{"product_id":"9781891369575","title":"The Running Trivia Book: 1001 Questions from the Sprints to the Marathon","description":"\u003cp\u003eMark Will-Weber is the genius behind \u003ci\u003eThe Quotable Runner\u003c\/i\u003e, which sold over 30,000 copies in hardcover, and started the successful Quotable series. Now, in the same gift-book format, he has gathered a series of delightful trivia questions sure to entertain, perplex, and astonish everyone who loves running. The questions vary in difficulty from “Bronze” for beginners to “Gold” for the experts, with a few bonus questions even beyond Gold—brain-busters that might elude the most hardened veteran of track trivia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho was the first man to run four minutes for the mile?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoger Bannister? No! England’s Derek Ibbotson ran exactly 4:00.0 in 1955. He eventually set a world record of 3:57.2 in 1957, after Bannister, of course.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen New Zealand’s John Walker became the first man to break 3:50 in the mile at Gothenburg, Sweden, in the days of enforced amateur status, he was rewarded with a small amount of appearance money and what else?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A. An audience with King Gustav VI B. A case of beer C. A silver stopwatch with 3:49.4 engraved on it D. A date with a Swedish model\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Answer: B for Beer. The Kiwi runners such as Walker and Dixon were quite fond of it.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd there are 999 more in this ebullient celebration of running. It is all endless good fun and a sure hit among the rabid running crowd.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Breakaway Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039685787888,"sku":"9781891369575","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781891369575_p0.jpg?v=1763608814","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781891369575","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}