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Giving Away A Book A Day (Sunday)
by Mangesh & Jason - December 23, 2007 - 4:35 AM

In the spirit of Christmas and cleaning out our closet, let’s give away some books. Every day between now and December 27th*, we’ll come up with a different, slightly absurd method to determine a winner.

Here’s what you’re playing for today:

15003-Answers.jpgA completely revised edition of the best-selling 10,000 Answers, 15,003 Answers: The Ultimate Trivia Encyclopedia includes even more entertaining, fun, and engaging trivia! It is a portal to the world of little-known facts and an absorbing destination itself. Features include:

• Foreword written by Jeopardy winner and trivia-buff, Ken Jennings
• Over 15,003 entries completely revised and updated, on a wide range of subjects–everything from theme songs to amendments comprising the Bill of Rights
• Hundreds of lists

And here’s today’s game: I’ve picked a number at random between 1 and 15,003. First person to guess correctly wins. You may guess 8 times, but all 8 guesses must come in separate comments. And if you’d be so kind to include your city and state in one of your comments, that would be fun for us to know.**

*If, while cleaning our closet, we find more books to give away, we’ll keep this going into 2008. If not, the date stands.

**This sounds like a nefarious plot to obtain your personal information. I assure you, we’re just nosy. Feel free to decline to participate in this portion of the book giveaway.

Comments (1041)
  1. (sample guess)

    2,185
    Livingston, NJ

  2. 4,222

    Kaufman
    Texas

  3. 9543

    Berkeley, CA

  4. 42

  5. 11,227
    Seattle, WA

  6. 8

    Indianapolis, IN

  7. 69

  8. 12654

    Evansville, IN

  9. 4,321

  10. 15,000

  11. 27

  12. 999

  13. 15,003

  14. 1

  15. Decatur, IL

    2

  16. 13,503

    chapel hill, nc

  17. 15,002

  18. 15

  19. 15,001

  20. 23

  21. 872
    chapel hill, nc

  22. 962
    chapel hill, nc

  23. 12,277

  24. 723

  25. 12870
    chapel hill,nc

  26. 999

  27. 1
    Sylvania, Ohio

  28. 3545

  29. 1001

    Sylvania, Ohio

  30. 1959

    Sylvania, Ohio

  31. 1984

    Sylvania, Ohio

  32. 2011

    Sylvania, Ohio

  33. 12306

    Delaplane, VA

  34. Eatonton, GA

    3,399

  35. 4,008

  36. 872

  37. 5

  38. 14,997

  39. 7,501
    Vienna, Austria

  40. 7,502

  41. 546

  42. 793

  43. 14,983

    Cuyahoga Falls, OH

  44. 16

  45. 7

  46. 9,003

  47. 11,111

  48. 3,015

  49. 782

  50. 13005
    Oak Hill VA

  51. 14

    Bocholt, Belgium

  52. 25

  53. 2007

    Bocholt, Belgium

  54. 12,237

  55. 8001

    Cumming, GA

  56. 101

    Cumming, GA

  57. 1998

    Cumming, GA

  58. 3972

    Womelsdorf, PA

  59. 897

    Akron OH

  60. 12,319

    Auburn, AL

  61. 8765

    Mount Laurel, NJ

  62. 14,999

  63. 7654

  64. 6,666

    Akron OH

  65. 9876

  66. 4871

  67. 10987

  68. 8092

  69. 6543

  70. 5432

  71. 4321

  72. 10,312

  73. 11109

  74. 1215

  75. 398

  76. 9881

  77. 1,994

  78. 13,013

  79. 2142

    Falls Church, VA

  80. 7,663

  81. 2517

  82. 8,965

  83. 3605

  84. 2474

  85. 11

    Currently SW Asia, normally, Beck Row, Suffolk, UK (I’m American military)

  86. 924

  87. 6,227

  88. 11,404

  89. 4

  90. 1,234

  91. 10,101

  92. 14,000

  93. 52
    Wichita Falls,TX

  94. 14

    Smyrna, TN

  95. 3650

    Columbus
    Ohio

  96. 12189

    Smyrna, TN

  97. 7854

  98. 6783

  99. 13972

  100. 3735

    Smyrna, TN

  101. 1960

    Smyrna, TN

  102. 8888

    Smyrna, TN

    That’s #8, BTW…

    (but I didn’t put my town and state on 3 of the 8, which I suppose immediately disqualifies them…oh well, rules is rules, eh?)

