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The Book of General Ignorance (A Quite Interesting Book) (Hardcover)

by Stephen Fry (Foreword), John Lloyd (Author), John Mitchinson (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
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  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber; Television tie-in edition edition (5 Oct 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0571233686
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571233687
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.2 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,267 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"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)."


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"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."
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203 of 211 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars General Ignorance is not just trivia, 9 Oct 2006
By A. Sunnucks (UK) - See all my reviews
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I read the Book of General Ignorance over the week-end. Although I have hundreds of trivia books they all pale into insignificance against this brilliant work which I shall genuinely enjoy forever.

Trivia books leave you feeling you're lacking something. There's something frustrating about a three line `fact' which is unsubstantiated and unexplained.

The Book of General Ignorance is a completely different animal, it awakens curiosity, is hilariously written, illuminating and leaves you desperate to fascinate your friends and family with your newly discovered wonders of the world around us. For once you can explain the background to your discovery and WHY it is so.

A fantastic read, highly recommended.
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars QI - Quite Interesting Indeed, 1 May 2007
By Michael Meachin (Lancashire, UK.) - See all my reviews
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A fantastic book stemming from the popular final round on the BBC's Q.I. series hoisted by Stephen Fry.
As a huge fan of the show I made this book a priority purchase when it became available and don't have a single complaint. Its very easy to pick up and start reading and as easy to put down after you've satisfied your factoid hunting brains!

Brilliant buy. And the series is one of the best shows on TV too - good work.
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164 of 180 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Generally Ignorant? , 21 Oct 2006
By Mr. A. ONeil Uk - See all my reviews
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Everyone enjoys the BBC2 programme QI. This book takes you through the journey of General Ignorance that will hopefully turn you from the puppy like Alan Davies into a budding Stephen Fry.

There are plenty of books around that attempt to teach you that what you think you know isn't quite true but this one is the definitave guide to knowledge.

So if you think America invented Baseball (It was the English), Thomas Crapper invented the flush toilet(Alfred Giblin), and Jaffa cakes (Apricot) are flavoured with orange jelly then this is the book for you.
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