http://www.marblesthebrainstore.com/rss/catalog/tag/tagName/Trivia/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:53:00 +0000 Zend_Feed en_US http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.marblesthebrainstore.com/wise-alec How much do you remember from grade school? Put you smarts to the test and find out with Wise Alec, an award-winning game with challenging questions for young and old alike. This clever trivia game boasts over 1,000 questions about history, science and spelling from the national grade school curriculum. Each question card features both easy and hard questions to help level the playing field between big and little kids. Sorry Mom and Dad, you’re considered big kids. So don’t even think about opting for the easy questions! The whole family will play, laugh and get stumped together as they flex their memory and critical thinking muscles.]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:53:00 +0000 http://www.marblesthebrainstore.com/book-of-animal-ignorance-hardcover The authors of The New York Times bestseller The Book of General Ignorance bring us a book packed with wit, wisdom and little-known facts about the animal kingdom. Arranged alphabetically from aardvark to worm, The Book of Animal Ignorance is sure to impress both animal lovers and trivia nuts alike. One of our favorites: Boeing used to “employ” ferrets to run cables through hard-to-reach parts of airplanes. That one had you scratching your head, didn’t it? We’re fairly sure that means your brain is fast at work filing that little tidbit away for future use as witty dinner party banter.]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:53:00 +0000 http://www.marblesthebrainstore.com/book-of-general-ignorance-hardcover Camels store water in their humps and Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, right? Wrong and wrong, according to the authors of The Book of General Ignorance, a witty and humorous tome that gives common misconceptions, misunderstandings and flawed facts the heave-ho. The Book of General Ignorance will activate the memory centers of your brain as you try to recall the information you learned. After all, you’ll need to remember these fascinating tidbits to in order to impress everyone at dinner parties. Makes a great gift for trivia buffs, know-it-alls and aspiring game show contestants.]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:53:00 +0000 http://www.marblesthebrainstore.com/wits-and-wagers-party-game Trivia, gambling and social interaction: sounds like a killer excuse for a party to us. But please, invite only your most fascinating friends because they’ll make this fast-paced game all the more entertaining. Wits & Wagers asks players the same question. Don’t know the answer? Not to worry. Just take a guess or bluff. That’s where the “wits” part comes in. Now for the “wagers” part: bet on the answer you think is correct. The trick is knowing when to bet on a long shot, when to play it safe and when to use your uncanny ability to read your friends against them. Hey, all’s fair in love, war and party games. ]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:53:00 +0000 http://www.marblesthebrainstore.com/first-ladies-of-the-united-states-flashcards From Martha Washington to Michelle Obama, the First Ladies of the United States Flash Cards will teach you about America’s political history and put your recall skills to the test. These colorful, durable cards feature the official White House painting or photograph of each First Lady on one side and a narrative about her life on the reverse. Challenge yourself to remember the order of the First Ladies and recall additional facts about their lives to form new connections between brain cells and keep your mind in tip-top shape. ]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:53:00 +0000 http://www.marblesthebrainstore.com/presidents-of-the-united-states-flashcards The Presidents of the United States Flash Cards make a smart learning tool whether you have a child learning about the presidents in school or you just want to brush up on political history yourself because your genius kid is giving you a complex. From George Washington to Barack Obama, these durable cards feature the official White House painting or photograph of each president on one side and a narrative about his life on the reverse. By challenging yourself to remember facts about the presidents, you’ll form new connections between brain cells and turbo-charge your memory. ]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:53:00 +0000 http://www.marblesthebrainstore.com/intellectual-devotional-biography-hardcover The fifth installment of this best-selling series features 365 captivating entries about the most celebrated personalities in history. Like its compulsively readable predecessors, The Intellectual Devotional Biographies is organized into seven categories, one for each day of the week. With their trademark wit and style, authors David Kidder and Noah Oppenheim offer an array of fascinating facts about major figures from Atilla the Hun to Desmond Tutu. ]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:53:00 +0000 http://www.marblesthebrainstore.com/intellectual-devotional-hardcover From important literary passages to basic physics principles, this New York Times bestseller boasts 365 short daily lessons that will help you refresh your memory, learn new things and become a bigger hit at cocktail parties than the crab puffs. The