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An encyclopedia is a repository of general knowledge. General knowledge is information that has been accumulated over time through various media and sources. [1] It excludes specialized learning that can only be obtained with extensive training and information confined to a single medium. General knowledge is an essential component of ...
A printed quiz on health issues. A quiz is a form of mind sport in which people attempt to answer questions correctly on one or several topics. Quizzes can be used as a brief assessment in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and skills, or simply as a hobby.
The Book of General Ignorance is the first in a series of books based on the final round in the intellectual British panel game QI, written by series-creator John Lloyd and head-researcher John Mitchinson, [1] to help spread the QI philosophy of curiosity to the reading public. [2]
The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for 'British Encyclopaedia') is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.It has been published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. since 1768, although the company has changed ownership seven times.
In their second book, More Trivial Trivia, the authors criticized practitioners who were "indiscriminate enough to confuse the flower of trivia with the weed of minutiae"; trivia, they wrote, "is concerned with tugging at heartstrings," while minutiae deals with such unevocative questions as "Which state is the largest consumer of Jell-O?"
The original Book of General Ignorance was first published in the UK on 4 October 2006. [3] The book became a hit, becoming an Amazon bestseller in Christmas 2006, selling more copies in the last quarter of the year than any other book. [4] The Book of General Ignorance became the fourth bestselling book in the history of Amazon. [5]
Several languages of Wikipedia also maintain a reference desk, where volunteers answer questions from the general public. According to a study by Pnina Shachaf in the Journal of Documentation, the quality of the Wikipedia reference desk is comparable to a standard library reference desk, with an accuracy of 55 percent. [248]
The World Quizzing Championships are in the form of a written test taken by individuals that is conducted at various points around the globe. Each competitor faces the same questions (translated into their mother tongue in many cases) at approximately the same time.