The first map in the book compares shapes of places that were separated at birth. 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 geographic bee to the computer. Ken jennings has 20 books on goodreads with 41661 ratings. Maphead book san antonio public library bibliocommons. Maps and geography ken jennings junior genius guides jennings, ken, lowery, mike on. Maphead recounts his lifelong love affair with geography and explores why maps have always been so fascinating to him and to fellow enthusiasts everywhere. Ken jennings biography affair, married, wife, ethnicity. Do you pull the airline magazine out of the seat pocket so you can scan the route map and plan future trips.
Exploring the mystery of why maps sing to us brain. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks, will be coming in september. A literary atlas, i ordered several books related to cartography from the library. In the american game show contestant of all time, jennings is the highestearning american game show contestant of all time. 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. Ken jennings biojeopardy, age, loses, winnings, trivia. Jennings lives in seattle with his wife mindy and two children.
Ken jennings charts what he calls the wide, weird world of geography in his latest book, maphead. See all books authored by ken jennings, including maphead, and greek mythology, and more on. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks, reveals his real obsession is. Kenneth wayne jennings iii who was born in edmonds, washington, united states is an american game show contestant and author. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks by. Sadly though i couldnt make it past a few chapters of this book. Ken jennings is an engaging narrator, guiding you through chapterseparated geography wonks, from the collectors of ancient maps. In fact i just picked up ken jennings earlier book brainiac and im hoping. One of his books, maphead, digs into the world of maps and. I was really excited to find a book specifically written for weirdos like me who read maps and atlases like a book, love to navigate, and have a strange fascination with globes. Ken jennings grew up in seoul, south korea, where he became a daily devotee of the quiz show jeopardy. Since then, jennings has continued to indulge his interest in esoteric knowledge of all kinds as an author and columnist. Ken jennings, best known for his epic winning streak on jeopardy. Ken jennings takes readers on a world tour of geogeeks from the london map fair to the bowels of the library of congress.
In each volume, ken plays teacher, guiding readers through his favorite subjects, from maps to mythology, planetoids to presidents. An observant learner since childhood, ken jennings made a few adjustments between greek mythology and this second junior genius guide, and i like the results. Ken jennings books list of books by author ken jennings. Maps and geography book by ken jennings, mike lowery. With this junior genius guide to maps and geography, youll become an expert and wow your friends and teachers with clever facts. The map room is a blog about maps by jonathan crowe. Ken jennings junior genius guides collection 3 book series.
Discover the fun facts about the world and become a master of ge. Such was his fascination with maps that a 7yearold ken jennings. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks by ken jennings, 74 time jeopardy. Unfortunately, ken was unable to discern that i answered most of the questions correctly first, and so should have walked off with the prize. Maphead is a fun, breezy book about the people who take the love of maps, or cartophilia, as jennings calls it, to incredible levels.
Ken jennings takes readers on a world tour of geogeeks from the london map fair to. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read greek mythology. A school day crammed full of amazing facts is interrupted by recess game ideas, art class a craft project, lunch a kidfriendly recipe, pop quizzes, extra credit, and much more. Maphead book washington county cooperative library. Ken jennings was a map nerd from a young age himself, you. Maphead charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks book. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Ken jennings is an american game show contestant, computer scientist, and author who is best known for winning u. It covers the world of map collecting, geocaching, road sign obsessive roadgeeks, national geography bee and nerdy world of fake mapmakers. Maps and geography and greek mythology includes game questions, truefalse quizzes, multiplechoice, and common corealigned activities for writing and reading informational text. When ken jennings stepped onto the stage of jeopardy.
Jenningss charming, witty account reveals a whole other universe. Maphead book by ken jennings official publisher page. He forced all in attendance to compete for a ken jennings bobblehead doll by testing our geography knowledge. Some even draw thousands of their own imaginary maps, lovingly detailing worlds that never were. 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. Amazon best books of the month, september 2011 ken jennings, best known for his epic winning streak on jeopardy. A seattle bookstore hosted ken last night, where he spoke about his book. At over nine thousand questions, in fact, its the largest single collection of trivia questions ever produced in america in any form. Ken jennings was a map nerd from a young age himself, you will not be surprised to learn, even sleeping with a bulky hammond atlas at the side of his pillow, in lieu of the traditional teddy bear. These are the books you must read about maps wired. An interview with jeopardy champ ken jennings, whose new book, maphead. Ken jennings may be bestknown as the record holder for the longest jeopardy. Discover the fun facts about the world and become a master of geography with this interactive trivia book from jeopardy. Ken jennings biography affair, married, wife, ethnicity, nationality, net worth, height married biography who is ken jennings.
If the first book was a bit dry and superficial, maps and geography more resembles kens energetic nonfiction for older readers. Jesse james garrett and ken jennings talk maps and design. The more than 140 maps featured in this book, including, among many others, maps of an imaginary country for ants, of a traffic island in. Maps and geography junior genius guides by ken jennings jeopardy champion discover the fun facts about the world and becom. Jeopardys alltime winning streak champion ken jennings is back in the news with his victory on abcs jeopardy. Did you know that the biggest desert in the world is actually covered in snow. Mapheads by ken jennings if you love maps and geography this book is terrific. With this junior genius guide to maps and geography, youll become an expert and wow your friend. The author profiles many devotees of the field, from programmers at. Well written by jeopardy champion ken jennings it makes a subject some might see as only an academic.
Ken jennings is crowned jeopardys greatest of all time. Sam kean, author of the disappearing spoon jennings is a very witty, insightful writer and has written an entertaining and educational book about maps and the geeks who obsess over them. This printable classroom guide to ken jennings junior genius guides series. Introducing fascinating facts is the top priority, and ken has a treasure trove of them to share about. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks by ken jennings. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks explores the world of map and geography enthusiasts. Introducing fascinating facts is the top priority, and ken has a treasure trove of them to share about earths countries and oceans. Ken jennings, the recordsetting jeopardy champion, has written a. Citation formats are based on standards as of july 2010. Because i said so the truth behind the myths, tales, and warnings every generation passes down to its kids.
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