Mental Floss: Cocktail Party Cheat Sheets

This new, trivia-loaded series from mental_floss, "the titans of trivia" ("Newsweek"), covers every topic from Pollock to Pop Rocks, enabling readers to fake their way through any social outing and handle the brainiest of topics in no time.

Friends? Romans? Countrymen?
You never know whom you'll have to impress
at your next corporate shindig or keg party.

Whatever the target audience, "mental_floss" knows staring facedown into the punch bowl isn't the trick. In fact, that's exactly why we're handing you "Cocktail Party Cheat Sheets"--a totally effective, foolproof guide to starting and sustaining conversations on every topic under the sun. Want to wax wise about barbarians, socialist theory, and jazz musicians? What about Keynesian economics, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and James Joyce's "Ulysses"? Well, it's all right here in front of you.

We've jam-packed this book with jaw-dropping facts and hysterical anecdotes that are sure to please. So go ahead and stock up for your next soiree. We're not guaranteeing it will make you the most knowledgeable person in the room . . . just the most interesting.