    Merry Christmas~!

  103. 14,172

    Lakeland, FL

  104. 10,756

    Lakeland, FL

  105. 7,811

    Lakeland, FL

  106. 4,195

    Lakeland, FL

  107. 1,639

    Lakeland, FL

  108. 79

    Lakeland, FL

  109. 812

    Lakeland, FL

  110. 2,185

    Lakeland, FL

  111. 22 (my lucky number)
    Newton, MA

  112. 3698
    Newton, MA

  113. 5,002
    Newton, MA

  114. 2347
    Newton, MA

  115. 323

  116. 81
    Newton, MA

  117. 5789
    Newton, MA

  118. 7,574
    Houston, Texas

  119. 11098
    Newton, MA

  120. 586

  121. 7,574

    Houston, TX

  122. 4154

  123. 3,141
    Houston, TX

  124. 2714

  125. 10044

  126. 1479

  127. 12

  128. 17

  129. 21

  130. 49

  131. 12174

  132. 1217

  133. 1749

  134. 4917

  135. 13

    WCH, OH

  136. 1969

  137. I guess pi. (Did anyone say it had to be a rational number?)

    Kaneohe, HI

  138. 333

    Harrisburg, PA

  139. 3

    Harrisburg, PA

  140. 15,003

    Greensboro, NC

  141. 1,234

    Harrisburg, PA

  142. 278

  143. 42

  144. 5280

    Madison, AL

  145. 8

  146. 428

  147. 2029

  148. 629

  149. 3149

    Madison AL

  150. 11978

  151. 798

  152. 312

    Harrisburg, PA

  153. 888

  154. 13

    Madison, AL

  155. 13000

  156. 13001

  157. 13002

  158. 13003

  159. 13007

  160. 13011

  161. 14999
    Saratoga Springs, NY (The one with the horse track)

  162. 13131

    Northern Illinois

  163. 26
    Saratoga Springs, NY (The one with the Mineral Springs)

  164. 12
    Saratoga Springs (The one with Skidmore College)

  165. 24
    Saratoga Springs, NY (The one with the birth place of the potato chip)

  166. 1956
    Saratoga Springs, NY (The one with the casino where Diamond Jim Brady used to hangout)

  167. 1958
    Saratoga Springs, NY (The one with the other horse track for standardbreds)

  168. 1983
    Saratoga Springs, NY (The one with Yaddo, rhymes with shadow, artists retreat)

  169. 10001
    Saratoga Springs,NY (The one with Saratoga Performing Arts Center, the summer home of The Philadelphia Orchestra and The New York City Ballet)

  170. 413
    West Lafayette, IN

  171. 12,022

    Anderson, South Carolina

  172. 5261

  173. 9,702

    Anderson, South Carolina

  174. 8135

  175. 7,809

    Anderson, South Carolina

  176. 8105

  177. 3137

  178. 1331

    Anderson, South Carolina

  179. 609

  180. 28
    Anderson, South Carolina

  181. 400

  182. 15,002

    Anderson, South Carolina

  183. 4140

  184. 7,050

    Anderson, South Carolina

  185. 9,786
    Anderson, South Carolina

  186. 1254

  187. 2407

  188. 3782

  189. 4501

  190. 13373.
    stonington, ct.

  191. 5536

  192. 2
    templeton, ca

  193. 1001
    templeton ca

  194. 13,378
    tampa, fl

  195. 2882

  196. 1771

  197. 101

  198. 1111

  199. 666

  200. 11100

  201. 12,386

  202. 403

  203. 12982

    Miami, FL

  204. Guess#1

    12784

  205. Guess#2

    14098

  206. Guess#3

    2315

  207. Guess#4

    10498

  208. Guess#5

    231

  209. Guess#6

    14

  210. Guess#7

    12348

  211. Guess#8

    9

  212. Guess #1

    3

    Union City, TN

  213. Guess #2

    13,111

  214. Guess #3

    15,002

  215. Guess #4

    7,731

  216. Guess #5

    3,737

  217. Guess #6

    8,989

  218. Guess #7

    1,234

  219. Guess #8

    12,345

  220. 14,653

    grand rapids, mi

  221. 14,021
    Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  222. 11,984

  223. 2,398

  224. 572

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina

  225. 423
    Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  226. 2,626

  227. 2008
    Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  228. 98
    Noblesville (Indianapolis-ish), IN
    Nice to see a few other Hoosiers in here.

