The Ultimate Cryptogram Trivia Book

Each puzzle in this book is a cryptogram with a trivia question hidden inside. Crack the code and the question appears, with multiple-choice answers to pick from. Then you find out whether you knew it.

There are more than 400 puzzles, sorted into nine categories including history, science and technology, film and TV, music and the natural world. Each category starts with easy questions and works up to hard ones.

The print is large, so there's no squinting. If you get stuck, the hints at the back give you a nudge without giving the answer away, and the full answers to both the cryptogram and the question are there too.

A good present for anyone who likes a quiz, or who'd rather spend an evening with a pencil than a phone.