1,423 QI Facts to Bowl You Over

by John Lloyd, James Harkin, Anne Miller, John Mitchinson

Overview

'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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780571339129
Publisher:	Faber and Faber
Publication date:	10/03/2017
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

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.

QI and founding producer of The News Quiz, Not the Nine O'Clock News, Spitting Image, Blackadder and No Such Thing As The News.
QI, and one-fourth of the award-winning podcast No Such Thing As A Fish. He has authored 13 books with the QI Elves and toured sell-out shows across the world, from the London Palladium to the Sydney Opera House. He is a long-suffering fan of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, and now runs Unbound. He's with Einstein: 'There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.'