A reasonable trivia book, with the USP (unusual selling point) of a quick quiz after every chapter. The script is quite pleasant to browse, although it does have the habit of mentioning a question and then spinning off into copious factoids and box-outs; and the illustrative side is on the whole competently handled and interesting. It's not without flaws – the article about van Gogh chopping off his right ear gets the addition of a picture of someone's LEFT ear, the date of Warhol's Soup Cans changes two decades and at least one of the given quiz answers is by its own evidence plain wrong, but on the whole it's diverse, intriguing and if not completely edifying, at least worth your time. At least it contains intriguing novelties – I didn't know the criteria for Soviet space dogs, or about Margaret Atwood's robotic signing thingy.

What a fun and interesting book! There are 132 different questions which are divided into 12 categories. The topics range from weather to the universe and the go from "Can your stomach be embarrassed" and "what happened to the MonaLisa's eyebrows to "what is the world's largest single organism" and "why did the FBI have a file on Ernest Hemingway?" After each category, there are 10 quiz questions related to the topics. At the end is an index that guides you to the question you want to be answered. The answers are in-depth and easy to understand. There are illustrations on all the pages. Some look like sketches while some are photographs. I decided to read this on my Kindle Fire in order to get the full color of the book. I really enjoyed this book and am sure I will reference it again and again. It probably is more of a book in which you will find a topic that is interesting to you and read the information pertaining to it, rather than a book you will read straight through. Either way, it is a fun book with detailed answers to 132 questions. Some you might have asked previously and some you might not have even known should be asked. For example, I had no idea that I should ask someone, which foods will bring me good luck? Or Tell me more about the Pudding King. A great book for those who love trivia or someone who just wants to learn something new.