QI: The Book of General Ignorance - The Noticeably Stouter Edition - Hardcover

Lloyd, John; Mitchinson, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0571270972 ISBN 13: 9780571270972

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 2010

Synopsis

The 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.

About this title

Book Description:

This new edition of the bestseller has 26% added ignorance, and is republished in hardback to match the sequel!

From the Back Cover:

This comprehensive catalogue of all the misconceptions, mistakes and misunderstandings in 'common knowledge' will make you wonder why anyone bothers going to school.

More than 25% longer, with extra cartoons, hilarious extracts from the TV show and 50 new things you didn't know, including:

No one has ever slid down a banister

There are 613 commandments in the Bible

Vipers, cobras and rattlesnakes are not poisonous

Newborn babies are indifferent to their mothers

The Swiss Family weren't called Robinson

The unluckiest date is Monday the 27th

You have no muscles in your fingers

Coffee isn't made from beans

Completely revised, corrected and plumped up, it now includes an index and an appendix listing all the celebrities who have appeared on 'QI' to date.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0571270972
• ISBN 13: 9780571270972
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416