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    222 QI Answers to Your Quite Ingenious Questions
    222 QI Answers to Your Quite Ingenious Questions
    222 QI Answers to Your Quite Ingenious Questions
    Audiobook6 hours

    222 QI Answers to Your Quite Ingenious Questions

    Written by The QI Elves

    Narrated by The QI Elves, Anne Miller, James Harkin and John Lloyd

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    About this audiobook

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

    *The perfect gift for the incurably curious*

    This edition includes all new, even more ingenious questions and answers! It was previously published in hardback as Funny You Should Ask . . . Again.

    'The best trivia book of the season.' THE SPECTATOR

    'Mind-blowing.' DAILY MAIL
    'Genuinely interesting.' POPULAR SCIENCE

    Which lottery numbers should I pick?

    Is it true that we are made entirely of stardust?

    Can dogs tell the time?

    Why do songs get stuck in my head?

    If Rome wasn't built in a day, how long did it take?

    Do plants make noises?

    Where is last Wednesday?

    These are just a few of the questions put to the QI Elves by the listeners of BBC Radio 2's The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show. This book is a collection of their cracking, unexpected and frequently hilarious answers. Chock full with extra facts and illustrations from the Elves, 222 QI Answers to Your Quite Ingenious Questions will spark wonder and joy.

    Includes a foreword from Zoe Ball.

    ***

    For more from the team behind QI's hit TV show check out the QI FACTS series of books, @qikipedia and listen to their weekly podcast at nosuchthingasafish.com or visit qi.com
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFaber & Faber
    Release dateNov 1, 2022
    ISBN9780571381289
    222 QI Answers to Your Quite Ingenious Questions

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