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Conbining two of Frommer's previous successes, Sports Lingo and Sports Roots, and supplemented with new material, this book will prove to be indispensable to nay sports enthusiast wishing to settle an argument, decipher a mysterious call, or simply persue for his or her enjoyment. ... Read more

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great reference
I needed sports trivia questions for a trivia competition at work (I was the emcee).I discovered that it is hard to find a book of sports trivia questions, in multiple choice form, on all sports.This book met my needs.The one drawback that I see is that the author sprinkles in trivia questions about himself, and I'm sorry to tell him that I never heard of him.

Great Read from a Great Player !
I purchased this book because I was always a fan of Rick Barry, and I must say that his writing is just as impressive as his ball-handling.The trivia questions varied in difficuty, and my 15 year-old son and I spent a fun weekend playing the various "games."A great gift for Fathers' Day or any day you'd like to test your sports intellect ! ... Read more

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Are you a Cleveland sports trivia whiz? Find out by testing your knowledge against these 500 brain-teasing questions. Questions range in difficulty from easy to challenging and cover all sports, from high school to the pros. Answers are on the reverse of each page, so you can easily quiz yourself or others.For example, do you know:1. What two former Indians players have last names that are palindromes (spelled the same forward and backward)?2. In what year did Cleveland first enter the National Basketball Association (NBA)?3. What is located at 76 Lou Groza Blvd.?4. Where does the Western Reserve Rowing Association row?

Answers: 1) Dave Otto and Toby Harrah. 2) 1946, when the Cleveland Rebels were part of the NBA's inaugural season. 3) The Cleveland Browns administrative offices and training facility. 3) On the Cuyahoga River, in the Flats. ... Read more

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Runyon's Saloon, one of New York's most renowned sports bars, enjoys a bustling clientele. Sportswriters, sportscaster, athletes and enthusiastic fans all hang out there and try to stump each other with sports trivia questions. Two Runyon's regulars have collaborted on this book, which includes hundreds of challenging questions covering every major sport--both college and professional. ... Read more

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BIZARRE STUFF, AMAZING FACTS, ASTONISHING MYSTERIES, NATURAL WONDERS, LITTLE-KNOWN PEOPLE, USEFUL TIPS AND MUCH, MUCH MORE

From crime, movies and music to science, history and literature, this book offers an incredible array of intriguing top-10 lists, including:

• Urban Legends--Debunked
• Influential People Who Never Lived
• Ancient Methods of Execution
• Poisonous Foods We Love to Eat
• Inventions of the Middle Ages
• Gruesome Fairytale Origins
• Secret Societies
• Amazing Film Swordfights
• Bizarre Animal Mating Rituals
• Misconceptions About Evolution
• Tips for Frugal Living
• Fascinating Graveyards You Must See

About the Author

Jamie Frater is the creator of the popular website listverse.com. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (30)

Kindle Mess
The Kindle version of this book is replete with repeated phrases and broken up words, making it a very annoying read. As of this moment, after searching Amazon for nearly an hour, it appears there is no refund option available.

Fun with Facts--Very WEIRD Facts...
The Ultimate Book of Top 10 Lists is subtitled A Mind-boggling Collection of Fun, Fascinating and Bizarre Facts on Movies, Music, Sports, Crime, Celebrities, History, Trivia, and More, a mouth-boggling title/sub-title combination if ever there was one.

Like many other titles in this genre, it is filled with strange trivia and minutiae. Each entry in its lists of ten is described or its inclusion is justified in a brief paragraph. Unlike many other titles in this genre, it also contains some good advice -- hints and tips for living better, enjoying more, and preparing for the future (a lot of stuff that provokes, "hmmmm...why didn't I think of that?").

You may not need the "Top 10 Prison Survival Tips" if you take the "Top 10 Tips for Outrunning the Cops" to heart. There are top-10s of cooking tips; ways to appear intelligent, live frugally, win arguments, and remove stains; and prepare for another depression (important to read with the related "Top 10 Tips for Surviving the Street"). Of course, it's not the useful information that is the most entertaining.

