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Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Contents

Firsts

People Born on Significant Days in History

People Who Were Born/Grew Up in Poverty

Pure Trivia

People and Their Favorite Children’s Book

Places That Have Been Called “the Venice of the North”

Places That Have Been Called “the Venice of the South”

Places That Have Been Called “the Venice of the East”

Places That Have Been Called “the Venice of the West”

Onlys

The Only People to Have Won the Tony and the Oscar for the Same Role

Things Invented by Italians (and not all of them by Leonardo da Vinci)

Everest Firsts

Family

Cousins

People with Famous Godparents

People with Famous Ancestors

People and What Their Fathers Did for a Living

People Whose Fathers Were Clergymen

People Whose Fathers Were Doctors

People Whose Fathers Were Boxers

Brought up by a Single Parent

People with Twin Brothers/Sisters

Girls Who Emancipated Themselves from Their Parents

Parents of Twins

Grandparents of Twins

Famous People Who Were Born “Illegitimate”

People Who Never Knew Their Fathers

People with a German Parent

People with a French Parent

Things Said About France and the French

People and the Subjects They Studied in College

Numbers

History

All the UN Secretaries-General Since Its Formation

Birds, Etc.

Bird Names

Patrons

People and Their Classmates’ Ratings

Valedictorians

Genuine Answers Given by High School Students on Science Tests

People Who Were Expelled from School

Things Said About School

Genuine Notes Sent by Parents to School to Explain Their Children’s Absence

People Who Were Fat as Children

People Who Appeared in Commercials as Children

Pejorative Fruits

Achievements After the Age of 80

People Who Published Their Diaries

Animals, Etc.

Animal Hybrids

People and Their Pets

A Guide to Rabbits

Before Fame

People and What They Did Before Becoming Famous

Former Librarians

Former Playboy Bunnies

Trained as Engineers

Trained as Dancers

Former Journalists

People Who Lived on a Kibbutz

Former Roommates

People Who Used to Work in Shops

People Who Used to be Waiters/Waitresses

People Who Qualified as Lawyers

People Who’ve Worked in Advertising

Things Said About Advertising

People and the Products They Advertised in Japan

Bizarre Place-Names

Things Said About Australia and the Australians

Things That Come from Australia

People

Celebrities Who Bought Other Celebrities’ Houses

Vegans

People and their tattoos

People Who Live/Lived on Houseboats

People Who’ve Made Mr. Blackwell’s Annual “Worst-Dressed” List

Nondrivers

People Who Changed Citizenship

People Who Almost Never Give/Gave Interviews

People Who Bought Rolls-Royces

People Who Own(ed)/Co-own(ed) Restaurants

People Who Are Superstitious

People Who Were Ordained Druids

People and What They Collect

Sports Stars Who’ve Appeared in Films

Things Said About Books

All the Winners of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest

Fictional Characters and Their First Names

Stupid Labels

Memorabilia Bought and Sold at Christie’s

Celebrity Achievements

People Who Are Proficient in Foreign Languages

People Who’ve Flown Helicopters

Awarded the Key of the City of…

People Who Had Airports Named After Them

People Who’ve Had Theaters Named After Them

Named “Sexiest Man Alive” by People Magazine

People Honored with Ticker-Tape Parades in New York City

People Who’ve Launched Products

People Who’ve Launched Perfumes

Old Scottish Proverbs

Astronomy

Eggs

Writers Who’ve Had a Manuscript Lost or Stolen

People Who Wrote Just One Novel

People (more famous for other things) Who’ve Written Works of Fiction

Shakespeare’s Longest Roles

Things Said About Poetry

People and the Approximate Value of Their Autographs

Things That Began in the 1960s

Things That Began in the 1970s

The Way We Live

Honey

Science

Music

Songs That Don’t Feature Their Titles in the Lyrics

Songs with False Endings

Songs That Were #1 on Both Sides of the Atlantic at the Same Time

People Who Are—or Used to Be—in Pop Groups

Instruments and the People Who Play Them

The Beatles by Number

Around the World in Beatles Songs

Just Some of the Beatles Tribute Bands

Celebrities and the Records They Released

The First Videos Ever Shown on MTV (1981)

People Who’ve Had Songs Written for Them

Meteorology

People Who’ve Appeared in Soap Operas

People Who’ve Made Guest Appearances on TV Shows

TV Shows That Started as Radio Shows

Films That Became TV Series

Sitcoms That Were Spin-Offs from Other Sitcoms

Dogs

GANFYD

It’s Not Only the Patients

Genuine Responses Given by Contestants on the British Version of Family Feud

Fish, Etc.

