Wisps of Wit and Wisdom ; Or Knowledge in a Nutshell
Author : Albert Plympton Southwick
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,80 MB
Release : 1892
Category : Questions and answers
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Author : Albert Plympton Southwick
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,80 MB
Release : 1892
Category : Questions and answers
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Author : Albert Plympton Southwick
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Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,77 MB
Release : 1892
Category : Literary Criticism
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Author : Great Britain
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Page : 232 pages
File Size : 23,44 MB
Release : 1895
Category : Maritime law
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Author : Abraham Lincoln
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Page : 482 pages
File Size : 44,12 MB
Release : 1895
Category : African Americans
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Author : Ken Jennings
Publisher : Villard
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 37,90 MB
Release : 2007-10-30
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0812974999
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A witty, charming, and engaging dive into trivia’s colorful history, from America’s highest-earning game show contestant of all time “Insightful, informative, and written with a strong dose of humor and humility. . . . I loved this book.”—Will Shortz, crossword editor, The New York Times Ken Jennings is trivia’s undisputed king—and as he traces his rise from anonymous computer programmer to nerd folk icon, he explores his newly conquered kingdom: the world of trivia itself. Trivia, he has found, is centuries older than his childhood obsession with it. Whisking us from the coffeehouses of seventeenth-century London to the Internet age, Jennings chronicles the ups and downs of the trivia fad: the quiz book explosion of the Jazz Age; the rise, fall, and rise again of TV quiz shows; the nostalgic campus trivia of the 1960s; and the 1980s, when Trivial Pursuit® again made it fashionable to be a know-it-all. Jennings also investigates the shadowy demimonde of today’s trivia subculture, guiding us on a tour of trivia across America. He goes head-to-head with the blowhards and diehards of the college quiz-bowl circuit, the slightly soused faithful of the Boston pub trivia scene, and the raucous participants in the annual Q&A marathon in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, “The World’s Largest Trivia Contest.” And, of course, he takes us behind the scenes of his improbable 75-game run on Jeopardy! But above all, Brainiac is a love letter to the useless fact. (Who knew that there’s a crater on Venus named after Laura Ingalls Wilder? Ken Jennings, that’s who.) Engaging and erudite, Brainiac is an irresistible celebration of nostalgia, curiosity, and geeky obsession—in a word, trivia.
Author : Albert Plympton SOUTHWICK
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Page : 16 pages
File Size : 29,71 MB
Release : 1892
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Author : Patricia McColl Bee
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Page : 88 pages
File Size : 36,61 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Reference
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Page : 958 pages
File Size : 34,60 MB
Release : 1890
Category : American literature
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Page : 432 pages
File Size : 43,52 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Out-of-print books
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Page : 412 pages
File Size : 26,50 MB
Release : 1896
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