Edition:
Hardback
ISBN:
9780571270972
Published:
07.10.2010
No of pages:
416
Other Editions: Paperback
QI: The Book of General Ignorance - The Noticeably Stouter Edition
John Lloyd and John Mitchinson
The indispensable compendium of popular misconceptions, misunderstandings and common mistakes culled from the hit BBC show,
QI
.
The noticeably stouter
QI Book of General Ignorance
sets out to show you that a lot of what you think you know is wrong. If, like Alan Davies, you still think the Henry VIII had six wives, the earth has only one moon, that George Washington was the first president of the USA, that Bangkok is the capital of Thailand, that the largest living thing is a blue whale, that Alexander Graeme Bell invented the telephone, that whisky and bagpipes come from Scotland or that Mount Everest is the world’s tallest mountain, then there are at least 200 reasons why this is the book for you.
Tags
Categorised as:
Non-fiction
Sub-categories:
Television & Humour
Genres & Themes:
Quotations;
Trivia;
Quizzes;
Television;
Comedy
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