Trivia for the Toilet

by Gavin Webster

Washable Plastic Cover. This fun-filled collection of little-known information was compiled to entertain and edify the person on the go.

Genres: Nonfiction, Trivia

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Práxedes Rivera · Rating 2 out of 5]

I *literally* read everywhere.

This particular tome was not that great --several tidbits I researched were incorrect or only loosely true. It would have been more convincing with a title such as 'Believe It or Not', but I guess that was already taken.

[Jammin Jenny · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a really fun read and had lots of interesting facts in it. Did you know that a jiffy is actually a measure of time? Or that the average person walks twice around the world during his/her lifetime? These are just a couple of the facts in this book. Great read while you're just sitting around...

[Sammie · Rating 4 out of 5]

It had some cool facts :) i enjoyed reading it :)

[Rachael · Rating 3 out of 5]

my bf received this book for his birthday and having nothing else to read at the time, i picked it up since i love trivia. much of it i already knew, but then again i do have quite an interest in useless information. though i actually found a few bits of trivia in this book that were incorrect. otherwise it was quite interesting.

[Eddie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting stuff! Just wish it was longer—I would also have liked more background on some of the facts, but I know such defeats the purpose of a book like this!

[Nick Phillips · Rating 3 out of 5]

Generally amusing though the trivia is a little too yankocentric at times. Does have some cracking little facts with which I will be boring people for weeks to come.

[Connor Turley · Rating 1 out of 5]

Chock full of great misinformation!

[Bill Taplin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the book and had quite a few laughs at some of the trivia.
One major mistake was relating to George Washington.
He died on 14th December 1799, that is a couple of weeks short of the end otherwise the month and more than a year before the end of the 18th century.
Contrary to popular belief a century does not end until it has completed 100 years and in the case of the 18th century it finished on 31st December 1800. The new century starts on 1st January 1801.

[Lisa Geene · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was given to me as a gift. At first I was enjoying it, until I reached a "fact" that was so false I now have to wonder what other falsehoods are in the book. Skimming the reviews on this site shows this is NOT the only blatant error.

Page 27 claims that Shakespeare wrote the bible and uses the fact you can find the word "shake" and "spear" in Psalms as so-called "proof."

Do not waste your time or money on this garbage.

[francesca · Rating 1 out of 5]

I found a few too many inaccuracies in this book for it to be credible, but then again, it was written in 2002.

[Axel Eriksson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Factual errors. Sweden changed to right-side traffic in 1967 and not in 1965. Might seem like a trivial error but compromises the entire integrity of the book.

[Dean · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm a sucker for trivia books, can't help it.
This book has a wide variety of subjects, and I'd say 95 percent were of some interest, great or small.
Good book to pass the time.

[Kate Nelson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun facts perfect for when you need a quick read!

[Jillian · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite book of useless facts!

[mishti · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is full of amazing random facts. Really interesting! Fun to just flip open to a page and surprise friends. And it gives you a bunch of things to say to your friends during random moments!

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for what it is

[Patricia Baker]

lots of wonderful Jeopardy quality information. a must read for all elementary school children and their parents.

[Sarah Jowett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not bad but some of the info is dated now as it's 10 years old but shill a good book to have.

[Tom Darrow · Rating 3 out of 5]

A rather simplistic collection of trivia. It hasn't really decided what it is. Some of the trivia is one sentence basic stuff. Others are a paragraph or so long with multiple bits of trivia within. Most of the facts I had already heard of or was not all that surprised by. I did appreciate the waterproof cover, though.

If you want some good bathroom reads, go for Uncle John's Bathroom Reader series.