?Forgotten Trivia

Bar trivia your buddies won't know.

We discover, augment and publish information from the past — including some of the most fascinating trivia and fact books ever written: the cabinets of curious questions, the museums of wonders, the historic oddities and the parlor games.

Which animals get into heaven? What queen drank from a cup made of her father's skull? It's all in here — and hard to find anywhere else, because these books have been out of print for a century. Play the quizzes, stump your friends, and stock up on trivia nobody else at the table has.

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Did you know?

A 1900 reference book carries an earnest entry on the Man-Eating Tree of Madagascar.

— Curious Questions, 1900

'Animals Admitted to Heaven' is a real entry in a 1900 reference work — with a list.

— Curious Questions, 1900

Curious Questions asks, in its own index: 'What queen was compelled to drink out of a cup made from her father's skull?'

— Curious Questions, 1900

The height of 1901 party planning was the Conundrum Supper — a dinner where every course was a riddle.

— Conundrums, Riddles and Puzzles, 1901

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Every Boy’s Book

Every Boy’s Book 1856

The complete Victorian encyclopedia of play — every game, trick, pet, sport and hobby a boy of 1856 was expected to master.

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Mythical Monsters

Mythical Monsters 1886

A Victorian geologist argues the dragon, the sea-serpent and the unicorn are misremembered real animals — evidence laid out with a straight face.

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Curious Questions

Curious Questions 1900

Sarah Killikelly's three-volume cabinet of curiosities: every odd question a Victorian dinner guest might ask — with the answers.

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Famous Impostors

Famous Impostors 1910

Bram Stoker's rogues' gallery — pretenders, false dauphins, wizards and the Bisley Boy legend, from the man who wrote Dracula.

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Coming soonA Short Introduction to the History of Human Stupidity
Coming soonBusiest House in America Illustrated Catalogue1902
Coming soonChristmas Stories and Legends
Coming soonCoronados Children - Warning from may not be pub domain1930
Coming soonFamous Mysteries
Coming soonGlimpses of the Supernatural · 2 vols
Coming soonHistoric Ghosts And Ghost-Hunters
Coming soonHistoric Oddities
Coming soonHone's Every-Day Book and Table Book1827 · 3 vols
Coming soonMuseum of Wonders
Coming soonMyth Land
Coming soonMyths Legends of Our Own Land
Coming soonPoker Smoke
Coming soonQuizzle Book
Coming soonQuizzle Book For Boys And Girls 5 to 8
Coming soonQuizzle Book For Boys and Girls 8 to 12
Coming soonQuizzle Book For Boys or Girls from 6 to 9
Coming soonThe Detective Stories From The Pinkerton Archives
Coming soonThe Housekeepers Guide and Indian Doctor
Coming soonThe Monster Hunters
Coming soonThe Natural History of Nonsense
Coming soonToaster's Handbook1916
Coming soonTotem Tales
Coming soonTricks With Coins
Coming soonTrue Exploits Of Famous Detectives - Arthur Train
Coming soonTrue Exploits of Famous Detectives - Barton
Coming soonTwenty Human Monsters1929
Coming soonWonderful Stories of Old
Coming soonWonders And Curiosities
Coming soonWorld Famed Stories And Legends
Coming soonWorld of Wonders Anecdotes and Opinions
Coming soonYou Ask I'll Tell