Questions, Facts, Curiosities, and Games of a Quizzical Nature

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.

Author: David Gentle

Hardcover: 
384 pages

Company: Bloomsbury USA 

(2008-10-14)

(2008-10-14)

ISBN: 1596915625

List Price: $19.00
Amazon Price: $8.00

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Author: Richard Niemiec

Paperback: 
967 pages

Company: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media 

(2007-07-30)

ISBN: 0072263059

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