Product Description

In this new edition, the original topics have been brought up to date, added to and elaborated upon: Abbreviations, for example, now includes an essential array of chat room acronyms; Fashion boasts a complete list of British Hairdressers of the Year; and Music features a comprehensive listing of every Top Ten single of the last 40 years. There is a wealth of new subjects to be discovered and enjoyed too, from the Top Tens of 2002 to world coins and paper money, bingo calls to crime and punishment, the Mr Men books to the works of Charles Dickens. What can be Big Boy, Early Girl or Supersonic? Which British Prime Minister links John Lennon and Gary Lineker? Which classic novel begins "Now, what I want is facts"? This work of reference is both an enjoyable book to dip into and a cornucopia of fact.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #402372 in Books
• Published on: 2003-08-14
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1344 pages

Review
* 'A massive factfile of information calculated to be of value to anyone and everyone interested in quizzes. this shrine of serendipity' - Magnus Magnusson ANSWERS: (a) Tomato (b) Their middle name is/was Winston, i.e. they are linked to Winston Churchill (c) Charles Dickens' HARD TIMES

About the Author
Trevor Montague has appeared on various TV quiz shows including MASTERMIND and this labour of love is the fruit of many years' studying. He organised the first ever National Quiz Championship at London's Olympia and has set up a British Quiz Association.

Customer Reviews

Quizmaster’s book
This really is the best book for all the fact-hoovers out there. It brings together information and facts that are to some pointless, but to others captivating. An excellent read or reference tool it will take pride of place next to ‘The New Penguin Factfinder’ to have almost any general knowledge question covered.

It does exactly what it says on the cover!
For quiz players, crossword addicts and people who want the definitive reference book, this is it. Perhaps a bit weak on the sports section for real buffs, and the page numbers are minute, but no other book crams so much into it, or with such accuracy and ease of use. When they take me off to that Desert Island stuff the 8 discs, this is the book I'd take

Masterminders stop here.
Anyone who longs to be the mystery person in the dark corner of the pub who wins the weekly quiz or is intent on winning Mastermind should really have this by the side of their bed, for nothing else could make the famous black chair seem less daunting.
The author has a very colorful quiz history himself having been a rather shady winner of 15-1. This great story is out there on the web and he now creates super teams to scare the pub quiz land of London to death. If you want to be in one of those teams, you have to get this book.