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QI: The Book of General Ignorance

Customer rating on QI: The Book of General Ignorance: 4.5 out of 5 stars ( 7 customer ratings )

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Compendium of popular misconceptions, misunderstandings and common mistakes culled from the hit BBC show, QI. Published to coincide with the fourth series broadcast in September 2006. If, like Alan Davies, you still think that 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.




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Faber and Faber (United Kingdom)

2006

9780571233687

Hardback - 304 Pages

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Customer rating on QI: The Book of General Ignorance: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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Customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars Excellent

Midget14 | 09/12/2008 | See all Midget14's reviews (62) »

If you're reading this then you are probably a fan of QI already. If you are then you are likely to enjoy this collection of the finer moments of the series. Full of quirky and interesting facts that at times make you feel suitably ignorant and others surprisingly bright.
A thoroughly decent coffee table read.

Customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars Educated Fun

Chinry | 24/05/2008 | See all Chinry's reviews (118) »

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After finding the show an utter delight to watch I snapped up this book the moment I saw it. The writing is educated and witty without coming across as patronising or dull. There are a various range of facts from history to space, but nearly all are intersting enough to keep you reading right through to the end. Afterward you'll be full of needless facts to annoy friends and family with and delight how often these QI facts come up in everyday life. I even discovered something medical about myself thanks to this book.

A good follow up to the show, though if you are an avid viewer, many of these facts you will have alreadt picked up. That is probably this books only flaw.

Customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars Great Read!

corky9 | 26/04/2008 | See all corky9's reviews (4) »

This is an awswum book with lots of facts you think you know the answers to...but you're wrong!

Great choice if you like to randomly tell people things :D

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