TIME Almanac with Information Please
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TIME Almanac with Information Please is an almanac
published in the United States
. The almanac was first published in 1947 as the Information Please Almanac by Dan Golenpaul
. The name was changed with the 1999 edition when Time Magazine bought naming rights to the Almanac.
Information Please was created in 1947 from the host and panelists from the popular radio show entitled Information Please
. The radio show which began in 1938 consisted of a panel of information experts that answered questions sent in by the public. The fact experts answered questions over the air and when the panelists were not able to give a correct answer they used humor instead. Host Clifton Fadiman
edited and helped publish the first edition in 1947. In 1997, the Information Please Almanac merged with TIME. The TIME Almanac for Kids with Information Please was first published in 2000.
Today, the 2008 edition has partnered with the Encyclopædia Britannica
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The Almanac contains the following sections:
Almanac
An almanac is an annual publication that includes information such as weather forecasts, farmers' planting dates, and tide tables, containing tabular information in a particular field or fields often arranged according to the calendar etc...
published in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The almanac was first published in 1947 as the Information Please Almanac by Dan Golenpaul
Dan Golenpaul
Dan Golenpaul was the creator of the popular radio quiz show Information Please an American radio quiz show, which aired on NBC. Golenpaul also edited early editions of the spin off book, the Information Please Almanac. He was married to Ann Golenpaul, with whom he founded Golenpaul Associates, a...
. The name was changed with the 1999 edition when Time Magazine bought naming rights to the Almanac.
Information Please was created in 1947 from the host and panelists from the popular radio show entitled Information Please
Information Please
Information Please was an American radio quiz show, created by Dan Golenpaul, which aired on NBC from May 17, 1938 to April 22, 1951. The title was the contemporary phrase used to request from telephone operators what was then called "information" but is now called "directory assistance".The series...
. The radio show which began in 1938 consisted of a panel of information experts that answered questions sent in by the public. The fact experts answered questions over the air and when the panelists were not able to give a correct answer they used humor instead. Host Clifton Fadiman
Clifton Fadiman
Clifton P. "Kip" Fadiman was an American intellectual, author, editor, radio and television personality.-Literary career:...
edited and helped publish the first edition in 1947. In 1997, the Information Please Almanac merged with TIME. The TIME Almanac for Kids with Information Please was first published in 2000.
Today, the 2008 edition has partnered with the Encyclopædia Britannica
Encyclopædia Britannica
The Encyclopædia Britannica , published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia that is available in print, as a DVD, and on the Internet. It is written and continuously updated by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 expert...
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The Almanac contains the following sections:
- Current Events
- U.S. Government and History
- U.S. States Statistics
- Great Disasters
- Awards, Entertainment, and Culture
- People
See also
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