Join the QI team for an off-road safari through a hundred of the most interesting members of the animal kingdom, armed with illuminating illustrations and diagrams by award-winning artist Ted Dewan. Meet the water bears that can live in suspension for hundreds of years, the parasite carried by your cat that makes men grumpy and women promiscuous, and the woodlouse that drinks through its bottom. Marvel at elephants that walk on tiptoe, pigs that shine in the dark, and woodpeckers that have ears on the end of their tongues. If you still think a pangolin is a musical instrument, that hyenas are dogs, or that sheep are pointless and stupid, "The Book of Animal Ignorance" has arrived just in time.

QI: The Book of Animal Ignorance

John Lloyd

John Mitchinson

Humor & Entertainment

Faber&Faber

Think Magellan was the first man to circumnavigate the globe, baseball was invented in America, Henry VIII had six wives, Mount Everest is the tallest mountain? Wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong again.Misconceptions, misunderstandings, and flawed facts finally get the heave-ho in this humorous, downright humiliating book of reeducation based on the phenomenal British bestseller. Challenging what most of us assume to be verifiable truths in areas like history, literature, science, nature, and more, The Book of General Ignorance is a witty “gotcha” compendium of how little we actually know about anything. It’ll have you scratching your head wondering why we even bother to go to school.Revealing the truth behind all the things we think we know but don’t, this book leaves you dumbfounded about all the misinformation you’ve managed to collect during your life, and sets you up to win big should you ever be a contestant on Jeopardy! or Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.Besides righting the record on common (but wrong) myths like Captain Cook discovering Australia or Alexander Graham Bell inventing the telephone, The Book of General Ignorance also gives us the skinny on silly slipups to trot out at dinner parties (Cinderella wore fur, not glass, slippers and chicken tikka masala was invented in Scotland, not India).Thomas Edison said that we know less than one millionth of one percent about anything: this book makes us wonder if we know even that much.You’ll be surprised at how much you don’t know! Check out THE BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE for more fun entries and complete answers to the following: How long can a chicken live without its head?About two years. What do chameleons do? They don’t change color to match the background. Never have; never will. Complete myth. Utter fabrication. Total Lie. They change color as a result of different emotional states. Who invented champagne? Not the French. How many legs does a centipede have?Not a hundred. How many toes has a two-toed sloth? It’s either six or eight. How many penises does a European earwig have? a)Fourteenb)None at allc)Two (one for special occasions)d)Mind your own businessWhich animals are the best-endowed of all?Barnacles. These unassuming modest beasts have the longest penis relative to their size of any creature. They can be seven times longer than their body. What is a rhino’s horn made from? A rhinoceros horn is not, as some people think, made out of hair. Who was the first American president?Peyton Randolph. What were George Washington’s false teeth made from? Mostly hippopotamus. What was James Bond’s favorite drink? Not the vodka martini.

QI: The Sound of General Ignorance

Puzzles & Games

Faber and Faber Ltd.

The Q1 Book of the Dead

Faber and Faber

Qi: the Book of the Dead

Misconceptions, misunderstandings, and flawed facts finally get the heave-ho in this humorous, downright humiliating book of reeducation based on the phenomenal British bestseller. Challenging what most of us assume to be verifiable truths in areas like history, literature, science, nature, and more,The Book of General Ignorance is a witty “gotcha” compendium of how little we actually know about anything. It’ll have you scratching your head wondering why we even bother to go to school.Think Magellan was the first man to circumnavigate the globe, baseball was invented in America, Henry VIII had six wives, Mount Everest is the tallest mountain? Wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong again. You’ll be surprised at how much you don’t know! Check out THE BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE for more fun entries and complete answers to the following:  How long can a chicken live without its head? About two years.  What do chameleons do?  They don’t change color to match the background. Never have; never will. Complete myth. Utter fabrication. Total Lie. They change color as a result of different emotional states.  How many legs does a centipede have? Not a hundred.  How many toes has a two-toed sloth?  It’s either six or eight.  Who was the first American president? Peyton Randolph.  What were George Washington’s false teeth made from?  Mostly hippopotamus.  What was James Bond’s favorite drink?  Not the vodka martini.

The Book of General Ignorance

Paperback. Pub Date :2010-05-06 Pages: 240 Language: English Publisher: Faber and Faber Crime Collected by the authors of the worldwide bestselling compendium. The Book of General Ignorance. The Book of Animal Ignorance is packed with staggering facts and figures about 120 of the most interesting members of the animal kingdom. and armed with illuminating illustrations. maps and diagrams. Marvel at elephants that walk on tiptoe. the pigs that shine in the dark. and the woodpeckers that have ears on the end of their tongues ...

Qi: the Book of Animal Ignorance (International Edition)

QI Ltd

Humor

IN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD YOU WILL MEET HUNDREDS OF DEAD PEOPLE, SOME WELL-KNOWN, OTHERS COMPLETELY OBSCURE, ORGANISED INTO 42 SHORT CHAPTERS THAT PLAY MERRY HELL WITH THE USUAL CLASSIFICATIONS. SO, INSTEAD OF ROYALTY, SCIENTISTS AND SPORTSMEN, YOU LL FIND RATHER MORE DIVERTING CATEGORIES LIKE PEOPLE WHO DIED PENNILESS, THE ONE-LEGGED, ONLY CHILDREN, PEOPLE WHO FAILED AT SCHOOL, THOSE ONLY REMEMBERED BY A SINGLE QUOTATION AND THE LAST PEOPLE TO KNOW EVERYTHING. WHY DID A CHURCH COMPOSER INVENT THE HAND GRENADE? WHAT WAS LEONARDO S PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT? IF THE BOOK OF THE DEAD DOESN T PERSUADE YOU TO IMMEDIATELY JOIN THE MASSED RANKS OF THOSE LOOKING AT THE RADISHES FROM BELOW, IT WILL CERTAINLY MAKE THE TRICKY BUSINESS OF LIVING A TAD LESS GRIM AND A LOT MORE INTERESTING.

QI: The Book of the Dead

Biographies & Memoirs

Reference & Collections

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James Harkin

Faber & Faber Non-Fiction

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