Funny You Should Ask…

£12.99

The QI Elves are the clever clogs researchers behind the smash hit panel show ‘QI’. Every Wednesday they appear on ‘The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show’ and they answer the ponderings and wonderings of BBC Radio 2’s most inquisitive listeners. Why isn’t a unicorn called a unihorn? Who first put the alphabet in alphabetical order? How much water would you need to put out the sun? When, and exactly why, did salted caramel ice cream become so popular? This book features the QI Elves’ answers to 200 questions on topics ranging from goosebumps to gherkins and everything in-between. Generously sprinkled with mind-boggling extra facts from the Elves, this is essential reading for the incurably curious.

Backorder Notice MessageJan 01, 1970

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EVERYTHING TO PLAY FOR – A NEW BOOK BY QI ELVES JAMES HARKIN AND ANNA PTASZYNSKI – IS AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER NOW

The perfect gift for all those big and little kids in your life who ask ‘why…?’.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZOE BALL

‘QI have outdone themselves!’ ALAN DAVIES
‘Fabulous . . . A cracker of a book!’ SUE PERKINS
‘The QI Elves are barnstormingly brilliant.’ ZOE BALL
‘Genuinely useful and endlessly fascinating.’ THE SPECTATOR
‘Hilarious.’ DAILY MAIL

The QI Elves are the brains behind the enduringly popular BBC TV panel show QI.

Every Wednesday the Elves appear on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show where they answer the ponderings and wonderings of BBC Radio 2’s most inquisitive listeners.

Dive into this splendid collection of listeners’ unusual questions and some unexpected answers that are sure to make your head spin on topics ranging from goosebumps to grapefruit, pizza to pirates and everything in-between. Generously sprinkled with extra facts and questions from the Elves, Funny You Should Ask . . . is essential reading for the incurably curious.

How much water would you need to put out the Sun?
If spiders can walk on the ceiling, why can’t they get out of the bath?
Why do dads make such bad jokes?
Why does red mean ‘stop’ and green mean ‘go’?
Can I dig a tunnel to the other side of the Earth?
How do plant seeds know which way is up?
Can you fill up a black hole?
Who popularised the recorder, and where can I get hold of them?

For more from the team behind QI, visit qi.com. You can also follow QI’s fact-filled Twitter account @qikipedia and listen to their weekly podcast at nosuchthingasafish.com

For more mind-boggling nuggets of wisdom check out the QI FACTS SERIES

Additional information

Weight 438 g
Dimensions 198 × 153 × 20 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

288

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

001 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K