- Paperback
- Publisher: BANTAM (1980)
- ISBN-10: 0553138898
- ISBN-13: 978-0553138894
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.7 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
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4.4 out of 5 stars (14 customer reviews)
32 of 35 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A TRIVIA BUFF'S DELIGHT, Mar 20 2005
By Loren D. Morrison "amateur_reviewer" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Book of Lists (Paperback)
How can one not love a book that probably has more trivia per page than almost any book written? And, what bettewr way to review a book of lists than to make a list of some of my favorite lists? So, here's my list of 6 of my favorite lists from the hundreds of lists in __THE BOOK OF LISTS__.1. 10 Words you can't pronounce correctly
2. The 15 most boring classics
3. 10 memorable books that never existed
4. 18 famous brains, and what they weighed
5. 15 famous events that happened in the bathtub
6. 10 people not to invite to dinner
In order to give you a further insight into the book, I have listed below a few random facts that I found particularly interesting.
African Elephants have gestation periods of 640 days while Opossums have only 13 day gestastion periods. (These are the two extremes from a long list of gestation periods.)
A flock of crows is correctly known as a murder of crows.
Well before 9/11, Iraq had received military aid from the U.S., Great Britain, China, and the U.S.S.R.
Desi Arnaz worked as a bird cage cleaner before he became a bandleader, Gerald Ford was a male model before he entered politics, and Carol Burnett started her entertainment career as an usherette.
As you can tell, there is enough information here to add a thrill a minute to a trivia buff's life.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lifetime Reading!, Jan 5 2000
By Ceci D. - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Book of Lists (Paperback)
I stole this book off of my father's bookshelf when I was 9 years old, and have pored through it over and over since then. It has so many different kinds of lists in it.. everything from magazine and celebrity compiled lists to obscenely obscure trivia, and of course, those morbidly fascinating ones! My husband and I make an occasional game of opening to random pages and seeing if we can guess what's on the lists. I've bragged about this book to friends more often than any other and I'm shopping for another copy now because my poor copy's about to fall apart. Beware buying this one.. it's a longtime addiction. ;)
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun and educational too !, April 20 2003
By David Hofmayer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Book of Lists (Paperback)
Really, even though its got a lot of mindless fluff in it (that's fun to read I'll have you know) it also has lists that are fascinating and important from a historical or geographical standpoint, such as thirty new names for old places (i.e. Ethiopia for Abyssinia.) Besides that, the other lists are interesting even if inconsequential (like "seven remarkable messages in a bottle.") And I bet you didn't know that Anne Boleyn, wife of Henry VIII, had three breasts! Just another amazing fact that one can find in this praiseworthy book to discuss on long car trips . This book seems to have the affliction of becoming ragged through overuse, as almost every reviewer it seems will soon have to buy a new one. I guess that's just a testament to its fortitude and quality.
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