We were watching Jeopardy last night, and as is my won’t, I was answering the questions aloud, and more often than not, getting them right. My kids asked me how I knew the answers to all those questions. I paused before answering, flashing back to myself as a youngster in a similar situation. I was…
Each issue of mental_floss magazine has a column written by Ken Jennings called “Six Degrees of Ken Jennings”. The idea is that he has to relate two things or ideas in six hops. How he gets there can be amusing and entertaining, and is always packed with trivia. Today, on his blog, Ken gives us…
My earlier post about Zeke this morning turned out to be my 2,000th Live Journal post. You know me. I like counting things.
…for someone like me (or strausmouse) who can’t help but absorb trivia: The Areas of My Expertise I came across it when I did my weekly check into Eric Leuliette’s What I have read website.
Those of you who like maps and also enjoy trivia might want ot check out the cool map trivia on Ken Jennings blog today. See if you can guess before you look up the answer. (I guessed wrong, but I was thinking in a different context.)
I went to bed pretty early last night (so much so that I missed a call from jen_ashlock who had a trivia question about Sex and the City. Answer: E 73rd St.) I must of slept pretty well because I woke up at 6:30 AM, more or less well-rested. Even for me, 6:30 AM in…
I just finished up Ken Jenning’s book, Brainiac. I really enjoyed it. It was a good read and did not disappoint me. In fact, it made me appreciate trivia more than I have in the past. I used to think trivia, well, trivialized knowledge, but Ken’s book convinced me otherwise. There is a lot of…
I am two-thirds of the way through Ken Jenning’s book, Brainiac and not only is it good, but it has changed my opinion of trivia, something which I will elaborate on more in a later post (once I’m done reading the book). One of the chapters is on fascinating magazine that’s been around since 2000…
We seem to take snippets of trivia we hear or read at face value for the most part. Those of us cursed with memories that allow us to recall all kinds of innane facts often do just that–memorize–never question whether the trivia is fact or fiction. So when I came across some random trivia today,…
Ken Jennings, of Jeopardy! fame is coming out with a book, Brainiacs, on the history of trivia buffs. The books is due out in a few months but even better is that he will be on a book tour that will take him to Arlington, Virginia. Maybe I can get a signed copy. Ken Jennings…
Ken Jennings was a kind of hero of mine when I was on his massive winning streak because I thought he demonstrated that the ability to think was different from the ability to memorize. He treated the whole game in a tongue and cheek kind of way, and in the end, took home $2.5 million.…
I woke up this morning feeling like my allergies were really acting up again–only this time I think it might be a cold, and not allergies. I took Clariton and Benedryl this morning and that didn’t seem to do much. Plus, I’ve got that cold-like feeling in my head. Summer colds are the worst. I…