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Mediography / Portfolio

PRINT MEDIA:

Books written by Sandy & Kara

• The Snapple Aptitude Test (Broadway Books, Jun 2006)
• The Pocket Idiot’s Guide to Not So Useless Facts with Dane Sherwood (Alpha Books, Dec 2006)
• The Pocket Idiot’s Guide to More Not So Useless Facts with Dane Sherwood (Alpha Books, Nov 2007)
• The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Fun FAQs (Alpha Books, May 2008)

Other books including content by Sandy & Kara

• Forbidden Knowledge (Collins, 2005)
• In the Beginning (Collins, 2007)

Periodicals including content by Sandy & Kara

• Tidbits (2000+ articles, quizzes, puzzles)
• mental_floss magazine (quizzes, articles, various text since 2003)
• Reader’s Digest (Only in America section, 2003-04)

Calendars written by Sandy & Kara

• The Hooked on Books 2004 Page-a-Day Calendar (Sweetwater Press, 2003)
• The Spot the Big Fat Lie 2007 Page-a-Day Calendar with Mangesh Hattikudur (Sellers Publishing, 2006)
• The Spot the Big Fat Lie 2008 Page-a-Day Calendar with Mangesh Hattikudur (Sellers Publishing, 2007)

ONLINE MEDIA:

Web sites including content by Sandy & Kara

• mentalfloss.com (8,000+ trivia questions; 1,200 facts; other material)
• America Online Research & Learning Channel
• CNN.com (various since 2006)
• discovery.com (including quizzes for The Travel Channel & Discovery Wings)

Email newsletters featuring content by Sandy & Kara

• mental_floss enews (trivia material for 125+ editions since 2003)

Live online appearances by Sandy & Kara

• Pop Culture Trivia on America Online (300+ games from 1995-2003)

OTHER MEDIA:

Games including content by Sandy & Kara

• The Hooked on Books playing cards (Sweetwater Press, 2003)
• mental_floss: The Trivia Game (Pressman, 2005)
• Spot the Big Fat Lie: The Game (Quirkbooks, 2007)

Television segments including content by Sandy & Kara

• mental_floss on CNN-Headline News (125 segments scripted from 2004-2007)
• Rachael Ray (filmed 9/1/2006)
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire phone-a-friend appearance by Kara (2008)

Trivia and content for other various products including milk containers, stuffed animals, novelty talking pens, etc.