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Books > Sport & Leisure > Hobbies, quizzes & games > Puzzles & quizzes > Trivia & quiz question books
Attractive, take-anywhere, write-in quiz book that offers a daily
dose of self-discovery "Who Are You? Test Your Personality" is
perfect for a handbag, briefcase, or knapsack This entertaining and
enlightening quiz book is great to have on hand anytime and
anywhere, be it a long commute, a waiting room, or an evening at
home. "Who Are You? Test Your Personality" is a a collection of 40
tests designed to answer who you are, how you got that way, and
what, if anything, you can or should do to change.Each quiz can be
taken in just a few minutes and is easily scored. With a fun,
modern cloth cover, elastic closure and overall great package you
will want to show off this clever quiz book wherever you go Other
titles in this series: "Who Are You? Test Your Emotional
Intelligence""How Smart Are You? Test Your Math IQHow Smart Are
You? Test Your IQ"
Discover the movies, celebrities, politicians, artists, writers and
historical figures responsible for the world's most inspiring,
amusing and just plain weird quotes. This multiple-choice card game
is designed for history and pop-culture obsessives, as they battle
to match quotes with the person who uttered (or penned) them.
Packaged as 430 cards in a deck, this simple game can be played
anywhere you'd like. An example round: a card is pulled that reads,
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing".
Players must decide if they would attribute this quote to A) Walt
Disney, B) Barack Obama or C) Steve Jobs. If players said the
answer on the back of the card (Walt Disney), they've got their
first point. And so each round goes, with two to infinite players,
until you reach the end of the playing deck when the player with
the most points wins. This game will test your general knowledge as
you uncover some of the best gaffes that modern history has to
offer.
In J. R. R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring, what is the name
of Tom Bombadil's wife? Which character does Scarlett Johansson
play in the 2012 film The Avengers? Who is the protagonist of the
video game The Legend of Zelda? Which barbarian hero carried a
sword called "Graywand"? How well do you know the who, where, what,
when and how of science fiction and fantasy? Do you dare face the
ultimate test of knowledge drawn from the greatest novels, movies,
comic books, video games and televisions shows in the history of
these genres? Complete with questions ranging from easy to
mind-bogglingly hard and including true or false, multiple choice,
short answer, and match-up sections, this fun-filled book is the
perfect gift for all lovers of science fiction and fantasy.
The Little Book of Suffolk is an intriguing, fast-paced,
fact-packed compendium of places, people and events from the
county. Armed with this fascinating book, the reader will have such
knowledge of the county, its landscape, pleasures and pursuits that
they will never be short of some frivolous fact to enhance a
conversation or quiz! A quick reference and a quirky guide, this
can be dipped into time and again to reveal something new about the
heritage, the secrets and the enduring fascination of Suffolk,
making it essential reading for visitors and locals alike.
The Little Book of the Cotswolds is a veritable smorgasbord of
Cotswold miscellany, packed with fascinating titbits and all manner
of factual frippery - from Cotswold lions to puppy dog pies. The
region's strangest traditions, its most eccentric inhabitants,
blood-curdling murders and right royal connections combine with
humorous illustrations to make this quirky little book difficult to
put down.
This is the perfect book for any Brit planning to host a pub quiz
with their family and friends, either at home or in the pub! The
Big British Quiz Book is the ultimate trivia challenge for anyone
who believes they have the best British quiz brain. The questions
cover all your favourite pub quiz topics, focusing especially on
the British Isles, its history and culture. Test your friends and
family with more than 120 quizzes to be enjoyed. All of the trivia
questions come with multiple-choice answers, and topics cover
everything from movies and TV shows to politics and history. Use
this book to crib up for your next pub quiz or set your own!
Run your own pub quiz with 500 brand new general knowledge quizzes.
