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10,000 Answers: The Ultimate Trivia Encyclopedia

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I bought this to study for a Jeopardy try out. While it is very heavy on events and people from the last 100-150 years, it does lack in more historical trivia. Definitely a nice book, but not a definitive resource for all around trivia.

One thing I was very concerned about was the errors that I found. One listed one of the ships that took settlers to Jamestown as the Sarah Constant, while the vast majority of records call it the Susan Constant. Also, the book claims that the "Where's the Beef!" slogan was used by Burger King, while it was actually used by Wendy's. Granted, that's just two out of the reported 10,000, but those two I found in a quick skimming of the book, and are just ones I know of. So it doesn't exactly instill confidence in the accuracy of the other answers that I don't know.

Contained among these pages are literally thousands of trivia facts. What is most outstanding about the book is the layout. The index is well organized and subjects are very easy to find. I found all of the trivia contained here extremely interesting, and believe me there is a lot of reading material.

Some trivia books contain a ton of information but the subject matter is often so strange and bizarre that few people have an interest in the material anyway. That is not the case with "10,000 Answers." The material presented here is educational, useful, factual and intriguing. Some readers may read it from cover to cover, others may read the material according to subject matter. Either way, it is a terrific addition to your library and excellent resource material.

I own dozens of trivia books, and "10,000 Answers" is by far the best. Partly because of its superb index, which too many trivia books lack (so you can't find a trivia question's answer unless you already know the answer!). Partly because of its readability -- lots of disparate facts on every page, and little of the "who cares?" trivia that just pads out so many trivia books. But mainly, for me, the fact that it includes so many wonderful lists in one place, the sorts of things that are never collected in one book and are often hard to find at all ... things like the people on the "Sgt. Pepper" album cover, and all of the Jelly Belly jelly bean flavors, and every college team nickname. To me, this book is a must-have.

There is some decent (Jeopardy-style) knowledge in here, but you're going to look very hard to find it. What you will find is page after page of extremely obscure movie, TV and book trivia that is of little or no value. The authors seem to have a special obsession for Hardy Boys novels. If that's what you're after, this is your book. I would estimate that there may be one or two genuine pieces of useful trivia on each page interspersed with incessant (and very dated) pop-culture allusions.

I ran across an ad for this and bought it to help me with my crossword puzzling. This is for when you are stuck and need to look something up? Need to know the names of the Seven Hills of Rome? Elvis Costello's real name? This is for you. I imagine that it would be useful for potential Jeopardy contestants as well.

This is an addictive book- you cannot thumb through it without being amazed at the amount of neat facts!

My husband and I (both tried out Jeopardy as teens!) took it iwith us on a car trip and read aloud from it. Where else can you find first lines of famous books, the original 31 flavors and the islands mentioned in Kokomo!

I love the little bits of pop culture- I always remember that the Facts of Life girls went to Eastland, but liked being reminded that Holden Caufield was booted from Pencey Prep.

This is great for a game show contest or just a trivia afficionado. The information ranges from sports to culture, music politics etc. Read it, but have lots of time because you won't be able to put it down!

I thought this was a book to answer questions such as; Why is the sky blue?... just stuff like that; it's not at all like that...I found it boring and un-useable; and returned it.

More than just a list of the usual crossword puzzle answers, "10,000 Answers: The Ultimate Trivia Encyclopedia" will keep you lost in meaningless information, developing you as a future "Jeopardy" armchair champion.

10,000 bits of information ought to last the particularly curious person... hmm... maybe a month? Or one very long Saturday, with a cup of coffee.

Expect to be obsessed with this one.

I fully recommend "10,000 Answers : The Ultimate Trivia Encyclopedia."

Anthony Trendl

The book is "OK", some years old now and I found a couple of errors. The trivia has a lot of stuff on TV shows and movies that I have never heard of. Nonethe less it was fun looking over from my bedside stand

This book contains loads of interesting facts, all conveniently gathered in one place. As current crossword champion, I consider this "fun reading" but even those with a different idea of fun will find it useful. I wish it had been around when I was studying for "Jeopardy!"