1,339 Qi Facts to Make Your Jaw Drop

It is impossible to whistle in a spacesuit . Wagner always wore pink silk underwear. Rugby School's first official rugby kit in 1871 included a bow tie. Lord Kitchener had four spaniels called Shot, Bang, Miss and Damn. J. K Rowling has no middle name. The first computer mouse was made of wood. Following the sensational success of 1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off , the QI team returns with a fresh stack of facts to astonish and enlighten. If there are any facts you don't believe, or if you want to know more about them, all the sources can be found on QI's website.

About the author

John Lloyd CBE is the creator of QI and founding producer of The News Quiz, Not the Nine O'Clock News, Spitting Image, Blackadder and No Such Thing As The News.John Mitchinson is from the world of books. The original Marketing Director of Waterstone's, he became Managing Director of Cassell, where he published The Beatles, Michael Palin and Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, and now runs Unbound. He's with Einstein: 'There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.'James Harkin is QI's Senior Researcher and Script Editor and is one of the presenters of the number one podcast No Such Thing As A Fish.

Summary

Following the sensational success of 1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off, this title returns with a fresh stack of facts to astonish and enlighten: it is impossible to whistle in a spacesuit; Wagner always wore pink silk underwear; and, Rugby School's first official rugby kit in 1871 included a bow tie.

Product details

• Authors: James Harkin, Harkin James, John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, John Lloyd Mitchinson, Mitchinson John
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.11.2013
• EAN: 9780571308941
• ISBN: 978-0-571-30894-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 122 mm x 185 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Readings/interpretations/reading notes > English; Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; HUMOR / General, FICTION / Media Tie-In, REFERENCE / Encyclopedias, Trivia & quiz question books, TV tie-in humour, Trivia and quiz questions, Encyclopaedias and reference works, Encyclopaedias & Reference Works