Qi Book of General Ignorance

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Faber & Faber, 2008 - Humor - 299 pages
QI: The Pocket Book of General Ignorance is an illuminating collection of fun facts, perfect for general knowledge, trivia and pub quiz enthusiasts. This number-one bestseller is a comprehensive catalogue of all the interesting misconceptions, mistakes and misunderstandings in 'common knowledge' that will make you wonder why anyone bothers going to school. Now available in this handy pocket-sized edition, carry it everywhere to impress your friends, frustrate your enemies and win every argument.

Henry VIII had six wives. WRONG!
Everest is the highest mountain in the world. WRONG!
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. WRONG!

QI: The Pocket Book of General Ignorance is the essential set text for everyone who's proud to admit that they don't know everything, and an ideal sack of interesting facts with which to beat people who think they do.

Perfect for trivia, pub quiz and general knowledge enthusiasts, this is a number-one bestseller from the authors of The Book of General Ignorance and 1,277 Facts To Blow Your Socks Off, packed with weird, wonderful and really quite interesting facts.

About the author (2008)

John Lloyd produced Not the Nine O'Clock New, the Blackadders, and Spitting Image. John Mitchinson is from the world of books. The original Marketing Director of Waterstone's, he became Managing Director of Cassell, where he published The Beatles, Michael Palin and Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, and now runs Unbound. He's with Einstein: 'There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.'

Bibliographic information

TitleQi Book of General Ignorance
A quite Interesting book
AuthorsJohn Lloyd, John Mitchinson
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherFaber & Faber, 2008
ISBN0571241395, 9780571241392
Length299 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Humor / Form / Trivia
Humor / General
Reference / Curiosities & Wonders
Reference / Encyclopedias
Reference / Questions & Answers
  
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