This book describes a new and exciting variant of trivia games. Rather than just having a mundane question and answer session, this book will introduce you to multi-dimensional "techno-trivia". This technique uses your smart phone, music and blue tooth technology to give musical clues that may help the audience to achieve the correct trivia answer in a more exciting way.This approach can help both the novice and more experienced, and often brilliant, trivia aficionado. Using this s...

With this volume filled with thousands of bizarrely fascinating facts, we're on a roll!Is there any other single book in the universe with this many awesome tidbits of bite-sized information? Nope. And that's a fact! At nearly 400 pages (with a handy index for your fact-seeking convenience), Wise Up! is a must-have for anyone who likes their information on the go. It's organized into hundreds of topics—everything from sports and entertainment to word origi...

The all-time champion and host of Jeopardy! gives you the chance to test your trivia mettle in this ingeniously organized book of 8,888 questions.For example–February 21: In 1912, on this day, Teddy Roosevelt coined the political phrase “hat in the ring,” so Ken Jennings fires off a series of “ring” questions. In 1979, who became the first NFL quarterback with four Super Bowl rings*?* What rings are divided by the Cassini Division? Also on this date, in 19...

Look beneath the surface of the world’s most interesting people--past and present--to uncover what makes them tick. Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into Great Lives looks beneath the surface and uncovers fascinating but little-known stories behind the famous, the near-famous, the infamous, and the should-have-been famous. You’ll meet child prodigies, spies, traitors, celebrities (and sidekicks), gossips, hermits, humanitarians, and zealots. There are incredible stories here, and every...

“The lowdown on what it’s like to be raised by a legend. Frequently funny and consistently intimate. . . . A great read.”—BookPage“Those searching for a moving Father’s Day gift need look no further.”—Publishers WeeklyMen like John Wayne and John Lennon, Nolan Ryan and Bruce Lee, Cesar Chavez, Christopher Reeve, and Miles Davis have touched the lives of millions. But at home, to their children, they were not ...

Dionne Warwick made her singing debut in church at the request of her grandfather, the Reverend Elzae Warrick, when she was six years old. No one knew then that she would become an international music legend, but what she knew—as words of wisdom passed down from her grandfather—was that "if you can think it, you can do it." And she did it. Dionne released the first of more than fifty-six charted hits in 1962 with "Don’t Make Me Over," followed by "Anyone Who Had a Heart," ...

The 35th annual edition of Uncle John’s compendium features entertaining, informative, and amusing real-life stories from around the world.This 35th anniversary edition of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader is bursting with everything you could possibly want to read in the throne room, including short articles for a quick trip and lengthier page-turners for an extended visit. Uncle John and his team at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute have once again gathered the...

If you've been searching for the best ever Quiz books, this is surely near the top! Over 20,000 General Trivia Questions and answers all in one tiny little book! No other Quiz book gives you better value for so many great questions.

A laugh-out-loud collection of outrageously funny open letters from Don Rickles, the legendary master of insult comedy.From the undisputed king of insult comedy comes a hilarious collection of outrageous letters that only Don Rickles could write. In Rickles’ Letters, the legendary comedian turns his razor-sharp wit loose on celebrities, politicians, historical figures, and everyday annoyances in a series of laugh-out-loud open letters packed with sarcasm, ...

People love weird facts. And judging from the success of the original Pocket Idiot’s Guide® to Not So Useless Facts, readers love the collection of wacky and interesting facts and factoids. Now, back by popular demand, is The Pocket Idiot’s Guide® to More Not So Useless Facts, with completely new entertaining and insightful facts. Gathered by an expert team of fact finders and pop culture specialists, this collection includes only facts that are interesting and could be u...

Faster than a speeding bullet, more useless than ever before.The #1 New York Times bestselling series reaches new heights of irrelevance with this powerfully pointless, all-new collection of the things you never need to know.Do you actually care that...there are three feet of DNA in every cell?Saturn has 47 moons?March is National Frozen Foods Month?in 2010 a traffic jam in ...

Restore your faith in humanity in just 50 pages.This very special e-book will lift your spirits with inspiring stories of heroism, overcoming adversity, random acts of kindness, wise thoughts, and some really weird tales of people who benefitted from amazing luck. So put on your rose-colored glasses and curl up with these Uncle John’s gems—both old and new—that prove once and for all, the glass really is half full! Some heartwarming examples:• The origin of...