Whad'Ya Know?: Test Your Knowledge with the Ultimate Collection of Amazing Trivia, Quizzes, Stories, Fun Facts, and Everything Else You Never Knew You Wanted to Know PDF
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WWHAD’YA test your knowledge with the ultimate collection of amazing trivia, quizzes, stories, fun facts, and everything else you never knew you wanted to know KNOW? Michael Feldman host of the hit pri show Whad’Ya Know? with Michael Feldman Whad’ya knoW? Whad’ya test your knowledge with the ultimate collection of amazing trivia, quizzes, stories, fun facts, and everything else you never knew you wanted to know knoW? Michael Feldman Copyright © 2009 by Michael Feldman Cover and internal design © 2009 by Sourcebooks, Inc. Cover design by Stewart Williams Cartoons © John Sieger Image on page 6 © Michael Shaw Photo on page 129 © Eat Door Photo on page 165 © Andy Manis, Washington Post Images on pages 247, 344, 361, 405 © Nora Feldman Thanks to Lyle Anderson for assorted snapshots and refrigerator magnets. Sourcebooks and the colophon are registered trademarks of Sourcebooks, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems—except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews—without permission in writing from its publisher, Sourcebooks, Inc. All brand names and product names used in this book are trademarks, registered trademarks, or trade names of their respective holders. Sourcebooks, Inc., is not associated with any product or vendor in this book. Published by Sourcebooks, Inc. P.O. Box 4410, Naperville, Illinois 60567-4410 (630) 961-3900 Fax: (630) 961-2168 www.sourcebooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Feldman, Michael Whad’ya know? : test your knowledge with the ultimate collection of amaz- ing trivia, quizzes, stories, fun facts, and everything else you never knew you wanted to know / Michael Feldman. p. cm. 1. American wit and humor. 2. Questions and answers. I. Title. PN6162.F3915 2009 818’.5402—dc22 2009003935 Printed and bound in the United States of America DR 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Ellie and Nora— —lud! contents A Word from the Head .............................xv Whad’Ya Know About People? ...................... 1 Statistics Don’t Lie…or Do They? ................... 2 Confessions of a Workavoidic ....................... 4 Zipping Points ................................... 6 Aging Discounted................................. 8 You Should Live So Long! ......................... 11 Thanks for the Memos: One Meatball ............... 14 Whad’Ya Know about People? Quiz—Round 1 ........ 15 69 Reasons to Have Sex ........................... 20 Jokes, by Profession .............................. 24 Thanks for the Memos: Violent Stool Shifters Arise!..... 39 Whad’Ya Know about People? Quiz—Round 2 ........ 40 The More, the Marriager.......................... 45 The IT Guy .................................... 48 Coming of Age in Iowa............................ 50 Thanks for the Memos: Keep on Truckin’............. 53 Whad’Ya Know about People? Quiz—Round 3......... 55 My Six Shoes.................................... 59 Sub Prime ...................................... 63 The Ten Absolutely Best Jobs....................... 66 The Ten Absolutely Worst Jobs...................... 70 Thanks for the Memos: The Whistler................ 74 Whad’Ya Know about People? Quiz—Round 4 ........ 76 Taking the Plunge................................ 80 Human Resourcing............................... 82 The Cabinet of Dr. Scholl ......................... 84 Dear Diarya..................................... 86 Hello, Fodder ................................... 89 Thanks for the Memos: Incontinence Can’t Be Helped.................... 92 Whad’Ya Know about People? Quiz—Round 5 ........ 93 Whad’Ya Know About Places?...................... 97 Pyongyang, Here I Am! ........................... 98 Or Otherwise Disabling.......................... 100 Oh. Canada. ................................... 103 On the Road to Shambala......................... 106 Is That the Oval Office, or Are You Happy to See Me? ..................... 108 Thanks for the Memos: Ye Olde Parking Centre ...... 114 Whad’Ya Know about Places? Quiz—Round 1........ 115 Home Away from Home ......................... 119 Whad’Ya, an Idiom? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Marco! Polo!................................... 123 The Michael States of America .................... 126 Whad’Ya Know about Places? Quiz—Round 2........ 142 The Michael States of America, Part 2 .............. 146 Thanks for the Memos: The Memorized Ones........ 166 Whad’Ya Know about Places? Quiz—Round 3 ......... 167 The Nazca Lines................................ 171 One Micronation, Under Tiny God ................ 173 Panache, Hey .................................. 175 The Sticky Wicket of National Character............ 178 Gendarme, ou est ma femme? ..................... 181 Thanks for the Memos: Next Year in Minot .......... 184 Whad’Ya Know about Places? Quiz—Round 4 .............................. 185 Gwynaeth ..................................... 189 Can You Beat the Monkey? ....................... 192 Vary It Up! .................................... 195 Born in the UAE................................ 198 Thanks for the Memos: Furthering International Misunderstanding ........ 201 Whad’Ya Know about Places? Quiz—Round 5........ 202 Thanks for the Memos: And the Bar Thing, Too! ..... 206 Things You Should Have Learned in School ....... 207 Things You Should Have Learned in School Quiz—Round 1 ........................ 208 Thanks for the Memos: Terrorist Bake Sale .......... 213 Reuben, Reuben ................................ 214
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