Imagine the possibilities of a book with the power to let a person into the deepest, darkest thoughts of those nearest and dearest to them. Every sordid detail would be up for grabs, from how and where they like it to how often.

Ames native Penelope Frohart has made this dream into a reality. “The Book of Fabulous Questions” demands to be toted along to work or to a party. The pocket-size Pandora’s Box includes over 600 questions with topics ranging from “Family” to “Sex.”

“Questions” begins with topics grandma could bore you with all day, such as “What was your favorite game to play when you were younger?” to questions that could possibly help you weed out the bad dates from the good ones such as “What’s the biggest turn-on for you?”

The power of “Questions” is all in how it’s used. It could serve as a great ice-breaker at a party, as a twisted form of a drinking game, or it could make your life just plain easier by getting some of those need-to-know questions out of the way.

Looking for an easy way to spot a moron? Just ask them, “Would you give me your car keys without hesitation?”

“Questions” is a great idea for a book, but with Frohart’s version of Q&A, it seems as though the topics are either for losers who completely lack social skills or cross that line into too much information.

“Where are you from?” is something even a monkey could come up with in conversation and it’s not likely anyone is going to care to respond to “Have you ever been tested for HIV or an STD? What was the result?”

Your answer to that one might be a slap in the face.

“Questions” has the possibility to be truly “fabulous,” but the biggest trick to using it is knowing what to ask and what not to ask.

Be sure to enter “The Book of Fabulous Questions” at your own risk.

2 STARS

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Kelsey Foutch is a junior in journalism and mass communication from Waterloo.