With 10,000 questions arranged in easy, medium and difficult
categories, you can set the pace as quiz master for your friends
and family, or pit yourself against the Collins Quiz Master in a
battle of wits. Q: What's inside this book? A: 500 quizzes covering
everything from pop stars to death stars. Each round is a mixture
of themes and potluck, with the questions heading from friendly
teasers to ones that will scramble even an egghead's brains. Q: Who
is it for? A: You, your mum, your dad, your family and friends, the
man down the road and two halves of the crowd at your local. Each
quiz provides good clean fun for all. The answers are quick and
easy to find so that anyone can pick this up and become the
ultimate quiz master!
Questions You're Not Supposed to Ask provides enlightenment on
life's taboo subjects, with a healthy dose of laughter thrown in
for good measure. The aim of the book is to arm the ordinary person
with the sort of knowledge that is jealously guarded by the Powers
That Be and so release the individual from the chains of ignorance.
Some of the questions refer to bodily functions (Why is sex so much
fun?), some debunk government falsehoods (Why do we pay tax?) while
others delve into the supernatural (Is there more to life than
meets the eye?) and others simply explain how things operate (What
is physics?). Loads of fascinating information and a highly
entertaining read from start to finish.
Being given yet another pointless 'man manual' that told him fifty
ways to tie a bow tie in under 30 seconds made James May,
co-presenter of The Grand Tour, certain there was a need for
another kind of book. This book, in fact. He reckons there are nine
vital things that a chap should be able to do. Not stuff you can
download from the internet, but really important things. You never
know when you might need to land an A330 Airbus, or deliver twins.
And there may well be a moment when being able to play a bit of
classical music on the piano is absolutely crucial to your success
with women. So read, learn and be prepared - you'll wonder how you
ever lived without it.
"The Almanac of the Infamous, the Incredible, and the Ignored" is a
fact-collector's dream directory of history's mysteries and
unexplained events - rich with original illustrations throughout.
An outstanding trivia and reference book for any lover of unusual
lore, each date has one or more historical events, a quote, an
illustration, and a 'secret power'. Topics include the Crystal
Skull, UFO encounters, and other enigmas of nature, uncanny
experiments in science, coincidences, the unsolved, and the
downright peculiar.
"A Curious Man" is the marvelously compelling biography of
Robert "Believe It or Not" Ripley, the enigmatic cartoonist turned
globetrotting millionaire who won international fame by celebrating
the world's strangest oddities, and whose outrageous showmanship
taught us to believe in the unbelievable.
As portrayed by acclaimed biographer Neal Thompson, Ripley's life
is the stuff of a classic American fairy tale. Buck-toothed and
cursed by shyness, Ripley turned his sense of being an outsider
into an appreciation for the strangeness of the world. After
selling his first cartoon to "Time "magazine at age eighteen, more
cartooning triumphs followed, but it was his "Believe It or Not"
conceit and the wildly popular radio shows it birthed that would
make him one of the most successful entertainment figures of his
time and spur him to search the globe's farthest corners for
bizarre facts, exotic human curiosities, and shocking
phenomena.
Ripley delighted in making outrageous declarations that somehow
always turned out to be true--such as that Charles Lindbergh was
only the sixty-seventh man to fly across the Atlantic or that "The
Star Spangled Banner" was "not "the national anthem. Assisted by an
exotic harem of female admirers and by ex-banker Norbert Pearlroth,
a devoted researcher who spoke eleven languages, Ripley
simultaneously embodied the spirit of Peter Pan, the fearlessness
of Marco Polo and the marketing savvy of P. T. Barnum.
In a very real sense, Ripley sought to remake the world's
aesthetic. He demanded respect for those who were labeled
"eccentrics" or "freaks"--whether it be E. L. Blystone, who wrote
1,615 alphabet letters on a grain of rice, or the man who could
swallow his own nose.
