Advantages: common myths and misconsceptions explained in plain English Disadvantages: unorganised content pages, hard to find questions again
*** 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 ...
This review is on QI: the Book of General Ignorance, written by John Mitchinson along with John Lloyd. This book came about as a result of a show on BBC called QI, which has been hosted by the one and only Stephen Fry (or whatever else it is that you may ...
Advantages: contains some very interesting facts that you might not be aware of Disadvantages: has its boring bits
Now, I don't know if I've ever revealed this, but in my day I was a bit of a general knowledge geek. I actually memorised as many capital cities of the world as I could, I used to read encyclopaedia cds on the computer FOR FUN and I was captain of my prim ...
Advantages: People think you are clever without having to tell them lies Disadvantages: Can only be carried around in your pocket if you are wearing a dressing-gown
I cannot drive - I find it too expensive, and I was put off during a go-karting accident when I was 15. It set on fire with me in it, and the proprietor of the circuit blamed me! It was a very frightening experience which opened an exciting prospect up f ...
Advantages: Entertaining, thought-provoking and knowledgable Disadvantages: None really
Those readers familiar with the ever-unpredictable BBC series will already have an idea what to expect from this, but for those who aren't - or haven't read this book - I'll mention that first rule of approaching anything QI related - "Everything you thin ...
