So You'd Like to Win a Million: Facts, Trivia, and Hints on Game Show Success

Book a how-to forwinning bucksThere must be someone out there smarter than us, who right now, is guessing who is likely to become famous, who is likely to die, and what is going to be the next big thing. And cash in on these phenomena by turning the research into books.One of the latest such books is attempting to cash in on America's fascination with millionaires."So You'd Like to Win a Million: Facts, Trivia, and Hints on Game Show Success," by Elina and Leah Furman (St. Martin's Paperbacks, [amt]), is something of an S.A.T. primer for game shows. The book is a study guide of questions and answers on topics such as entertainment, art and literature, science and technology and, ooh, a real toughie, history and politics.Here's a sample question: Which of these inventors created the escalator in 1900?A. Johaan ValerB. Charles SeebergerC. Horace ShortD. Willis CarrierIf you answered B in the right time and place, you'd be richer now.The book, not endorsed by any of the game shows mentioned, is based on the premise that you'd do better if you expand your reserve of general knowledge. Then even if you don't win any money, you'd at least walk away a little smarter, even if you blew it on an easy question. .....