Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?

An Imponderables Book

De: David Feldman

Narrado por: David Feldman

Ponder, if you will:
What is the difference between a kit and a caboodle?
Why don't people get goose bumps on their faces?
Where do houseflies go in the winter?
What causes that ringing sound in your ears?

Pop-culture guru David Feldman demystifies these topics and so much more in Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?, the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's most nagging questions. Part of the Imponderables series, Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? challenges readers with the knowledge about everyday life that encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs just don't have. And think about it, where else are you going to get to the bottom of why hot dogs come ten to a package while hot dog buns come in eights? Feldman cleverly adapts his irresistible book into a bedeviling audio multiple-choice quiz, complete with answers.

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Reseñas de la Crítica

"Listeners young and old will enjoy this truly interactive audio game show." AudioFile)

A great way to pass time in the car

My wife and our two boys (16 and 6) had a great time with this audiobook. It's in quiz show / dictionary bluffing game format, and the bluffs are quite good. Good humor, good presentation.

fun

you get to guess from three answers, like a triva game

Interesting and entertaining

A MUST! You won’t be disappointed! You will be enlightened and you will actually learn something!

Good way to spend time

We listened to this with our 10 year old in a car ride. It was a good way to spend time for the both of us

Interesting trivia facts!

Sorry, but
I did not like the narrators. I thought the book would have been longer!

I agree with the first reviewer

There are three people, A, B, and C, who each give their "bluff" which could be the right answer. When it's all done and said, good luck remembering the real answer. For the money, it should have been a *lot* longer.

In addition, A, B, and C each give each other a hard time as though they each have the right answer and are truly playing a "game." It's obviously contrived, sarcastic, quite annoying, and wastes time.

The information would have been quite interesting on its own without all of the fluff.

One of the worst audio books I have ever heard.

Stupid – I didn’t realize it was a game show.

I like trivia so I thought I’d love this book so much that I bought two books in one shot “Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise” and “When Do Fish Sleep”. I HATED the delivery. That’s 10 bucks burnt away.

A fact is presented, and then 3 people propose a possible answer. (3 actors named A, B and C). The listener has 10 seconds to decide which answer is the correct one.

Didn’t like this set-up, I wanted a litany of interesting facts - not a game show!!!

Plus (especially in “When Do Fish Sleep”) in a lame and unsuccessful attempt at humour, A B and C would bicker and quarrel and dispute the over answers. This was an incredibly annoying and unnecessary waste of time.