Sorry, Wrong Answer: Trivia Questions That Even Know-It-Alls Get Wrong - Softcover

Evans Ph.D., Rod L.

 
9780399535864: Sorry, Wrong Answer: Trivia Questions That Even Know-It-Alls Get Wrong
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0399535861 ISBN 13: 9780399535864
Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

Where were Venetian blinds invented?
What color is the black box on a commercial airplane?
Where did India ink originate?*

Most of us know more than we think we know. We also think we know more than we actually do-because some of what we think we know simply "ain't so." We all harbor misconceptions that are accepted not only because they are popular but also because they make sense.

It makes sense to believe, for example, that German chocolate originated in Germany rather than the truth: that German chocolate is so named because it was created by Sam German. It seems logical to believe that Mercury is the hottest planet because of its proximity to the sun, or that buttermilk contains butter, that Danish pastry is from Denmark, and that the boat race America's Cup was named after the United States of America.

In Sorry, Wrong Answer, Rod Evans takes readers on a tour of misleading trivia, debunking commonly held assumptions and sharing surprising "right" answers.

*Answers: Japan; Orange; China

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Rod L. Evans, PhD, is a professor of philosophy at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He is the author of Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge; The Artful Nuance; Sorry, Wrong Answer; Thingamajigs and Whatchamacallits; and many other books. Dr. Evans’ lecture topics and philosophical interests include language, trivia, and ethics.

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Verlag
Penguin Publishing Group
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0399535861
ISBN 13 
9780399535864
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Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
240
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