1,423 QI Facts to Bowl You Over

John Lloyd, James Harkin, Anne Miller (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

400 Seiten

2017 | Main
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-33910-5 (ISBN)

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Presents a selection of 1,423 facts to bowl you over. This title includes facts such as: Bees can play football; cholesterol is good for you; camels gave humans the common cold; English has 3,000 words relating to drunkenness; in 1851 all the 436,800 sandwiches sold in London were ham; and, Iceland has more volcanoes than footballers.

'I love these books ... the best books ever. Brilliant' Chris Evans

The sixth book in the bestselling series brings bizarre, astonishing, conversation-starting facts from the clever clogs at the hugely popular BBC quiz show QI.

Did you know that:

Iceland imports ice cubes.

A group of ladybirds is called a loveliness.

It is illegal in Saudi Arabia to name a child Sandi.

Eight billion particles of fog can fit into a teaspoon.

People who read books live longer than people who don't.

Prince Philip was born on a kitchen table in Corfu.

No human beings have ever had sex in space.

Netfiix's biggest competitor is sleep.

Mice sigh up to 40 times an hour.

John Lloyd CBE is the creator of QI and founding producer of The News Quiz, Not the Nine O'Clock News, Spitting Image, Blackadder and No Such Thing As The News. James Harkin, QI's Head Elf, presents the QI Elves' podcast No Such Thing As A Fish and BBC 2's No Such Thing As The News. He also produces The Museum of Curiosity. Anne Miller is a scriptwriter and researcher for QI. She is Head Researcher for BBC Radio 4's The Museum of Curiosity and writes a literary column for Standard Issue magazine.

Erscheinungsdatum	28.09.2017
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	111 x 178 mm
Gewicht	315 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Humor / Satire
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten
	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
ISBN-10	0-571-33910-7 / 0571339107
ISBN-13	978-0-571-33910-5 / 9780571339105
Zustand	Neuware