Jennifer Grace

Makes a great gift!  Think St, Patrick’s Day!!

What’s the traditional Irish cure for a hangover? What do Irish men and women hope to ward off by wearing an iron ring on the fourth finger? Which daughter of the Emerald Isle was hanged in Boston on accusations of being a witch? Think you know the answers to these tough questions? It’s time to test your IQ (Irish Quotient, that is) and find out.
More fun than a U2 concert on St. Patrick’s Day, Irish Trivia on Tap is packed with over 600 questions that are guaranteed to help you get your Éire on and test your Celtic qualifications. This delightful book covers all aspects of Irish culture including arts and entertainment, food and drink, history and language, and superstitions and folklore. With special sections devoted to the natives of Dublin as well as the Irish in America, its quizzes leave no stone—Blarney or otherwise—unturned. In addition, this volume offers fascinating anecdotes about famous Irish authors, the custom of the Claddagh Ring, the history of Guinness, the origins of Halloween, and even a few recipes for delicious Irish fare.

Whether you’re Irish by blood or only in spirit, you’ll find plenty here to enjoy. So grab your lucky shamrock, draw yourself a dram of Irish Trivia on Tap, and get ready for a craic-ing good time.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

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600 Questions to Measure Your IQ (Irish Quotient)

Irish Trivia on Tap

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A New Collection of Utterly Useless Information

That's a Fact Jack!

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packed with stories, lists, anecdotes, and quotes about words and language. Explore 16 chapters of fascinating information about the quirks of language, unusual vocabulary, word games, etymology, and more.  #trivia #facts #tidbits #funfacts

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The Book of Random Oddities is a massive 704-page padded hardcover book that is packed with stories, lists, anecdotes, and quotes about words and language.
 * Explore 16 chapters of fascinating information about the quirks of language, unusual vocabulary, word games, etymology, and more.
 * Find out the origins of words from "juggernaut" to "meh."
 * Discover the intricacies of baseball lingo.
 * Laugh at poorly worded headlines and spell-checker mistakes.

Random Oddities

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Brand new; unwrapped but not listened to.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Vikas Swarup's spectacular debut novel opens in a jail cell in Mumbai, India, where Ram Mohammad Thomas is being held after correctly answering all twelve questions on India's biggest quiz show, Who Will Win a Billion? It is hard to believe that a poor orphan who has never read a newspaper or gone to school could win such a contest. But through a series of exhilarating tales Ram explains to his lawyer how episodes in his life gave him the answer to each question. Ram takes us on an amazing review of his own history--from the day he was found as a baby in the clothes donation box of a Delhi church to his employment by a faded Bollywood star to his adventure with a security-crazed Australian army colonel to his career as an overly creative tour guide at the Taj Mahal. Swarup's Q & A is a beguiling blend of high comedy, drama, and romance that reveals how we know what we know--not just about trivia, but about life itself. Cutting across humanity in all its squalor and glory, Vikas Swarup presents a kaleidoscopic vision of the struggle between good and evil--and what happens when one boy has no other choice in life but to survive.

Q and A (Audio Book on CD)

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Georgia

Strange but true trivia

Bill McLain

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Virginia

Puzzling and Improbable Questions and Answers

Is it true that elephants are afraid of mice?
How much gold does the United States store in Fort Knox?
Why do I get a headache when I eat ice cream too fast?
How did the "seventh inning stretch" originate?


As the official webmaster for Xerox, Bill McLain was surprised by the kinds of questions he was receiving, like whether people born blind can see in their dreams and why rabbits are associated with Easter. McLain began to answer each and every question--attracting national attention from MSNBC, CNN, and People--and the result, collected in Do Fish Drink Water?, is a surprising, funny, and informative collection of facts. McLain's answers can often be as wild as the questions and prompt entertaining anecdotes about where he found them. McLain explains how magnets are made, what caused the Great Depression of 1922, and even explains why cats purr. Also included is an extensive list of websites where he conducts research, offering an informative guide to making the most of the Internet.

