QI: The Book of General Ignorance - The Noticeably Stouter Edition (Q1)

QI: The Book of General Ignorance - The Noticeably Stouter Edition (Q1)

by JohnLloyd (Author), JohnMitchinson (Author), John Lloyd (Author), John Mitchinson (Author)

Synopsis

This 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.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 07 Oct 2010

ISBN 10: 0571270972
ISBN 13: 9780571270972
Book Overview: This new edition of the bestseller has 26% added ignorance, and is republished in hardback to match the sequel!

Author Bio
John Lloyd has a broadcasting background. As a radio producer he devised The News Quiz and To the Manor Born before moving to television to start Not the Nine O'Clock News, Spitting Image, and Blackadder. If pressed, he'd concur with Heraclitus: 'abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.' 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. 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.'