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Discover the ultimate fan experience with the "Kansas City Chiefs Trivia Book" – an exciting journey through the rich history and legendary moments of this iconic NFL team. Packed with 125 multiple-choice questions, this family-friendly book is designed to challenge and entertain fans of all ages while deepening their knowledge of the Kansas City Chiefs.Immerse yourself in the heart-pounding action, unforgettable plays, and standout players that...
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The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman Digest & Review. With this digest companion, you'll enjoy:
• A digest of The Light Between Oceans
• Content for your book club or other group event.
• Stories beyond the digest and tidbits you may not know
• The book's impact and its important to read
• And more!
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What are the best television series ever made and what do you know about them? Gem Classic TV Series introduces you to a selection of around 80 series, providing key facts, critics' comments, quotations and trivia questions.
This Collins Gem is published in flexi binding, providing the durability of a hardback with the flexibility of a paperback. In a stylish new cover design, Gem Classic TV Series introduces an ever-popular subject.
No one is going...
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What's the traditional Irish cure for a hangover? What do Irish men and women hope to ward off by wearing an iron ring on the fourth finger? Which daughter of the Emerald Isle was hanged in Boston on accusations of being a witch? Think you know the answers to these tough questions? It's time to test your IQ (Irish Quotient, that is) and find out.
More fun than a U2 concert on St. Patrick's Day, Irish Trivia on Tap is packed with over 600 questions...
26) Mental Floss Presents Condensed Knowledge: A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again
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Loaded with meaty trivia and tasty, bite-sized facts!
mental_floss is proud to offer a delicious, hearty helping of brain-food that's sure to fire up your neurons and tantalize your synapses. Condensed Knowledge is a mouthwatering mix of intriguing facts, lucid explanations, and mind-blowing theories that will satisfy even the hungriest mind!
Ingredients include:
5 tiny nations that get no respect
• 4 civilizations nobody remembers
• 5 classics...
27) Iowa Trivia
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In 2001, the Hawkeye State will celebrate its 155th anniversary of statehood. The book asks, "What legendary film star was born in Winterset in 1907?" and "What popular ice cream treat was invented in the town of Onawa in 1920?" (Answers: John Wayne; the Eskimo Pie).
This book is the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the Hawkeye State.
28) Utah Trivia
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Utah Trivia is the who, when, what, where, and how book of the great state of Utah. Filled with interesting questions and answers about well-known and not-so-well-known facts of this colorful, historic state, Utah Trivia will provide hours of entertainment and education for use in a wide variety of settings-home, office, school, parties-it focuses on the history, culture, people, and places of the fascinating Beehive State. Utah Trivia is readily...
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Is a shooting star a meteor or meteorite? What inventions did the ancient Sumerians contribute that affect you daily? Everything 101 is filled with a little bit of information about a lot of fascinating subjects-all in one easily accessed place. And best of all, there's no school tuition required and class is in session anytime you like.
Check out the concise, fun-to-read entries that cover musicals to sing about, psychology that won't drive you...
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Who Do You Love by Jennifer Weiner Digest & Review. With this digest companion, you'll enjoy: • A digest of the Who Do You Love • Content for your book club or other group event. • Stories beyond the digest and tidbits you may not know • The book's impact and its important to read • And more!
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More than 150 million Americans were born after the post-World War II years. Almost all of them know, remember, and hold dear to their hearts the numerous memories that stretch From ABBA to Zoom.
Take a walk...down memory lane, you Boomers and Gen Xers! From ABBA to Zoom is sure to grab anyone born in the 1950s, '60s, '70s, or '80s. Whether you grew up watching The Huckleberry Hound Show, Johnny Quest, or Sesame Street, this cultural encyclopedia...
32) Nebraska Trivia
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Nebraska Trivia is the who, what, when, where, and how book of the great state of Nebraska. Filled with interesting questions and answers about well-known and not so well-known facts of this colorful, historic state, Nebraska Trivia will provide hours of entertainment and education. Designed for use in a wide variety of settings - home, office, school, parties - it focuses on the history, culture, people, and places of the fascinating Cornhusker State....
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Some 600 words and phrases from the world of sports that are now part of the vernacular. Terms from baseball, boxing, football, basketball, hockey, cricket and rugby pepper the English language, whether the subject is war (a maneuver in the Gulf War was called a "hail Mary play") to love (she's on the rebound). Baseball has given us southpaw, go to bat, coming out of left field, playing hardball. Boxers had to go the distance unless they were saved...
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One of the thirteen original colonies, Connecticut is a fascinating state and Connecticut Trivia is full of facts to prove it. You will learn "What 1639 document, written in Hartford, is considered to be the first written constitution for a democracy?" and "What famed nineteenth-century showman was once the Mayor of Bridgeport?" (answers: The Fundamental Orders of 1639 and P.T. Barnum). This book is the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the...
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The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant Digest & Review Activists fought for an end to child labor. Women secretly shared pamphlets about contraceptives. At the height of prohibition, patrons at certain cafes drank whiskey from teapots. Born in 1900, Addie Baum formed an identity separate from her traditional upbringing during a time of worldwide change. Now, at age eighty-five, Addie tells her granddaughter about her life and the times in which she lived,...
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Orphan Store Signs are signs for businesses that are gone, no longer there. The signs remain, the business does not. Sometimes the Orphan Store Signs are above other businesses. There is a story waiting for you just by walking downtown.
In the Summer of 2018, David Macpherson recorded all the Orphan Store Signs he came across in Worcester County Massachusetts. This book is the record of what he saw.
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The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell Digest & Review. Colin and Lorelei Bird have the perfect little house with perfect children. They eat home-cooked meals together every day, and their house is filled with laughter and happy memories. However, something happens that suddenly turns their house upside down, resulting in the family growing so far apart that they almost forget they were ever a family. The House We Grew Up In tells the story of what...
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If you think the legendary gods and goddesses of classical mythology are ancient history, think again. This little book focuses on a variety of those fascinating gods and goddesses and some of the lessons they've been teaching people since long ago-with a few wild and crazy tales to boot.
Here are just a few of the interesting facts you'll find in Classical Mythology:
• Head of a crocodile, body of a lioness, rear of a hippopotamus, Ammut was a...
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Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll Digest & Review. This is a tale of Ani, a girl who had it all- good looks, money and a perfect boyfriend with a wedding just a few days away. This is a book about a girl who was living a lie. Ani's past keeps her strictly enclosed in a cage she has built for herself. When she decides to take part in a documentary on the horrific event which changed her life forever, will it finally bring her peace? What lengths...
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An entertaining trip through pop culture, for the 'old fogeys' and 'kids these days' Today's teens and twenty-somethings have never seen a real airplane ticket. To them, point-and-shoot cameras are so last millennium and 'Star Wars' is a movie, not a defense strategy. The world views of today's young and old have never been more different. In this entertaining romp through American culture, the creators of the Beloit College Mindset List explore 75...
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