Who is Yogi Bear's girlfriend? What links gazpacho soup with revenge? List the nine activities which are traditionally forbidden in public swimming pools. What does the Mona Lisa have in her left hand?What links the words "almost" and "biopsy?" On the Tip of My Tongue will take you from the natural world to notorious ships and novelty records, from the arts to advertising slogans and airport codes, from science and sport to scandals and space shuttles, from historical events to Hogwarts and Hitchcock and from popular culture to platonic solids and poker hands. It's a quiz book with a difference. As well as attempting to answer thousands of brain-twisting questions, you'll be asked to recall as many items as you can from a list, and to solve the hidden links between groups of questions. While you're struggling to find the right responses, you'll also be reading anecdotes, comments and curious facts. It can be played with family, friends, enemies--or on your own. But however you want to play it, you're sure to suffer the hopeless frustration of finding the next answer is . . . On the Tip of My Tongue.

On the Tip of My Tongue: Questions, Facts, Curiosities and Games of a Quizzical Nature

Humor & Entertainment

Gentle, David

Puzzles & Games

Bloomsbury Paperbacks

Review\n"I find it impossible to believe you will not love this book." —Daniel Radcliffe\nThe Ministry of Quizzes is the must-buy gift book for quiz solvers and puzzlers, from David Gentle, author of On the Tip of My Tongue. Perfect for fans of TheGCHQ Puzzle Book, Bletchley Park Brainteasers, and The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book.\nApparently, deep in the heart of Whitehall, up an unnoticeable side road, is an unassuming office block. Unremarkable on the outside, inside it buzzes and bustles with activity. Civil servants hard at work, researching, compiling, cross-checking. Facts and trivia, questions and puzzles. Allegedly, this is the Ministry of Quizzes. The small but essential government department is the national authority on all matters relating to quizzes, puzzles and general knowledge trivia. Now for the first time, their work can be revealed.\nThe Ministry of Quizzes features an ingenious and irresistible mixture of over 200 quizzes and puzzles to be played solo or with family and friends. It contains everything, in fact, that you would expect from of a government department dedicated to the field.

The Ministry of Quizzes: The ultimate compendium for puzzlers and quiz solvers

Macmillan, UK

The Ministry of Quizzes: The Ultimate Compendium for Puzzlers and Quiz-solvers

Pan.

In this wonderful collection of miscellany and minutia , trivia-phile David Gentle brings together the most tantalizing brain-twisting questions that-- honestly, no really-- are just on the tip of your tongue. Perfect for families, friends, rivals - or even to read on your own, On the Tip of My Tongue asks readers to recall as many items as possible from a list, and to solve the hidden links between groups of questions. In between quizzes, Gentle also provides readers with fascinating anecdotes, scholarly commentary and curiously fun facts about each entry. 
For instance: 1.) The first use of the term dictator was to describe a temporary executive of the Roman Republic, invested with absolute power during emergencies; 2.) George Orwell's real name is Eric Arthur Blair;
3.) "Stan" is the Persian word for "country;" 
4.) The most popular currency in the world is the U.S. dollar, with an esitmated $700 billion in circulation; 
5.) The concept of Seven Deadly Sins is not mentioned in the bible; Pope Gregory the Great came up with the idea in the sixth century AD. 
As enlightening as it is entertaining, On the Tip of My Tongue is the perfect holiday gift for the discerning intellects in your life.

On the Tip of My Tongue: Questions, Facts, Curiosities, and Games of a Quizzical Nature

Bloomsbury USA

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