Do Fish Drink Water

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The Ultimate Book of Surprising, Strange, and Incredibly Bizarre Facts about (Supposedly) Ordinary Things

Weird-O-Pedia

Webb B. Garrison

In addition to trivia and facts, the book includes 33 fascinating sidebar articles, and 48 unusual photographs and stories. Thoroughly indexed, this book is a valuable resource for students and researchers. 
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Still in original packaging

Unusual and Often Overlooked Facts about America's Civil War

Provides answers to questions on the personalities, statistics, places, weapons, and events of the Civil War

Civil War Trivia and Fact Book

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Kick The Ball

New Jersey

New York Yankees Baseball

Updated with fun and interesting facts through the end of the 2009 baseball season, Yankeeology Trivia Challenge New York Yankees Baseball offers Yankees fans the opportunity to relive the Yankees' greatest moments. Each of the book's 210 MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS allows players to give informed answers even for the book's more ambitious questions. In addition, most answers include in-depth supportive background offering the book's players even greater knowledge about correct responses. The book also includes the publisher's unique COOL FACTS placed at the end of each of the first four sections. All of this makes Yankeeology Trivia Challenge New York Yankees Baseball a great gift for yourself or for friends and family.

Yankeeology Trivia Challenge

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Bathroom Readers' Institute Staff

Whether you're passion is Hunter payson, Barrel racing, or just a quiet Trail ride, everyone loves horses - in the folks at bri are no exception. So we've grabbed some of the world's most hare raising and hilarious horsetails and to this collection of equine Antics saddle up and read about

Uncle John's bathroom reader

Quit horsing around! Whether you want to ride 'em, race 'em, or raise 'em, you'll find everything equine in these pages. From the cowboy companions of the Old West to elegant Kentucky Derby winners, Uncle John has tracked down some of the most hair-raising, hilarious, and heartfelt horse tales from around the world.Saddle up and read about:* The secrets of Secretariat, Affirmed, and other Triple Crown winners* Horse records--the biggest, smallest, oldest, and fastest* What it takes to be a jockey* Austria's dancing Lipizzans* Pressing equine questions (Just how big is a hand, anyway?)* The wild ponies of Chincoteague* Mythological horses: Pegasus, unicorns, and centaurs* The high-stepping Budweiser Clydesdales* And much more!

Horse Lover's Companion

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The Little Book of Weird Presidential History

An irreverent look at Presidential foibles, follies, fibs, and moral failures

Were past presidents smarter, more honest, and better behaved that those we elect today? Don't bet on it! White House Confidential shows that commanders-in-chief have been lying, cheating, stealing, and womanizing from the days of the Founding Fathers. Focusing on the qualities that never made it into White House press releases, the authors look at their sexual misdeeds and strange family relationships, scandals that engulfed administrations, fights with enemies, and questionable money matters. Dip into these pages to find out:

Which president was famous for being the richest man alive because of all his brilliant real estate deals?
Which president was born in Canada, and was ineligible to hold the office of president?
Which president caused some problems by trying to grow "strange herbs" in the White House garden?
Which president often ordered White House staff to rub Vaseline into his scalp while he ate breakfast in bed?
Which president often called his deputy chief of staff "Turd Blossom"?

Updated with new material about many presidents including George W. Bush and Barack Obama, White House Confidential will have you laughing (and sometimes cursing!) as you take a second look at the next occupant of the Oval Office.

White House Confidential

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Jack Kreismer

This book is a clean copy with a good spine and binding. The contents and Graphics are in good condition. There is minimal wear inside. There is slight wear on the hardback cover. Will ship within hours after your order is received. Thanks for stopping by and please stay safe.

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Nuggets of Knowledge for America's Favorite Reading Room

The Bathroom Trivia Book

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It may be kind of making questions that keep distracting you from your work, like what is the sandy stuff that always finds in your pockets of your jeans? And maybe the sort of annoying riddle that has you lose some sleep, like, what happens to the holes that are punched out of loose leaf paper? And it may be the type of perplex and dilemma that leads to full blown sinus rack and headache.

How does aspirin find a headache?

Ever wonder what's really in spam? Had cheese? Teresa? Secret recipes from hell, one of the most respected and Powerful figures in Hollywood made to pornographic films one of them at 3D names named, ever since Houdini's time, magicians have baffle police and public alike by escaping from straight jackets, handcuffs and federal prison step by step explanation so simple your kid's sister could do it this in other questions answered in this book

Biggest Secrets

Learn to answers to hundreds of questions such as what's the best way to beat a lie detector test? What's really in spam, Coca-Cola and the secret recipe for Mrs Fields cookies? Does grape upon really come directly from deshawn? It's another question's answered in this book

The big book of big secrets

Who discovered fire? Does the Tasmanian devil really exist? Who are Aunt Jemima and uncle ben? Are there any hiccup remedies that really work? These are just a few questions answered in this trivia book

