{"product_id":"brainiac","title":"Brainiac: Adventures In The Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World Of Trivia Buffs","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\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\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\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKen 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\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrivia, 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\u003eJennings 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\u003eBut 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":"None","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46196268728497,"sku":"9780812974997","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Kobo eBook","offer_id":46196268761265,"sku":"95f99691-cb48-4fb2-9606-c8b967236940","price":15.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_2c12b7dd-9579-4f24-9d91-eccaf733359a.jpg?v=1763718241","url":"https:\/\/iandigo.com\/products\/brainiac","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}