Qi: the Book of General Ignorance - the Noticeably Stouter Edition

by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson

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.

• ISBN13: 9780571270972
• Publish Date: 7 October 2010 (first published 25 December 2008)
• Publish Status: Transferred
• Out of Print: 7 July 2021
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Faber & Faber
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 304
• Language: English

Reviews

[remo]

Divertidísimo compendio de preguntas con sus respuestas, siempre distintas de las comúnmente aceptadas. ¿Dónde se inventó la guillotina? En Yorkshire, Inglaterra. ¿Cuántos sentidos tiene el cuerpo humano? Al menos nueve (incluyendo la termocepción o percepción de calor). ¿Qué estructura humana es visible desde la Luna? Ninguna. Y menos la muralla china, que es más estrecha que muchas carreteras. Desde la Luna no se distinguen casi los continentes. Y así hasta unas 300 preguntas. Muy entretenido, muy interesante y altamente recomendable para los amantes de las curiosidades.