This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo is less than five days away - what better to past the time than with some trivia?

While the Expo itself - the world's premier interactive entertainment trade-only event - will kick off at the Los Angles Convention Center on May 10th until the 12th, the conferences and workshop sessions are from the 9th-11th, and will feature more than 175 industry leaders.

More than 400 exhibiting companies representing 90 countries will showcase thousands of the latest computer and video games and technologies within 540,000 net square feet of exhibit space, an area equal to 40 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Almost two-thirds of E3Expo exhibitors (60 percent) will showcase games scheduled to hit store shelves by the 2006 holiday season, and 1,000 never-before-seen games and products are expected to be showcased this year. Almost half of exhibitors (49 percent) will launch one or more titles for the latest handheld platforms.

Eleven percent of companies will exhibit one or more games featuring celebrities or other "Hollywood" talent including directors, screenwriters and musicians. One-tenth of exhibitors (10 percent) will present one or more games or products including a health or fitness element.

More than 5,800 flat screen computer and television monitors will be seen on the show floor and in public areas, and more than 850,000 pounds of equipment will run along the convention ceiling. Approximately 79,000 square yards of carpet and other flooring will cover the expo, while 110,000 square feet of banners will hang within the LACC building during the event.

Virtual access to the expo can be found via the event's news site - www.e3insider.com, though we advise you just stick with R-E over the next week, for all the breaking news and reports on what promises to be a very intersting week indeed...