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222 QI Answers to Your Quite Ingenious Questions

By: The QI Elves
Narrated by: Anne Miller, James Harkin, John Lloyd, The QI Elves
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Summary

This edition includes all new, even more ingenious questions and answers! It was previously published in hardback as Funny You Should Ask . . . Again.

'The best trivia book of the season.' THE SPECTATOR

'Mind-blowing.' DAILY MAIL

'Genuinely interesting.' POPULAR SCIENCE

Which lottery numbers should I pick?

Is it true that we are made entirely of stardust?

Can dogs tell the time?

Why do songs get stuck in my head?

If Rome wasn't built in a day, how long did it take?

Do plants make noises?

Where is last Wednesday?

These are just a few of the questions put to the QI Elves by the listeners of BBC Radio 2's The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show. This book is a collection of their cracking, unexpected and frequently hilarious answers. Chock full with extra facts and illustrations from the Elves, 222 QI Answers to Your Quite Ingenious Questions will spark wonder and joy.
Includes a foreword from Zoe Ball.
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©2022 The QI Elves (P)2022 Faber & Faber
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"The best trivia book of the season." (The Spectator)

"Mind-blowing." (Daily Mail)

"Genuinely interesting." (Popular Science)

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Weird sound issues.

Weird issues with the sound? Some sentence beginnings were cut off for some reason. Only really annoying in the anagram section.

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Funny and knowledgeable

Fantastic funny listening shared by all the family. A first pick for our long journeys. Highly recommend

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Not Quite

I'm a fan of QI, but sadly this book just didn't do it for me. There are some interesting facts but it jumps around all over tue place instead of having a logical order (e.g. all the space bits together). There are some annoying sound effects too. And when they use the phrase "we know from the Bible that...", it lost all credibility.

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Does exactly what it says

Great for background listening while doing mundane tasks around the house or garage or work. (Am trying to hit the 15 word minimum)

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another certified banger

Great book, as always. I love how they can take a subject/question that could be seen as boring and instantly turn it into something quite interesting.

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Very easy and interesting to listen to

Very interesting questions, a few funny answers the only negative thing I have to say is that maybe some answers have been said to quick and it was difficult to follow. But overall very good and I recommend!

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Reused content

This is pretty much the exact same content as Funny you should ask again. If you have already bought that no need to get this

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Rip off

I love all things QI and no such thing, so naturally I bought the new book. The same as I have always done. This is the same god damn book they’ve already released. I want my money back. Anybody know how to ask for a refund on audible?

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Reused Material

Lots, if not all, is material from previous QI books (or NSTAAF books), and that is not made clear in the description.

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Don't bother

if you already own any QI books it is just repeating things in them not new content and is a a waste of a credit

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