QI: The Pocket Book of General Ignorance by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson is a runaway Christmas bestseller from the researchers at QI, now in a handy pocket-sized edition, perfect for flaunting fun facts on-the-go.
John Lloyd and John Mitchinson, supported by a crack research squad of QI elves, are the authors of the bestselling The Book of General Ignorance. Ted Dewan is one of the UK's best-known children's authors and illustrators.
"Trivia buffs and know-it-alls alike will exult to find so much
repeatable wisdom gathered in one place."
--"New York Times"
""The Book of General Ignorance" won't make you feel dumb. It's
really a call to be more curious."
--"The Associated Press"
"Ignorance may be bliss, but so is learning surprising
information."
--"Hartford Courant"
"You, too, can banish social awdwardness by having its endless
count of facts and factoids at the ready. Or you could just read it
and keep what you learned to yourself. Betcha can't."
--"New York Daily News"
"To impress friends with your cleverness, beg, borrow or buy John
Lloyd and John Mitchinson's The Book of General Ignorance, an
extraordinary collection of 230 common misperceptions compiled for
the BBC panel game QI (Quite Interesting)."
--"Financial Times
"
"This book would make even Edison feel small and silly, for it
offers answers to questions you never thought to ask or had no need
of asking as you already knew, or thought you knew, the
answer."
--"The Economist"
"Trivia books, like any kind of mental or physical addiction, are
both irresistible and unsatisfying. By the standards of the genre,
this one has something approaching the force of revelation.
Answering silly questions suddenly seems less important than taking
the trouble to ask a few."
"--Melbourne Age"
"Eye-watering, eyebrow-raising, terrific . . . moving slightly
faster than your brain does, so that you haven't quite absorbed the
full import of one blissful item of trivial information before two
or three more come along. Such fine and creative research genuinely
deserves to be captured in print."
--"Daily Mail"
"This UKbestseller redefines 'common knowledge' with factoids that
will inform and entertain (or at least liven up your next cocktail
party)."
-"OK! Magazine"
""The Book of General Ignorance" won't make you feel dumb. It's
really a call to be more curious."
--"The Associated Press"
"Ignorance may be bliss, but so is learning surprising
information."
--"Hartford Courant"
"You, too, can banish social awdwardness by having its endless
count of facts and factoids at the ready. Or you could just read it
and keep what you learned to yourself. Betcha can't."
--"New York Daily News"
"To impress friends with your cleverness, beg, borrow or buy John
Lloyd and John Mitchinson's The Book of General Ignorance, an
extraordinary collection of 230 common misperceptions compiled for
the BBC panel game QI (Quite Interesting)."
--"Financial Times
"
"This book would make even Edison feel small and silly, for it
offers answers to questions you never thought to ask or had no need
of asking as you already knew, or thought you knew, the
answer."
--"The Economist"
"Trivia books, like any kind of mental or physical addiction, are
both irresistible and unsatisfying. By the standards of the genre,
this one has something approaching the force of revelation.
Answering silly questions suddenly seems less important than taking
the trouble to ask a few."
"--MelbourneAge"
"Eye-watering, eyebrow-raising, terrific . . . moving slightly
faster than your brain does, so that you haven't quite absorbed the
full import of one blissful item of trivial information before two
or three more come along. Such fine and creative research genuinely
deserves to be captured in print."
--"Daily Mail"
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