The book of general ignorance / John Lloyd and John Mitchinson; [foreword by Stephen Fry & four words [sic] by Alan Davies].
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TextSeries: A Quite Interesting bookPublication details: London : Faber & Faber, 2010Description: xx, 383 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780571270972Uniform titles: Quite Interesting (Television program) Subject(s): Quite Interesting (Television program) | Questions and answers | Curiosities and wonders | History -- Miscellanea | Science -- Miscellanea | Geography -- MiscellaneaDDC classification: 032.02 Summary: HUMOUR. This indispensable compendium of popular misconceptions, misunderstandings and common mistakes culled from the hit BBC show, "QI'. The noticeably stouter "QI Book of General Ignorance" sets out to show you that a lot of what you think you know is wrong. If, like Alan Davies, you still think the Henry VIII had six wives, the earth has only one moon, that George Washington was the first president of the USA, that Bangkok is the capital of Thailand, that the largest living thing is a blue whale, that Alexander Graeme Bell invented the telephone, that whisky and bagpipes come from Scotland or that Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain, then there are at least 200 reasons why this is the book for you.
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Written in association with the Quite Interesting BBC panel game which was created by John Lloyd.
At head of title: A Quite Interesting Book.
HUMOUR. This indispensable compendium of popular misconceptions, misunderstandings and common mistakes culled from the hit BBC show, "QI'. The noticeably stouter "QI Book of General Ignorance" sets out to show you that a lot of what you think you know is wrong. If, like Alan Davies, you still think the Henry VIII had six wives, the earth has only one moon, that George Washington was the first president of the USA, that Bangkok is the capital of Thailand, that the largest living thing is a blue whale, that Alexander Graeme Bell invented the telephone, that whisky and bagpipes come from Scotland or that Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain, then there are at least 200 reasons why this is the book for you.
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