Filled with dozens of trivia quizzes, one for every day of the year, an entertaining and informative volume, organized in almanac format, presents 7,777 different questions and answers, covering topics as diverse as paleontology, mixology, sports, medieval Popes, Bach, and daytime soap operas, all t[...]

Ken Jennings takes readers on a world tour of geogeeks from the London Map Fair to the bowels of the Library of Congress, from the prepubescent geniuses at the National Geographic Bee to the computer programmers at Google Earth. Each chapter delves into a different aspect of map culture: highpointin[...]