The Everything Trivia Book [Paperback]

Nat Segaloff (Author), Adams Media Corporation (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1999 | Series: Everything (Reference)

Become a Trivia Genius!

* What traditional food was not on the menu of the first Thanksgiving?
* Which sitcom buddies belonged to the International Order of Friendly Raccoons?
* Why did Elvis Presley visit Richard Nixon at the White House, and what did he bring him as a gift?

If you think you know the answers to the above, or don't know but are dying to find out, The Everything Trivia Book is for you. Brimming with little-known secrets, behind-the-scenes information, bizarre facts, amazing debunkings of popular myths, and long-forgotten bits of nostalgia, this book is sure to please even the most ardent trivia buff.

Test your knowledge with dozens of quizzes and learn more than you ever thought you needed to know. Whether it's movies, television, commercials, politics, history, music, education, or just plain dumb cultural stuff we all grew up with, The Everything Trivia Book really does have it all!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Nat Segaloff is the author of several books, including The Everything Etiquette Book. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 308 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media Corporation; 1st edition (July 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580621430
• ISBN-13: 978-1580621434
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,101,617 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Journalist, producer, film historian and Nobel Prize winner -- well, three out of four -- Nat Segaloff has worked in nearly all phases of the film business and lived to write about others who did it, too.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Erroneous Triva Book, January 30, 2000

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Ted Straub (NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Everything Trivia Book (Paperback)

This book is not entertaining at all, the author has a way of interjecting his own views into the facts, and some of the trivia is way off. The most offensive of these errors is when he quotes Lou Gherig as saying "I stand before you the happiest guy on the face of the Earth." Are you an American? Even my 100 year old grandma knows that the baseball legend said "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth." Not "the happiest guy on the face of the Earth." Come on, man. Don't publish material you know nothing about. This book is a joke.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not enough trivia, January 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Everything Trivia Book (Paperback)

This book contains too much extraneous text and not enough trivia. There is some interesting and unusual trivia in the book, though. Some of it seemingly would only be known by someone like this author, who seems to be a stereotypical 60's-era Hollywood insider.

Another word of caution: the author (for some unknown reason) seems intent upon injecting his own personal views into the book. The most telling example of this is when he refers to would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley, Jr. as a "bad shot." That tells you all that you need to know about the political views that the author sneaks in throughout the book.

2.0 out of 5 stars Trivia with a left-wing bent..., January 3, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Everything Trivia Book (Paperback)

This is a slightly different kind of trivia book in that it is not just a "question and answer" book. It provides some text to go along with individual topics, and also, unfortuantely, an apparent political agenda. The author eveidently finds it necessary to intersperse some of his 60's-esque politcal and anti-Christian religious views into the book. It seems like a book written by a stereotypical Hollywood insider.

That said, the actual trivia in the book is not too bad. The reader gets the chance to learn some things that someone who is not an aged hippie would not otherwise know.