Thumb offers a good balance of news-ish questions along with some fun escapes.

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Seems a near-decade of comedy routines, movies and TV commercials that poke fun at foreign accents in distant lands answering questions about simple product information has had an effect.

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While I firmly believe that we are years away from answering these questions honestly, it is still fun to listen to four extraordinary minds engage in fruitful conversations on an unconventional topic for one evening.

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We could only ask a few questions but to meet him was really good fun and we wish him luck for the future.

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However you come down on these questions, the Encarta World English Dictionary is a lot of fun to browse.

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Ambitious politicians are already well advised not to have too much fun at university (David Cameron, Britain's likely future prime minister, refused to answer questions about whether he had taken drugs while at Oxford, for instance, and when a photo was circulated showing his membership in a toffee-nosed dining club with a reputation for smashing up restaurants, it was quickly suppressed).

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While the evening may be competitive, contestant Price Manford said some of the fun was in spending time with fellow trivia fans who appreciate the amount of effort Mr. Kesner puts into his questions.

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