  229. Tustin, Ca
    1981

  230. Tustin, CA
    13,523

  231. Tustin, CA
    12,342

  232. 577
    St. Paul, MN

  233. 4

  234. 421

  235. 82

    Obermohr, Germany

  236. 45

    Obermohr, Germany

  237. 30051

    Obermohr, Germany

  238. 1234

    Florence, AL

  239. 12345

  240. 5280

  241. 2345

  242. 4304

    Merry Christmas!
    Glendale, AZ

  243. 11111

  244. 3000

  245. 2468

  246. 13579

  247. 7321

  248. 13,013

  249. 13,713

  250. 10,201

  251. 11,222

  252. 25 West Orange, NJ

  253. 1,667

    Taking a chance here. This is 15003 / (1+5+00+3).

  254. 4659

  255. 6612

  256. 131

  257. 1313

    New York, NY

  258. 12345

    New York

  259. 1

    Chandler, Arizona

  260. 15,003

    Chandler, Arizona

  261. 12,345

    Chandler, Arizona

  262. 13,132

    Chandler, Arizona

  263. 156

  264. 409

  265. 4932

  266. 2626

  267. 420

  268. 12237

  269. how about

    2008

    Dec 23 12:25 pm

  270. Dec 23 12:26 pm,

    let’s try 2007

  271. 10203
    san antonio, texas

  272. 10297

  273. 2183

  274. 781

    Doylestown, PA

    If I get this right it will be a Festivus miracle.

