Nearly four decades into its current edition, Jeopardy! now finds itself facing unprecedented change.This is the chronicle of how the show became a cross-generational touchstone and where it’s going next. ANSWERS IN THE FORM OF QUESTIONS dives deep behind the scenes, with longtime host Alex Trebek talking about his life and legacy and the show’s producers and writers explaining how they put together the nightly game. Readers will travel to bar trivia showdowns with the show’s biggest winners and training sessions with trivia whizzes prepping for their shot onstage. And they’ll discover new tales of the show’s most notable moments-like the time the Clue Crew almost slid off a glacier-and learn how celebrity cameos and Saturday Night Live spoofs built a television mainstay. ANSWERS IN THE FORM OF QUESTIONS looks to the past — and the future — to explain what Jeopardy! really is: a tradition unlike any other.

    They've since amassed a rabid fan base, making "Stuff You Should Know" one of the most popular podcasts in the world. Armed with their inquisitive natures and a passion for sharing, they uncover the weird, fascinating, delightful, or unexpected elements of a wide variety of topics.The pair have now taken their near-boundless "whys" and "hows" from your earbuds to the pages of a book for the first time—featuring a completely new array of subjects that they’ve long wondered about and wanted to explore. Each chapter is further embellished with snappy visual material to allow for rabbit-hole tangents and digressions—including charts, illustrations, sidebars, and footnotes. Follow along as the two dig into the underlying stories of everything from the origin of Murphy beds, to the history of facial hair, to the psychology of being lost.Have you ever wondered about the world around you, and wished to see the magic in everyday things? Come get curious with Stuff You Should Know. With Josh and Chuck as your guide, there’s something interesting about everything (…except maybe jackhammers).

    There's a whole chapter full of fun and games, including activities, jokes, and comics. Practical reference material, including fast facts and maps of every country, has been fully updated. Homework help on key topics is sprinkled throughout the book.

    

    

    Drawing unusual connections, this ingenious guide will show you what Hamlet’s Ophelia has to do with The Tempest and Twelfth Night, and how a stage direction speaks to Elizabethan treatment of bears. With entries ranging from “apothecary” to “zephyr,” this succinct book is full of captivating details illuminating all corners of Shakespeare’s world.The volume is illustrated throughout with images taken exclusively from the archives of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Readers will quickly gain a vivid, authentic sense of Shakespearean times, from the fascination of falconry to the elegance of eglantine and the resonances of ring-giving.Accessible yet also full of expert insight and knowledge, this is a wonderful window on the ideas and influences that may have informed Shakespeare’s work. A perfect gift for theater lovers, anglophiles, and all those fascinated by the life and work of the playwright.

    Highlights this year include the James Webb telescope, launching in 2021; a brand-new wildflower guide; a guided tour of the moons of our solar system; a beautiful infographic on jellyfish; and a feature on lithium, central to the work of recent Nobel prize-winning chemistry.Divided into lively chapters including Exploration & Adventure, Life on Earth, and The Science of Us, this year's almanac features top photos from National Geographic's celebrated Instagram account and geniuses past and present including Jane Goodall, Amelia Earhart, and acclaimed conservationist Kris Tompkins, dedicated to preserving much of Patagonia.With new discoveries on every page, this cutting-edge book--called a "category buster" by Booklist--brings you, as Publishers Weekly puts it, "all the things that National Geographic does best."

    

    dollar bill is full of hidden symbols related to the number 13? Our world is filled with strange, bizarre, and weird happenings. But what do they mean? WHY are they important? And what secrets are behind them?These secrets and MORE are revealed through cool stories, action-packed photos, fantastic infographics, and exciting Q&As with in-the-field experts. Discover the secrets of sharkskin, the mysteries behind incredible island animals, the power behind lightning, how a rare gemstone changes color, and more. Kids will be captivated by this fresh way of looking at our amazing planet.

    

    . .from “Abel” and “Also Known As” to “Z Inside” and “Zion.”   There’s also a system for keeping track of points, and a Bonus Question with each quiz to potentially double your score!   These hundred-plus quizzes provide more than five hundred total questions to challenge and entertain you for hours.  Bible Quiz Show: An A-to-Z Trivia Challenge is perfect for personal reading, Sunday school classes, or other church events.

      Kids want to learn about the world around them, and with this engaging, colorful collection of facts, figures, photographs, and fun, they will. Perfect for home or for school, and a great gift for any curious reader, here are thousands of fascinating and surprising facts about almost everything:Animals—Dogs, cats, snakes, insects, spiders, sharks, and moreCulture—Art, holidays, food, movies, and moreDisasters—Earthquakes, shipwrecks, floods, storms, and moreGeography—Oceans, mountains, continents, habitats, and moreGeology—Volcanoes, tectonics, minerals, gems, and moreHuman Body and Medicine—Diseases, organs, senses, and other weird and wonderful human body facts.Record-setters—All about the biggest, smallest, fastest, tallest, and moreSpace—The moon, stars, planets, human spaceflight, and moreSports—Basketball, baseball, football, hockey, Olympic, and soccer superstars past and present, and moreTechnology—Computers, drones, inventions, and more The World Almanac™ 5,001 Incredible Facts for Kids on Nature, Science, and People provides kids, teachers, and families timely and timeless information on an enormous variety of subjects. It will give readers hours and hours of fun while it educates and illuminates.

    Simultaneously unknowable yet strangely malleable, it saturates our lives as completely as the air we breathe. Yet how many of us can truly say that we understand what the future is, and how we’re connected to it? In Future Rising, Andrew Maynard takes you on a remarkable journey from the Big Bang to our collective responsibility to future generations. Weaving together ideas and insights from science, philosophy, art, and more, Future Rising traces a pathway along the emergence of intelligent life, through what makes us uniquely capable of imagining and creating different futures, to the profound challenges and opportunities that come with this. Through sixty short reflections, Future Rising reveals a compelling vision of the future and how it impacts our lives. Beguiling, serendipitous, often-startling, and ultimately life-affirming, Future Rising will change how you think about the future and your relationship with it.

    Tom's crack team of writers and researchers at HARD QUIZ Headquarters, or HQHQ, have written thousands of brain-busting questions on hundreds of curly topics to test the mettle of those battling it out for the BIG BRASS MUG.Now it's your turn! HQHQ brings you the definitive list of the top 20 HARDEST ARSES and why we should give a rat's.Who is harder, Bruce Lee or Dolly Parton? How did the theft of a 12-year-old's bike change the course of sporting history? What was the Oxygen Catastrophe, and how did it nearly destroy all life on earth? Why is the Southern Cassowary Australia's resident murder bird?Become the star of the show as you challenge your friends, family and fiercest enemies to a HARD OFF with genuine HARD QUIZ questions.It's time to read ... HARD!