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John Lloyd (Author), John Mitchinson (Author)

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Publication Date: 7 Oct 2010 | Series: Qi

Who made the first aeroplane flight? How many legs does an octopus have? How much water should you drink every day? What is the chance of tossing a coin and it landing on heads? What happens if you leave a tooth in a glass of coke overnight? What is house dust mostly made from? What colour are oranges? Who in the world is most likely to kill you? What was the first dishwasher built to do?

John Lloyd and John Mitchinson, the brains behind QI, here present a wonderful collection of the most outrageous, fascinating and mind-bending facts, taking on the popular General Ignorance round from BBC1's top rated quiz and the first book in the bestselling series.

And whatever your answers to the questions above, you can be sure that everything you think you know is wrong.

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And whatever your answers to the questions above, you can be sure that everything you think you know is wrong.

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Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Faber and Faber (7 Oct 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0571269656
ISBN-13: 978-0571269655
Product Dimensions: 13.4 x 3.2 x 20.4 cm

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'This is pretty much the most cheerful book you could ever read.' --Evening Standard --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Second Book of General Ignorance 30 Nov 2010

By Jenny Peebles

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This new offering is another piece of wry loveliness from the guys at QI (whose lunchtime chat is a fearsome thing to imagine). It's teeming with lots of genuinely interesting snippets, some of the more disgusting - I'll be honest - I wish I hadn't read, and some of which still make me giggle days after I've read them.

What it manages really well - surprisingly so in a book that's essentially, well, about facts - is to maintain a rip-rattling pace, even while shifting topic with such frequency. It's very easy, for example, to get sucked into a bit about, say, how elephants get drunk, and not emerge until you've been firmly put in your place about the effect cracking your knuckles really has (if you're thinking arthritis you're - surprise surprise - wrong). For me, it also achieves the rare feat of making scientific stuff interesting ... if only my biology teacher at school had used this as a textbook.

The writing is superb, striking a note somewhere between authoritative and gently mocking. One of my favourite bits is from the article on absinthe:

"The active ingredient in wormwood is thujone .... [it] can be dangerous in high doses and does have a mild psychoactive effect, but not at the 10 milligrams per litre concentration that most absinthe contains. Sage, tarragon and Vicks VapoRub all contain similar levels of thujone, but no one has yet linked them to depraved behaviour."

Brilliant. If that raised a giggle - even a slight one - you'll love this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amusing and conversation piece 17 Nov 2010

By Mabel Massler

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I sent this book to my lovely son-in-law. He loved it and often uses quotes from it when giving presentations (to lighten the atmosphere). Amusing and clever.

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5.0 out of 5 stars More Facts! A great book! 8 Oct 2010

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The QI Second book of general Ignorance is fantastic! a great follow-up to the 1st one. Its packed with more ignorance and has funny little quotes from the series as well! a great read!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very good - if you like QI

I have only dipped in and out of this so far and I think that's probably the best way to deal with this - you can't read it like a novel. Read more

Published 5 days ago by carolintheforest

4.0 out of 5 stars Full of wonderful nuggets of information.

A joyous read that informs, educates and enlightens all tje ehile frustrating you that many "facts" you had taken as certainties are in fact incorrect. Live and learn.

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The book arrived very promptly. Good price, too. No complaints. We can recommend the vendor. It's a great and entertaining read that I thoroughly recommend.

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5.0 out of 5 stars great book

downloaded it just before we went away skiing and drove everyone mad with all the facts therein...except i have heard them being passed on since lol .... Read more

Published 1 month ago by MR J P BUTLER

4.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining

I have the first and this second did not disappoint - however less convenient to dip into as a Kindle version - needs easier access to indexing - please bear this in mind for all... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Traditionally held knowledge was challenged in a manner that made...

Knowledge was imparted in a well written manner. Misinformation, traditionally held as correct, were exposed and corrected sometimes usin comical presentation.

Published 2 months ago by Scott Garcia

4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating facts

A very interesting book to dip into in a quiet moment. Also very useful for starting conversations and discussions when the family meet up

Published 2 months ago by mez

5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting

I have enjoyed all these books . Great if you like interesting trivia. Good to pick up for a quick read.

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Bought this book as a gift for my partner, who advises its a very good and enjoyable read, so would recommend.

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This book has been read by the whole family in turn. It has lots of interesting facts. We are watching past QI programmes on Dave and find that we sometimes know the answers... Read more

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