On the Tip of My Tongue - Questions, Facts, Curiosities, and Games of a Quizzical Nature (Hardcover)


An engaging and entertaining collection of trivia, "On the Tip My Tongue" is quiz book with a difference, published in time for the holiday season.

Trivia-phile David Gentle brings together the most tantalizing, brain-twisting questions that--honestly, no really--are just on the tip of your tongue. From historical events to Hitchcock to Hogwarts, "On the Tip of My Tongue "asks readers to name as many items as possible from a list, and to solve the hidden links between specific groups of questions. As the reader gets deeper into the book, the more difficult and arcane the questions and connections become. In between quizzes, Gentle provides readers with fascinating anecdotes, scholarly commentary, and curiously fun facts about specific entries, giving readers a proper historical and cultural context for each fact and list.

As enlightening as it is entertaining, "On the Tip of My Tongue "is the perfect holiday gift for the discerning intellects in your life.


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An engaging and entertaining collection of trivia, "On the Tip My Tongue" is quiz book with a difference, published in time for the holiday season.

Trivia-phile David Gentle brings together the most tantalizing, brain-twisting questions that--honestly, no really--are just on the tip of your tongue. From historical events to Hitchcock to Hogwarts, "On the Tip of My Tongue "asks readers to name as many items as possible from a list, and to solve the hidden links between specific groups of questions. As the reader gets deeper into the book, the more difficult and arcane the questions and connections become. In between quizzes, Gentle provides readers with fascinating anecdotes, scholarly commentary, and curiously fun facts about specific entries, giving readers a proper historical and cultural context for each fact and list.

As enlightening as it is entertaining, "On the Tip of My Tongue "is the perfect holiday gift for the discerning intellects in your life.

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Imprint

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Country of origin

United States

Release date

November 2008

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First published

October 2008

Authors

Dimensions

202 x 135 x 31mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover - Unsewn / adhesive bound / Paper over boards / With dust jacket

Pages

358

ISBN-13

978-1-59691-562-6

Barcode

9781596915626

Categories

LSN

1-59691-562-5



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