The first of its 14 chapters gets right down to the good stuff, or as the author puts it, "Bizarre Stuff." Urban legends are debunked, medical anomalies are described, and (for the e-shoppers out there) "Top Ten Bizarre Things You Can Buy on Amazon.com" are revealed. Religion and science, people and nature, movies and music, and literature and history all have their own chapters (as well as food and drink, crime, tips for life, travel, and the ever-popular miscellaneous).

Browsing through the table of contents entices with "Codes You Aren't Meant to Know," "Poisonous Foods We Love to Eat," and "Modern Methods of Execution." The Ultimate Book of Top 10 Lists is 706 pages long, and even if you tell yourself you're not interested in some of the topics, you'll find yourself reading your way through to the last page.

Many of the lists are funny, some are sad, others are shocking; best of all, there's so much in The Ultimate Book of Top 10 Lists with which you are unfamiliar or were only vaguely aware that it could be included in "Top 10 Tips for Sounding Smarter than You Are."

Keep The Ultimate Book of Top 10 Lists in the car and read it while you're waiting in line at Motor Vehicles or sitting in a waiting room, the bathroom for brief reading (but don't tell anyone or you'll never have access to the privy), next to the bed for some light reading before dropping off, or anywhere that offers short reading opportunities. Warning: The Ultimate Book of Top 10 Lists is addictive and there's really no such thing as"reading just one list." As with potato chips, one leads to another, and another, and...

Bottom Line: Would I buy The Ultimate Book of Top 10 Lists? Yes, I've always liked books of lists, and this one is particularly entertaining. Turn to any page and be shocked, amused, scared, mystified, or amazed.

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Even my kids love it!!
I dont know that I can put into words how awesome this book is, but I will try!! I found the website earlier this year and thought that it was so much fun to read, well then it became an everyday thing!! In addition the the fun facts on the Top 10 Lists, I have learned so much. And like J. Frater I love the dark, death, and macabre! Its just something that fasinates me and scares me at the same time! I have turned lots of my friends and family on to the site and now with the book!! It stays on my coffee table and is loved by my family and friends alike! I have 6 kids raging in ages 17 to 7, and they all love it too! My oldest sometimes uses it as a reference for school papers!!!!! The younger ones just love the things that they learn, nad had no idea about!

Cant wait for the 2nd book to come out, since it is about bizarre things it should be amazing! Im sure reviewing it will be just as exciting!

A must read book from a must read site
I have always been a fan of listverse lists and loved the fact that they made a book. The book is a great source of random trivia that will never fail to entertain. Any one who is interested in random stuff should read this book. Can't wait for the next one

Awesome!!!
There are so many great topics in this book, and it's full of trivia about a wide range of subjects. Anyone who reads it will come away with new knowledge, and that's always a wonderful thing. It's definitely a cover-to-cover read!!! ... Read more

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A hilarious and very challenging sports trivia book that puts high priced greedy athletes in their place.Each question will test your knowledge of sports and also pokes fun at the ridiculous world of sports. ... Read more

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767 Sports Questions
I bought this for school next year. We will have one sports question each day. This is a perfect resource ... Read more

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For more than 20 years, the Bathroom Library has entertained people "on the go" everywhere. With millions of copies out there, it proves that we're not all wet about bathroom reading. With that in mind, we proudly present The Bathroom Sports Quiz Book, a roll call of challenging trivia. ... Read more

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The Guru was stumped!
I gave this to my sports guru husband for Fathers Day, fully expecting him to blow the answers away. He came to me later in the day and said, "You won't believe it, but I can't get too many of these!" Congrats to the authors for humbling him... just a little!!! ... Read more

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If you're a fan of the national pastime, you'll love Ichiro, Satchel, and theBabe: More Baseball's Fun Facts and Serious Trivia, compiled by Mike Attiyeh, asemifinalist of the prestigious Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)'s annual triviacontest. This sequel to Attiyeh's recently published Who Was Traded for Lefty Grove?provides another outstanding collection of over 600 fascinating facts and tantalizing trivia.

Which southpaw retired Babe Ruth in each of their first 11 official at-bats? (If you answeredLefty Grove or any other Hall of Famer, you're wrong.)

Did you know in 1993 the White Sox drafted Carey Schueler, making her the first woman everchosen in the free agent amateur draft?

