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

by Ken Jennings

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345499972
• ISBN13: 9780345499974
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Villard Books
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.6" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Trivia Junkie alert

I can never get my fill of trivia, and this book was a gem. There is a lot of interesting information, from a man who was very successful at this. Read to your heart's content.

Trivia heaven

We bought this for a gift for a Jeapordy fan. We think it makes the perfect Christams gift as you can do a whole year of trivia starting with Jan 1.

Fascinating

This is not your typical "what happened on this day" book, but it is laid out as such. Each day has two or three things that happened on that particular day and then trivia questions or match-ups related to them. Most occurrences were obscure items - you wouldn't find the fact that the Titanic sank on April 15, rather that the Beatles recorded the first hidden message in rock music that day. If you want to know the basic things, such as birthdays or more obvious what-happened-on-this-day facts, I would suggest getting another book for that. This, however, really is full of fascinating trivia, I love it!

Ultimate in Triva

Jennings has come up with a fun way to absorb over 8800 different blurbs of trivia. The book is in Almanac form and has a daily fact that reflects something related to that day. There are also trivia questions and many are ranked as "easy" "hard" and "yeah good luck". He has also included matching quizzes on just about any topic that you can think of. All in all, Jennings has put together an informative and absolutely entertaining book. I would highly recommend this to anyone that wants to know more!

I feel smarter

I feel smarter every day that I read Ken's book. Oh...I do read ahead, because it is quite intriguing. Some of the questions are really hard. But now I think that I'll know more than the average person when the year is over. All kidding aside, it is great. I loved watching Ken on Jeopardy, and think that he could have gone even farther. Everyone has their limits. I totally recommend this book to every trivia buff, and even those who just want to know more.