In maphead, geography lovers find each other former jeopardy. Much as brainiac offered a behindthescenes look at the littleknown demimonde of competitive trivia buffs, maphead finally gives equal time to that other downtrodden underclass. At over nine thousand questions, in fact, its the largest single collection of trivia questions ever produced in america in any form. Stealing a thought line from the author, ken jennings, jeopardy superstar, if you the. In autobiographical chapters he tells of his early interest in maps and considers the type of people who are drawn to maps pardon the pun. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks explores the world of map and geography enthusiasts. The newest such, following brainiac, maphead, and because i said so.
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Traces the history of mapmaking while offering insight into the role of cartography in human civilization and sharing anecdotes about the cultural arenas frequented by map enthusiasts. Jennings lives outside seattle with his wife, mindy, his son, dylan, his daughter, caitlin. Ive always liked maps and globes, but ive never been obsessed with them, nor am i particularly knowledgeable about geography, and i cant deny that. Jeopardy champ ken jennings is a maphead the seattle times. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks reprint by jennings, ken isbn. Ken jennings, the recordsetting jeopardy champion, has written a book just for you. His books include brainiac, about the phenomenon of trivia in american culture, ken jennings s trivia almanac, the biggest american trivia book ever assembled, and maphead, about his lifelong love of geography. In fact i just picked up ken jennings earlier book brainiac and im hoping well find the time to read it aloud to each other. Ken jennings takes readers on a world tour of geogeeks from the london map fair to the bowels of the library of congress, from the prepubescent geniuses at the national. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. In a world where geography only makes the headlines when college. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks ken jennings. In a sad commentary tvs popularity, you may only know ken jennings from his record winning streak on jeopardy, and the books hes written since then may have escaped your attention.
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Sep 24, 2019 ken jennings, the recordsetting jeopardy champion, has written a book just for you. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks ebook written by ken jennings. Maphead charting the wide weird world of geography wonks. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks ken. Maphead by ken jennings, 9781439167182, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks is ken s followup to his 2005 bestseller brainiac. Ken jennings takes readers on a world tour of geogeeks from the london map fair to the bowels of the library of congress, from the prepubescent geniuses at the.
Maps and geography by ken jennings, mike lowery, paperback. He is married to his longtime girlfriend mindy boam since 16 september 2000. But jennings isnt just a fasthanded font of trivia, he writes nonfiction that is approachable. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks by ken jennings, 74 time jeopardy.
Jennings lives outside seattle with his wife, mindy, his son, dylan, his daughter, caitlin, and a small, excitable dog named chance. At age 7, while friends obsessed over heman and knight rider, the author succumbed to the names and shapes of remote places and began collecting atlases. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks in new york journal of books. Ken jennings grew up in seoul, south korea, where he became a daily devotee of the quiz show jeopardy. I love books about geography signed by ken jennings. Jennings lives outside seattle with his wife, mindy, his son, dylan, his daughter, caitlin, and a small excitable dog named chance. He currently lives outside seattle, with his family and a deeply unstable labrador retriever named banjo. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks by. Jennings takes listeners on a world tour of geogeeks from the london map fair to the bowels. Amazon best books of the month, september 2011 ken jennings, best known for his epic winning streak on jeopardy. Maphead ebook by ken jennings official publisher page simon. They met for the first time at brigham young university. His books include brainiac, about the phenomenon of trivia in american culture, ken jenningss trivia almanac, the biggest american trivia book ever assembled, and maphead, about his lifelong love of geography. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks paperback april 17, 2012.
Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks is kens. It may come as no surprise that as a kid, ken jennings slept with a hammond. Ken jennings was an anonymous salt lake city software engineer in 2004 when he became a nerd folk icon almost overnight via his recordbreaking sixmonth streak on the tv quiz show jeopardy. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read maphead. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks by ken jennings my rating. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks by ken jennings. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks, without expectations. Maphead recounts his lifelong love affair with geography and explores why maps have always been so fascinating to him and to fellow enthusiasts everywhere. Maphead book by ken jennings official publisher page. Sep 18, 2011 an interview with jeopardy champ ken jennings, whose new book, maphead. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks and is an engaging book that will interest anyone who answered yes to the above questions. Ken jennings seattle author and jeopardy champion par excellence ken jennings has taken to writing books that reflect his wideranging knowledge. A literary atlas, i ordered several books related to cartography from the library. Ken jennings has 20 books on goodreads with 41869 ratings.
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