Pairs of People Born on the Same Day

Potatoes

Bodies

People and What They Are Allergic To

Hay Fever Sufferers

People Who Survived Tuberculosis

Gout Sufferers

Teetotalers

Insomniacs

Gallstone Sufferers

People Who’ve Had a Heart Murmur

People Who’ve Suffered from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

People Who Had Bad Adolescent Acne

People with Beauty Spots

People Who’ve Used Hypnosis

People Who Are Color-Blind

People Who’ve Suffered From Serious Depression

People Who Used to Mutilate Themselves

People Who Wore Braces on Their Teeth as Adults

People Who Say They Hate Their Feet

People Who Had Their Spleen Removed

People Who Had a Lung Removed

Insects, Etc.

Avid Painters

Good at Home Improvement

Avid Poker Players

Railway Enthusiasts

Avid Scrabble Players

Avid Photographers

Avid Gardeners

Avid Bridge Players

Hobbies Include Sleeping

Avid Cyclists

Bungee Jumpers

Around the World

Eccentric Events from Around the World

The World’s Twenty-One Most-Visited Countries (in order)

How the Time Taken to Circumnavigate the World Has Been Lowered (*denotes single-handed)

The Wit of Oscar Wilde

Geography

Today There Are About 6.581 Billion People on Our Planet…

Words

People Who’ve Suffered From Dyslexia

The Most Beautiful Words in the English Language?

Lost in Translation

Pangrams (phrase or sentence that uses every single letter of the alphabet)

Palindromes (phrases that read the same forward and backward)

People Who’ve Been “Inside”

Celebrities Who Shoplifted

People Jailed for Tax Evasion

People Who Were Arrested

People Whose Fathers Have Been in Jail

People Who’ve Had Computer Viruses Named After Them

People Who Had Weapons Named After Them

The Bible

The Human Condition

Stars and Their First Films

Actors and the Roles They Turned Down

Actors Without a Single Oscar Among Them (apart from honorary Oscars)

Actors Without Even a Single Oscar Nomination Among Them

All the Years When English-Language Films Won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival

All the Years When English-Language Films Won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival (*denotes joint winner)

People Whose Names Appear in Film Titles

Actors Who Won Nonacting Oscars

Uncredited Movie Appearances

Actresses Who Shaved Their Heads for Roles

All the Winners of the American Film Institute’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Famous People Who Wrote/Cowrote Screenplays

Actresses Who Tested for the Role of Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind

People Who’ve Played God in Films or on TV

Pop/Rock Groups That Appeared in Films

Things Said About Taxes

The Longest-Serving British Monarchs Since 1066

Anagrams

The Names of the Three Wise Monkeys

Dealing with Unsolicited Calls

Adolf Hitler (with everything you already knew about him taken out)

The U.S.A.

Names

People Known by Their Initials

Unusual Names Given by Celebrities to Their Children

People Who Found Fame with Just a First Name

People Who Found Fame with Just a Surname

People Who Found Fame with Just a Nickname/Sobriquet

Men with Women’s Names

Women with Men’s Names

People Who Named Their Children After Other Famous People

People Who Were Named After Someone/Something Famous

People Who Chose to Use Their Middle Name as a First Name

Nicknames

People With Unusual Middle Names

Famous Siblings With Different Surnames

Genuine Names for Lipsticks

Countries That Changed Their Names

Fictitious Places

Witches

Wise Words from Albert Einstein

Would Have Turned 100 in 2007

Turn 90 in 2007

Would Have Turned 90 in 2007

Turn 80 in 2007

Would Have Turned 80 in 2007

Turn 70 in 2007

Would Have Turned 70 in 2007

Turn 60 in 2007

Would Have Turned 60 in 2007

Turn 50 in 2007

Would Have Turned 50 in 2007

Turn 40 in 2007

Turn 30 in 2007

Turn 25 in 2007

Turn 21 in 2007

Turn 20 in 2007

What People Did in World War II

Things Said by Winston Churchill

Sports

People Who’ve Run Marathons

Avid Squash Players

Avid Tennis Players

Fond of Sailing

Avid Table-Tennis Players

Women Who are Avid Golfers

Avid Snooker (etc.) Players

The Seven Deadly Sins

The Seven Virtues

If…

James Bond

Bond Films and Their Titles Overseas (translated back into English)

Other People Born on Christmas Day

Things Said About Christmas

Genuine Place-Names, for Lovers of Double Entendre

Marriage, Etc.

Couples Who Celebrated Their Diamond Wedding Anniversary

Couples Who Celebrated Their Golden Wedding Anniversary

People Who Were/Are Married to Their Manager

People Who Married Their Bodyguard

People with Spouses in Common

People Who Never Married

Things That Simply Disappeared

Things Said About Growing Old

Women Who Died in Childbirth

Men Whose Penis Was Preserved After Death

People Who Died of Lung Cancer

Celebrity Bequests

Pairs of Famous People Who Died on the Same Day

People Who Died in Poverty

People Who Were Murdered

Famous People Born on the Day Other Famous People Died

Genuine IT Tech-Support Query

Lasts

Acknowledgments

List of Lists

About the Author

Other Books by Mitchell Symons

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher