{"product_id":"brainiac-book-ken-jennings-9780812974997","title":"Brainiac","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e . \u003cb\u003eA witty, charming, and engaging dive into trivia's colorful history, from America's highest-earning game show contestant of all time and host of \u003ci\u003eJeopardy!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Insightful, informative, and written with a strong dose of humor and humility. . . . I loved this book.\"-Will Shortz, crossword editor, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ken Jennings is trivia's undisputed king-and as he traces his rise from anonymous computer programmer to nerd folk icon, he explores his newly conquered kingdom- the world of trivia itself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Trivia, he has found, is centuries older than his childhood obsession with it. Whisking us from the coffeehouses of seventeenth-century London to the Internet age, Jennings chronicles the ups and downs of the trivia fad- the quiz book explosion of the Jazz Age; the rise, fall, and rise again of TV quiz shows; the nostalgic campus trivia of the 1960s; and the 1980s, when Trivial Pursuit again made it fashionable to be a know-it-all.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Jennings also investigates the shadowy demimonde of today's trivia subculture, guiding us on a tour of trivia across America. He goes head-to-head with the blowhards and diehards of the college quiz-bowl circuit, the slightly soused faithful of the Boston pub trivia scene, and the raucous participants in the annual Q\u0026amp;A marathon in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, \"The World's Largest Trivia Contest.\" And, of course, he takes us behind the scenes of his improbable 75-game run on \u003ci\u003eJeopardy!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But above all, \u003ci\u003eBrainiac\u003c\/i\u003e is a love letter to the useless fact. (Who knew that there's a crater on Venus named after Laura Ingalls Wilder? Ken Jennings, that's who.) Engaging and erudite, \u003ci\u003eBrainiac\u003c\/i\u003e is an irresistible celebration of nostalgia, curiosity, and geeky obsession-in a word, trivia.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49643502797073,"sku":"CIN0812974999G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50281250062609,"sku":"CIN0812974999A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50457890652433,"sku":"CIN0812974999VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50767182790929,"sku":"GOR005131638","price":13.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52493527220497,"sku":"NIN9780812974997","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0812974999.jpg?v=1750746198","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/brainiac-book-ken-jennings-9780812974997","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}