A trove of trivia from the creators of the Ask Jeeves series and question writers for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?Amuse your date, impress your boss, bore your kids, or be the sixth caller to win a pair of tickets to the nose-flute band concert! All because you know that a Twinkie in the microwave will explode in 45 seconds, that you have a 1 in 3,448,276 chance of dying from a snake bite, that 342 cases of tea were tossed into the "hahbah" during the Bos...

From devastating remarks made by teachers ("Addled, backward dunce" said about young Thomas Edison) to the rich and famous on campus (William Randolph Hearst kept a pet alligator at Harvard), this is a spirited and humorous collection of facts about teachers and students.

All the Buzz for Beekeeping Beginners#1 New Release in Entomology and Insects & SpidersWhat happens when a writer sets up a backyard beehive? You get a beekeeping book full of fun and fascinating facts about honey bees and our other favorite pollinators.A nature guide book for beekeeping beginners. Full of trivia, tips, legends, and lore —this quirky bee book swarms with interesting information, so ...

Number 2 in the W.C. Privy series, this bathroom companion is chock full of jokes, stories, historical factoids, quizzes, trivia, and pop culture fun. An ecletic reading array, the book includes:*Rules and Histories of Laughably Obscure Sports*The Night They Invented Champagne--the Accidental History of Bubbly Wine*I Was There! Eyewitness Accounts of Pompeii, the Chicago Fire, the Defeat of Custer, the San Francisco Earthquake*How to Escape Killer Bees*Ho...

What is it about the game of golf that can cause otherwise normal folks to lose all perspective? More than one person has seen their loved one become consumed with the details of the quality of wood used in clubs, or the type of cleats on their shoes. What is it about the game of golf that can cause otherwise normal folks to lose all perspective? More than one person has seen their loved one become consumed with the details of the quality of wood used in clubs, the type of cleats on their ...

Every little fact cat lovers could want to know about the mysterious creatures that live in their homes is contained in this collection.For example, cats use at least a hundred different sounds to communicate and can pronounce thirteen vowel sounds and seven or eight consonant sounds; housecats typically blink twice a minute; and in ancient Egypt, the penalty for killing a cat was death!

Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo are the Queen and King of trivia, relied upon by game shows including Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and game manufacturers. Millions of people read their daily newspaper column and together they've written twenty books.The sixth book in the Totally Riveting Utterly Entertaining (TRUE) Trivia Series puts a magnifying lens on the wacky world of writers. It Takes a Certain Type to Be a Writer will tell you everyt...

What is it about the game of golf that can cause otherwise normal folks to lose all perspective? More than one person has seen their loved one become consumed with the details of the quality of wood used in clubs, or the type of cleats on their shoes. What is it about the game of golf that can cause otherwise normal folks to lose all perspective? More than one person has seen their loved one become consumed with the details of the quality of wood used in clubs, the type of cleats on their ...

A trivia collection that puts medical history under the microscope—with more than 500 little-known facts about doctors, diseases, and more.Did you know . . .Before the advent of surgery, ancient Egyptian doctors put their patients under by hitting them on the head with a mallet.Working with pigs can raise your risk of appendicitis.The Catholic Church has patron saints for many conditions, including hernias and syphilis.

It isn't all about the Benjamins! A revolutionary way of looking at money and value, based on the writings of the Founding Father.Ben Franklin's Guide to Wealth is the modern version of the treatise The Way of Wealth by Richard Saunders—one of Ben Franklin's many pseudonyms. Franklin practiced what he preached in the treatise, and it made him rich enough to have a full life, travel extensively, and follow his intellectual musings, which in turn led...

True tales of trials and errors over the long, strange course of legal history, from the authors of Doctors Killed George Washington.Did you know . . .If a husband in ancient Rome caught his wife drinking wine, he had the legal right to kill her.Gandhi, John Cleese, and Julio Iglesias were all lawyers before moving on to other jobs.The ice cream sundae was invented as part of an effort to get around the law.

Here you sit, brokenhearted ...with nothing to read but the writing on the wallpaper?Don't get flushed with despair! W. C. Privy's Original Bathroom Companion is a book that's good for your heart – the more you read, the better you'll feel. Designed to make a porcelain throne into a seat of higher learning, it's guaranteed to make a big splash with you, your friends, and your family.You want trivia, brain-teasers, facts, stories, or instructions on how to build an i...