Henry Hook Trivia Crostics, Volume 1 (Other) [Spiral-bound]

Henry Hook (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 26, 2001 | Series: Other

This series, combining crostic puzzles (a perennial favorite) with pop-culture trivia (the current rage), could only be a creation from the amazing mind of Henry Hook. It's a book of puzzles and a book of trivia all in one.

Each puzzle is solved in the usual way, with this bonus: all the clues are trivia questions and each puzzle's solution yields yet another trivia question. And, the different elements of each puzzle all tie together in an elegant way that only the ingenious Henry Hook could dream up.

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From the Inside Flap

This series, combining crostic puzzles (a perennial favorite) with pop-culture trivia (the current rage), could only be a creation from the amazing mind of Henry Hook. It's a book of puzzles and a book of trivia all in one.

Each puzzle is solved in the usual way, with this bonus: all the clues are trivia questions and each puzzle's solution yields yet another trivia question. And, the different elements of each puzzle all tie together in an elegant way that only the ingenious Henry Hook could dream up.

About the Author

Wildly creative Henry Hook is renowned for his unique ability to take a traditional puzzle, add his own spin to it and turn it into something brand-new. Examples of this talent are Random House History Mystery Crossword Puzzles and Henry Hook's Cryptic Crosswords.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 64 pages
• Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games (June 26, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 081293413X
• ISBN-13: 978-0812934137
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,334,193 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Challenge, August 19, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Henry Hook Trivia Crostics, Volume 1 (Other) (Spiral-bound)

While I'm not a huge fan of crostics (I find them pretty tedious to solve, with all of the back-and-forth in writing letters), I tried this book since I often enjoy Henry Hook's puzzles.

So far, I've finished over half of the puzzles and haven't had use references to finish any of the crostics. They do get easier in some ways as you get further into the book since he uses a lot of the "tricks" more than once. There have been a few that I was stuck on temporarily but I managed to work through it.

I probably would've given this five stars if it wasn't for the lack of variety in the trivia questions and topics, which made it seem a little repetitious eventually.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars pre-1975 maybe, May 2, 2006

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Kaiwolf (Colorado, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Henry Hook Trivia Crostics, Volume 1 (Other) (Spiral-bound)

I'm an avid crostics fan, and a fair trivia buff, but I could NOT enjoy any of these puzzles. At least the first 10 or 11, as I didn't bother to continue past those. Too many of these are targeted way too early for my generation, and the ones that were more current were extremely obscure. I couldn't even tease myself along by trying to check only the quote authors/answer source. I hope someone MUCH more obsessed with trivial knowledge and of an older generation will enjoy this more.