By the 1930s Ripley possessed a vast fortune, a private yacht, and
a twenty-eight room mansion stocked with such "oddities" as
shrunken heads and medieval torture devices, and his pioneering
firsts in print, radio, and television were tapping into something
deep in the American consciousness--a taste for the titillating and
exotic, and a fascination with the fastest, biggest, dumbest and
most weird. Today, that legacy continues and can be seen in reality
TV, YouTube, "America's Funniest Home Videos, Jackass, MythBusters"
and a host of other pop-culture phenomena.
In the end Robert L. Ripley changed "everything. "The supreme irony
of his life, which was dedicated to exalting the strange and
unusual, is that he may have been the most amazing oddity of
all.
"From the Hardcover edition."
This is the perfect book for any Brit planning to host a pub quiz
with their family and friends, either at home or in the pub! The
British public love pubs, and the British public love trivia. Put
them together and what have you got? A superb quiz book that's
brimming with questions and answers about a massively wide variety
of subjects. From classic topics like football and geography, to
more contemporary quiz subjects, like social media and Sam Smith,
this book truly has something for everyone. It also contains all
you will need for setting your own pub quizzes, or for brushing up
on your general knowledge before you try your next competition.
The truth and nothing but the truth--Richard Shenkman sheds light on America's most believed legends: - The story of Columbus discovered that the world was round was invented by Washington Irving.
- The pilgrims never lived in log cabins.
- In Concord, Massachusetts, a third of all babies born in the twenty years before the Revolution were conceived out of wedlock.
- Washington may have never told a lie, but he loved to drink and dance, and he fell in love with his best friend's wife.
- Independence wasn't declared on July 4 (and the Liberty Bell was so little regarded that Philadelphia tried to sell it for scrap metal but nobody wanted it).
- After World War II, the U.S. Government concluded that Japan would have surrendered within months, even if we had not bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
"The Horror Book of Lists" is the compendium of all things macabre
and mysterious, terrifying and gory - from films and TV to
literature to comic books and video games - that every Horror fan
has been dying to read. Drawing on the extensive knowledge of its
three authors, as well as the many contributions of Horror genre
celebrities, "The Horror Book of Lists" will appeal to the audience
that routinely makes the novels of Stephen King, Anne Rice and Dean
Koontz number 1 bestsellers; films like "Hostel" tops at the
box-office; and video games like "Silent Hill" huge successes.
The definitive cricket quiz book with 2000 quality questions on all
aspects of the game. Since England won the Ashes in 2005 cricket
has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity. This book will appeal to
quiz goers but also to cricket enthusiasts to enjoy as an
informative read. Some of the facts and brainteasers will amuse and
entertain as well. Questions allude to all facets of the game
including the laws of cricket, the politics, the history, the
venues, the teams, the players, the results and the winners and the
losers. The major tournaments are covered - the Test Matches, One
Day Internationals, The World Cup, Twenty 20, County Cricket and
Ashes contests. Each quiz deals with a single category such as a
county, a venue or a player but there are also some quirkier
sections such as 'Cricket's Bad Boys', 'The Big Hitters', 'Players
nicknames and middle names'. The questions vary in their level of
difficulty and follow the formats listed here: * straightforward
question and answer * true or false * who am I? * anagrams e.g.
which player's name is an anagram of 'Fanned off twirl' * who said?
* brainteaser e.g. which England player's name end in the letter i?
How much do you really know about West Ham United? Put your Hammers
knowledge to the test with this bumper book of brainteaser quizzes
and fascinating facts, beautifully illustrated by one of the
world's leading sports artists. It's packed with trivia on all the
West Ham greats - from World Cup heroes Moore, Hurst and Peters to
Hammers legends Bonds, Brooking and beyond - providing hours of
highly dippable fun and entertainment. Which West Ham manager
played in a rock band called Rawbau? Who was West Ham's first
non-British manager? A statue erected near the Boleyn Ground,
honouring the Hammers' 1966 World Cup heroes, also includes which
Everton player? Fan favourite Clyde Best was born in which country?
Trivquiz West Ham United holds the answers to all these questions
and hundreds more.
