Can You Beat Ken? [With Gameboard Spinner]

Another great concept by Spinner Books. Can You Beat Ken? has all the elements of a game show, in a fully portable format. We took it along on a recent family vacation, and it provided hours of entertainment. Simply put, it's heaps of thought provoking fun.

This is my first Spinner Book, and I love it. What a wonderful idea to put a board game between the covers of a book. Thanks to this interactive book, a recent trip we took went by in a flash. And playing against Ken Jennings made it all the more enjoyable.

This book is a treasure trove of challenging questions. We took it on a road trip last month. The pages are now dog-eared like one might expect to see with a best-selling novel. The play value and repeat play value are high. All I want for Christmas is the boxed version of this book.

In this case, you actually can tell a book by its cover. Bright outside. Brilliant inside. I totally enjoyed playing CAN YOU BEAT KEN? by the book. So my advice to you is, buy the book! SSD Harrisburg, Pa.

When I was a kid, I was hooked on Jeopardy. (Yep, sorta had a crush on Alec Trebek.) Alas, when real life (and real boys) got in the way, I quit watching... but then came Ken, and I could not HELP but get hooked again! Who says that smarty-pants geeks aren't sexy? Trust me, they are! When his run on the show ended, I was bereft! Thank goodness CAN YOU BEAT KEN? came out! When I read about it, I went panting and heaving to my local bookstore to get a copy. I'm happy to report that my wildest fantasies have come true--at least in print: Ken (well, anyway, his book) kept me up all night as I moved from category to category, trying to answer as many questions as I could. It's a mix of every kind of trivia, and because there are true/false, multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions, it's never boring (duh!). Best of all: the kind of arcana Ken has collected here just takes my breath away! (My own area of expertise, movies and pop culture, is well-represented and even I was challenged.) Bottom line: it is truly a factoid feast! If you're a trivia trollop like me, you'll eat this book up.