  275. 464

    Athens, Ohio

  276. 2,222

    Renton, WA

  277. 2,223

  278. 2,224

  279. 2,225

  280. 1,222

  281. 1,223

  282. 1,224

  283. 1,225

  284. 11 451

    Burlington, Ontario

  285. 786

  286. 2096

    Metairie, LA

  287. 10676

    Rochester NY

  288. 29

  289. 13,096

  290. 3

    Lodi, NJ

  291. 12,987
    Lodi, NJ

  292. 13,278

    DeKalb, IL

  293. 2008

    Sayreville, NJ

  294. 1756

  295. 10,001

    Sayreville, NJ

  296. 3,458
    Las Cruces, NM

  297. 3,141

  298. 84

  299. 10,000

  300. 27

  301. 2,378

  302. 3,757

  303. 5,722

  304. 4,192

    Efland, NC

  305. 5

  306. 576

  307. 10,007

  308. 877

  309. 165

    St Louis MO

  310. 8945

  311. 13456

  312. 6457

  313. 7423

  314. 12587

  315. 9785

  316. 11441

  317. 2,883

    Niceville, FL

  318. 1,787

  319. 10,380

  320. 1,650

  321. 11,261

  322. 6728

  323. 12,455

  324. 7846

  325. 12876

  326. 7,777

  327. 13523

  328. 8153

  329. 9651

  330. 5,003

  331. 10994
    Wauwatosa, WI

  332. 11012
    Wauwatosa, WI

  333. 15002

  334. 1337

    Brooklyn, NY

  335. 13497

    Wyoming, MI

  336. 3714

    Wyoming, MI

  337. 7941

    Wyoming, MI

  338. 42

    Brooklyn, NY

  339. 14973

    Wyoming, MI

  340. 1

    Leesburg, VA

  341. 101

    Brooklyn, NY

  342. 888

    Brooklyn, NY

  343. 15003

    Wesley Chapel, FL

  344. 2448

    Wesley Chapel, FL

  345. 12,197

    Wilmington, DE

  346. 8934

    Wesley Chapel, FL

  347. 6,002

    Wilmington, DE

  348. 14,003

    Boston, MA

  349. 7777

    Wesley Chapel, FL

  350. 915

    Wilmington, DE

  351. 12345

    Wesely Chapel, FL

  352. 2,309

    Wilmington, DE

  353. 11964

    Wesley Chapel, FL

  354. 1,011

    Wilmington, DE

  355. 477

    Wilmington, DE

  356. 11,375
    Jackson, MS

  357. 1

    Wesley Chapel, FL

  358. 892

  359. 13,345

    Wilimington, DE

  360. 5697

  361. 726
    Indianapolis, IN

  362. 9,764

  363. 9572

  364. 10,187

    Wilmington, DE

  365. 2574

  366. 12691

  367. 14376

  368. 25

  369. 11,379

  370. 1109

    Fort Ashby WV

  371. 5

  372. 15002

  373. 7551

  374. 181

  375. 17

  376. 13005

  377. 23

    Republic, MO

  378. 59

    Republic MO

  379. 1,309

    Republic MO

  380. 3,334

    Republic MO

  381. 14102

  382. 2,901

    Republic MO

  383. 1196

  384. 5,739

    Republic MO

  385. 14,009

    Republic MO

  386. 42
    Montgomery, AL

  387. 37

  388. 1234

  389. 15001

  390. 847

  391. 1616

  392. 2,185

    St. Paul, MN

  393. 1979 - Portland, OR

  394. 10000

    St. Paul, MN

  395. 830 - Portland, OR

  396. 3 - Portland, OR

  397. 1572 - - Portland, OR

  398. 19 - Portland, OR

  399. 14920 - Portland, OR

  400. 672 - Portland, OR

  401. 12340 - Portland, OR

  402. 1499

  403. 1,305

  404. 8,752

  405. 11,119

  406. 18

  407. 14,321

  408. 3746

    Hilo, Hawaii

  409. 698

  410. 1980

  411. 173

  412. 14962

  413. 9057

  414. 972

  415. 742

  416. 4212

  417. 1976

  418. 7,422

    Coconut Creek, FL

  419. 7346

    Bolingbrook, IL

  420. 8,118
    Charleston SC

  421. 4567

  422. 3333

  423. 31

  424. 12893

    SLC, UT

  425. 15

  426. 10676

  427. 11,325

    Regina Sk

  428. 12,045

    McMinnville, Oregon

  429. 2

  430. 396

  431. 2407

  432. 12237

  433. 8869

  434. 10000

  435. 15001

  436. 76

    portland, oregon :D

  437. 3127

    Rochester, NY

  438. 14,999
    Arcata, Humboldt County, California

  439. 11,207

    Fort Worth, Texas

  440. 6,345

    Simpsonville, SC

  441. 9

  442. 666

  443. 1949
    Comstock Park MI 49321

  444. 616
    Comstock Park MI

  445. 1984
    Comstock Park MI

  446. 8473

    Oceanside, CA

  447. 12,222

    Ridgefield, WA

  448. 11

    Indy, IN

  449. π (3.14159….)
    Comstock Park MI

  450. 8,695

    Memphis, TN

  451. 5,001

    Memphis, TN

  452. i’m sure i’ll be repeating someone’s guesses, but that’s a looong list of comments! so here goes, from folsom, ca:

    1492

  453. 1681

  454. 1933

  455. from central IL

    33

  456. 6214

  457. 106

  458. 7201

  459. 9427

  460. 2000

  461. 11,251

  462. 14792

  463. 500

  464. 90

  465. 60

  466. 53

  467. 51

  468. 7,777

    Los Angeles, CA

  469. 11,969

  470. 8,791

  471. 1st gues: 3142

    Springfield, OR

  472. 14937, 7, 27, 666, 10429, 444, 4567, 12345, 1
    I’m in Denver Colorado

  473. 2nd guess: 4444

  474. 3038

    brooklyn ny

  475. 8708

    brooklyn

  476. 13,301

  477. 9782

  478. 10676

    Marietta, GA

  479. 616

  480. 12237

  481. 13467

  482. 1,223

    Milwaukee, WI

  483. 1414

    Marietta, GA

  484. 73!

  485. 4655!

  486. 6442

    NCharleston, SC

  487. 14784!

  488. 8388!

  489. 5170!

  490. 5942!

  491. 6796

    ncharleston, sc

  492. 12663!

  493. and 9860!

    Thanks, RandInt function on my TI84! =) and I’m from Eagle River, Alaska.

  494. 6898

    NCharleston, sc

  495. 6619

  496. 6324

  497. 6

    San Diego, CA

  498. 660

    San Diego, CA