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Samantha Ettus

The simplest things are the hardest to master. From brewing your morning cup of coffee and reading the newspaper to apologizing or remembering names, it’s the small stuff that makes up day-to-day life. The Experts’ Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do provides unparalleled insights into how to do them better—more resourcefully, more effectively, and more efficiently—in 100 brief how-to essays by 100 of the world’s leading experts, including:

• Interpersonal skills like how to Tell a Story by Ira Glass and Listen by Larry King

• Etiquette essentials like how to Shake Hands by Letitia Baldrige, Set a Formal Table by Peggy Post, and Give and Receive a Compliment by Ms. Demeanor, Mary Mitchell

• Home pointers such as how to Paint a Room by Bob Vila, Remove a Stain by Linda Cobb, the Queen of Clean, and Do Laundry by Heloise

• Beauty basics that include how to Apply Lipstick by Bobbi Brown and Wash Your Hair by Frederic Fekkai

• Cooking tips such as how to Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies by Mrs. Fields, Barbecue by Bobby Flay, and Make Eggs by Jean-Georges Vongerichten

• Health hints like how to Breathe by Bikram Choudhury and Do Push-ups and Sit-ups by Kathy Smith

• Athletic advice including how to Hit a Tennis Ball by Jennifer Capriati, Swing a Golf Club by Jim McLean, and Swim by Summer Sanders

Some of these experts are household names, others are industry leaders—all are at the very top of their professions. From Holiday Inn’s housekeeper of the year (Make a Bed), the head groundskeeper of Fenway Park (Mow a Lawn), and the mayor of Buffalo (Shovel Snow) to the CEOs of Harry Winston (Buy a Diamond) and Thomas Pink (Tie a Windsor Knot), they are the authorities on their subjects. The Experts’ Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do brings together the best of the best, offering the world’s most valuable advice. With this book in hand, life will indeed be better.

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Quick! Did you know... that mouth to mouth resuscitation isn't always necessary with cpr? That chewing gum enhances memory? That the name Pakistan is an anagram? That there are five kinds of fish migrations? The first bazooka was in musical instrument? See your smarter already! Discover why I created chocolate smell like tangerines by sunrise and sunsets aren't blue how to tell if your brain dead how to read your credit score or outer space begins and hundreds more bite-sized morsels of usable unique and brainwarming knowledge

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A great quote is a tiny thought bomb, it explodes in the mind and illuminates and otherwise obscure truth about life. It reminds us of something we already knew, but didn't quite know we knew. Funny, sad, profound, caustic, or silly a great quote gives us something we are instantly glad we have received. And they're all in here.

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The Book of Useless Information addresses virtually every imaginable topic, from the most unusual tourist attractions in the United States to the legend of Dracula.
 * This 704-page padded hardcover book contains 250 articles, statistics, facts, trivia, and lists that range from absurd to useless to hilarious.
 * Readers learn about the deadliest diseases of the 20th century, the craziest entertainment acts of all time, the world's most unusual museums, the most outlandish laws on the books, the biggest Hollywood blunders, the most dangerous jobs, and much more.
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The Book of Useless Information provides hours upon hours of fascinating reading for anyone with a curious mind. Makes a wonderful gift for trivia buffs.

The Book of Useless Information

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Are You a Genius? Let The Mensa Genius Quiz Book help you find out. This collection of quizzes, puzzles, games, and strategies is guaranteed to tax your intelligence, provide hours of entertainment, and make you jumping-up-and-down-crazy for the right answers.You need an I.Q. in the top two percent of the population to join Mensa, but with the sample tests inside you can see how you'd rate alongside such famous M's (as Mensans call themselves) as R. Buckminster Fuller. You'll also find tips from Mensa members on how to boost your own intelligence, improve your memory, and think more effectively. A special section on how to take tests shows how anyone can do better on almost any test imaginable.Whether you're verbally, numerically, or visually inclined, this "Rubik's Cube of Books" is the book for you. Includes an introduction by Isaac Asimov.

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Irish Trivia on Tap

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Publications International Ltd. Staff (Editor)

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Q and A (Audio Book on CD)

Nat Lambert

Strange but true trivia

Bill McLain

Do Fish Drink Water

Alex Palmer

Weird-O-Pedia

Webb B. Garrison

Civil War Trivia and Fact Book

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Gregg Stebben; Austin Hill; Will Durst (Foreword by)

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Jack Kreismer

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David Feldman

How does aspirin find a headache?

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William Poundstone

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How does olive oil lose its virginity?

Samantha Ettus

The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do

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It’s Time For Sports Trivia

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