Over 2,000 of the best Darts questions and answers The Sun Darts
Quiz Book is the definitive darts quiz book packed full of 2,000
quality questions. Ranging from easy to difficult levels and
covering all aspects of the game, quiz yourself over the basic
rules of the game, the results, the politics, the history, the
venues, the winners, the losers, the teams and the players. As the
only darts quiz book available this is the perfect source of wisdom
and trivia for Darts fans everywhere.
2,000 of the most entertaining, brain-teasing, football questions
ever. How will you score? With 200 themed quizzes ranging from the
very easy to the very hard, there's something to challenge kids and
adults alike. Whether you're swotting up for your local pub quiz or
just want to show off your footie trivia to your mates, The Sun
Football Quiz Book is the book for you. Covering all aspects of the
sport from the Premiership, the lower divisions, the FA Cup,
football in Europe, the Champions League, the World Cup, England
stars and legends past and present to Irish, Scottish and Welsh
Football, there are plenty of questions to keep even the most
knowledgeable of football fans guessing.
If you're looking for a book which is fun and at the same time
informative about Lancashire then this is the one for you. If you
want to sit down and read it from cover to cover you will be
fascinated by the things you did not know about this amazing part
of England. On the other hand, if you just want something to dip
into on the train or bus or to read for five minutes in bed before
you fall asleep, this book will also do the job. Did you know for
instance that in Wigan, Eccles cakes used to be called 'slow
walking cakes' because they were offered to mourners at funerals?
Or that that St Walburge's Church in Preston was named after the
Patron Saint of people suffering from rabies? Thought not.
A revised compilation of the best questions and answers from the
bestselling Collins Quiz Books, with questions covering all levels
from the easy to the brain teaser. (a) How many brothers were in
America's Kennedy family? (b) What film features Holly Golightly?
(c) Who lost her heart to a starship trooper in 1978? Easily
identifiable categories, including Famous People, Who Said That,
Stage & Screen, Music, Sport & Leisure, Food and Drink, All
our Yesterdays, The Written Word, Science & Technology, and The
Written Word Easily located answers Special tie-break section
Answers: (a) four, (b) Breakfast at Tiffany's, (c) Sarah Brightman
It's easy to be a Monday-morning quarterback, but the true football
fan has the answers all week long. Doug Lennox, the all-pro of
Q&A, leads the drive as he tells us why a touchdown is worth
six points, who first decided to pick up the ball and throw it, and
how a children's toy changed the sport's biggest championship.
Along the way we'll meet players great and not-so-great and
encounter the various leagues that have come and gone throughout
the world. Why is the sport called "football"? Who first used the
term sack? Why did one American president consider banning
football? What football team was named after a Burt Reynolds
character? Why are footballs shaped the way they are? How many
times have NFL and CFL teams squared off? Which came first - the
Ottawa Rough Riders or the Saskatchewan Roughriders? Whose Super
Bowl ring is a size 25?
When it comes to Q&A trivia, Doug Lennox has no peer. Sir Isaac
Brock, Tecumseh, Laura Secord, Norman Bethune, Terry Fox, and
Roberta Bondar are all Canadian icons we've come to cherish. Doug
gives the dope on all those famous heroes and many more, but you'll
also discover the amazing courage, pluck, and accomplishments of
Upper Canada Rebellion heroine Elizabeth Barnett, privateer Joseph
Barss, the Angel of Long Point Abigail Becker, the First Lady of
Labrador Mina Hubbard, and Second World War pilot Charley Fox -
genuine heroes all! Who was the "musketeer in petticoats"? Who was
the "Laura Secord of Gananoque"? What War of 1812 privateer was the
founder of a major Canadian bank? How did an aristocratic French
girl become a Canadian Robinson Crusoe? Who was the first Canadian
firefighter to die in the line of duty? How did Tom Longboat
astound the world in 1907? Who was the first Black woman electedt o
Canada's Parliament? How did a dog named Gander become a Canadian
war hero?
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