Challenging, entertaining, stimulating, and deliciously thorough, the book spans the entire historyof the sport, from the game's early years all the way through the record-breaking 2002 season.Some of the questions are tough ones, requiring deduction, reason, and a big-picture knowledgeof the game, but Attiyeh's often surprising answers inevitably leave the reader fully informed andsatisfied.

Which team was originally known as the Atlantics?

Which Hall of Fame second baseman played only one game at that position over his first fourmajor league seasons?

Did you know the New York Yankees have avoided being no-hit for 44 consecutive years, amajor-league record?

So, whether your home team is 20 games back or on its way to winning the pennant, reach for theonly trivia book sophisticated enough for players, writers, and broadcasters–if you think you'regood enough. ... Read more

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Will Fotheringham scoured the globe for this tsunami of trivia drawn from every sport known to humankind, and a few more besides. Subjects include how to conduct a bullfight, Hollywood’s badminton range in the 1930s, the holes of St. Andrew’s golf course, why the Olympic flag has five rings, and much more. Fotheringham’s Sporting Trivia is a gold mine of off-the-wall information and contains more fun facts than anyone should be allowed to know. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

Marginal Book of Fact and some Errors
Some dull facts and trivia about a variety of sports, mostly covering alot of English and Olympic sports. However I have discovered a few mistakes within the book, most of them are wrong years.

not what i thought
i thought it was going to be about AMERICAN sports, but its from the U.K. apparently...where "football" is soccer and it has lots of things about cricket...not exactly what i was looking for, but...it just would've been nice to know before i bought it... ... Read more

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Foreword by George Chuvalo

What Canadian was the first black man to win a world championship in boxing?

Who scored the first regular season goal in NHL history?

Who is the only Canadian in the Baseball Hall of Fame?

On water, ice, grass or mud, in the air or on the ground, sports have been a part of Canadian life since before Confederation - even before the invention of hockey.

Canada's Ultimate Sports Trivia Guy, Edward Zawadski, has ventured into the far reaches of the nation's sports history to bring together this dynamic collection of facts and oddities. The Ultimate Canadian Sports Trivia Book will entertain and enlighten sports fans of all eras, and will challenge both the jock-quiz novice and the sports trivia junkie.

What athlete once challenged and beat a horse in an endurance race? What Canadians have won the Boston Marathon? The answers are here in The Ultimate Canadian Sports Trivia Book. ... Read more

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Think you know sports-then play BrainList Sports - Volume 1. BrainList Sports is a trivia game where each sports-related question has multiple answers (a list). Each question is fact-based and has at least four answers. The goal of each BrainList game is to challenge each player to have fun while using their mind.The game can be played by one person or with a group. There are several variations of game play. One of the best ways for a group to play is the "Around the Horn" model where each player takes a turn in providing an answer to the question.BrainList Sports contains 216 fun questions with over 2,800 answers. 216 questions is the number of unique combinations that can be generated when rolling three die (111-666). (Dice not included.)The majority of questions are easy enough that most people will be able to provide some of the answers, but you need to be smart and calm to provide all of the answers. BrainList Sports is a great gift for the sports nut or the casual fan. The game will provide hours of fun for all participants! ... Read more

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Lots of Fun!
As a non-sport addict, I was very surprised at how much I knew or at least could guess the right answer. I also learned a lot of interesting facts about sports from football to golf. This book covers a wide range of sport's trivia for sport enthusiasts of all levels.It provides several game options for using the trivia questions that will bring out the competitive spirit of family and friends.It's a great investment for fun!

awesome
if you're a fan of sports trivia this book is for you - great game

Great Fun, Great Resource
This book covers an amazing range of sports info, from the accessible to the arcane. Be careful - it's addictive!Great for your friends who think they know everything. ... Read more

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SEC Football Trivia is filled from cover to cover with interestingquestions and answers about the part of the country where college football is areligion:

• Who was the cub reporter that covered the Tide practice sessions in

  Pasadena prior to the 1935 Rose Bowl contest?

• The most coveted college football award is named for which early Auburn

  coach?

• Which Georgia All-American was nicknamed "the Brat"?
• In what year did Coach Bear Bryant lead Kentucky to the SEC football

  championship?

• What was the only team to defeat Vanderbilt in 1893?

