decent amount of time in London studying and visiting pubs.He found the questions entertaining and challenging and said he'd recommend it to his friends (i.e., other students studying abroad).

Pub Quiz
Great starter book for a pub quiz, catorgories were great and format easy to follow. Jolly Drayman pub quiz was a huge success due to the book. ... Read more

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THINK YOU KNOW YOUR AMERICANA? WITH THIS BOOK, YOU WILL!

The Great American History Quiz is the popular show on The History Channel that's also a great, entertaining way to learn about our country's history. Filled with celebrities, it tests viewers on facts from the basic to the arcane -- and sometimes both at once! Now, based on this national treasure of a quiz show, comes a book that's just as fun, challenging, and quirky. Featuring questions from the program (and new brainteasers as well), THE GREAT AMERICAN HISTORY QUIZ will have you burning those gray cells and wishing learning had been this much fun in school!

TRY THESE CONUNDRUMS ON FOR SIZE:

1. The U.S. declared its independence on July 4, 1776. True or False?

2. During WWI, Harry Houdini taught American soldiers which of the following tricks? How to (a) catch a bullet in their teeth, (b) survive underwater, or (c) escape from handcuffs.

3. Who was the first sitting (or rather traveling) president to voyage outside the continental U.S.?

The answers may not be what you think. Guess away! ... Read more

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Think you know the presdents, then check this book out.
We have had 43 presidents and I am sure that a book could have been written with thousands of questions about them, this book only has 101 and I was amazed and how tough they were.

The other books in the series seemed relatively easy compared to these questions. The only thing I saw was that there was no pictures of the presidents and this should be a part of the book.

The book does provide some new material and from the reading I don't think there was a question on each president. Overall another good book to add to the reference library.

Learn something new each and every day.
You watch the History Channel and you see the inventors and inventions. Now you have book that has you questions about those Modern Marvels.

The book only has 101 questions and no pictures. This is okay but I was hoping for a little more as was my kids. The book does have some challenging questions, even for adults.

One thing I liked about the book is that you could use it as a game and get points for the ones you answer correctly. Overall it was entertaining and enlightening.

Nice little book about war trivia.
I love history and over the past several months have been reading more and more books on U.S. History. I found this book to be a fast read and be entertaining at the same time.

Like the other in the series the book is limited to 101 questions, and I found it to be written to a younger crowd, although there were a few questions that caught me off guard.

The books covers most American conflicts and wars, but remember there are only 101 questions so it will not delve too deeply to any one area. Overall very good for those wanting to learn about the past.

Short on questions but great on history.
Another installment to the Great American History Quiz series of books and like the others there is only 101 questions to work with. The book I found was more trivia type of questions rather than questions about History specifics.

As with other book in the series, there is no pictures and for the young readers this may be a drawback as something are better identified by sight.

Overall a good book for those rainy days when you need something to read or that car trip. The book is great for all ages as I found a few questions challenging.

Excellent trivia quiz
The History Channel has put together an interesting American History trivia quiz that consists of 101 questions with subsequent answers on the next page.This reviewer played a game against her husband as we tried to see who could answer the most over a week's time.The book is fun and enlightening, especially for trivia buffs. ... Read more