Book
Description
This fun-filled, fact-filled trivial
extravaganza will keep you laughing, keep you learning,
and keep you guessing. Trivia Queen Janet Spencer scoured
libraries, archives, and museums for the oddest and most
obscure figures, facts, and fascination she could find.
The perfect campfire companion! Use the book to play a
homemade version of Trivial PursuitTM. Keep a copy in your
glovebox, or put it in your bathroom!
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About
the Author
Janet Spencer started her trivial
career in 1987 when she started a weekly paper entitled "Tidbits".
The paper was dedicated to publishing odd and interesting
bits of information, as well as jokes, quotes, quizzes,
contests, and cartoons. She authored the book "Tidbits
Treasury of Trivia and Compendium of Miscellany: Odd and
Unusual, Amazing and Amusing Facts, Stories, and Statistics" in
1995. In addition, she's been a staff writer for the Bathroom
Reader's Institute, a columnist for "Montana Magazine",
and the author of the book "Montana Trivia" published
by Riverbend Publishing in 2005, among other things.
She has done much of her writing
from unusual retreats. Recently, she spent two winters
caretaking a closed lodge in the middle of Glacier National
Park, a la Jack Nicholson in "The Shining".
Spending such vast periods of time alone has given her
a different perspective of society. She also spent ten
consecutive summers on forest fire lookout towers atop
remote peaks of Montana, where she was hit by lightning
an incredible five times. Such proximity to enormous
amounts of electricity has perhaps been responsible for
the extra current running through her life.
When not off on wilderness adventures, she resides in
Helena, Montana with her husband of 25 years and a varying
menagerie of animals. Hobbies include singing, acting,
gardening, rehabilitating a century-old home, canoeing,
and camping.
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Press
Release
“Montana
Trivia” by Trivia Queen Janet Spencer is like the
game of ‘Trivial Pursuit’ in a book. Over 250
questions on each of six different categories are guaranteed
to keep readers amazed and amused for hours. “I know
more inconsequential information about Montana than anyone
else in the state, and I have the book to prove it,” says
Spencer, who has been writing trivia in various formats
since 1987. “There’s more than you ever thought
to ask about Montana in this book,” she says, adding
that she constantly reminds people that the book is not
a test. “It’s not about how much you know;
it’s about how much you want to learn.”
Spencer
claims to inspire a slack-jawed, glassy-eyed, open-mouth
sense of awe among those who appreciate needless knowledge
as she does. “Does anybody really need to know if
there are any states with more pick-up trucks per capita
than Montana? Or what the state’s largest rodent
is? Or where in Montana you’d be most likely to spot
a UFO? Of course not, but it’s fun to find out anyway.” Spencer
challenges people to come meet her if they know a nugget
of knowledge that ought to be included in the next edition
of the book. “I especially love meeting know-it-alls.
This book is perfect for them.”
For
more information or an interview, Her Majesty Mrs. Spencer
can be reached at Janet@TriviaQueen.com or
feel free to call the Queen at 1-866-TriviaQ. Please email
Her Majesty for an electronic version of this press release.
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