The Ultimate Sports Quiz Book

Author: Martin Greensill
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291292713
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 221

Book Description
Containing over 1500 questions on a wide range of sports, this book provides a comprehensive test of sporting knowledge. Varied and challenging, the questions are divided into eight chapters, including one on numbers (multiple choice) and two on sporting miscellany. While featuring question categories on over 30 physical sports, the book also includes a category on 'mind sports' such as chess and bridge. The questions have a slight modern bias, but earlier eras are not neglected in order to tap into the rich history of competitive sport. Updated to include events from 2012, this second edition brings out some fascinating facts and both sports fans and quizzers should find it entertaining and informative.

The Mammoth Quiz Book

Author: Nick Holt
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1472106229
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 882

Book Description
A comprehensive category killer, with over 6,000 varied questions on every topic imaginable - as well as some you might not imagine. The 400 quizzes are a mixture of general knowledge and specialist rounds all aimed at the popular pub or society quiz market on science and technology; nature and the universe; human geography; history; life as we know it; arts and culture; sports and games; popular culture; celebrities and trivia. The questions are up-to-date, interesting and, unlike much of the competition, accurate.

Champion Jump Horse Racing Jockeys

Author: Neil Clark
Publisher: White Owl
ISBN: 1526769867
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
‘It’s one of the real sports that’s left to us: a bit of danger and a bit of excitement, and the horses, which are the best thing in the world.' HM The Queen Mother on National Hunt racing. This book traces how much National Hunt racing has changed since 1945- and also how Britain has changed too. The advent of motorways has made travel easier and racecourse safety has improved but the challenges for jump jockeys -the bravest of the brave- remain. It covers some of the biggest stories in jump racing over the last seventy-five years, including the dramatic collapse of Devon Loch in the 1956 Grand National and the incredible exploits of three-times Grand National winner Red Rum. But it also contains lots of fascinating stories which the reader will not be so aware of, of trainers and horses long forgotten.

Racing Post Quiz Book

Author: Mart Matthews
Publisher: Racing Post Books
ISBN: 9781839500145
Category : Horse racing
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The ultimate quiz book for horse racing fans has arrived! How well do you know racing? Are you a short-priced favorite to finish clear of your rivals? Fancy yourself as a Group horse running in a handicap? Or are you more likely to flop than fly? Now's your chance to put your racing knowledge to the test with our brilliant new quiz book, featuring 1,000 questions in 100 themed sections on the biggest names and races the sport has to offer. The perfect gift for all horse racing fans--from the anoraks to the armchair fans alike--it really does have something for everyone.

The Reminiscence Quiz Book

Author: Mike Sherman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351693026
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 177

Book Description
An enduringly popular, informative and unusual quiz book specifically produced for work with reminiscence groups. Covering the years 1930 to 1969, it draws on memories and experiences of daily life and recalls major events and celebrities. More than 600 questions and answers are offered on four topics - news, people, entertainment, and daily life. Questions can be adapted to all ages and abilities, and answers are supported by a wealth of background information, ensuring that the answers can be discussed to extend the activity.

The Football Girl

Author: Thatcher Heldring
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0375987142
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
For every athlete or sports fanatic who knows she's just as good as the guys. This is for fans of The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, Grace, Gold, and Glory by Gabrielle Douglass and Breakaway: Beyond the Goal by Alex Morgan. The summer before Caleb and Tessa enter high school, friendship has blossomed into a relationship . . . and their playful sports days are coming to an end. Caleb is getting ready to try out for the football team, and Tessa is training for cross-country. But all their structured plans derail in the final flag game when they lose. Tessa doesn’t want to end her career as a loser. She really enjoys playing, and if she’s being honest, she likes it even more than running cross-country. So what if she decided to play football instead? What would happen between her and Caleb? Or between her two best friends, who are counting on her to try out for cross-country with them? And will her parents be upset that she’s decided to take her hobby to the next level? This summer Caleb and Tessa figure out just what it means to be a boyfriend, girlfriend, teammate, best friend, and someone worth cheering for. “A great next choice for readers who have enjoyed Catherine Gilbert Murdock’s Dairy Queen and Miranda Kenneally’s Catching Jordan.”—SLJ “Fast-paced football action, realistic family drama, and sweet romance…[will have] readers looking for girl-powered sports stories…find[ing] plenty to like.”—Booklist “Tessa's ferocious competitiveness is appealing.”—Kirkus Reviews “[The Football Girl] serve[s] to illuminate the appropriately complicated emotions both of a young romance and of pursuing a dream. Heldring writes with insight and restraint.”—The Horn Book

Serials in the British Library

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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Serial publications
Languages : en
Pages : 892

Book Description

The Mammoth General Knowledge Quiz Book

Author: Nick Holt
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1472141148
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 728

Book Description
A bumper collection of 2,800 questions and answers to test even the most ardent quiz fanatic.

Formula One Quiz Book

Author: Ewan McKenzie
Publisher:
ISBN: 0711286477
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
The Formula One Quiz Book tests readers on their knowledge of the most exciting motorsport on the planet.

Sophie's World

Author: Jostein Gaarder
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466804270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 599

Book Description
A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.