Abstract:
This is a daunting yet delightful challenge for all lovers of the obscure. Trivia is the stuff of life, the author whimsically maintains. He has a long-standing love for Trivia, and the surprising intellectual back streets down which it can lead him. He’s a bit of a collector, too – “Triviastruck”, as he puts it. So he’s created what might be the ultimate Trivia book. A former newspaper and magazine columnist, he’s put his love for obscure lore into a compact but comprehensive series of books. This one, the first volume of the series, covers minutiae surrounding 10 of the toughest subjects you never learned in school – from Sports to Celebrities to Vocabulary, among others – with the ultimate stumper saved for the back cover! That answer to that one, he promises, is reserved for the next volume. ‘Til then, you can happily tangle your mind in the web this unique Trivia book can weave.