Andy C Seamans:  

As a teenager growing up in New Jersey, Andy Seamans, creator of ¿The Answer Man¿ trivia quiz, did not have many answers. He was arrogant and too good to care about high school, much less college. So at the age of 16, he dropped out and began to work at a series of odd jobs. In the next few grueling years, he was a letter carrier, service station attendant, meter man, record company clerk and UPS delivery man, to mention only a few. Still, Seamans was far from indifferent to the pursuit of knowledge. He read constantly as part of his rigorous self-education and absorbed more knowledge than most people who have gotten a college degree. Seamans¿ career in journalism began in 1963, when he started writing a weekly column called ¿Am I Right?¿ for the Atom Tabloid in Garwood, N.J. In 1968, he moved to McLean, Va., and became office manager and chief editorial writer for the U.S. Press Association¿s ¿Washington Exclusive¿ editorial service, researching and writing six editorials per week. Two years later, he was hired as an assitant editor of the national conservative weekly, Human Events. In addition to reporting news and writing...Expand for more