Fact or Crap Page-A-Day Calendar 2005 (Page-A-Day Calendars) [Calendar]

Workman Publishing (Author)

Book Description

Series: Page-A-Day Calendars | Publication Date: August 20, 2004

Pez candy was first intended to help people quit smoking. What crap! Or is it a fact? (It is.) Adapted from the popular and fast-paced board game from University Games, the Fact or Crap Calendar tests your gullibility every day with a statement that may or may not be true. You make the call, then turn the page over to learn the real deal. Nutmeg is poisonous in large quantities. That's a fact--a poisonous dose is approximately one whole nutmeg. Cleopatra was fluent in five languages. That's crap--she was fluent in nine, including Egyptian, making her the only pharaoh in the 300-year Ptolemaic dynasty able to speak it.

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About the Author

Since 1971. Workman is a publisher that's always around big ideas. B. Kliban's Cat, The Official Preppy Handbook, The Silver Palate Cookbook, the original Page-A-Day Calendars, the What to Expect books, BRAIN QUEST – landmark bestsellers such as these reflect a knack for publishing books and calendars that lead with a commitment to publish them with a mixture of care and innovation. The bright, appealing trade-paperback format has succeeded with high standards of design and production. Authors who are authorities, who tour extensively and are spokespeople for their subjects, enjoy books of unexpected formats, unique packaging of books with objects, and yet above all, value through conscientious, aggressive pricing. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Calendar: 376 pages
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; Pag edition (August 20, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076113381X
• ISBN-13: 978-0761133810
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 5 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,425,209 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Way to Stretch Your Brain, December 18, 2006

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L. Kelly (Lakewood, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fact or Crap Page-A-Day Calendar 2007 (Page-A-Day Calendars) (Calendar)

I am a big fan of "Page-A-Day" calendars. This one is particularly fun, offering an obscure factoid for each day, which asks the question "Fact or Crap?" (Then you get to decide if the trivia is true or fictional). I've currently got this calendar for the year 2006 , and have enjoyed each day's offering. My 2007 calendar just arrived and looks like another fun item to provide for a few minutes of relaxation and trivia education each day. The calendar comes nicely packaged and would make a great gift too!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Office Game, January 19, 2007

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Thomas Kukulski - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fact or Crap Page-A-Day Calendar 2007 (Page-A-Day Calendars) (Calendar)

We play this game at the office and have a "fact or Crap" challenge. It gets the group in a positive mood for the day. (if we get it right) Each person answers and bonelli, a member of our team, has created a spread sheet of our answers. It has graphs, charts, trending, etc... It will be interesting to see how it plays out after a full year. Could be 50/50. Who knows?

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Looking for an Interesting Trivia Calendar? Look Elsewhere!, September 2, 2005

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W. Walsh "soggybottomboy" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fact or Crap Page-A-Day Calendar 2005 (Page-A-Day Calendars) (Calendar)

Sure, there are occasional interesting facts on this calendar, but mainly it's "true or false" statements relating to obscure entertainment facts or genuinely uninteresting things. For example: [Former President Bill Clinton is a Fan of the Card Game Bridge]. Now, is there a remotely interesting answer to that question? Or a couple of recent ones: [The First Star Trek Episode Featured a Mind-Reading Alien -- Crap]. A Star Trek fan knows it's wrong; a non-Star Trek fan doesn't give a damn! Or: [Fantasy Island is a Small Spot on an Island in the South Pacific -- Crap, Fantasy Island is fictional]. No kidding! How many Rhodes scholars contributed to that one? Find some other trivia calendar. This is SO lame.