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Did You Know?- http://www.didyouknow.com/ The concept for didyouknow.com started many years ago when Concept Director Jimmy Alison wrote a series of sponsored inserts for radio stations, called "Department of Useless Information." The concept actually proved to be quite useful and, responding to listeners\' requests, expanded to also cover financial, news, DIY, and other matters. Today, these facts are used by radio and TV stations and newspapers, magazines and newsletters.
Guinness World Records- http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/ Guinness World RecordsTM has become a household name and the book has sold more than 80 million copies in 77 different countries and 38 different languages. It has also prompted successful television shows around the world, and the launch of the guinnessworldrecords.com website in the year 2000.
mind boggling trivia in the font of useless knowledge- http://www.netside.com/~bishop/trivia.html Lots of wild questions and, luckily, answers.
Name That Tune Quiz- http://library.thinkquest.org/3306/cgi-bin/tune/tune.cgi If your library\'s computers have speakers, listen to some songs, "name that tune" and win the quiz! (Kind of hard, but lots of fun...)
The Osiris Trivia Quiz- http://osiris.sund.ac.uk/online/quiz/quiztime.html Challenging trivia questions for kids and students.
Riddler- http://www.riddler.com/ A great trivia site where, after you register, you can play for fun prizes. Most questions will be medium to difficult.
Science Trivia Quiz- http://www.familygames.com/features/quizzes/sciquiz.html Pick either the Java or non-Java quizzes, and see how much you know about science.
The Skinny On...- http://www.discovery.com/area/skinnyon/skinnyon.html Answers to life\'s imponderables, such as: Traffic Jam "Ghosts", Why Asparagus Makes Your Pee Stink, Why We Can\'t Tell What Time It Is, Why We Fear Nuclear Power, Not Peanut Butter, Tongue Rolling, Itty Bitty Life Forms, Sewing Up Baseballs, Strange Sneezing Situations, The Evil Eye, Why Ice Cubes Shrink in the Freezer, and many more.
Trivia Animal Game- http://parcsafari.qc.ca/english/triviae.htm This Trivia game will call on your knowledge of animals. It has been made for kids over 10 years of age or their parents. Three different levels are available : Chicken , Fast as a Rabbit and Clever as a Fox . For each level, thirty questions will be asked among one thousand questions per level, for a total of three thousand questions.
Wonder Korner!- http://www.peak.org/~bonwritr/wonder1.htm Wonder Korner calls itself "The Question/Answer Place for Curious Kids." It is a great site to browse, because all the previous questions are listed, with answers in the form of a link to a Web site. "When did Cincinnati become a city?" "How do Amish people live?" A submission form can be found at the bottom of the page. This place is bustling with activity, as kids the world over gather to ask some unique questions.
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