Publisher's Synopsis
This book represents a family entertainment and reference which follows the Guinness tradition for popular, factual and informative publications.;It gives full details and background stories of award and competition winners throughout the world of popular culture. Winners of awards and competitions as disparate as the Oscars, Nobel and Booker Prizes, The Brit Awards, Footballer of the Year, Miss World and Mr Universe, the Eurovision Song Contest, Crufts, Mastermind, Car of the Year, and Spiritualist of the Year will be included along with not-so-admirable achievements such as winners of the Worst Dressed Man and lists of least popular records!;But this is much more than a listings book as the author has included a wide range of participative elements to provide readers with an added level of entertainment, information and involvement.;Thus, not only will all winners be detailed but there will be articles, quotes and anecdotes on many of the current winners telling the full story behind the award (such as how close the voting was in the Eurovision Song Contest and whether the winner went on to be a hit) or showing what had to be done to win an award by challenging readers to answer the Mastermind Champion's winning questions or printing the winning board from the World Scrabble Championships.;Arranged in an A-Z format, this book brings together a vast amount of serious, amusing, topical and valuable information for the first time in one volume. Subjects to be covered range from art and architecture through food and drink to music, TV, cinema, sport, animals, transport, media, people, politics, science and other subjects.
