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Title: So You'd Like to Win a Million: Facts, Trivia and Inside Hints on Game Show Success by Elina Furman, Leah Furman ISBN: 0-312-97635-6 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: February, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: great how-to
Comment: Book a how-to for
winning bucks

There must be someone out there smarter than us, who right now, is guessing who is likely to become famous, who is likely to die, and what is going to be the next big thing. And cash in on these phenomena by turning the research into books.
One of the latest such books is attempting to cash in on America's fascination with millionaires.
"So You'd Like to Win a Million: Facts, Trivia, and Hints on Game Show Success," by Elina and Leah Furman (St. Martin's Paperbacks, [amt]), is something of an S.A.T. primer for game shows. The book is a study guide of questions and answers on topics such as entertainment, art and literature, science and technology and, ooh, a real toughie, history and politics.
Here's a sample question: Which of these inventors created the escalator in 1900?
A. Johaan Valer
B. Charles Seeberger
C. Horace Short
D. Willis Carrier
If you answered B in the right time and place, you'd be richer now.
The book, not endorsed by any of the game shows mentioned, is based on the premise that you'd do better if you expand your reserve of general knowledge. Then even if you don't win any money, you'd at least walk away a little smarter, even if you blew it on an easy question.

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Rating: 3
Summary: You've Got to be Quick to Cash In
Comment: I am a trivia buff and enjoy learning new things and memorizing useless facts. I have thoroughly read many trivia books in my neverending quest for knowledge. This is a decent trivia book. Unlike many of the recent books of facts trying to cash in on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire", this book doesn't have many typos and all of the answers are correct. My family and friends have enjoyed using this book as part of trivia contests we sometimes play. Most of the questions have little to do with current pop culture and therefore the book can be used many years from now by just about anyone. However, because of the book's introductory chapters it has aged considerably since its first appearance. The section dealing with "Millionaire" is still rather valid because that show is still on the air. However, the section dealing with "Greed" is what dates the book. "Greed" went off the air about a month after this book first appeared. Of course there is also the section listing several upcoming game shows in which a million dollars or more can be made: "Survivor" is the last to be mentioned and the authors seem to have believed the show wouldn't amount to much. Great entertainment with some interesting historical material.