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* Challenging quiz questions for both the serious contestant and for home entertainment, set by BBC Mastermind's Magnus Magnusson.
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As what is the painting La Gioconda better known? Upon which city is the original game of Monopoly based? Whose portrait is on the reverse side of current Bank of England £50 notes?
From Magnus Magnusson, presenter of BBC's Mastermind for twenty-five years, comes the complete quiz book, perfect for both the serious contestant and for family fun. Echoing the television show's classic twin formula of specialist subjects and general knowledge, the book contains over one thousand carefully graded questions (together with the all-important answers). It offers a question list far superior to the usual stock pub quiz fodder. Many of the questions have been chosen for their unusual answers, or for the surprising stories behind them. The specialist subjects include topics of particular interest to Magnus, such as Norse Mythology and perfume; and for the most hardened of quiz enthusiasts, there are a smattering of old favourites from Mastermind itself.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm always on the look out for new sources of questions. When I came upon this one my hopes weren't high, but I should have guessed that the late great Magnus would never have put his name to anything which is substandard. There's plenty of questions in the book, 2,000 by my reckoning, which is pretty good value. Half of the rounds are general knowledge, and the other half are themed. More than that, though, each round is carefully put together so that the questions increase in difficulty, and the last few questions in many of the rounds are absolute stinkers.You'll find a lot of original questions here. I do think this is a book for the regular quizzer rather than families, though. Nothing wrong with that , either.I don't read quiz books for pleasure, but once I started working my way through this one I couldn't put it down until I had tried every quiz over a couple of days. That says a lot. In my humble opinion, one of the best 'straight' quiz books I've bought for a very long time.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Both this and 'Magnus Magnusson's Quiz Book' (ISBN 0751530654) are among the best quiz books around for serious quizzers. Many original, challenging and entertaining questions and very few of the boring, generic questions you find in most quiz books. Well worth buying if you're serious about quizzing.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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After much consideration I bought this quiz book as I thought it would offer a good balance between answerable questions and challenging ones. In fact, it's full of ridiculously obscure ones. I'd say I'm someone of at least average intelligence, with decent general knowlegde, yet this book is just packed full of obscure questions, mostly historical, rather than current.
If you want a broader range or more answerable, but not easy, questions, I'd recommend Quiz Master by Nick Holt instead.
If you want a broader range or more answerable, but not easy, questions, I'd recommend Quiz Master by Nick Holt instead.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
brilliant birthday prank
We bought this book to enable us to 'mastermind' my husband on his birthday. He loves a quiz. We devised some 'specialist' questions and used a random quiz page for the general... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Jane
Sheer volume of questions should entertain
Bought for an acquaintance, I think she and her family will enjoy using this on those dark, long, cold nights of winter. Read more
Published 17 months ago by R. B. Duenas Leon
Quiz book for the super family?
At the risk of sounding like a complete dullard, I would have to question the appropriateness of this book's title, as a large proportion of the questions contained therein are... Read more
Published on 20 April 2009 by J. Goddin
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I purchased this book to assist in compiling a fun family quiz thinking it would be ideal being a 'family quiz book'. Read more
Published on 17 April 2009 by Mrs Mac
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