Think you know something about everything? In this first trivia book from The Economist, the newspaper's own champion pub quiz team (known by their league name Marginal Futility) throw down the gauntlet with a brain-bending challenge. Where did 15th century popes live? What's notable about Israel's constitution? Ikebana is a Japanese art associated with what skill? How many presidents didn't win the popular vote? In twelve sections ranging over world history, science, politics, sport, culture—all the topics covered in The Economist—they offer 600 trivia questions on subjects that aren't really trivial at all.