Intellectual Devotional is the first in a series of books by David S. Kidder and Noah Oppenheimer designed to arouse curiosity and keep your brain sharp. This fascinating book offers a daily dose of information from one of seven fields of knowledge: history, literature, philosophy, mathematics and science, religion, fine arts and music. ]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:53:00 +0000 http://www.marblesthebrainstore.com/intellectual-devotional-modern-culture-hardcover From the Slinky to Star Wars, Beatlemania to Babe Ruth, and flappers to fascism, The Intellectual Devotional: Modern Culture walks you through 365 days of the films, music, literature, personalities, trends, sports and pop references that have defined contemporary culture. Whether you’re a pop-culture maven or trivia buff, this installment of the New York Times best-selling Intellectual Devotional series will test your memory and keep your brain sharp as you try to remember 365 fascinating tidbits that’ll impress even the most cultured of the culturati. ]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:53:00 +0000 http://www.marblesthebrainstore.com/intellectual-devotional-american-history-hardcover The last time you thought about American history was back in Mrs. What’s-Her-Name’s class. And, come to think of it, you weren’t really paying much attention. The Intellectual Devotional: American History offers 365 days of history lessons and the chance to refresh your knowledge, revitalize your mind and make Mrs. What’s-Her-Name proud. From Thomas Jefferson and Martin Luther King Jr., to the Federalist Papers and Watergate, these daily digests cover the pivotal events, major figures and cultural milestones that helped shape our nation. After a year of historical wisdom and cerebral nourishment, you’ll be extolling the virtues of life, liberty and the pursuit of brain health. ]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:53:00 +0000 http://www.marblesthebrainstore.com/intellectual-devotional-health-hardcover This fourth installment of the New York Times best-selling Intellectual Devotional series gives you everything you ever wanted to know about health and the human body in small daily doses. The Intellectual Devotional: Health covers topics in lifestyle and preventive medicine; the mind; medical milestones; drugs and alternative treatments; sexuality and reproduction; diseases and ailments; and children and adolescents. Packed with 365 days of medical knowledge and wellness wisdom, this fascinating book is positively infectious—but in a good, healthy, no-hazmat-suit-required kind of way. ]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:53:00 +0000 http://www.marblesthebrainstore.com/kwizniac This take-anywhere trivia countdown game tests your knowledge under pressure as you learn fun tidbits of information related to each question. The object of Kwizniac is to accumulate the most points by answering as many trivia questions as possible. Unlike most trivia games that give just one piece of information about a subject, Kwizniac offers a more in-depth trivia experience with a set of 10 clues in decreasing order of difficulty. The more clues it takes to answer the question, the less points you receive. Kwizniac activates the brain’s hippocampus, which basically means it’ll turbo-charge your natural RAM while having fun.]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:53:00 +0000 http://www.marblesthebrainstore.com/split-decision Are you ready to be crowned the Ultimate Split Decision Maker? Get ready for the fastest, funniest trivia game on the block, where every choice is tempting and every decision matters! You'll have fun choosing between these unique pairings: Medieval Torture Device or Bed Bath & Beyond Gadget? Celebrity Baby Name or Computer Virus? Military Operation or Cat Litter Brand? And many more!]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:53:00 +0000 http://www.marblesthebrainstore.com/if-ignorance-is-bliss-hardcover John Lloyd and John Mitchinson have proven themselves to be masters at digging up obscure facts, abstruse information, and amusing anecdotes and presenting them effortlessly, somewhat slyly, with either great wit or at least a little bit of tongue in cheek. If Ignorance is Bliss... contains hundreds of quotes you probably have never heard before, arranged thematically from A to Z. From laugh-out-loud-funny bon mots to some real headscratchers, Lloyd and Mitchinson have gathered a universe of star-studded blurbs like: “The Beatles are dying in the wrong order.” —Victor Lewis Smith “When you forget to eat, you know you’re alive.” —Henry James “You know ‘that look’ women get when they want sex? Me neither.” —Steve Martin]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:53:00 +0000 http://www.marblesthebrainstore.com/mindstein If you get invited to one more run-of-the-mill trivia game night, your know-it-all mind is going to blow a neuron. Let that Einstein-like mind of yours really shine with Mindstein. Rather than answering one measly little question to earn a point like some trivia games, Mindstein asks players to answer five successive multiple-choice questions in their heads and then unscramble a five-letter word based on the letters associated with each correct answer. Shout out the right word, get a smart card. Get it wrong, lose one. The first player to collect five cards that spell S-M-A-R-T wins the game.

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