Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac: 8,888 Questions in 365 Days by Ken Jennings

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When all-time Jeopardy! winner Ken Jennings was interviewed on The Colbert Report, he was unable to remember how many pages are in his memoir, Brainiac. That minor failing aside, Jennings's recall seems beyond reproach. In this cleverly conceived combination calendar/trivia book, he puts readers to the test, challenging practicing savants with brow-tightening questions: Two-thirds of all people tilt their heads which way to kiss? From what country did Kuwait in 1961 declare its independence? And most important: Where did Colonel Sanders fry his first chicken?

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Ken Jennings’s Trivia Almanac is the ingeniously organized book where, for a change, the all-time Jeopardy! champ gets to ask the questions–and where every day of the year will give you the chance to test your trivia mettle.

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. What two NFL quarterbacks have four Super Bowl rings each?* What rings are divided by the Cassini Division?** Also on this date, in 1981, the “goth” music scene was born in London, so here’s a quiz on black-clad icons like Darth Vader, Johnny Cash, and Zorro. Do you know the secret identities of Ivanhoe’s Black Knight*** or Men in Black’s Agent M****?

In this ultimate book for trivia buffs and other assorted know-it-alls, the 365 entries feature “This Day in History” factoids, trivia quizzes, and questions categorized by Jennings as “Easy,” “Hard,” and “Yeah, Good Luck.” Topics cover every subject under the sun, from paleontology to mixology, sports feats to Bach suites, medieval popes to daytime soaps. This addictive gathering of facts, oddities, devilishly clever quizzes, and other flights of fancy will make each day a fun and intriguing new challenge.

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