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Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac: 8,888 Questions in 365 Days

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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!

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

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.

I can never get my fill of trivia, and this book was a gem. There is a lot of interesting information, from a man who was very successful at this. Read to your heart's content.

We bought this for a gift for a Jeapordy fan. We think it makes the perfect Christams gift as you can do a whole year of trivia starting with Jan 1.

This is not your typical "what happened on this day" book, but it is laid out as such. Each day has two or three things that happened on that particular day and then trivia questions or match-ups related to them. Most occurrences were obscure items - you wouldn't find the fact that the Titanic sank on April 15, rather that the Beatles recorded the first hidden message in rock music that day. If you want to know the basic things, such as birthdays or more obvious what-happened-on-this-day facts, I would suggest getting another book for that. This, however, really is full of fascinating trivia, I love it!

This is a great book. Not only is it bound and typset very well, it has some great trivia. I received this for my birthday and my family and I couldn't help but sit around the living room while one of us rattled off questions and we all tried to answer them. It was a ton of fun and we all learned a lot. I totally recommend it.

I love Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac
It is written in an easy format
This is day 15 and and I look forward
to the daily trivia questions.
I recommend this book for any one over.

How can anybody know this stuff? Tons of great questions. Based on the price of the new book, you get almost 6 questions per cent, and more than that if you get the Kindle version. After whiffing on most of the questions, I felt like a dolt, then I looked up the answers, and I was looking for an excuse to show off my new "knowledge". This book is highly recommended.

Got it for my brother and he likes it--plenty of tough q's for those who watch the show daily