Designed to be informative, entertaining, and fun, SEC Football Triviaprovides information about the twelve football teams that make up theSoutheastern Conference. And in case you didn't know, the answers to the abovequestions are:

• Ronald Reagan
• John W. Heisman (the Heisman Memorial Trophy)
• Zeke Bratkowski
• 1950
• Auburn

Customer Reviews (3)

What a joke of a book
Some of the stuff in here I've never even heard so I don't even know if it's true or not.I was very disappointed in this book.Try "A Tailgater's Guide To SEC Football".It makes a much better SEC companion than this thing.The book seems like it was put together in a weekend or something.No organization and a lot of obscure stuff in there.Weird actually.

dog lard
This is an embarassment to a great conference.Save your cash.

get the facts right!
I have found some inaccurate information in this book and i have not found anyone to contact with the correct answers.I am a tickler for telling the truth and though it may seem like a small thing to print wrong info,i wish to see it corrected.They have no number to report wrong answers,but as a whole this book has alot of usefull info ... Read more

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The Ultimate Golf Trivia Book is interactive in that each of theeighteen chapters is assigned a par of three, four, or five.  Readers cankeep score and earn eagles, birdies, pars, bogeys, and double bogeys dependenton the number of correct answers he or she provides for that chapter. Par for this book's course is 72.  Golf-savvy readers will love trying tobreak 80.

Scattered throughout the book are interesting sidebars such as top-ten lists,strange-but-true stories, and more than thirty photographs. ... Read more

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This is a fun and terrific book with a journalistic edge!
I happen to know the author who showed me a galley of his book, which is coming out in May, he said. The book features a simple format with something like 1,100 Q&As divided among 18 category-chapters thatinclude "The Majors," "The LPGA," "Augusta,""Guys and Gals," "The Seventies," "Hogan, Nelson,and Snead," "Spanning the Globe," "Golf Media and PopCulture," "Ryder Cup," and "Golf Rules, Equipment andControversies." Readers can keep score with each hole(chapter) being apar 3, 4, or 5, and scores issued depending on how many Qs in each chapterare answered correctly. There's also a lot of great photos I had never seenbefore, to include "Old" and "Young" Tom Morris, HarryVardon, Ely Callaway, Althea Gibson, Arnold Palmer, Bobby Jones with acamera, Tiger Woods, Mickey Wright, Walter Hagen, Jan Stephenson, and LauraBaugh. There's even one shot of a young Nancy Lopez about 20 years agoswinging for the fences and wearing a white miniskirt--she really does havenice legs. There are also nifty sidebars, strange-but-trues and a varietyof top-ten lists. All in all, it's a terrific book because the authorprovides hundreds of interesting Q&As that aren't your run-of-the-millcliche questions, although a lot of your favorite Q&As are included.It's just hard enough to be a challenge, yet "easy" enough so asnot to alienate golf fans less than expert. Unlike the several other golftrivia books in existence written by people I've never heard of (and I doread a ton of golf publications and books), this one is actually authoredby a veteran golf journalist who has written extensively, covering golf forthe Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The National, Golf World, and GolfIllustrated. There's a lot of funny stuff in here as well as revelatorymaterial. I believe Towle was getting David Feherty to write his foreword,and I know that CBS's Jim Nantz and noted golf author Curt Sampson haveback-cover endorsement blurbs. Also, the cover has been significantlyrevised from what's pictured here on Amazon--it's a lot cooler now. Anyway,this is everything a golf trivia book should be and I love it! ... Read more

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The world of sport generates perennial debates that can drive a grown man to distraction or create rifts between the firmest of friends. Fear not. "Stumped! The Sport's Fans Book of Answers" is here to save us.Sports and trivia fans enjoyed "QI: The Book of General Ignorance"; "Googlies, Nutmegs and Bogeys: The Origins of Peculiar Sporting Lingo"; "Does Anything Eat Wasps?" and "Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?". "Stumped!" will resolve all your sporting quarrels, queries and conundrums including: Which country is the best at sport? Who would win a fight between Muhammad Ali and Bruce Lee? In motor racing, is the car or the driver more important? And are English footballers really thicker than foreign players? It is the ideal gift for the sports fanatic. ... Read more

