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 QI: The Book of General Ignorance - Stephen Fry
Description: ISBN 0571233686 / Author: Stephen Fry / Compendium of popular misconceptions, misunderstandings and common mistakes culled from the hit ... more  QI: The Book of General Ignorance - Stephen Fry ... BBC show, QI. Published to coincide with the fourth series broadcast in September 2006. If, like Alan Davies, you still think that Henry VIII had six wives, the earth has only one moon, that George Washington was the first president of the USA, that Bangkok is the capital of Thailand, that the largest living thing is a blue whale, that Alexander Graeme Bell invented the telephone, that whisky and bagpipes come from Scotland or that Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain, then there are at least 200 reasons why this is the book for you.Newest Review: ... information from. As I mentioned before, this book entitled "The Book of General Ignorance" and accompanies the ... more ... highly successful BBC2/4 panel game by the name of "Q.I.: Quite Interesting". Stephen Fry acts as the quizmaster as he's generally thought of as being 'clever'. After all he's Cambridge University educated and it seems everyone knows that Fry knows a thing or two. In the show he chairs over his guests who in most cases are comedians, sometimes intellectuals themselves. The guests change every episode with one exception, actor and comedian Alan Davies appears in all show (apart from once in season 4 where, after...more |
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Format: CD-Audio, ISBN: 9780571243679
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QI: The Book of General Ignorance - Stephen Fry: Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong (1260 words)
by Teena2003 - written on 03.01.07 (Very useful, 701 readings)
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*** Read it wisely, Little One, for the power of ignorance is great. STEPHEN FRY *** I'm an avid fan of QI the television series. I've watched all four seasons so far on television, most of the episodes more than once thanks to BBC4 and BBC2 repeats and of course UKTV G2. I ordered season one on DVD from Amazon together with this book. I wish to thank dooyoo for the gift voucher enabling me to purchase both, the DVD box set AND the book accompanying the series. At the time of ordering the price for the hardback edition by Faber was £5.20, however, upon checking prices you now have to pay £6.50. I had hoped to get it cheaper at Tesco but this time round ...
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