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Also by Ben Schott:

Jeeves and the Leap of Faith, October 2020
Hardcover / e-Book
Schott's Miscellany 2008, November 2007
Hardcover
Schott's Almanac 2007, November 2006
Hardcover
Schott's Sporting, Gaming and Idling Miscellany, September 2004
Hardcover

SCHOTT'S SPORTING, GAMING AND IDLING MISCELLANY
By: Ben Schott

From the author of the international bestsellers Schott?s Original Miscellany and Schott?s Food and Drink Miscellany comes the third and most playful installment in the series: a miscellanist?s wisdom from the worlds of sports, games, and idling.

Bloomsbury Publishing
September 2004
ISBN: 074756924X
Hardcover
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What other sporting book will explain the rules of elephant polo; the perils of the Cresta Run; the link between crosswords and the devil; the story behind the Nike “swoosh”; or why surfing is the “Sport of Kings” (in Hawaii)? Which other volume will list the seven deadly sins of golf; the secrets of Houdini’s Code; or the myriad personalities of the Pac-Man ghosts? Where else will you stumble across an account of Evel Kneival’s broken bones, a detailing of Mike Tyson’s tattoos, the nicknames for classic poker-hands, or every sporting ailment from jogger’s nipple to housemaid’s knee?

You don’t have to be a sports fanatic to enjoy this irresistible volume of factual odds and ends. Schott’s Sporting, Gaming, and Idling Miscellany scores big with its fascinating hodge-podge of sports- and activity-related trivia.

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Early Show - November 24, 2005