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Entertainment for casual and hard-core fans of both Pro and College Sports. "All-American Sports IQ Test" includes almost 2,000 questions and teasers with a snappy, creative twist. You also get hundreds of photos of players, fans, team logos and mascots to entertain and frustrate your recall abilities. Even casual fans will be fascinated and intrigued while they upgrade their knowledge about their favorite sports but there are two other types of fans that are going to absolutely fall in love with "Sports IQ Test".The first group are the fans who believe they’re up to the challenge of testing their knowledge against our Editors and the second group are those who are forever searching for that new sports, "morsel or tid-bit" they can spring on their friends. Looking for the definitive, Sport’s "Bathroom Reader" this is it; Celebrities, athletes, mascots and logos, Visual Games; Mystery Guests – How many clues do you need to name them?; Faces in the crowd photographs; Celebrities in Sports – Pros go to Hollywood; Sports Movies, the when the where and the who?; Baseball figures, facts and trivia from around the diamond; Photo Morphing; College basketball, college football and All-Sports challenges. "All-American Sports IQ Test" is the "ultimate playbook" of Trivia, Teasers, Puzzles and Puzzlers. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

Wealth of information in insanely hard questions
As the title states.Some of the questions are insanely difficult, such that even the most devoted fan will be unable to answer the question as asked.But there is still a wealth of sports history information in the questions and answers.

A great companion to the NCAA Football DVD Trivia Challenge!
This book looks like a good companion to the interactive DVD trivia game "NCAA Football DVD Trivia Challenge" from SNAP TV GAMES.It has College Football clips and trivia from the earleist days to last year!You should check this out at ncaatrivia dot com. ... Read more

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Fantastic book for a fan of sports, but not for long-term Bathroom Reader subscribers
This book follows the same Bathroom Reader formula that all the others do in the series, with the exception that the articles are over sports, racing, and table games. If you have never read a Bathroom Reader, the format of one is as follows:

There's an index of short, medium, and long articles that are categorized in certain topics. Some articles, usually stories, may be continued in another spot in the book. On each page, there is a factoid at the bottom. The books are not linear, so you can flip to any page you want to.

Almost every article in this book was very interesting, even if you do not follow that particular sport, race, or game. Some of the articles have even inspired me to start researching certain games. Despite that the books are meant to be read on the john, I find them to be extremely entertaining on long road trips and other events in which you must wait a long period of time.

If you are a long-term subscriber to Bathroom Readers, then there is a buyer beware for this book. All of the articles in this book have apparently been used in other editions of the Bathroom Reader, as one of the above reviewers has mentioned. I'm quite a casual fan of the Bathroom Reader series, as I own about five or six editions, but even I had some déjà vu reading some of the articles.

Bottom line or tl;dr, buy if you're a sports fan and haven't read many bathroom readers, don't buy in any other case.

Readers for the Bathroom
I purchase bathroom readers every year for all the men in the family.They are a huge hit and one of those "expected" Christmas gifts.Since my husband gets one as well, I also get to read them.They are perfect for our "sitting" room.The stories are interesting and SHORT, which is key.A great fun, yet informative book.

disappoinment
I HAVE BEEN READING BATHROOM READER'S FOR A LONG TIME. I FOUND THAT THIS BOOK WAS A DISAPPOINMENT BECAUSE ALL THE ITEMS IN THE BOOK HAVE BEEN IN PREVIOUS BATHROOM READERS.IF I HAD KNOWN THAT, I WOULD HAVE NEVER ORDERD THE BOOK.

STU

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For the sports fan, this guide offers fascinating facts and tidbits on baseball, football, basketball, hockey, the Olympic Games, tennis, figure skating, soccer, and more.It contains special sections on women's sports, young people's sports, and the Special Olympics, and includes listings of winners of the World Series, the Super Bowl, the Stanley Cup, and other major competetions.

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Sports Illustrated's first venture into the world of puzzle books features old faves such as crosswords and picture puzzles, and also a new kind of puzzle called a cross stat that is tailor-made for sports trivia fanatics. Just turn the page and . . . let the games begin! ... Read more

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Good gift
I got this for my boyfriend.He's a sports buff and loves these puzzles!They get super difficult towards the end, but otherwise one can go through the book pretty fast. ... Read more