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QI: The Second Book of General Ignorance (Qi: Book of General Ignorance 2) (English Edition) van [John Lloyd, John Mitchinson]

QI: The Second Book of General Ignorance (Qi: Book of General Ignorance 2) (English Edition) Kindle-editie

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Just when you thought it was safe to start showing off again, the bestselling authors of The Book of General Ignorance and 1,277 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off are back. With a foreword by Stephen Fry, this parcel of unimaginable information is here to solve a few common misconceptions, mistakes and misunderstandings.

Octopuses have six legs, oranges aren't orange, bats aren't blind, napoleon wasn't short, vikings didn't wear horned helmets, there is no such thing as a fish.

QI: The Second 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 stick with which to beat people who think they do.

John Lloyd and John Mitchinson are the bestselling authors of QI:The Book of General Ignorance and 1,277 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off. Here they present a wonderful collection of astonishingly interesting facts, perfect for pub quiz lovers, trivia buffs and general knowledge experts alike.

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465 pagina's
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Faber & Faber
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7 oktober 2010
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3817 KB
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John Lloyd CBE devised The News Quiz and To the Manor Born for radio and Not The Nine O'Clock News, Spitting Image and Blackadder for television. John Mitchinson has been both bookseller and publisher and looked after authors as diverse as Haruki Murakami, The Beatles and a woman who knitted with dog hair. Together they are in charge of research for the hit BBC show QI, and have written many bestselling books, including such titles as The Book of General Ignorance, 1,227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off and most recently, 1,411 QI Facts To Knock You sideways.

John Lloyd CBE devised The News Quiz and To the Manor Born for radio and Not The Nine O'Clock News, Spitting Image and Blackadder for television. John Mitchinson has been both bookseller and publisher and looked after authors as diverse as Haruki Murakami, The Beatles and a woman who knitted with dog hair. Together they are in charge of research for the hit BBC show QI, and have written many bestselling books, including such titles as The Book of General Ignorance, 1,227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off and most recently, 1,411 QI Facts To Knock You sideways. --Deze tekst verwijst naar de paperback editie.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0047O2BI4
Uitgever ‏ : ‎ Faber & Faber; Main editie (7 oktober 2010)
Taal ‏ : ‎ Engels
Bestandsgrootte ‏ : ‎ 3817 KB
Tekst-naar-spraak ‏ : ‎ Ingeschakeld
Schermlezer ‏ : ‎ Ondersteund
Verbeterd lettertype ‏ : ‎ Ingeschakeld
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Ingeschakeld
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Ingeschakeld
Printlengte ‏ : ‎ 465 pagina's

Plaats in bestsellerlijst: #123,249 in Kindle Store (Top 100 in bekijkenKindle Store)
- #398 in Quizzen
- #787 in Humor & entertainment in het Engels
- #1,093 in Televisie (Boeken)

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Mark Chisholm

Great Fun - Let Down By Slight Errors

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 25 mei 2013

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As per usual a book filled with fun facts and of course challenges to the standard authordoxy that we believe in. All great fun told with some verve and with a tongue in cheek style.

What is wonderful about this book - and others in the series - is that it informs and entertains in equal measure. If school books were this good, I'm sure that more children would take an interest. However there are as in any book of this kind a few hiccups.

Firstly we are told that the yak has the longest hair of any animal at 60cm - around 2ft. Earlier on there is another article that goes on to point out that humans - at least the hair on their head, does not stop growing unlike all other animals. In fact there are many ladies and a few men in day to day life with hair longer than 2ft.

The second wrong fact is Richard the 3rd. The article finishes off with the rather smug assumption that Shakespeare was wrong and that by all accounts Richard III was in fact a good height and handsome without any known disfigurement. Of course the fact that he has been dug up in a car park and matches perfectly with the stories of a hunchbacked near dwarf somewhat renders the entire chapter null and void.

And that's the problem with books that are entirely based upon the accuracy of their facts, because when they are not correct it calls into question the rest of the statements. Generally I do believe most of what has been written but if I can spot a couple of mistakes easily then I'm sure that others will find more.

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Yellow2A

Like watching QI in your head

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 18 februari 2013

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If you watch QI you will remember many of the questions that are included in the book. Indeed it will feel like you can hear Stephen Fry's voice asking them and adding the extra interesting detail. The addition of some of the comments from the panel is a nice touch - not that every one of them is a brilliantly incisive comedic gem though.
Once you've absorbed some of the trivia in this book just imagine what a populat guest you'll be at cocktail parties!
As a dedicated QI fan I am an easy audience for a book like this to please. But in truth it lacks original content or any novelty in its structure (basically it's just a list of the quesitons and answers so I could easily imagine another reader being less enamoured.

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Taretti

Fab, buy it!

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 16 oktober 2020

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Spectacular, funny n very informative. Just like the TV show

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Een iemand vond dit nuttig

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Mark Ramsay

More than Quite Interesting

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 5 april 2021

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I loved this book, the range of subjects and facts contained within enlightened and entertained me. I shall definitely pick up another volume

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Joachim O.

Lot of interesting facts

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 6 september 2012

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This is an interesting collection of more or less interesting facts which you were probably not aware of, or thought you knew them, but then it turns out just to be an urban myth. Every fact starts with a question where you might think to know the answer just to be proven wrong a few paragraphs later.
Ever heard that urinating on a jellyfish sting might help, well this is just wrong.
Interesting facts like which animal saved the most human lives and what causes pins and needles.
Overall an enjoyable read.

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