Reviewed
by: BigAl
Genre:
Non-Fiction/Trivia
Approximate
word count: 13-14,000
words
Availability
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Author:
The
author of many quiz books aimed at trivia buffs, Rich Meyer’s
interests are reflected in the focus of many of those books including
comic books and old time radio. Each year Meyer and his team (dubbed
“Collective Foole”) participate in the “World’s Largest
Trivia Contest,” an event put on by his hometown radio station in
Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
For
more, visit Meyer’s blog. Indie author’s might also be interested
in Meyer’s ebook formatting service.
Description:
“Five
Star Trivia is a family-friendly fest of forgotten knowledge for all
ages! Every aspect of pop culture is here: Movies, television shows,
sports, literature, music, cartoons, comic books, old time radio ...
along with many more mundane topics like science, geography, history
and politics! 600 questions + 600 answers = Hours of fun!”
Appraisal:
One
time the boss walked into my office with a strange question (a
trivial piece of information about one of the systems we were
responsible for). I asked why he'd come to me looking for the answer
and he responded, “because you know all kinds of useless, obscure
crap.” Among my friends and co-workers, I've always been the person
others would ask if they were trying to remember some long-forgotten
tidbit of information. Rich Meyer's Five
Star Trivia book proved
I'm not as smart as they think I am.
With
600 questions running the gambit from pop culture, movies, books, and
even some academic subjects like science, geography, and history,
this book should challenge even the sharpest trivia buff. The
questions are well formed, giving you more than enough information to
answer, if it is something you know and can retrieve. (That last
part, I found difficult at times, knowing the answer was on the tip
of my brain and after
giving up, having to kick myself for not being able to retrieve it.)
This
is the second of Meyer's trivia books I've tried and, as with the
first, my only complaint was not having an easy way to keep track of
how I did. I knew I wanted to do this and rather than carrying a
paper and pencil to make tick marks, I solved this by using the
Kindle highlighting function to mark the correct answers, then
counting them (in the Kindle's “My Clippings' document) at the end.
Only 25% is a grade of F where I come from. I may be a failure, but
Meyer's book is far from it, with excellent questions that should
challenge everyone.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No
significant issues.
Rating:
**** Four Stars
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