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Funny You Should Ask . . . Again

The QI Elves

The perfect Christmas gift for the incurably curious. With an introduction from Zoe Ball.

Format
Audio book
ISBN
9780571373321
Date Published
12.10.2021
Delivery
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Summary

*The perfect gift for the incurably curious*

‘The best trivia book of the season.’ THE SPECTATOR
‘Mind-blowing.’ DAILY MAIL
‘Genuinely interesting.’ POPULAR SCIENCE

Which lottery numbers should I pick?
Is it true that we are made entirely of stardust?
Can dogs tell the time?
Why do songs get stuck in my head?
If Rome wasn’t built in a day, how long did it take?
Do plants make noises?
Where is last Wednesday?

These are just a few of the questions put to the QI Elves by the listeners of BBC Radio 2’s The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show. This book is a collection of their cracking, unexpected and frequently hilarious answers. Chock full with extra facts and illustrations from the Elves, 222 QI Answers to Your Quite Ingenious Questions will spark wonder and joy.

Includes a foreword from Zoe Ball.

***

For more from the team behind QI’s hit TV show check out the QI FACTS series of books, @qikipedia and listen to their weekly podcast at nosuchthingasafish.com or visit qi.com

Critic Reviews

I'm thrilled to see the QI Elves are back with more funny and fascinating answers to BBC Radio 2's listeners' questions. The answers never go where you think they might . . . and each question makes you think of another one.

Zoe Ball
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Made me chortle.

Dermot O'Leary
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It is a fantastic read, it really is. I absolutely loved it.

Steve Wright
Critic Reviews

The best trivia book of the season comes, as so often, from the QI elves, who have followed last year’s excellent Funny You Should Ask . . . with the ingeniously titled Funny You Should Ask . . . Again.

The Spectator
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Mind-blowing.

Daily Mail
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Genuinely interesting . . . there's plenty to enjoy and to want to tell whoever is near you . . . make[s] an excellent present for teenagers and adults alike.

Popular Science
QIElves

The ‘QI Elves’ are the team of researchers and writers behind smash hit panel show QI. They have authored the 10,000 Facts series of QI books across seven titles, reached the semi-finals of Only Connect and had over 350 million downloads on their podcast No Such Thing As A Fish. They have appeared on ‘The Why Workshop’ on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show on Radio 2…

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