The Cultural Literacy Trivia Guide

by Steven Ferrill

Anyone serious about being on Jeopardy or Who Wants to be a Millionaire needs this book The Cultural Literacy Trivia Guide is the best game show study guide on the market. It is concise and has easy... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1893937038
• ISBN13: 9781893937031
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Trivia Productions
• Length: 299 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A few facts to check

I LOVE this book (esp. the format), but with all due respect to Mr. Ferrill, readers might want to check a few facts that I'm not sure others have pointed out: *Guy Fawkes Day is November 5, not November 3 (p. 133) *The Samba is the national dance of Brazil (p. 79) *Wolfgang Puck is Austrian. He does have a famous restaurant called Chinois, though (p. 118) *Couscous is pasta, not rice (p. 98) *"The Rite of Spring" is a ballet, not a symphony (p. 74) *"Thus Spake Zarathustra" is a tone poem, not an opera (p. 73)*Broca's Area AND Wernicke's Area are speech centers of the brain (p. 113)

Best Trivia Book on the market

I am a collecter of Trivia books and this one rates as #1. As a scholar bowl coach, I am always looking for material and the format of this book is excellent. All the material is in a very compact format, which makes for an easy study. The amount of material in the book is incredible, covering everything from A to Z, from pop culture to politics to literature. This book is a must for anyone considering trying out for a quiz show. The only negative that I have found is a couple errors (such as the first 5 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame). However, 2 of 3 errors out of thousands of questions is certainly worth it. I have purchased 1 copy for myself and many more for gifts to other triva buffs.

Great book

I heard Mr. Ferrill on WGN the other night hyping his trivia book. I already own over 50 trivia books dating back over 20 years, so I ordered a copy of his book. I have to say this is the most comprehensive trivia book I have seen. It is not only interesting to peruse through, but is an excellent study guide for many of the trivia matches that I participate in. Like the author said in his interview with WGN, it is an excellent study guide for Jeopardy or Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. This is the first trivia book that I have ever recomended to my team mates.

Millionaire answers

Our neighborhood group gets together a couple of times a week to watch Who Wants to be a Millionaire and play Trivial Persuit. Last week one of my neighbors brought over a copy of Mr. Ferrill's book. Almost every answer above $2000 that night was in the book. It was like the writers of the show were using the book to write the questions. Since then I ordered my own copy. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is serious about being on Millionaire.