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January 15, 2008
Ken Jennings’s Trivia Almanac is the ingeniously organized book where, for a change, the all-time Jeopardy! champ gets to ask the questions–and where every day of the year will give you the chance to test your trivia mettle.

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. What two NFL quarterbacks have four Super Bowl rings each?* What rings are divided by the Cassini Division?** Also on this date, in 1981, the “goth” music scene was born in London, so here’s a quiz on black-clad icons like Darth Vader, Johnny Cash, and Zorro. Do you know the secret identities of Ivanhoe’s Black Knight*** or Men in Black’s Agent M****?

In this ultimate book for trivia buffs and other assorted know-it-alls, the 365 entries feature “This Day in History” factoids, trivia quizzes, and questions categorized by Jennings as “Easy,” “Hard,” and “Yeah, Good Luck.” Topics cover every subject under the sun, from paleontology to mixology, sports feats to Bach suites, medieval popes to daytime soaps. This addictive gathering of facts, oddities, devilishly clever quizzes, and other flights of fancy will make each day a fun and intriguing new challenge.

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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 544 pages
  • Publisher: Villard; 1 edition (January 15, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0345499972
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345499974
  • Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 1.4 x 9.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,987 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Ken Jennings was born in 1974 just outside Seattle, Washington, but grew up overseas. His family spent fifteen years in Korea and Singapore, where his father worked as an attorney. His only lifeline to American pop culture during those years was TV on the Armed Forces Network, where he watched Jeopardy! religiously after school every afternoon.

He moved back to the States to attend the University of Washington for a year, and after putting school on hold for a two-year Mormon mission in Madrid, Spain, transferred to Brigham Young University in 1996. At BYU, he double-majored in English and computer science, and graduated in 2000 alongside his then-fianc'e Mindy Boam, whom he married that fall.

While at BYU, Ken captained the university's academic competition team, which consistently finished in the top ten at national quiz bowl tournaments. Since graduating, he has worked writing and editing questions for National Academic Quiz Tournaments, a company that organizes quiz competitions attended by hundreds of colleges and thousands of high schools nationwide. Ken also began to notice a parade of his friends and acquaintances from the world of quiz bowl appearing on game shows like Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, where many were able to pay off their student loans and buy flashy sports cars. With this in mind, Ken began to revive his childhood dream of appearing on Jeopardy!

Ken was working as a software engineer for a Salt Lake City health care staffing company in 2004 when he got the phone call telling him that his contestant audition had been successful and he would appear on a June game of Jeopardy! He spent a month making flash cards and cramming on familiar Jeopardy! subjects like U.S. Presidents, world capitals, and "potent potables" (Ken is a teetotaler).

Much to his surprise, Ken's Jeopardy! appearance extended beyond a single game in June: he took advantage of a recent rule change allowing Jeopardy! champs to appear on the show indefinitely, and spent the next six months hogging America's TV screens. Before losing on the November 30 show because he didn't know enough trivia about H&R Block, Ken won 74 games and $2.52 million, both American game show records.

The streak made Ken Jennings a 2004 TV folk hero, and he appeared as a guest on shows from The Tonight Show and The Late Show with David Letterman to Live with Regis and Kelly and Sesame Street. Barbara Walters named him one of the ten most fascinating people of the year. The Christian Science Monitor called him "the king of Trivia Nation" and Slate magazine dubbed him "the Michael Jordan of trivia, the Seabiscuit of geekdom." ESPN: The Magazine called him "smarmy (and) punchable," with "the personality of a hall monitor," thus continuing America's long national struggle between jocks and nerds.

Following his Jeopardy! streak, Ken's product endorsements have included FedEx, Microsoft Encarta, Allstate, Cingular, and even his onetime nemesis H&R Block. He speaks about the importance of learning at college campuses and corporate events, and has co-invented two trivia games: the Can You Beat Ken? board game from University Games, and Quizzology, a CD trivia game from Major Games. September 2006 will see the Random House release of Brainiac, Ken's book about his bizarre Jeopardy! adventures and about the phenomenon of trivia in American culture.

Ken currently lives outside Seattle, Washington, with his wife Mindy, his three-year-old son Dylan, and a deeply unstable Labrador retriever named Banjo. For more information, visit www.ken-jennings.com.

 

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Ultimate in Triva, February 28, 2008
This review is from: Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac: 8,888 Questions in 365 Days (Hardcover)
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!


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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A worthy successor to BRAINIAC, January 22, 2008
This review is from: Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac: 8,888 Questions in 365 Days (Hardcover)
I was astonished at how interesting I found Ken Jennings's Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs. I had thought it would be just another celebrity rip-off, but in fact Jennings combined both a personal and a cultural history of trivia in a remarkably compelling way.

One of the most interesting parts of Brainiac is the set of trivia questions, which were part of each chapter. This Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac: 8,888 Questions in 365 Days continues those sets of questions in a very clever way. Each set of questions is related somehow to a historical oddity or event that occurred on the date in question.

Trivia question for Mr. Jennings: why are there 365 days in the title of this book?

Robert C. Ross 2008
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I feel smarter, February 17, 2008
This review is from: Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac: 8,888 Questions in 365 Days (Hardcover)
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.
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