For anyone who ever wanted to know the history of the chocolate chip cookie, earmuffs, and Daylight Savings!
Firsts, history through the milestones of human achievement, are fun. And Wilson Casey, trivia expert, has collected over 500 firsts in nearly every major category of culture: from fashion to food, politics to science, entertainment to art to architecture. Each 'first' is a full explanation of the topic at hand, written in a humorous yet authoritative style. It includes:
?The true history of the golf tee
?How a blind man came up with cruise control
?The myth behind the origins of the Caesar salad
?Why and how the first dieter dieted
About the Author
Wilson Casey, a.k.a. the Trivia Guy, is one of the country’s foremost trivia aficionados, with a syndicated column, an award-winning website (TriviaGuy.com), and a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest-running radio trivia broadcast. Since 2000, he has written a daily trivia column for numerous newspapers around the country, while King Features Syndicate nationally distributes his weekly “Bible Trivia” column. His trivia is now carried in over 500 newspapers and reaches millions of readers. Casey lives in Spartanburg, SC, and when not researching and compiling trivia, he’s in demand as a national speaker, entertainer, and public performer with live trivia and inspirational appearances.
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For anyone who ever wanted to know the history of the chocolate chip cookie, earmuffs, and Daylight Savings!
Firsts, history through the milestones of human achievement, are fun. And Wilson Casey, trivia expert, has collected over 500 firsts in nearly every major category of culture: from fashion to food, politics to science, entertainment to art to architecture. Each 'first' is a full explanation of the topic at hand, written in a humorous yet authoritative style. It includes:
?The true history of the golf tee
?How a blind man came up with cruise control
?The myth behind the origins of the Caesar salad
?Why and how the first dieter dieted
About the Author
Wilson Casey, a.k.a. the Trivia Guy, is one of the country’s foremost trivia aficionados, with a syndicated column, an award-winning website (TriviaGuy.com), and a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest-running radio trivia broadcast. Since 2000, he has written a daily trivia column for numerous newspapers around the country, while King Features Syndicate nationally distributes his weekly “Bible Trivia” column. His trivia is now carried in over 500 newspapers and reaches millions of readers. Casey lives in Spartanburg, SC, and when not researching and compiling trivia, he’s in demand as a national speaker, entertainer, and public performer with live trivia and inspirational appearances.