02342cam a2200385 i 4500 2390160615 TxAuBib 20250624120000.0 r 120106s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781283574273 1283574276 9786613886729 6613886726 9781442214040 144221404X (OCoLC)817809860 TxAuBib rda Fuller, Gary, 1941- The trivia lover's guide to the world : geography for the lost and found / Gary Fuller. 1st ed. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2012. 1 online resource (289 p.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Includes index. Contents; Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 01.; Chapter 02.; Chapter 03.; Chapter 04.; Chapter 05.; Chapter 06.; Chapter 07.; Chapter 08.; Chapter 09.; Chapter 10.; Chapter 11.; Chapter 12.; Chapter 13.; Chapter 14.; Chapter 15.; Chapter 16.; Chapter 17.; Chapter 18.; Chapter 19.; Chapter 20.; Chapter 21.; Chapter 22.; Chapter 23.; Chapter 24.; Chapter 25.; Chapter 26.; Chapter 27.; Chapter 28.; Chapter 29.; Chapter 30.; Chapter 31.; Chapter 32.; Chapter 33.; Chapter 34.; Chapter 35.; Chapter 36.; Chapter 37.; Chapter 38.; Chapter 39.; Chapter 40.; Chapter 41.; Chapter 42. Chapter 43.Chapter 44.; Chapter 45.; Chapter 46.; Index; About the Author. Gary Fuller's entertaining and engaging guide enhances geographic know-how with good, old-fashioned fun, using trivia to open up new worlds of knowledge for all readers. Often dismissed as unimportant, trivia here highlights issues that are far from trivial, pondering, for example, what peaceful country requires citizens to keep guns in their homes? what continent contains at least 75 percent of the world's fresh water? and why aren't New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Philadelphia the capitals of their respective states? An inveterate traveler and geographer extraordinaire, Fuller provides e. 20250624. English. Geography Miscellanea. Curiosities and wonders.