# Any Good  Recent Question and Answer Trivia Books?

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**Created:** [June 28, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-recent-question-and-answer-trivia-books/836217 "2019-06-28T14:14:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-recent-question-and-answer-trivia-books/836217/1 "2019-06-28T14:14:36Z")

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I found this site many many years ago via Usenet’s Cecil Adams group and I found that because I read the Straight Dope books. I loved those books and I found those because I really enjoyed books that gave trivia in the format where people would receive questions from readers and provide answers. Other ones I read and reread included Imporderables and Why Things Are.

I know the Internet has really put a damper on this genre but are there any more recent books of this type out there you would recommend?

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-recent-question-and-answer-trivia-books/836217/2 "2019-07-03T18:01:31Z")

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Not \*exactly \*what you’re looking for, but worth mentioning:

_**[What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions](https://www.amazon.com/What-Scientific-Hypothetical-Questions-International/dp/0544456866/)**_, by Randall Munroe (of the [xkcd](https://xkcd.com/) webcomic).

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**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-recent-question-and-answer-trivia-books/836217/3 "2019-07-03T19:24:30Z")

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The New Scientist publishes books of its “last word” column, such as [Why Don’t Penguins Feet Freeze](https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Why-Dont-Penguins-Feet-Freeze/dp/1861978766/). That’s an early one - there are many others, the first one is “Does Anything Eat Wasps”, I think.

Well worth a look.